Liang Qu laughed until he was panting, and blood seeped from his wound, making it even more painful.
He caught his breath, sat up, and untied the cloth around his waist.
"Hiss!"
The corners of Liang Qu's mouth twitched.
The coarse hemp cloth was soaked in fresh blood, which rapidly hardened in the cold wind, sticking firmly to the scabbed wound.
Tearing it off was akin to forcefully peeling off the healed scab.
But he had no choice but to remove it, as the rough hemp was not only crusted with blood but also penetrated by a lot of dirt and sand, which had been kicked up and soaked in during the battle.
He had refrained from eating lotus roots earlier and bandaged his wounds for this reason. There were pebbles in the wound, and eating the roots would cause the wound to heal over the pebbles.
At that moment, he simply hadn't had the time to carefully treat the wound or pick out the stones.
Peeling off the blood-soaked cloth, Liang Qu casually threw it into the water.
