Ten Thousand Sword Masters

The group of martial arts practitioners split into several groups and searched for a while in the Litian Mountains, but they still couldn't find Zhang Jianyun. During their search, they were attacked by monsters and strange creatures from time to time, which made them dare not go any further into the mountains.

"Damn it, I hope I don't run into that kid. If I do, I'll tear him to pieces."

"A person as wicked as him will surely be punished by heaven; the heavens will not forgive him."

"I hope he chokes to death on the Frostfruit and his body is left to rot in the wilderness."

Amidst the curses, these martial arts figures tacitly abandoned their search and withdrew from the Litian Mountains.

Seeing the martial arts figures withdrawing from the mountains, Liu Fei breathed a sigh of relief for Zhang Jianyun. At the same time, he hoped that Zhang Jianyun would hide for a while longer and not rush out to be encountered by these martial arts figures.

Liu Fei then arrived at the location where Yang Changping and Qian Liu had fought, saw Qian Liu's body, and was overjoyed.

"The boss is amazing, he successfully killed the man with the left hand of the common people."

Liu Fei walked out of the Litian Mountains in a good mood and decided to wait at the exit of the mountains to meet Zhang Jianyun.

The left-hand stronghold of the common people is Blackstone Fortress.

A maid rushed in terror toward Madam Qian Liu's room, her face extremely pale.

Bang.

The maidservant burst into Xu Yin's room, crying out in alarm, "Madam, something terrible has happened!"

For some reason, Xu Yin had been feeling restless and anxious these past few days. When she saw the maid's terrified expression, her heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to calm down.

"What happened?"

"Madam, the master... he..." the maid stammered.

"What's wrong, sir?" Xu Yin asked calmly.

"Just now, one of the master's men came to report that the master..." The maid dared not continue.

"Just tell me what's on your mind. Even if the sky falls, it won't crush me, will it?" Xu Yin said domineeringly.

Upon hearing this, the maid was no longer afraid and regained some composure. She then said gently, "The master's men came to report that the master's longevity tablet has been broken."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yin's face turned pale instantly, her eyes widened, and she immediately fainted.

"lady!"

The maid was shocked and rushed over to help Xu Yin.

Half a day later, Xu Yin finally came to her senses.

"Come with me to the Pavilion of Longevity."

Suppressing her grief, Xu Yin and her maid went to the Longevity Pavilion and received Zhong Miao's Longevity Tablet fragments.

Holding the black box containing fragments of the Zhongmiao Longevity Tablet, Xu Yin's tears streamed down her face, and the maid beside her also began to sob.

"I'm going to find my brother right now, and I'll have him avenge you."

Zhang Jianyun left the pavilion and returned home, only to find that his father, Zhang Song, had also returned.

"Why are you back so early today?" Zhang Jianyun asked with a smile.

Zhang Song chuckled and said, "There were a lot of people in town today, so the shoes sold out quickly. I was able to start my handicrafts earlier, and I also bought some meat. Your mother is making braised pork."

"Let's have braised pork tomorrow. Today I'll take you to Jiaxing Restaurant for a meal," Zhang Jianyun said with a smile.

Zhang Song was taken aback: "You got paid?"

"I haven't received my salary yet, but I made a windfall today." Zhang Jianyun then said that he was ordered to kill an iron-backed bear in the suburbs and sold the bear skin and gall to passing martial arts practitioners, earning 25,000 taels of silver.

"You sold it for 25,000 taels of silver?"

Zhang Song was shocked and asked, speechless.

Zhang Jianyun nodded.

"This...this much money, why don't you hand it over to the cabinet?" Zhang Song stammered.

"No need to hand it over, this is the money I found myself." Zhang Jianyun said, pulling the banknotes out of his pocket.

Upon seeing the silver note that Zhang Jianyun pulled out, Zhang Song felt a wave of dizziness.

"Here are these 20,000 taels. I'll keep the remaining 5,000 for myself," Zhang Jianyun said, handing the 20,000 tael silver notes to Zhang Song.

"Woman, come out quickly."

Upon seeing the 20,000 taels of silver notes, Zhang Song hurriedly called out to Cao Fen in the kitchen.

"What are you doing? I'm cooking."

Cao Fen responded loudly from the kitchen.

"Come out quickly when I tell you to." Zhang Song was getting impatient.

"Why did you call me out?"

Cao Fen walked out of the kitchen somewhat displeased, and in an instant saw the silver note in Zhang Jianyun's hand, she stood there dumbfounded.

"Where did you get this money?" Cao Fen regained her senses instantly and walked up to Zhang Jianyun, asking seriously.

Zhang Jianyun repeated what he had said to Zhang Song earlier.

"Don't we have to hand over this money to the cabinet?" Cao Fen asked the same question.

"No need, this is money I found myself," Zhang Jianyun repeated.

Then, Zhang Song and Cao Fen stared blankly at the money in Zhang Jianyun's hand.

"Mother, please keep this 2 taels of silver. We're going to Jiaxing Restaurant for dinner now, and we can discuss how to use the money while we're at it," Zhang Jianyun said, handing the money to Cao Fen.

Taking the money, Cao Fen took a breath and then smiled brightly, "Okay, let's splurge today and have a meal at Jiaxing Restaurant."

After locking up the 2 taels of silver, the family happily headed towards Jiaxing Restaurant.

When we arrived at Jiaxing Restaurant, we asked for a private room and ordered four or five dishes.

"How should we use this money? My idea is to buy a house and move first, and also buy a shop. Dad, stop selling straw sandals and do something else," Zhang Jianyun said.

"We definitely need to buy a house. As for the shop, what can we sell after we buy it?" Cao Fen said.

"How about selling cloth shoes? I learned how to make cloth shoes a few years ago, but my skills aren't as good as mine at weaving straw sandals," Zhang Song said.

"Are you really going to spend your whole life dealing with shoes?" Cao Fen asked, somewhat displeased.

"But I don't know how to do the others either," Zhang Song said helplessly, spreading his hands.

The dishes we ordered started arriving one after another: steamed beef offal, dry-pot rabbit meat, boiled sliced ​​meat, stir-fried corn, and pork rib and radish soup—four dishes and one soup.

"How about we buy some shops and rent them out? We can buy a few and collect rent from them," Cao Fen suggested.

"I'll do whatever you want, as long as you're happy," Zhang Jianyun said indifferently, as long as his parents were happy.

"How much money can you make from collecting rent? Besides collecting rent, do you just stay at home all day doing nothing?" Zhang Song said, displeased.

"Then let's open a noodle shop. You guys usually really like my egg noodles," Cao Fen said excitedly.

Zhang Song pondered for a moment after hearing this, "Your egg noodles taste good to me, but I don't know how others feel about them."

"I think opening a noodle shop is a good idea, but we don't need to sell only egg noodles. We can sell beef noodles, pork intestine noodles, pea and minced meat noodles, etc., so that customers can choose which type of noodles to eat according to their own taste," Zhang Jianyun said.

"But all I know how to make is egg noodles. I've never made the beef noodles, pork intestine noodles, or pea and minced meat noodles you mentioned," Cao Fen said nervously.

"I can do it. I'll show you when I get home," Zhang Jianyun said confidently.

"You can do it?" Zhang Song and Cao Fen asked in surprise at the same time.