Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

Inside Yunsong Mountain, the carcasses of two bears, one large and one small, lay side by side on the ground.

Blood was flowing from the corpse, carving a muddy ditch in the ground below.

"Wow, this bear must weigh over 500 pounds." Sun Feng used his hunting knife to cut down several sections of tree trunks and then used the hemp rope he carried with him to assemble them.

In no time, a simple stretcher was ready.

"Come on, give it a try."

Despite the loss of a lot of blood, the weight of the two bear carcasses was not something that Zhou Chen or Sun Feng alone could lift.

The two of them worked together to lift the bear demon's corpse onto a makeshift stretcher.

After binding them securely with hemp rope, the bodies of the black bear cubs were treated in the same way.

Seeing that Sun Feng had already tied up the bear carcass, Zhou Chen walked to the front of the stretcher and gripped both sides of it with his hands.

The inner mountain is much higher than the outer mountain, and the return journey from here is all downhill.

The people carrying the stretcher at the front are subjected to the weight of the bear carcass, as well as the force of the forward tilt, making the pressure much greater.

Sun Feng saw Zhou Chen walk ahead and didn't stand on ceremony with him.

Unbeknownst to him, he had silently accepted the fact that Zhou Chen was stronger than him, and he no longer treated Zhou Chen as a junior in his words.

The two men stood one in front of the other, gripped the stretcher at the same time, and exerted force suddenly.

The thick timber creaked as the stretcher swayed a few times before being placed on the two men's shoulders.

As the stretcher pressed down on his shoulders, Zhou Chen felt the heavy weight pressing down on his body.

At the same time, as you walk, you feel a forward-leaning force, and you have to exert force to resist it.

He mustered all his strength, his legs gripping the ground firmly with every step he took.

Strength surged up from the soles of the feet, through the spine, and firmly supported the weight on the shoulders.

Uncle Sun, who was behind him, kept a close eye on Zhou Chen's posture. He was surprised to see that Zhou Chen did not seem to be in any reluctance.

"Could it be that he's not just a novice in skin training?"

About two hours later.

After resting twice along the way, Zhou Chen and his companion carried the heavy stretcher back to the foot of Yunsong Mountain.

"Whoa! Old Sun has hunted down a bear demon!"

As the sun set, many hunters returning to their village from the mountains marveled at the sight of the two bear carcasses on the stretcher.

In the past, many people had hunted monsters and brought them back to the village, but this year was the first time they had ever seen one of such a huge size.

"Judging by its size, it's at least a bear that has mastered the skin-refining stage. When did Old Sun become so powerful?" a hunter who had also reached the skin-refining stage exclaimed in surprise.

A bear of this size would require the combined efforts of at least several hunters skilled in leatherwork or even fleshwork to subdue.

At this moment, only Zhou Chen and Sun Feng were carrying the bear carcass, which was hard to believe.

Hearing the envious comments around them, Zhou Chen and Sun Feng smiled slightly on their tired faces.

"Half of the money from selling these two bear carcasses will be enough to buy all the medicinal herbs for Little Tiger."

"After this body tempering, he can try cultivation." Sun Feng thought to himself with satisfaction.

The two carried the two bear carcasses back to the Sun family's front door. At this time, Aunt Sun, Xiao Hua, and Xiao Hu had gone out to collect firewood and had not yet returned.

Uncle Sun asked Zhou Chen to wait a moment, and then hurriedly went out again.

After a while, two sturdy old oxen pulled a cart slowly as Uncle Sun drove them along.

"Come on, let's take it to the county town and sell it today."

Zhou Chen and Uncle Sun worked together to transfer the two bear carcasses from the makeshift stretcher to the cart.

Once Zhou Chen was settled on one side, Uncle Sun cracked his whip and struck the old ox, causing the oxcart to sway forward.

These two old oxen belong to the village chief and are usually rented out to farmers to plow the fields. If hunters catch a large animal, they will also use them to transport it to the county town.

Upon reaching the village entrance, several men who were squatting there and had not yet returned caught sight of the oxcart and the enormous bear carcass behind it, their eyes gleaming.

"Uncle Sun, won't we encounter monsters if we travel to the county town at night?" Zhou Chen asked.

Uncle Sun glanced at the group of men at the village entrance, all of whom were familiar hunters, but he didn't go up to exchange pleasantries. Instead, he tightened his grip on the longbow on his back.

Sometimes, humans are more terrifying than monsters.

"The annual tax is due soon, and there are still quite a few people who can't scrape together enough money and grain. In other people's eyes, we two bears may be the last ones to collect our annual tax."

The Great Qian Dynasty had been established for hundreds of years, but its officialdom had deteriorated year by year, and various exorbitant taxes and levies had emerged one after another.

Thanks to the strength of the martial artists, even in a remote village like Yun Song Village, tax officials would come to collect taxes every time it was time to pay them.

If someone tries to evade or avoid taxes, or is unable to pay taxes, they will be forced into labor.

For decades, Uncle Sun had never seen anyone return unharmed after performing corvée labor.

Among the many taxes, the annual tax collected at the end of the year is the most burdensome, and many people need to borrow from each other to make up for the tax payment.

These two bears could fetch at least a few taels of silver these days. If they were kept at home overnight, Uncle Sun and the two bear carcasses would both be gone.

Zhou Chen belatedly realized what was happening and unconsciously gripped the bow and arrow beside him, looking at the group of men by the village with a growing sense of vigilance.

The oxcart creaked and groaned its way out of the village and along a muddy path. The two men even got off to push the cart for a while before finally reaching a solid dirt road about two zhang wide.

At the current speed, it would take more than ten hours to walk along this official road built in the early days of the county town to reach the county town that governs Cangsong Village.

It was already dark when the two set off.

Only the moonlight shines through the unpolluted sky, illuminating the way for those traveling under the stars.

"Now that we're on this official road, we're mostly safe." Uncle Sun leaned against the wooden plank behind him, occasionally whipping the two old oxen to urge them forward.

Zhou Chen, feeling utterly bored, used his spiritual tracking ability to scan for anomalies within a hundred meters of the official road, while also trying to explore how to improve his spiritual tracking skills.

In his perception, the official road at night was shimmering with a thin layer of golden light, constantly driving away animals of all sizes that passed by.

Perhaps this is why Uncle Sun felt safe.

"Uncle Sun, won't there be highway robbers on the official road tonight?"

Those who travel at night must have important business to attend to. If bandits strike in secluded spots along the main road, they should reap a considerable reward.

Uncle Sun listened to Zhou Chen's confusion and shook his head with a smile: "At night, the official road is patrolled by the county's night patrol officers. I heard that each of them has at least the strength to forge bones, and there are quite a few internal martial arts masters as well. Which bandit would dare to take the risk?"

"Even a powerful stronghold like Black Wind Stronghold would rather plunder villages than commit evil deeds on the official road."

Zhou Chen nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that although this world was corrupt and had many exorbitant taxes, the public security situation was still quite good.

He looked at the increasingly high-hanging moon in the sky and the countdown on the panel that was about to reach zero, feeling somewhat conflicted.

In such a dangerous situation, should he venture into the old world to search for relics?

The ruthless smile on Li Hui's face as he left yesterday, after severely injuring Zhang Dazhu, still lingers in my mind.

He was almost certain that once Li Xiong returned from the county town, Li Hui would ask his brother to stand up for him.

"Bone Forging Realm." Zhou Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, but he was unwilling to give up any opportunity to enter the old world and improve his strength.