Wuling City, Inner City.
In the northeast corner of the Demon-slaying Bureau compound was a cluster of courtyards.
This was the residential area for Taiping Capital Captains, Taiping Captains, and the like.
Some of the Taiping Imperial Guard also lived here, though several of them had to share a single courtyard, unlike the Taiping Capital Captains and Taiping Captains who were entitled to private ones.
As night fell, the sound of heavy breathing echoed from within one of the courtyards.
Su Mu was naked, drenched in sweat. The surface of his skin was flushed a blood-red color, like the face of someone overly agitated.
He gritted his teeth for one final push, and then collapsed onto the ground, his entire body feeling completely drained.
'This is too hard.'
He lay on his back, gasping for fresh air.
The Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique was just too difficult.
