Inside the Black Bear's chest cavity, its heart, liver, gall, and spleen were all gone. Only a piece of brisket cartilage was left dangling.
Hearing Xing San's cry of alarm, Zhao Jun examined the wounds on the Black Bear's sides and realized what had happened. His single shot had entered under the bear's armpit and passed through its chest, severing the brisket cartilage. This caused the entire cluster of thoracic organs to drop into its abdominal cavity.
Sure enough, when Zhao Jun cut open the Black Bear's belly, he had to pull the liver and gall out from among the intestines.
That's a bear for you. Its thoracic organs were dislodged, it fell from a tree five meters high, and it still fought with the dogs for nearly twenty minutes. Its life force was truly tenacious.
Zhao Jun removed the Bear Gall, put it in a small cloth pouch, and said to Xing San, "Uncle, I'll hold onto this for now. Once I sell it, I'll bring you the money."
