After a brief moment of surprise, the chief steward quickly regained his senses.
"Young Hero, how much silver do you want?"
Having witnessed Su Chen's terrifying saber light that split the water and severed a boat with a single strike,
he already understood that Su Chen had the ability to slaughter every water bandit who came.
Since there was a chance to survive, why throw their lives away for nothing?
"How much are your lives worth?" Su Chen asked in return.
A human life was sometimes worth less than a penny, yet at other times, it was priceless.
"The goods aboard this ship are worth a total of one hundred thousand taels of silver. If young hero can drive back the water bandits and save our lives, I am willing to offer one hundred thousand taels of silver as payment," the chief steward replied.
One hundred thousand taels of silver was no small sum.
Su Chen readily agreed. "Fine, one hundred thousand taels."
With that, he leaped down from the bow and headed toward the approaching enemies.
Just as he had suspected before, these water bandits were no ordinary bandits. They were White Lotus Sect fiends in disguise.
When they saw their companions killed, not only did they feel no fear, they became even more frenzied.
There were fifty or sixty White Lotus fiends, every one of them wearing a crazed killing intent on their faces.
"Brothers, kill this brat and avenge our fallen comrades!"
The White Lotus fiends howled as their eyes locked onto Su Chen, as though they wanted to tear him apart alive.
Su Chen remained unmoved and strode across the water.
At Grand Completion, Tread Snow Without Trace allowed him to walk across the surface as if it were level ground.
His figure flashed away like