Ten Thousand Sword Masters

call out!

The sword slashed through the air towards the Ironback Bear, which instantly straightened up, waving its arms to force back Liu Fei and the others, before facing Zhang Jianyun's attack.

Clang!

The blade and claws clashed with a loud clang, and a spark flew out, dazzlingly bright.

boom!

The fish-patterned knife was blocked by the Ironback Bear's claws. Taking advantage of the force, Zhang Jianyun launched a flying kick, striking the Ironback Bear in the abdomen and sending it flying instantly.

boom!

The iron-backed bear crashed to the ground, raising clouds of dust!

Hey~

The onlookers, upon witnessing this scene, all gasped in shock and looked at Zhang Jianyun with complex expressions.

call out!

puff!

Zhang Jianyun chased after it and slashed the Ironback Bear in the throat with his sword, causing a spurt of blood to gush out.

puff puff!

With two consecutive strikes, he severed the Ironback Bear's claws, rendering it unable to fight.

Hey!

The iron-backed bear roared, rolled over, and stood up. Blood was gushing from its throat and claws, but it was still full of energy.

With a swift stroke, Zhang Jianyun severed the Ironback Bear's left leg, and the bear instantly knelt down.

Hey!

The iron-backed bear's howl was somewhat mournful.

puff!

Taking advantage of the moment when the Ironback Bear knelt down, Zhang Jianyun slashed at his neck with his knife, and another spurt of blood gushed out.

Aww~ Aww~

This time, the ironback bear's howl was not only mournful but also somewhat powerless.

puff!

A knife plunged deep into the ironback bear's throat.

laugh!

He pulled out the knife, and a spurt of blood shot out.

The ironback bear collapsed to the ground, convulsed for a moment, and then died!

hiss~

When the martial arts practitioners saw Zhang Jianyun kill the Ironback Bear, they gasped and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"Who is that person? How could someone so young kill an Ironback Bear!"

"Heroes emerge from among the young! We could only flee for our lives in the face of the Ironback Bear, but that man was able to kill it without hesitation."

"It seems a formidable rival has emerged in the competition for the Frost Blossom Fruit."

The martial arts community was abuzz with discussion, their previous fears vanished.

"Haha, brother, you're really awesome." Niu San laughed, giving Zhang Jianyun a thumbs up as he sat down next to him.

Zhong Cheng also praised, "You are truly a formidable young man. I never expected you to kill the Ironback Bear so decisively."

"Brother, although we drank together at Jiaxing Restaurant before, I still don't know your name. My name is Niu San, and this is my sworn brother Zhong Cheng," Niu San introduced.

"My name is Zhang Jianyun, and this is my neighbor Liu Fei," Zhang Jianyun introduced.

"Nice to meet you. Of all the martial arts practitioners here, only you two dare to step forward and join us in killing the Ironback Bear. The rest of you, though men, are behaving like women," Niu San mocked.

At this moment, Zhong Cheng looked at the iron-backed bear's carcass and said, "Brother Zhang, you killed this iron-backed bear, so you should be the one to deal with it. However, I noticed that you two didn't carry any belongings, so it might be inconvenient to keep the bear's gall bladder and hide. I wonder if you'd be interested in selling them?"

"What are you saying? The Ironback Bear was killed by the four of us together. How could I dare to handle it on my own?" Zhang Jianyun said modestly.

"Although Jianyun was the one who ultimately killed the Ironback Bear, he would never have had the chance to kill it without your attacks. So, the Ironback Bear was killed through everyone's cooperation," Liu Fei agreed. With so many martial arts practitioners present, it would be easy for Zhang Jianyun to hog all the benefits from the start, which would easily make him resentful. It would be better to generously share the good things.

"Okay, then let's not be coy. I'll scrape off the bear skin first." Zhong Cheng said, taking out a small knife and starting to cut the bear skin.

Just then, Qian Liu shouted from the crowd, "Everyone, the Ironback Bear has been killed. Let's continue!"

