Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

The inner room of the Zhou family residence.

Zhou Chen looked at the panel in front of him, clenching his fists several times and then slowly relaxing them, a look of joy appearing on his face.

"The 'essence' likely refers to my current physical condition, and the values ​​in parentheses might be my normal values?"

He looked at the spirit attribute displayed as 0.1 and made a guess in his mind.

"Is this god based on soul strength?"

"Because I've merged with the original owner's soul, I'm much stronger?"

"What does this 'qi' refer to?" Zhou Chen wondered, staring at the information panel. "Could it be the legendary martial arts qi from my past life?"

As he pondered his thoughts, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In the original owner's memories, there were indeed martial artists in this world, but they were nothing more than people with exceptionally strong bodies.

To say it's as powerful as the martial arts internal energy in the novels of my past life is just wishful thinking.

Composing himself, Zhou Chen looked at the bottom section for skills.

"Archery? You haven't even scratched the surface?"

"Proficiency panel?" Zhou Chen looked at the concise information on the panel and guessed based on his experience of reading online novels since junior high school.

"If that's really the case, with my hardcore grind, as long as there's a progress bar, I'll grind until I get this martial arts true energy, even if it's just a figment of my imagination!"

【07:26:31】

"Countdown?"

"Could it be that once the countdown ends, I'll be able to return to Earth?" Zhou Chen wondered, watching the countdown tick away.

Just as Zhou Chen was engrossed in studying the control panel, a tall figure stepped through the courtyard gate and headed straight for the inner room.

"Ah Chen, are you alright?" A voice filled with concern reached Zhou Chen's ears.

Zhou Chen looked through the main door of the inner room and saw a tall, dark-skinned middle-aged man walk into the courtyard, carrying two pheasant-like prey in his hands.

"Uncle Sun." Zhou Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief upon recognizing an acquaintance.

If those two people had returned, even if I had awakened the panel, I wouldn't have benefited.

He might become a disgrace to transmigrators who awaken their cheat abilities only to perish prematurely!

Uncle Sun's real name is Sun Feng. Before the original owner's father disappeared, the two families often cooperated in hunting, so the two were quite familiar with each other.

However, after the Black Wind Bandits raided the village, everyone was working hard to collect the annual tax that was about to be paid, so they visited each other less.

Sun Feng walked into the inner room, glanced at the mess inside, and saw Zhou Chen leaning weakly against the wall, with blood still flowing on the ground. A trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.

"Sun Feng, Sun Feng, you've wasted Brother Zhou's many lives and helped you in your younger days, yet now you can't even protect his only remaining bloodline!"

"Who just escaped?" he asked in a low voice.

"Ma Er and Li Hui are just looking for some valuables."

"Since those Black Wind bandits left, I've fallen seriously ill, and all my family's wealth has been spent, including our food. Where would they find any surplus money to come looking for?" Zhou Chen smiled bitterly, unable to understand why these two would target him.

He carefully recalled the original owner's memories and found that he had not offended these two people.

Could it be that he's just taking advantage of my weakness to try and fleece me?

Upon hearing this, Uncle Sun's anger surged. His calloused hands clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked. "Hmph, it's those two bastards again!"

"Relying on Li Xiong's protection, they spend their days doing these shady things!"

Just then, a gurgling sound rang out.

Sun Feng looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was coming from Zhou Chen's stomach.

He glanced around and saw that there was not a single grain of food left in the house that Ma Er and Li Hui had ransacked.

"This?" He hesitated slightly as he held the two pheasants, his eyes showing doubt.

Although it is not yet the dead of winter, the weather is already turning cold, making it difficult for even an experienced hunter like him to find prey.

The youngest son in the family has been frail and sickly since childhood, and often needs to take medicine to supplement his diet. Every now and then, there are annual taxes to pay, so they are struggling to make ends meet. It is normal for them to feel reluctant to leave.

