Demon Slayer

[ QiGon province ]

Attempting to bandage his wounds, Chu Piao dragged his feet into a small village, just trying to keep going for as long as he could.

"Grandfather, to bring me to the brink of death at a time like this," Chu Piao said, looking up at the sky.

His body was bleeding profusely from head to toe, he had just narrowly passed his grandfather's final test, but the only thing on his mind now was reaching the rendezvous point on time.

'Fang, wait for me. I just need a bit of rest,' Chu Piao thought.

In the next moment, he suddenly collapsed, unconscious, just outside a tavern.

…

"Look, look, a man fell!"

"Is he dead?"

"Goodness, with injuries that severe, he must be dead."

"Poor young man. The life of a cultivator is just too cruel."

"Wait, he's still breathing. Call a physician!"

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