Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!-Chapter 10 - The Evil Never Ends

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By now, the Sun was about to set, leaving only a golden fringe on the horizon.

At this moment, Duan Yun couldn't help but scrutinize the chest more meticulously.

It was an exquisite camphorwood chest inlaid with brass, even the lock was made of brass.

Just the chest itself must be worth some money.

He knocked on it with his sword and found both the chest and the lock to be very sturdy.

Such a fine chest would likely be well-suited for storing jewels and gold.

Duan Yun had been fixated on this chest, driven by his intense curiosity and also because he was running out of money.

Day after day of training and consuming meat at every meal, his savings were nearly depleted.

What if the chest actually contained gold, silver, or something valuable?

Wouldn't that be like a pie falling from the sky, solving his pressing needs?

After all, the chest was indeed very heavy.

Duan Yun excitedly rubbed his hands together, picked up his long sword, and prepared to open the chest.

To be honest, it felt quite thrilling, like unwrapping a mystery box.

But at the same time, this large chest, soaked in water for so long and unclaimed, also emitted a sense of eeriness.

What if it contained a corpse?

With a clang, Duan Yun pried the lock with his long sword, and the lid sprang open upon contact.

However, Duan Yun didn't approach it immediately.

The chest was deep, and from his position, he couldn't clearly see what was inside, only a vague black silhouette.

After confirming there were no poisonous gases or the like, Duan Yun, sword in hand, moved closer.

Right as he reached the edge of the chest and peered inside, a pair of jaundiced eyes stared back at him.

Almost simultaneously, a pitch-black paw shadow struck, and Duan Yun, reacting swiftly, raised his sword to block.

The clang of metal resonated, and the sword body trembled.

Duan Yun couldn't help but take three steps back.

What unexpectedly swept out was a set of ferocious bear claws.

With a loud bang, a humanoid bear toppled the chest and lunged out, its presence terrifying.

Duan Yun was startled and lifted his long sword to unleash a Water Moon Sword Energy.

His recent training had integrated Water Moon Slash and Jade Sword Finger into his instincts.

The silvery white Sword Qi hissed as it tore through the bear's hide, drawing a stream of foul-smelling blood.

No sooner had the bear emerged from the chest, Duan Yun struck with a "Jade Sword Finger"!

With a snap, a bloodied hole exploded under the bear's jaw.

Just then, Duan Yun swiftly dodged to the side as the bear sent the chest hurtling towards him with an imposing sweep.

Yet, in that brief interval, Duan Yun, still wielding his long sword, released another crescent-shaped Sword Qi.

With a hiss, the Sword Qi sliced deeply into the bear's side, causing blood to gush out.

The next moment, instead of continuing its assault, the bear turned and made a dash to the side; with a loud crash, it collapsed a lean-to, broke through the wall, and escaped.

Along the way, it kicked several flying bricks at Duan Yun.

Strange!

Very odd indeed for a humanoid bear to emerge from a sunken chest.

The behvaior of this bear was also puzzling!

Duan Yun gazed at the collapsed lean-to and wall, thinking about the silver deposit he left with the landlord, and suddenly erupted into rage, chasing after it like the wind.

To think you can break my house and run away!

Even if it hadn't broken the house, Duan Yun would not let the bear go.

My treasure chest turned into a murderous bear, if you don't die, who will?

Duan Yun, brandishing his sword, sprinted forward.

He had never learned light body movement techniques, but his physical fitness, enhanced by "Jade Sword True Understanding," was extraordinary, and he ran at lightning speed.

The bear, seemingly intelligent, thought its sprint would surely shake off the troublesome pursuer.

Yet at the next glance, it looked back, and shock filled its bear eyes.

!!!

It saw the man with a sword behind it, his legs a blur of afterimages, quickly closing in!

With two swishes, Duan Yun, while running, launched two more Jade Sword Fingers.

The sharp Finger Sword Energy penetrated the bear's right hind leg, causing it to lose its balance.

But this bear was tenacious; even so, it kept hobbling and fleeing at an undiminished pace.

Duan Yun's expression grew solemn.

For the bear was heading towards Qingcha Market!

Was it seeking to cause chaos in the market square to escape?

Such a bear loose in the market, who knew what disasters would unfold. Duan Yun could not delay; his True Qi circulated, and his legs became a whirlwind.

Along the way, wild grasses were flattened, kicking up a haze of dust.

No matter how desperately it ran, the bear was caught up with.

