Chapter 14 Making Friends
Although he had a hatchet in his hand, he dared not fight such a huge monster head-on and could only hide in the yard. Fortunately, the neighbors heard the noise and rushed over.

Zhou Chen, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, heard the sound and opened his eyes to look in the direction where the sound came from.

"Here I come." Then he exerted force with his feet and jumped directly onto the roof. The place where the black bear appeared was far away from him. In the dark night, Zhou Chen quickly shuttled across the roof and soon arrived at the place where the black bear appeared.

Although there were many villagers in the yard, they were unable to gain the upper hand. Several of them were scratched by the black bear, and their axes could not cause any damage to the black bear.

"Everyone disperse." The crowd heard Zhou Chen's voice from afar, and then everyone quickly moved away from the black bear and climbed over the wall to run out of the yard.

At this moment, Zhou Chen was standing on a roof in the distance. After everyone dispersed, an arrow was shot out with a bang.

The black bear was about to chase the villagers when an arrow flew past him and almost hit him in the head. Then there were a few bangs and several arrows flew through the sky and shot towards him.

Zhou Chen was not sure he could hit the target at this distance, but after shooting five or six arrows in a row, two of them hit the target's body.

However, the black bear has thick skin and flesh, and the arrow only slightly scratched the skin when it hit the black bear's body, causing no harm to the bear at all.

The black bear roared at Zhou Chen on the roof in the distance. Although it didn't hurt, it made him very unhappy. The black bear roared at Zhou Chen and then looked at the villagers who were hiding outside the courtyard wall and had not left.

All the villagers felt a chill on their necks, and then saw the black bear rushing towards them. Seeing this, the villagers were so scared that they fled. Zhou Chen shot a few arrows again and rushed towards the bear with a knife.

As soon as I arrived outside the yard, I saw the thick wall being pushed down by the black bear. "Hmph, no wonder those hunters are no match for you. With such defense, ordinary people really can't do anything to you."

Seeing Zhou Chen, the black bear rushed towards him again with an angry roar. Zhou Chen was not afraid at all. He picked up the knife and chopped at the bear's paw that was hitting him.

Although Zhou Chen was smaller than the black bear, he was not weaker in strength. He chopped with his sword to block the heavy bear's paw.

With the tremendous force, the sharp blade only scratched the black bear's palm, and blood flowed down the blade. However, this wound was not painful at all for the angry black bear.

The black bear had lost its mind at this moment, and was desperately hitting Zhou Chen's body. Zhou Chen did not continue to fight it head-on, but used his flexible body to dodge the black bear's repeated attacks.

Seeing that he couldn't touch Zhou Chen, the black bear became even more angry. Zhou Chen didn't continue to fight back. With his huge strength and flexible body, he slashed at him with his long sword for more than ten times in a row, but it only caused some minor skin injuries. The black bear seemed to have wounds all over his body, but his injuries were not serious.

"You're really thick-skinned. In that case, let me show you the new moves I've learned." Then a strong wind condensed around the amber blade.

Without waiting for the black bear to rush over, Zhou Chen swung his sword in the air. An invisible blade flew towards the black bear. Before the black bear could react, the blade had already pierced his neck. Then the black bear's head slowly fell to the ground.

"Do you think you can obtain the demon pattern if you find it?"
Just then, the villagers from a distance came over. They all looked at the black bear's body on the ground and then looked at Zhou Chen. At this time, Zhou Chen turned his head and looked at everyone. Everyone was so scared that they immediately took a few steps back.

At this time, a villager said, "This black bear has thick skin and flesh, and its defense is not comparable to that of ordinary bears. It is obviously a spirit. Ordinary people are no match for it. Brother Chen, you can actually kill it. Could you be a warrior?"

Zhou Chen neither admitted nor denied, "Okay, now that the matter has been resolved, let's go back and rest." Then Zhou Chen left without looking back. As for the black bear's body, he naturally took it away as well.

This black bear was obviously stronger than the one from yesterday, and Zhou Chen couldn't help but go back to light the fire and cook. Seeing Zhou Chen pulling a black bear weighing more than 700 kilograms and still walking normally like nothing happened, everyone said, "This warrior's strength is really terrifying. He can hold this hundreds of kilograms of weight in his hands as if it were nothing."

"Brother Chen is not very kind. He doesn't even offer us some."

"Then go ask him for it."

"I was just talking about it, how can I really ask for it?"

After returning home, Zhou Chen casually threw the body into the yard, and then quickly came to the entrance of the cellar. Seeing that there was no sign of damage at the entrance, Zhou Chen felt relieved. This at least proved that Leng Yiyao did not encounter any accident after he left.

Zhou Chen quickly opened the cellar, and the moment he opened the cellar, Leng Yiyao shouted "Who"?
"Yiyao, it's me. It's ok, come up quickly." The cellar was very dirty and Zhou Chen covered his mouth and laughed secretly at the dirty face of Leng Yiyao.

"Brother Chen, what are you laughing at? Is there something on my face?"

"I didn't see any flowers, but I saw a little cat."

Leng Yiyao understood what he meant instantly and quickly wiped the dust off her face with her sleeve. The next morning, Zhou Chen went out with a big package. In the package were two bear skins. He planned to sell them today.

He brought amber with him this time when he went out. He would not have brought it with him at other times. However, the blade of his sword was damaged in the battle last night, so another purpose of his trip to the county was to find a blacksmith shop to repair the sword.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he heard someone calling him from behind. Zhou Chen turned around in confusion and found that it was the captain of the police from last time.

He thought to himself, "Why is it him?" Then he smiled and asked, "I wonder what orders the officer has?"
"You are Zhou Chen?"
"Yes, that's right."

What he didn't expect was that the captain bowed and said, "My name is Zhao Kuo. I heard that Brother Zhou killed two bears in the past two days, and he also killed a black bear that had become a spirit last night."

"It was all luck. I almost lost my life there too."

Zhao Kuo didn't believe what Zhou Chen said. If that was the case, why was he still standing here so energetic today? "I don't know where Brother Zhou is going," and then looked at the package behind him.

"We just killed two bears. Today I plan to take their skins to the county to sell for some silver."

"Oh, well, I have to go back to the county too, so how about we travel together?"
"Captain Zhao, have you finished your work?" Although Zhao Kuo was a captain of police, he usually stayed in the county. Now that he appeared here, he must have official business, so Zhou Chen had this question.

"I originally came here because of the case of a black bear eating a man, but now that the black bear has been killed by you, there is no need for me to stay."

Zhou Chen found that Zhao Kuo's attitude towards him was completely different from before, but then he thought about it and understood the reason. In this world, martial arts is respected, and now that he has shown his identity as a ninth-grade warrior, he naturally will not treat him the same way as before.

"Brother Zhou, why don't you sell the meat of the spirit bear? The price of the spirit meat is not low. You know, the meat of the spirit is also a great tonic for people like me who practice martial arts. The supply has always been in short supply in the county. If Brother Zhou really has money to spend, you can take out some to sell. It is much more valuable than the bear skin."

(End of this chapter)