terka’s Reviews > Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 6 > Status Update

Finishing this tomorrow wooo. Vacation well spent xD might as well just finish reading the whole thing, I still have a fan translation I bought back in 2022 (yep… I started reading QJJ in 2022. Maybe I’ll finally finish it in 2026!)

Ugh this is why I hate Qudu and the great clans. The empire is under attack but they refuse to send supplies or money to their own army that protects them - because their own riches would be at risk. The nobles will let the world burn rather than face punishment for their crimes. They will bleed the treasury dry and then whine when the enemy comes to kick their asses.

“Xiao Chiye has once desired the sky and the grasslands. He desired the Hongyan Mountains. He had tamed falcons and horses, flying across the vast lands of his dreams. But he didn’t want any of that anymore. He wanted Shen Zechuan.”

Oooh right I forgot they even have guns. Shit’s about to get real.

I should be keeping a tally of characters “brushing aside the foam in their tea” because this seems to happen in every conversation. That + mentions of how the tea is cooling or cooled.

Qi Zhuyin: “What exactly did Libei use to convince him?”
Xiao Jiming: “Looks, I guess.”


Now I’m picturing Ce’an seducing Lanzhou in order to get Libei strategical advantage 🤣

I can’t believe I kinda liked Hassen at first. Piece of shit

Volume 5 ending was criminal so of course I gotta jump straight into the next one