Afterward, fierce Sword Qi bombarded the bear's hefty body like ceaseless rain.

In barely a dozen breaths, the bear's body was marred by seven or eight deep sword cuts, over a dozen bloody holes, with many in the head, making it look like it was blooming.

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"Roar!"

The humanoid bear let out a reluctant roar of fury, then lost its strength and tumbled down a mud slope, unable to get back up.

Duan Yun landed two more "Jade Sword Finger" strikes on its head, and with that, the humanoid bear stopped moving for good.

Even though it was already dead, the body of the humanoid bear lying there still gave off an immense sense of oppression.

It didn't take long for the humanoid bear's flesh to become rigid, appearing not as if it had just died, but as if it had been dead for a while.

Duan Yun looked at the corpse of the humanoid bear, still feeling a strange sensation in his heart.

Although "humanoid" is part of its name, due to its human-like eating habits and certain behaviors, it isn't a real human; yet this bear's actions were eerily human-like.

Especially when it threw the chest and kicked the bricks; Duan Yun even thought it behaved like a martial artist.

Does that mean the bear was trained by someone, or that the bear itself had martial training?

At this moment, Duan Yun's eyes narrowed slightly.

He spotted a scar on the bear's head.

This scar was certainly not his doing, as it still had stitches on it.

Duan Yun couldn't help but cut along the scar with his sword.

When he sliced open the skin on the head, he found the brain of the bear inside.

An even stronger stench of blood hit him, causing Duan Yun to frown with a look of surprise on his face.

This level of astonishment was even greater than when the bear had emerged from the chest.

Because in the bear's brain, there were two brains.

One was small, and the other was large, connected in the middle by what looked like fine branches.

These branches, while appearing like fine twigs with forks, conveyed a sense of flesh and blood, as if flesh had grown within the branches.

Upon seeing this, the first impression in Duan Yun's mind was "grafting."

Indeed, it was very much like the fruit tree grafting he had seen in his previous life.

But who had grafted another brain into this bear?

A weird and terrifying feeling spread throughout Duan Yun's body.

The larger brain must have been a human's.

A human brain sewn into a bear's brain, this could explain why the bear's behavior and thoughts were so human-like.

But, can you really sew it like that?

Are you aiming for a Nobel Prize?

For a moment, Duan Yun looked up at the ancient contours of the Qingcha Market buildings, revealing an expression of confusion.

He then glanced at the human brain inside the bear's head, an involuntary chill running through him.

Who the hell did this?

What kind of monster would sew a human brain into a bear, trap it inside a box, sink it in the lake, and wait for the curious to fish it out?

If he hadn't mastered the "Jade Sword True Understanding," perhaps he would have died the instant he opened the chest.

Killed and eaten by this bear.

This chest was heavy; if it weren't for him, it would have taken several people to move it, and perhaps everyone present at the opening would have died.

Duan Yun sensed a profound malice.

In his feeling, it was as if a very twisted and sadistic person had intentionally concocted this scene as a "fishing" game.

Fishing for the fools driven by curiosity.

Maybe, knowing who got scared, killed, or eaten by the bear that sprang from the chest was a kind of fun for that person.

Duan Yun had become one of those curious fools, thankfully a highly skilled martial artist.

Even though thoroughly dead, this humanoid bear with a human brain stitched into it still emitted a nauseating and ominous presence.

That bear's roar had actually alarmed quite a few people.

Only now did some dare to come and look.

When the residents of Qingcha Market witnessed this scene, they were terrified.

"A bear! A humanoid bear!"

"How could there be a humanoid bear here!"

"And that person, did he kill the bear?"

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"By himself, what a master, do you know him?"

"Don't know him, doesn't look like one of the tea king's men."

"Wait a minute, Old Li, isn't that your tenant?"

Landlord Old Li, trembling with fear, said: "Looks like it."

"And you dare to collect rent from him?"

"Huh?"

"With that kind of skill, he's either a killer or a rapist, you..."

At this moment, the crowd began to retreat, as Duan Yun approached.

"Folks, does anyone have a fire stick, may I borrow one..."

"Run!"

A shout from someone sent the crowd scattering in an instant, leaving Duan Yun standing there, dumbfounded.

I'm handsome and not a ghost, why run?

I just wanted to borrow a fire to burn the bear!

Wu Song became a hero for beating a tiger, yet I kill a strange bear and this is the treatment I get?

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