Ten Thousand Sword Masters

With the training ground destroyed, the group lost their place to practice martial arts and instead went to the rest room to play cards.

Zhang Jianyun had no interest in gambling. He sought out the scribe Du Zhong, wanting to purchase combat techniques usable in the Shi Hai realm.

"You've really surprised me, kid. You've broken through to the Sea of ​​History Realm so quickly. Normally, ordinary armored soldiers aren't qualified to buy cultivation techniques that only those at the Sea of ​​History Realm can use, but since you're already at the Sea of ​​History Realm, we can't treat you like an ordinary armored soldier anymore." Du Zhong said with a smile, then pushed open a door, went into the inner room, and took out a key to unlock a locked metal cabinet.

"All the combat techniques usable in the History Sea Realm are here. Come and choose one," Du Zhong said, pointing to the metal cabinet.

Zhang Jianyun arrived at the metal cabinet and saw three combat skill manuals inside: "Three Crystal Sword Technique," "Crystal Power Fist," and "Heavenly Crystal Leg."

"How much do these three manuals cost?" Zhang Jianyun asked.

"One book costs 500 taels of silver, and three books would cost 1500 taels of silver," Du Zhong said.

"Okay, then I'll buy them all," Zhang Jianyun said generously.

After saying that, he took out 1500 taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Du Zhong.

After receiving the silver note, Du Zhong clicked his tongue in amazement. The people in Shi Haijing were indeed different; they didn't even blink an eye when spending 1500 taels of silver.

After taking the manual, Zhang Jianyun went to a secluded corner and immediately communicated with the system using his divine sense.

"The combat techniques 'Three Crystal Sword Technique,' 'Crystal Power Fist,' and 'Celestial Crystal Leg' have been discovered. Do you wish to spend 6000 Hostility Points to extract and cultivate them?"

"Yes."

"You spent your hostility points to learn the Three Crystal Sword Technique, Crystal Fist, and Heavenly Crystal Leg."

Seeing that he only had 470 hostility points left, Zhang Jianyun wished he could speed up time and get millions of hostility points from the slaughterhouse so he could squander them at will.

The system extracted and practiced the "Three Crystal Sword Technique", "Crystal Power Fist" and "Heavenly Crystal Leg". Although he was still in the beginner stage and would need to spend hostility points to improve to the beginner stage, at this moment, Zhang Jianyun vaguely felt that there were many more things in his mind, as if he had more ideas about using the crystal power in the sea of ​​history.

Back in the rest room, Zhang Jianyun was in a good mood, and the gambling atmosphere in the room reached its climax.

"Jianyun, come and play with us! It's rare for us all to have time to play together in the pavilion," Zhou Wei called out to Zhang Jianyun.

Zhang Jianyun waved his hand in refusal. Right now, he just wanted to lie down on the bed and try to recall the ideas for using crystal energy in his mind.

"Jianyun, you're about to fly far away. Stay and have some fun with everyone, leave some memories." Liu Fei came over, grabbed Zhang Jianyun, and pulled him to the table.

"Come on, let's deal the cards to Jianyun this time too." Liu Fei shouted to Gan Qiang, who was dealing the cards, and then took out a tael of silver from his pocket and gave it to Zhang Jianyun as a bottom bet.

They were playing Texas Hold'em, and the gameplay was similar to the world where Zhang Jianyun's predecessor lived.

Gan Qiang had already dealt the cards to Zhang Jianyun. The atmosphere in the room had reached this point, and it wouldn't be good to spoil everyone's fun, so they had no choice but to play along.

He took out a tael of silver and handed it to Liu Fei: "I brought money with me."

Gan Qiang dealt three cards to each person. Zhang Jianyun picked up his cards and saw that they were a pair of circles with a 2. The cards were not bad.

"I'll bet one tael of silver," Liu Fei said first, without looking at his cards. Next, it was Zhang Jianyun's turn.

Zhang Jianyun looked at his cards and decided to play a two-of-a-kind, so he played two taels of silver.

After Zhang Jianyun, it was Zhou Wei's turn. Zhou Wei hadn't looked at his cards and was planning to play blindly, but seeing that Liu Fei had played blindly and Zhang Jianyun had looked at his cards and was still going to play, he decided not to play blindly and would look at his cards before speaking.

