Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

"Ten... fifteen shi." The waiter stammered as he saw Zhou Chen's posture as if he were about to try his bow.

The jet-black bow is named Ink Jade and costs three taels of silver. If Zhou Chenkong were to pull it and injure him, he would probably lose several months' worth of salary.

He took the black jade back from Zhou Chen, put it back on the bow rack, and apologized to Zhou Chen, "Please wait a moment, sir. I need to go and invite our boss to meet such an important client as you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly ran towards the forging room inside the workshop, glancing back at Zhou Chen from time to time, as if afraid that he would pick up the black jade bow again.

Seeing the shop assistant's nervous expression, Zhou Chen smiled. He hadn't expected that his visit to buy a bow would be mistaken for a troublemaker.

Not long after, a burly young man walked straight over with the waiter.

Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow. This person was the one who sold him the Dragon Blood Bow last time. He didn't expect him to be the owner of the forging workshop.

"Young master, this is the guest who wants to try the Jade Bow." The waiter was relieved to see that the Jade Bow was no longer being picked up.

"Is that you?" Wang Erniu heard his apprentice rushing in from inside the forge, saying that someone had come to cause trouble.

Upon seeing Zhou Chen, he waved his hand, signaling the waiter to leave.

Dali Forging Workshop is quite famous in Xingde County. Every day, countless martial artists come to purchase weapons. If it were someone else, Wang Erniu might not remember.

Zhou Chen was handsome, and his appearance was even more striking against the backdrop of his linen clothes. In addition, he would not forget the archery skills he had witnessed that day.

"But we've run out of arrows from last time?" Wang Erniu pulled a towel and wiped his sweat.

"The Dragon Blood Bow I bought last time broke by accident, so I'd like to buy another one this time." Zhou Chen also remembered the shopkeeper who had given him three Eagle Feather Arrows.

Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be the young master of the forging workshop.

"Okay, same price as last time." Wang Erniu was surprised to hear that the Dragon Blood Bow he had sold had broken.

He was well aware of the quality of the weapons produced by his own company. It would take 300 jin of force to draw the Dragon Blood Bow to its fullest extent, and it would take more than double that to break it.

Since this person is willing to come back to the market to make another purchase, it must have been damaged in the fierce fight.

Zhou Chen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the other longbow behind the black jade bow.

The longbow is fiery red all over, made of neither wood nor iron, and its surface has a glassy sheen.

He raised his hand and picked it up; a faint burning sensation passed through his palm, slightly warm.

Wang Erniu had previously heard from the shop assistant that Zhou Chen wanted to try out the black jade bow, and assumed that he was just looking for something to hunt.

Now, seeing Zhou Chen spot the most expensive powerful bow on display, he was taken aback.

"Sir, this bow is called Crimson Flower. It takes at least twenty bushels of strength to draw it," he explained from the side.

Zhou Chen nodded. "May I give it a try?"

Wang Erniu nodded without hesitation. With him here, there was no need to worry about the bow and arrows being damaged.

Tread!

Standing in front of the table at the bow-testing area, Zhou Chen took an arrow, nocked it on the bowstring made of some kind of demonic beast sinew, and calmed his mind.

Wang Erniu stood to the side, holding a Dragon Blood Bow in his hand.

Zhou Chen's last visit to the Dali Forging Workshop was less than ten days ago; before that, he couldn't even draw the Dragon Blood Bow to its full potential.

Surely it's impossible to gain over a hundred pounds of strength in just ten days.

Not to mention drawing that Crimson Bow, it would require at least the strength of the Bone Forging level.

crunch...

Suddenly, the sound of a bowstring taut rang out.

Wang Erniu snapped out of his daze and stared wide-eyed at the slowly drawn red bowstring.

"Pull...pull it open."

Zhou Chen felt the opposing force transmitted through the bowstring and was extremely satisfied.

With this bow, if I encounter Li Xiong again, I will surely make sure he never returns.

Clang...

The bowstring was released, and the arrow emitted a piercing bang, piercing straight through the target two hundred paces away and embedding itself in the stone wall of the forge.

"Gurgle..."

Wang Erniu's throat bobbed, and he blinked, completely unable to believe what he was seeing.

"In ten days, he broke through from not fully developing his muscles to mastering bone forging."

"He's probably comparable to the young master of the Zhao family in the martial arts school."

The waiter, who had just led another customer to try out the bow, stared blankly until the customer next to him called out a few times before he came to his senses.

"So, he really can pull it open."

Zhou Chen listened to the vibration of the bowstring after it was released and nodded in satisfaction.

"How much silver does this bow cost?"

"Ten taels."

"Ten taels?!"

Zhou Chen touched the four taels and six mace of silver in his pocket, his expression froze.

"The Dragon Blood Bow only costs one tael and five mace, how come the price has increased several times over after just ten shi (a unit of dry measure)?"

Five taels of silver is not an amount that an ordinary family in Xingde County could easily come up with.

Wang Erniu explained, "For every stone that increases the strength of a bow and arrow, the amount of reinforcement required from the corresponding materials is far greater than that."

"The body of this Crimson Flower Bow is made primarily of the heartwood of a century-old Crimson Flower tree, supplemented with amber and glass, which allows it to withstand the bending force of twenty stones."

"And its bowstring was made from the tendon of a snake-like demon beast at the Bone Forging Realm, making it extremely rare."

Upon hearing Wang Erniu's explanation, Zhou Chen wore a wry smile.

He had thought that four or five taels of silver would be enough to buy a strong bow, but when he heard the price, he realized that he had underestimated the value of the bow.

Since he couldn't afford the Crimson Flower Bow, Zhou Chen had no choice but to settle for second best and inquire about the price of the Black Jade Bow outside.

Five taels.

It's true that even a hero can be brought down by a penny.

Zhou Chen touched the silver in his pocket and was filled with emotion.

"Then I'll buy another Dragon Blood Bow." With no other choice, Zhou Chen took out some silver and handed it to Wang Erniu.

"Want to buy the Dragon Blood Bow?" Although Wang Erniu was carrying the Dragon Blood Bow, he had only thought that Zhou Chen wanted to try it out and would still buy the Dragon Blood Bow after discovering that he couldn't draw the Crimson Flower Bow.

But now that this person has clearly activated the Crimson Flower, why would he still buy the Dragon Blood Bow?

They didn't even choose the Black Jade Bow.

A sudden thought flashed through Wang Erniu's mind: "This young man didn't pay the price for the Crimson Flower Bow, or even the Black Jade Bow."

"How is that possible?"

He shook his head. The boy in front of him was dressed in linen clothes, but he was not sloppy at all. Although he had excellent archery skills, his hands were not calloused.

This is clearly the kind of attire favored by young masters from aristocratic families who usually like to hide their true abilities and play dumb to outsmart others.

Most importantly, if Zhou Chen really came from a poor background and was a villager from the surrounding area who made a living by hunting, his face would always have a somewhat humble and obedient demeanor, which is commonly known as an "honest person".

But the boy's gaze remained unchanged, whether he was looking at the waiter or at himself, the young master.

This kind of self-confident attitude of equality among all people can only be cultivated by the three major families of Zhao, Chen, and Li in Xingde County.

After all, no one in this county had a higher status than them.

"But what if?"

"What if this young man is truly gifted? After purchasing cultivation supplies, he might only be able to squeeze out a small amount of silver to buy a personal weapon."

Wang Erniu looked Zhou Chen up and down and nodded.

The Dali Forging Workshop won't collapse even if it loses twenty taels of silver, but if Zhou Chen is truly a young man who has cultivated to this level of strength on his own, he might really be able to rise to the top in one step.