With this shout, the martial arts practitioners snapped out of their shock at Zhang Jianyun's killing of the Ironback Bear and continued forward with Qian Liu.

Seeing the group of martial arts figures disappear into the distance, Zhang Jianyun said anxiously, "Liu Fei, let's hurry and catch up."

"What about the bear bile and bear skin?" Liu Fei asked, somewhat reluctantly.

"If you two brothers trust us, you can come with us first. We'll catch up in a bit. If you don't trust us, I'll give you a price estimate first," Zhong Cheng said.

"Then we'll wait for you to catch up," Zhang Jianyun said, chasing after the crowd, with Liu Fei close behind.

Watching Zhang Jianyun and Liu Fei leave, Niu San laughed and said, "These two lads must be new to the martial world and don't have much wariness of people yet."

"I've seen you've been in the martial world for so long, yet you're still not very wary," Zhong Cheng said with a laugh.

Niu San rolled his eyes at his words, "I call that maintaining a childlike heart and treating people with kindness."

"Haha~"

Zhong Cheng smiled and continued cutting the bear skin.

After passing through the Ironback Bear's territory, the group arrived at a valley. The valley was filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, a peaceful scene that eased their anxieties.

"We've been walking for so long, let's rest here for a while," Qian Liu suggested.

"Take a break, my nerves are about to break after walking like this."

"Is it safe here? Shall we rest here?"

"You see those harmless little birds? There can't be any powerful monsters here, otherwise those little birds would never have stopped here."

After a brief discussion, everyone decided to stop and take a break.

Pfft!

Liu Fei plopped down on a pile of grass on the ground, relaxing along with the others.

Zhang Jianyun glanced around and found no danger. Then he leaned against a big tree and rested for a while.

Before long, Zhong Cheng and Niu San caught up with them.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Liu!"

Upon seeing Zhang Jianyun and Liu Fei, Niu San waved his big hand, followed by Xiao Pao and Zhong Cheng.

"Brothers, look, this is the bear skin and bear gallbladder that were cut off." Niu San said, taking the bear skin and bear gallbladder out of the package.

"This bear gallbladder weighs one jin (500 grams). Currently, the market price for ordinary bear gallbladders is one tael of silver per gram. This Ironback Bear is a demon beast, so it's estimated to sell for 30 taels per gram. A complete ordinary bear pelt can sell for one thousand taels of silver. This is the pelt of the Ironback Bear. Its claws and hind legs were cut off by you, and there are also large knife marks on its throat and neck. It's not very complete, so I estimate it can sell for 40,000 taels of silver."

"If all goes well, we can sell it for a total of 55,000 taels of silver."

"The Ironback Bear was mainly killed by Brother Zhang, so Brother Zhang gets 2 taels. The remaining 5 taels will be split 3 taels each among the three of us. What do you think?"

Before Zhang Jianyun could speak, Liu Fei hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, this allocation is very reasonable."

"I don't want that much~" Zhang Jianyun was interrupted by Liu Fei as soon as he opened his mouth, "This distribution is reasonable and easy to calculate, let's divide it like this."

"Alright, let's split it like this. If you agree to this price, I can give you the silver notes now. If you don't agree, I can give you half first, and the rest can be divided according to the final sale price," Zhong Cheng said.

"Approved, approved, that's the price." Liu Fei said happily. It's always better to have the money in hand first, especially since this is a windfall. They never expected to make so much money after killing the Ironback Bear.

"Alright, since that's the case, then I'll give you the silver notes." Zhong Cheng said, taking out the silver notes he had prepared in advance from his pocket and handing them to Zhang Jianyun and Liu Fei respectively.

Zhang Jianyun was momentarily dazed when he saw two silver notes with a face value of 10,000 taels and a silver note with a face value of 5,000 taels in his hand. Was it really that easy to make money in this world?

Beside him, Liu Fei received a silver note with a face value of 1 taels. He was somewhat dazed. This was the most wealth he had ever accumulated in all his years of life!