Suddenly, he remembered the care Zhou Chen's father had given him before, and then looked at Zhou Chen, whose body was obviously extremely weak.

Without food to replenish their nutrition, they probably won't survive these next few days.

"That's enough, that's enough."

He glanced at Zhou Chen, whose cheeks were sunken and whose eyes were shining as he looked at the pheasant but did not ask for it, and put a pheasant on the ground.

"Little Chen, your Uncle Sun had some good luck today. He hunted two pheasants. I'll give you one; have some to nourish yourself!"

Tread!

Before Zhou Chen could speak, Uncle Sun turned and left without looking back.

Zhou Chen watched Uncle Sun's retreating figure, then looked down at the pheasant on the ground, which weighed about three or four pounds. His throat bobbed, but he ultimately did not utter a word of refusal.

If it were in his previous life, he would have refused vehemently, even if it meant going hungry, rather than causing any trouble for others.

But now, the weakness of this body and the near-zero essence attribute told him that if he didn't eat something soon, he might really die.

He swallowed hard, glanced at the panel that he hadn't put away but that Uncle Sun had ignored, and nodded heavily.

"Everything will get better once you get through this period."

Zhou Chen slowly got up, carrying the pheasant into the courtyard.

Looking at the only remaining stove, well, and small amount of firewood in the courtyard, I breathed a sigh of relief.

At least, cooking rice is not a problem.

Bleeding, plucking feathers, gutting, and cooking—Zhou Chen handled the chicken with the skill of a seasoned chef, his movements fluid and effortless.

In his past life, he was a single man, but what he valued most was his mouth. So he honed his cooking skills to a decent level, which came in handy now.

After removing the feathers from the pheasant, there were about three pounds of clean meat left. Although his stomach was empty, Zhou Chen still resisted the urge to stew the whole chicken.

It wasn't because of any sudden overeating that was bad for my stomach; I was just worried that if I cooked it all, I wouldn't be able to resist eating the whole chicken, and then I wouldn't have anything to eat tomorrow.

As night deepened, only bones remained in the earthenware bowl that had held pheasant meat, bones that had been bitten open and had their marrow sucked out.

Looking at the remaining half of the pheasant, Zhou Chen felt a sense of peace.

With food in hand, one has nothing to fear!

Name: Zhou Chen

【04:26:23】

[Precision: 0.4 (0.5)]

[Qi: 0.0]

[God: 1.3 (1.5)]

[Skill: Archery (Beginner, 69%)]

Zhou Chen felt relieved when he saw that his Spirit and Mental attributes had rebounded to 0.4 and 1.3 respectively.

"Now, we'll see if this cheat works!"

After resting for a while, Zhou Chen stood up, picked up the longbow, and took the only five arrows left in the house, his mind flooded with memories.

"When shooting an arrow, move your body like a pine tree, hold the bow like holding up the moon, and draw the bow like reaching for the moon." The archery tips taught by the original owner's father came to mind.

Zhou Chen stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, his spine straight, and his body slightly turned to the side. He drew his bow and aimed at the wooden target stake that he used to practice archery on.

"Whoosh..."

The arrow whistled through the air but missed the target, instead embedding itself in the sand beside it.

But Zhou Chen was not discouraged. He took another arrow and adjusted the angle, comparing it to the landing point of the previous arrow.

Archery progress +1

[Skill: Archery (Beginner, 70%)]

Zhou Chen, who was already panting after firing just a few arrows, looked at the pop-up message with a joyful expression.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"We're determined to make a name for ourselves through this!"

Today, Zhou Chen felt utterly powerless, facing Ma Er and Li Hui, two blustering but cowardly scoundrels, and was driven to the brink of despair. He didn't want to experience that feeling again!

As the arrows struck the wooden stakes with a thud, a full moon quietly rose high in the sky.

At this moment, the countdown on the panel is about to reach zero.

【00:00:02】

【00:00:01】

【00:00:00】

[Energy accumulated. Enter the old world?]