Chapter 20 Reward Silver Received
Zhao Kuo took a sip of tea from the teacup and said lightly, "One hundred taels."

"Why so much? What about the others?" One hundred taels was a huge sum of money for Zhou Chen, and it was effortless to kill the third boss, so he set his sights on the other two.

"The second in command will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, and the first in command will be rewarded with a maximum of four hundred taels." At this moment, Zhou Chen's eyes blurred and a pile of white silver seemed to appear.

After the two chatted for a while, Zhou Chen also invited Zhao Kuo to stay for a simple meal. Zhao Kuo originally planned to refuse, but after learning that there was ninth-grade bear meat, he couldn't resist his greed and stayed for a simple meal. Zhou Chen specially asked Leng Yiyao to stew a bear paw for Zhao Kuo.

After eating it, Zhao Kuo praised it repeatedly, saying that the taste of the bear paw was almost as good as the meat of an eighth-grade monster. Zhou Chen also took the opportunity to inquire about the affairs of Zhengyi Village.

Zhengyi Village is located on Qinghua Mountain, 20 miles away. The head lord Shen Feiyun is a powerful warrior at the ninth level of blood training. The second in command Wang Zhong also has strength comparable to that of a ninth level blood training warrior, and he has gathered hundreds of desperate criminals under his command.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Kuo left Zhou Chen and told him to go to the county government office to collect his reward in three days.

After Zhao Kuo left, Zhou Chen thought about the things in Zhengyi Village. He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear Leng Yiyao calling him several times. It was not until Leng Yiyao patted him on the back that Zhou Chen reacted.

"What happened to Yiyao?"
"Brother Chen, what are you thinking about? I called you several times but you ignored me."
"Oh, nothing. It's cold outside, go in quickly." Zhou Chen sat by the fire and looked at the secret book of Iron Shirt. After the last experience, Zhou Chen knew that if he wanted to make the martial arts appear on the panel, he had to practice the martial arts first, make himself familiar with the martial arts, and then he could make it appear on the panel.

However, this Iron Shirt is different from the Liuhe Sword Technique. This Iron Shirt has no moves, but is a set of martial arts for physical training that can enhance one's own defense. When practiced to perfection, one will not be afraid of attacks from ordinary swords and knives.

However, if you want to practice, you must use liquid medicine. Pour a fixed liquid medicine into hot water, then soak yourself in it and practice according to special methods to achieve success.

The secret book contains the names of the medicinal herbs and methods of use. What he lacks now is money. Zhou Chen plans to accumulate some strengthening points in the next two days, wait until three days later to collect the reward silver and then buy medicine to practice. When the martial arts appear on the panel, he will use the strengthening points to strengthen them.

Zhou Chen told Leng Yiyao his thoughts, of course omitting the matter of the panel, "Brother Chen, you can decide these things by yourself. There is no need to tell me. I will listen to you in everything."

These past few days, Zhou Chen has been desperately eating meat to increase his strength points. During this time, a villager who was really hungry came to Zhou Chen and knelt in front of his door with his daughter. He even threatened to sell his daughter to Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen could give any price as long as he didn't let his daughter starve to death.

People are all made of flesh and blood, so how could Zhou Chen watch them starve to death, let alone such a young girl? Zhou Chen then asked Leng Yiyao to give them ten kilograms of rice, and also cut a few kilograms of bear meat for them. Of course, it was not ninth-grade bear meat, but just ordinary bear meat.

Zhou Chen did not keep the little girl, but let her go back with her father. Zhou Chen clearly saw that when the father and daughter reached the corner, a middle-aged woman suddenly rushed out and hugged the girl and cried.

Zhou Chen sighed and returned home. That night, more than a dozen villagers knelt in front of his house and begged him for food. Zhou Chen did not refuse. Of course, he did not give them rice this time, because although he still had dozens of kilograms of rice, it was not enough for them to share.

