Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

The sun hangs high in the sky, and countless rays of sunlight fall, cut through by the dense shadows of the trees on Yunsong Mountain, dappling the ground.

Zhou Chen stood in the pit. All the bamboo spears around him had been removed, leaving only the parts that were still embedded in the two corpses.

He waded through the blood that was up to his ankles, groping along Du Chonglu's exposed body, unwilling to give up any part of it.

After a short while, he pulled a dagger from between Du Chong's right leg bindings.

The dagger was about the length of a forearm, its entire body gleaming with a cold light, and its blade as thin as a cicada's wing; it was clearly a weapon that could cut through iron like mud.

Zhou Chen gripped the dagger's hilt, the icy touch instantly calming his thoughts.

"Could this be the reason why this person is wanted?" Zhou Chen wondered, then shook his head.

Although the dagger was extremely sharp, Du Chong casually hid it inside his leg wrappings, clearly indicating that it was not a rare or precious item.

Something else must have caused Du Chong to be wanted.

Zhou Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the other half of Du Chong's body, which was being pinned down by the wild boar.

He immediately gripped the dagger and sliced ​​through the bamboo spear that was piercing the wild boar's body, then pushed it to the side, freeing up the other half of Du Chong's body that was being pressed down.

Seeing Du Chong reach for his right hand on his chest, Zhou Chen rubbed his hands together and reached inside Du Chong's clothes.

The next moment, he pulled two or three booklets from Du Chong's arms.

"He's really made it big; he even carries several martial arts manuals with him at all times."

He glanced at the large print on the book cover, but a sense of unease suddenly arose in his heart.

"Yihonglu" and "Spring Colors"

Is this practice legitimate?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Zhou Chen looked at the name on the book cover, utterly disappointed.

He quickly flipped through the book and saw that it was indeed full of vivid and erotic scenes, with the figures painted so lifelike that it was no wonder that a master like Du Chong would keep it close at hand.

But now.

His lustful behavior will only slow down his archery practice!

Just as Zhou Chen was idly flipping through the pages of the book, a sheet of gold paper as thin as a cicada's wing suddenly slipped out from the crevice. It was engraved with densely packed tiny characters, resembling exquisite patterns.

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up, and he caught it.

He casually tucked the two books into his pocket, carefully holding the gold-flecked pages, and began to read them word by word in the sunlight streaming down from the sky.

"The Mountain-Suppressing Stake..."

"Before heaven and earth are turbulent, demons arise from the heart. Movement arises from stillness, and strength is subdued by gentleness. To sweep away external evils, first subdue internal delusions. The foundation of this method lies solely in upholding one 'steadfastness'."

……

"Form is like a mountain, breath is like the sea, mind is like a mirror, and power is like thunder. Once these four foundations are established, all things begin to arise. Hold fast to this one principle, and you may enter the gate of mystery."

On the paper as thin as a cicada's wing, hundreds of tiny characters were copied. If the original owner hadn't been so physically weak that he could only read miscellaneous books that his father had exchanged for from the county town when he had nothing to do, he probably wouldn't even be able to recognize all the characters.

Even so, after reading it, Zhou Chen was already dizzy and disoriented.

The only distinction is that the Zhenyue Stake is divided into five levels: root establishment, spring regulation, tranquility, thunder nurturing, and stake integration.

Just then, a message popped up on the panel.

[Complete reading the cultivation technique and learn the Zhenyue Stance!]

【Zhenyue Stance (Beginner, 0%)】

Zhou Chen stared at the message that popped up on the panel, his heart pounding.

He originally thought that a skill needed to be mastered to more than half of the beginner level before it would be included in the panel.

Unexpectedly, after reading the entire page of gold paper, and still only partially understanding the text, a notification message appeared on the panel.

"The skills taught by others are fragmented and incomplete, so they need to be accumulated to a certain level before they can be included in the curriculum."

