Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

Archery progress +1

Archery (Beginner, 18%)

Zhou Chen stood in the courtyard, his spine relaxed and his arm muscles taut. He suddenly drew the longbow in his hand to half full and then released it.

"Bang……"

The arrow, carrying immense force, struck the bullseye, causing the entire target to shake violently.

"After nearly three hours of practice, I've only improved by two percent." Zhou Chen shook his head in dissatisfaction, looking at the still slow archery practice speed after entering the skin-training stage.

This body's martial arts aptitude is truly exceptionally poor; even after reaching the Skin Refining Realm, its aptitude has not improved in the slightest.

"Almost there." Looking at the countdown on the panel that was about to reach zero, Zhou Chen walked back to the inner room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and waited quietly.

[Energy accumulated. Enter the old world?]

"Yes." Zhou Chen silently replied, his whole body tense as he looked around, trying to detect any clues as the mist appeared.

However, even though he had broken through the Skin Refinement stage, when the thick fog appeared, Zhou Chen's five senses still disappeared instantly, only recovering after the fog thinned and dissipated.

Upon entering the old world, he effortlessly rose from his bed.

Step outside and walk around the artificial hill and stream in front of the house to the left corridor, which you haven't explored before.

Tread...  

The steady, rhythmic footsteps echoed through the corridor. Zhou Chen walked forward until a large, locked vermilion door came into view, at which point he stopped to examine it.

"Is it locked?"

Although it was just a latch that could be lifted up and removed, Zhou Chen still became somewhat wary.

Zhou Chen clenched his fist and pounded on the back of the door a few times, making a thumping sound. Then he pressed his ear to the back of the door and listened carefully to the sounds.

blah blah blah...

Hearing the faint footsteps coming from the door, Zhou Chen held his breath, his mind racing.

"Human? Or monster?"

Thinking of the diary he kept in his chest, Zhou Chen secretly speculated.

However, based on the sound, it can be determined that there is only one of them, whether it is a human or a monster.

"Is anyone there?" Although he didn't have much hope that there were still living people in this place, Zhou Chen still called out softly.

Just as Zhou Chen made his voice, the door seemed to be hit by a heavy object, making a loud clanging sound.

Seeing no response, Zhou Chen knew that the person outside was most likely the strange person recorded in the diary.

Based on the force of the shaking from the gate, the strange man outside was also around the initial stage of the Skin Refining Realm, which I could handle with my current strength.

Unfortunately, he searched every corner of the courtyard but couldn't find a single suitable weapon, let alone his best bow and arrow. Otherwise, he could have used it.

After a while, the monster outside the door either stopped hearing any noise from inside the courtyard, and the force of its ramming on the door gradually decreased until it disappeared without a sound.

Click...

Zhou Chen gripped the door latch and lifted it with a little force, then clenched his hands tightly as if to strike, and squatted down beside the door.

Is anyone there?

"roar……"

The moment Zhou Chen spoke again, a loud bang came from outside the door, and the door, which had been latched, was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

In an instant, Zhou Chen saw a figure dressed entirely in gray and white suddenly burst in.

"Die!"

The large door bolt slammed down on the gray-white figure's head, creating a gust of wind.

The latch slammed right on his head, making a cracking sound, and broke in two.

The grayish-white figure was struck hard, its head caved in, but it turned its head as if it felt no pain.

Zhou Chen met his gaze and saw that the gray-white figure had no hair on its head, and its skin was so pale that it was bloodless, with black spots scattered on it.

"Hehe..."

A pair of deathly gray eyes stared at Zhou Chen, and a hoarse, low growl escaped his throat.

The next moment, the gray-white figure's withered feet shattered several blue bricks on the ground as it sped towards Zhou Chen.

Her slender, delicate fingers were covered with sharp, grayish-white nails that pointed straight at her throat.

"Is this the strange person infected with the plague?"

Looking at the monstrous plague creature whose head was half-collapsed and still charging towards him, Zhou Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

He suddenly bent his knees and clasped his hands together, adopting the stance of the Zhenyue Pillar without flinching or dodging at the critical moment of life and death.

Once the stance is adopted, the feet seem to be rooted to the ground, with fine, pale gold lines running under the skin.

"break!!!"

As the strange man rushed over, his stance changed.

With a swift movement of his left hand, he deflected the monster's hands that were aimed straight at his throat, and then clenched his right fist and slammed it straight out.

bang...

It felt as if he had struck a thick layer of cowhide; Zhou Chen felt that most of the force of his punch was neutralized beneath that skin.

Despite this, Zhou Chen's punch, which had exceeded 100 jin after breaking through the Skin Refining stage, still sent the monster flying like a rag doll.

"Hmm..."

The strange man was blasted to the ground, his eyes bulging outwards and turning a deep crimson.

He sprang to his feet with a somersault, and seeing Zhou Chen had regained his Zhenyue Zhuang stance, he launched another attack without hesitation.

"Attack their vital points!"

Seeing the strange man charging towards him, Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes, as if only one thing remained in his gaze.

The body is like a bow, drawing out power; the fist is like an arrow, capable of shattering metal and cutting through sharp edges!

Zhou Chen suddenly recalled the way Du Chong had bent over and exerted his strength during the day, and subconsciously changed his posture, his whole body suddenly becoming like a strong bow drawn to its fullest extent.

boom……

Just as the monster was within arm's reach, a fist flew like an arrow, and the force gathered from the whole body was suddenly unleashed, striking the monster squarely in the throat.

boned...

The strange man's cervical spine was broken by a punch, and his head, which was mostly crushed, fell to the ground, rolled twice, and then stopped.

The strange man's headless body slowly fell backward without shedding a drop of blood.

Gradually, the two halves of the strange man's body on the ground turned increasingly grayish-white, and specks of dust-like matter slid off from them until they turned into a handful of grayish-white dust.

A gentle breeze blew by, sending dust flying and leaving two points of green light behind.

Zhou Chen, who had been watching the entire process of the strange man's corpse dissipating, frowned slightly. "Is it dead?"

He crouched down and carefully examined the two points of greenish light on the ground.

Within the light, two completely green coins were hidden.

One side of the coin is carved with an insect larva about to take flight, while the other side features the Eight Trigrams of Qian and Kun, with an ancient seal script character engraved on it, exuding a strong sense of antiquity.

"Is this the common currency of this world?" Zhou Chen first kicked the coin with his toe, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about it, he reached out and picked it up.

The moment I picked it up, the panel appeared before my eyes.

[Found 2 Green Cicada Coins, should we collect them?]

"Green cicada coins?"

Zhou Chen muttered the official names of the two ancient coins in his hand, completely bewildered.

Could this world be a game world casually sketched by a great god like the Three Pure Ones, where defeating monsters even drops gold coins?

"I don't know what this money is for. It would be more useful to improve my skill proficiency."

Without doing much research, Zhou Chen silently recited "accept" in his mind, and the two green coins in his hand that were emitting a bluish-green light immediately disappeared, turning into cold numbers on the panel.

"Then let me see what the world outside this door looks like."

Zhou Chen gently pulled the vermilion gate, about to step out.