So he gave each of them ten kilograms of brown rice. Even though it was just brown rice, they were grateful to Zhou Chen.

Afterwards, without waiting for the villagers to come, Zhou Chen delivered food to the elderly, children, and villagers with difficulties in life. Although it was not much, it was enough for them to eat for a while.

At this time, Zhou Chen's status in the hearts of the villagers instantly improved a lot. Even the village chief once again proposed that Zhou Chen be the village chief. The village chief had mentioned this after the previous black bear incident, but unfortunately Zhou Chen refused.

This time Zhou Chen refused as well. Three days later, Zhou Chen came to the county government as promised. Although Zhao Kuo was not there today, he had arranged everything. After confirming Zhou Chen's identity, the government gave him 100 taels of silver. Zhou Chen took the silver and went to the pharmacy to buy the necessary medicinal materials. The medicinal materials were not expensive and cost only 3 taels of silver. Then he bought 100 kilograms of rice. The price of rice is now stable at 50 wen and has not risen any more.

Afterwards, Zhou Chen spent five taels of silver to buy another cotton coat for Leng Yiyao, but bought nothing for himself.

Afterwards, he bought some daily seasonings and left the city. What made Zhou Chen speechless was that he was being targeted again.

Two miles out of the city, Zhou Chen noticed footsteps getting closer and closer. He then turned around and glared at the person behind him, which scared him so much that he sat down on the ground.

What he didn't expect was that it was the same people from last time, "Why are you still doing these things?"
Hero, there is nothing we can do. Our village has been attacked by bandits and we have no food to eat now. "Are they bandits from Zhengyi Village?"
"Yes, it's them."

"If that's the case, why don't you report it to the authorities?"

Without waiting for them to speak, Zhou Chen cursed, "Get lost, I don't want to waste time talking to you," and left without saying a word. "Is it because the New Year is approaching, and this Zhengyi Village is planning to prepare food for the New Year?"
"It seems that I have to get rid of this group of bandits as soon as possible." Although he said that, Zhou Chen couldn't help but shook his head when he thought of the hundreds of bandits. Although he was very confident in his own strength, he didn't think he could fight against hundreds of burly men alone.

After returning, Zhou Chen put down the food and took out the new clothes for Leng Yiyao. Although she said that Zhou Chen was wasting money, Zhou Chen could see that he liked it in his heart.

Afterwards, Zhou Chen asked Leng Yiyao to help him boil a few buckets of water, while he found the medicine pot and started to boil the medicine.

Inside the room, Zhou Chen sat in the bathtub and practiced. His body absorbed the medicinal liquid in the tub. He did not open his eyes until the medicinal power was completely exhausted.

As soon as he opened his eyes, the system panel appeared in front of him. At this time, the Iron Shirt had appeared on the panel. Although it was just the entry level, it was enough. In the past few days, Zhou Chen had accumulated more than three strengthening points, and then he directly reached the level of small success in one breath.

Then a memory came to his mind forever. In the memory, Zhou Chen practiced with medicine day after day, and three years passed day after day. Finally, he finally broke through to a small success.

The first thing Zhou Chen felt was a strange sensation on his skin, and it felt like his skin had become much tougher.

Then he stood up, without even putting on his clothes, pulled out the amber and slashed his arm with it. He didn't dare to use too much force in this cut, but his strength was much greater than that of an ordinary person.

The blade just scratched the skin, leaving only a white mark, which disappeared after just two seconds.

Zhou Chen showed a look of joy. Fortunately, I have a system. Otherwise, if I practice it seriously, even if I have time to practice, the money to buy medicine will be an astronomical figure. You know, he only bought a one-time dose of medicine today.

Zhou Chen felt very uncomfortable as his body was sticky and soaked in the medicine, so he asked Leng Yiyao to boil another bucket of water. He put on his clothes, picked up the bucket, went outside and poured out the water.

(End of this chapter)