Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

Not to mention, ordinary martial artists can only take one pill a day, and even those with higher talent can only take two.

Even with the financial resources, breaking through the bone forging barrier still requires painstaking effort.

This is without considering drug resistance.

"One of the Three Treasures Relics is equivalent to the boost to Qi and Blood from five bottles of Qi and Blood Pills!"

Zhou Chen's gaze sharpened; the countdown on the panel was almost at zero.

He closed his eyes, white mist surged into his mind, and his entire consciousness sank into the old world.

Outside, the body, which had already mastered the Zhenyue Stance to a minor level, was not moving on its own; its Qi and blood were still circulating and surging.

A moment later, Zhou Chen slowly opened his eyes, his consciousness returning from the old world.

A hint of joy appeared on his face; the exploration had yielded quite a good result.

At one of the nodes marked on the map, a total of four beginner-level breakthrough relics were found.

In this way, Zhou Chen has now accumulated seven. Based on his experience in improving the Zhenyue Stake, if he continues to practice diligently, he may be able to master the Crimson Flame Staff Technique to a minor level without having to wait for the next countdown to end.

His staff skills were already quite proficient, which was considered excellent within the Crimson Flame Martial Arts School.

Many of the senior disciples who come to teach the outer disciples in the morning class are at this level.

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Li family, Xingde County.

Inside an elegantly furnished, antique-style study, a robust man dressed in fine brocade is writing with flowing strokes on snow-white Xuan paper.

The man was tall and strong, with a square face and two thick, dark eyebrows that framed his eyes, giving him an air of authority.

This man is none other than Li Youde, the head of the Li family and the current official in Xingde County.

Of course, he also had another identity in the Li family: Li Wuji's father.

Li Wuji waited respectfully to the side, breathing softly, afraid of making a sound.

"Wuji, I heard you injured a sparring partner yesterday?" Li Youde looked at the pen and ink on the table, lifted it up, and slowly blew the ink dry.

"Yes." Li Wuji was startled, lowered his eyes, and stammered a few more times, "He's just a peasant from the south of the city, with no background whatsoever."

"No connections?" Li Youde chuckled. "In Xingde County, even if someone had connections, which family could be bigger than us?!"

The next moment, his expression suddenly darkened, and he glanced at Li Wuji and said, "Today, that old bastard from the Chen family came to tease me, saying that our young master Li has bullied someone at the Skin Refining Realm."

"They even hurt people and then refuse to pay a single penny back; they're incredibly stingy!"

Li Youde's face grew increasingly somber, and his voice carried a hint of anger.

"Please punish me, Father." Li Wuji's body went limp, and he knelt down on both knees, completely losing his young master arrogance.

"Stand up!" Li Youde roared, startling the pageboy who was always waiting outside the study.

"Our Li family is a prominent and wealthy household. We hold a majority stake in most of the businesses in Xingde County. That's what people outside call us!"

"Li Bancheng!"

"Look at yourself, so petty and stingy!"

Li Youde looked at his youngest son, who had been woken up by his own drinking, his forehead veins bulging, and he had a real headache.

"Next time, do things thoroughly and eliminate them completely. If you want to leave them a way out, make sure to compensate them enough."

"We, the Li family, have plenty of silver." Seeing Li Wuji's thoughtful expression, he handed him two bottles of pills from the table.

"The county martial arts competition is coming up in a few days. This time, a competition for the Body Tempering Realm has been added. Your Crimson Flame Martial Arts School will also be participating. Do your best," Li Youde instructed, his expression calm, as if his thunderous rage from just now had never existed.

Li Wuji took the pill and asked, "I heard from the inner disciples of the martial arts school that Yi Yan wants to take on a Body Tempering Realm disciple as his last disciple?"

Li Youde's eyes darted around, and he nodded. "That's right. Yi Yan, that old bastard, has been here for over ten years, and none of the three of us have figured out where he came from. He still has some secrets."

"Tomorrow is the Crimson Flame Martial Arts Tournament. If possible, you should become his disciple. His Crimson Flame Technique is comparable to the Li family's Crouching Dragon Technique. If you can learn it to enrich your clan's knowledge, that would be a good thing."

At the same time, Shen Tian was summoned to the study by the family head at night, where he received a detailed lecture and was given a lot of pills.

The Shen family, which ranks only after the Zhao, Li, and Chen families in Xingde County, has risen to prominence in recent years and is poised to become the fourth most powerful family.

They spare no effort in cultivating and supporting the younger generation of their family.

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【Zhenyue Pillar (Small Success, 9%)】

The next day, Zhou Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air, his blood and qi surging like a raging storm washing over every inch of his bones.

He slowly dispelled the stance of the Zhenyue Stake, picked up the crimson stick beside him, and walked towards the dining hall.

Along the way, many outer disciples had already finished breakfast and hurried toward the training ground.

The news that the academy master had emerged from seclusion and intended to select a personal disciple from among the outer disciples had already spread far and wide, and even many well-informed registered disciples had come to investigate.

After Zhou Chen finished breakfast, the usually spacious training ground was now packed with disciples, three layers deep.

"Quick! Make way—Brother Shen is here!" Xiao Chi, Shen Tian's lackey, shouted.

Soon, most of the disciples who had heard of Shen Tian's name managed to create a passage wide enough for two people to pass through.

Seeing that the passage had been cleared, Xiao Chi fawned over Shen Tian and said, "Brother Shen, the way is cleared for you."

Shen Tian nodded with a serious expression and strode into the "exclusive passage" that had been squeezed out of the crowd.

Zhou Chen glanced at it and followed behind at a leisurely pace.

"Hey you in the back? Are you blind? This isn't the way you're going!"

Amidst the shadowy figures, Xiao Chi saw a figure following behind Shen Tian, ​​but before he could see the face, he called out.

Zhou Chen ignored him, and even quickened his pace, bypassing Shen Tian and standing calmly in an open space ahead.

"Hey!" Xiao Chi wanted to scold him, but when he saw Zhou Chen's appearance, he hesitated and could only look at Shen Tian with difficulty.

"No need to dwell on it. From today onwards, I will be the master's personal disciple, and I must be tolerant of others." Shen Tian's expression was calm, without the slightest anger.

Yesterday, the clan bestowed upon him several Bone Forging Pills worth a thousand taels of silver. After consuming them yesterday, his cultivation level was already close to the perfection of Bone Forging.

Someone like Zhou Chen, a country bumpkin who has never even heard of the Bone Forging Pill, is destined to be left far behind.

At that time, he will have to call himself Senior Brother Shen.

"Brother Shen is right. Some peasants are arrogant now, but who knows how they'll fawn over them later," Xiao Chi said sarcastically, his face arrogant.

Before long, greetings rang out from the crowded throng.

"Hello, curator."

"Greetings, Senior Brother."

"Hello, Senior Sister Yi."

Looking into the distance, Zhou Chen saw his senior brother Gao Tian and Yi Lianxing following a man who looked to be about fifty years old as they entered the training ground.

The man was dressed in white, his eyebrows were like swords, and he was calm and composed, exuding a chivalrous air.

It is obvious that this person is Yi Yan, the martial arts school owner who crushed Xingde with a single blow back then.

With a thought, Zhou Chen activated his spiritual tracking ability, pressing his mind towards Yi Yan.

Within sight, two figures stood, their blood surging like rising smoke; it was Gao Tian and Yi Lianxing.

On the contrary, Yi Yan, who was positioned between the two, seemed to have the same blood and qi as ordinary people, but his body was surrounded by a faint white light, which gave off an indescribable mystery.