After looking at the cards, which were 589, Zhou Wei discarded them without taking them.

Next up was Peng Zhong, who didn't look at his cards and also bet one or two taels of silver.

Following closely behind was Sun Dang, who, without even looking at his cards, bet one tael of silver.

When it was Gan Qiang's turn to deal the cards, he looked at the cards and placed two taels of silver.

Liu Fei continued to play blindly, this time betting 2 taels of silver.

Zhang Jianyun looked at the cards and won 5 taels of silver.

After that, Peng Zhong and Sun Dang continued to play blind, each betting 2 taels of silver.

Gan Qiang continued to play cards, betting 5 taels of silver just like Zhang Jianyun.

In the third round, when it was time to reveal the cards, Liu Fei didn't choose which card to reveal and continued to keep his hand hidden for 2 taels of silver.

When it was Zhang Jianyun's turn, he chose to spend 5 taels of silver to open Gan Qiang's hand.

"Let me see your cards," Gan Qiang said, extending his hand.

Zhang Jianyun picked up the cards and handed them to Gan Qiang, who immediately threw away his own cards after looking at them.

When it was Peng Zhong's turn, he chose to play a card that would cost him 2 taels of silver to open the game.

Zhang Jianyun picked up Peng Zhong's cards; they were 279.

"Your hand isn't as good as mine. Do you want to take a look at your cards?" Zhang Jianyun said.

"Just throw it away," Peng Zhong said directly.

Sun Dang continued to play blindly, betting 2 taels of silver, and Liu Fei also continued to play blindly, betting 2 taels of silver.

It was Zhang Jianyun's turn again, and he chose to spend 5 taels of silver to open Sun Dang's hand.

Picking up Sun's cards, he had a pair of 2s and a 6, which was also smaller than his pair.

"Your cards are also lower than mine. Do you want to see them?" Zhang Jianyun said.

"Let me see." Sun first looked at his own cards, then at Zhang Jianyun's cards, and then threw his own cards away with a snap.

"It's just the two of us left, I'll open it up." Liu Fei said, handing over two taels of silver.

When the cards were revealed, Liu Fei's cards were a pair of hooks with a 1.

Seeing that his hand looked good, Liu Fei immediately grabbed Zhang Jianyun's cards.

"Damn it, it's only a little small." Liu Fei was extremely annoyed when he saw that Zhang Jianyun was wearing a pair of small circles.

Seeing Liu Fei's cards, Zhang Jianyun was also a little scared. He had encountered a big hand in his very first round of playing cards blindly.

In this hand, excluding the money Zhang Jianyun himself bet, he won a total of 32 taels of silver.

The gains were pretty good, and the feeling of suddenly making so much money was really exhilarating. No wonder so many people are addicted to gambling.

He played with everyone for a while, sometimes winning and sometimes losing.

Just when everyone was getting a little tired of playing, Xiong Changhai came to Cangxi Pavilion to request an audience with Zhang Jianyun.

Zhang Jianyun left the rest room and led Xiong Changhai to a secluded corner.

"What brings you here?" Zhang Jianyun asked.

"Sir, I have gathered seven men. Including myself and my two brothers, we have a total of ten. I plan to take these men into the Ten Thousand Mountains to investigate the distribution of the mountain strongholds," Xiong Changhai said.

"Are all these people you're so anxious about trustworthy?" Zhang Jianyun asked.

"Rest assured, sir, I have a good relationship with all the people I've gathered, and I know their character well; they are all trustworthy. Of course, if they do anything that would hinder the director's career and they are no longer trustworthy, I will deal with them decisively," Xiong Changhai said forcefully.

"As long as those people are under your control, proceed with caution once you enter the Ten Thousand Mountains. If you encounter any danger, quickly hide in the system space," Zhang Jianyun said.

"Don't worry, Master, I will be careful," Xiong Changhai said solemnly.

Afterwards, Zhang Jianyun took Xiong Changhai back home, took out 10 taels of silver notes and handed them to Xiong Changhai, telling him to act as he saw fit.

Upon receiving the banknotes, Xiong Changhai was overjoyed: "With this money, I have gained even more confidence in occupying a mountain range in the Ten Thousand Mountains."

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.