Wen Xu raised his head to look at the sky, where black clouds pressed down upon the city. The black mist sank lower and lower; when it fully descended, the secret realm would inevitably shatter. His original plan had been to proceed step by step, using the city lord's position to clear Chen Zui's crimes and get him out, but who would have thought... before the charges were cleared, the prison had collapsed.
This was the most perilous situation he had encountered so far.
He appeared composed and at ease, but only he knew that he had no confidence at all. If even he showed panic, not a single citizen in the city would believe in him.
Wen Xu suddenly took out the secret realm key. The Shu Household's mark upon it was extremely obvious. He had not cared before; after all, the key had been forged by the Shu Household, so having their mark on it was perfectly normal.
But...
"Chunchou, do you still have your spirit sword?"
At this, Bian Chunchou's eyes went round as saucers. He covered his mouth before speaking in a low voice. "Can we say that? I'd forgotten myself. When I... entered the city, I only handed over that forged Shu Weapon. I nearly forgot..."
How strange. He had actually smuggled a Shu Weapon into No-Shu City. Back then, he had entered the city together with Shu Jinze. Seventh Young Master Shu had nearly handed over even the broken scraps of copper and iron at the bottom of his trunk. Chunchou had been too busy watching the show to remember that he also possessed another Shu Household spirit sword.
How strange. Why had it alone escaped disaster?
"Should I... take it out and try?"
Wen Xu knew that it was the sole relic Chunchou's