Is the content gained from reading books about skills systematic and can it be incorporated into one's knowledge simply by reading it?

"A technique that can be copied onto gold paper and protected even when a powerful martial artist is being hunted must be very strong, right?"

Zhou Chen couldn't help but look at another notification at the bottom of the panel.

[Relic: Breakthrough Relic (Beginner) *2]

"Perhaps, the day will come when I become a martial artist."

Based on past experience, a single beginner-level breakthrough relic can increase the proficiency of a skill that is not yet at the entry level by half. These two relic are just enough to raise the Zhenyue Stake to the entry level!

"Use two breakthrough relics to upgrade the Zhenyue Stake!" Zhou Chen excitedly announced.

[Consumes 2 Beginner Level Breakthrough Relics]

【Zhenyue Stance (Beginner, 0%)】

The moment Zhou Chen began practicing the Zhenyue Stance, a much stronger and richer aura than when he first began practicing archery emanated from all parts of his body.

Suddenly, Zhou Chen had a flash of inspiration. He stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, and hands lightly clasped around his lower abdomen, which was the most basic stance of the Zhenyue Zhuang (镇岳桩) stance.

Once he got into position, Zhou Chen's feet seemed to be deeply rooted, his ten fingers gripping the ground like a tortoise clinging to a rock. A surge of heat suddenly rose from the soles of his feet, bringing a heavy warmth to his already exhausted body.

The warmth climbed up the bones of the foot, past the ankle, through the calf, and across the back of the knee. Everywhere it passed, it melted and reorganized the soreness, numbness, pain, and stiffness there.

In that instant, Zhou Chen seemed to see fine, pale golden roots spreading and weaving a net across his skin.

While learning the Zhenyue Stance, Zhou Chen also opened the door to martial arts, allowing him to enter the Skin Refining stage.

Name: Zhou Chen

[Realm: Skin Refining Realm]

【12:06:37】

【Fine: 1.6】

[Qi: 0.0]

【God: 1.5】

[Skill: Archery (Beginner, 16%)]

【Tracking (Beginner, 3%)】

【Zhenyue Stance (Beginner, 0%)】

[Trap (Beginner, 50%)]

[Relic: Breakthrough Relic (Beginner) *0]

"I wonder how strong this Skin Refining Realm cultivator is?" Zhou Chen took a sharp bamboo spear, pointed the tip at his bare arm, and slowly thrust it down.

The tip of the bamboo spear pressed deeply into the skin of my arm, but I felt no pain at all.

"I wonder if it can stop ordinary swords and blades?" Zhou Chen wondered curiously, looking at the white spots on his arm after the bamboo spear was removed.

Immediately, he looked at the panel and saw that his spirit attribute had increased by 0.5 points.

Simply raising the Zhenyue Pillar to the beginner level is already comparable to obtaining a Three Treasures relic. If it were raised to the next level, wouldn't it provide even greater benefits?

He has only obtained one of the three treasure relics that can enhance the spirit attribute so far, and he knows how precious it is.

Zhou Chen frowned as he smelled the extremely strong stench of blood around him.

This man is being pursued by countless others. He has wasted a lot of time here, and if he is discovered, his chances of survival are slim.

Although he has already broken through to the Skin Refining Realm, if another person like Du Chong were to appear, he would be no different from an ordinary person.

At most, it will just take longer to struggle.

Looking at the wild boar weighing hundreds of pounds in front of him, Zhou Chen swallowed hard, took a dagger and cut off a large piece of meat, stuffing it full into his basket, and then covered it with plant branches and leaves as a disguise.

"It's a pity that the rest of the meat is wasted." Zhou Chen sighed, then suddenly pushed off with his feet and leaped out of the pit several meters deep.

Before leaving, he found many more branches and plants with strong, pungent smells to re-disguise the pit, and removed the marks that Uncle Sun had left on the tree trunks before leaving the place with peace of mind.