Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

"Is the enhancement to the Spirit attribute?"

Zhou Chen snapped out of his daze when he saw the scene change before him.

He strode into the courtyard, where the moonlight shone like mercury, as if covering the entire courtyard with a thin layer of frost.

He deftly drew a basin of water from the well and used the water's surface as a mirror to examine the changes in himself.

In the reflection on the water, his thin body appeared muscular, with the subtle outline of muscles faintly visible.

His once thin, sunken face has become fuller again, and although he is still wearing coarse clothes, he has also gained some handsome features.

Name: Zhou Chen

【23:56:21】

【Fine: 1.1】

[Qi: 0.0]

【God: 1.5】

[Skill: Archery (Beginner, 15%)]

[Follow-up (Beginner, 54%)]

[Trap (Beginner, 50%)]

[Relic: Breakthrough Relic (Beginner) *1]

"If I could acquire more of the Three Treasures relics to further enhance my spirit attribute, would it be possible to directly break through to the Skin Refining realm?"

He recalled Zhang Dazhu's disdainful look at him today, and thought of his father's mysterious disappearance and Li Xiong's safe return. A strong sense of unease welled up within him.

"Still too weak!"

After looking at the skills section of the panel, he immediately decided to save the beginner-level breakthrough relic first.

After all, he could continue learning the skills of tracking and trapping from Uncle Sun, and would eventually master them.

In this way, it would be better to save this relic and use it to improve archery skills later.

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The following day, as dawn broke, the thin mountain mist of early winter dissipated.

Zhou Chen got up early to wash up, and then took more rice from the rice bag than he had the day before, cooked it, and barely managed to eat his fill.

Since my spirit attribute was raised to 1.1 yesterday, my strength has increased significantly, but I also feel hungrier more easily than usual, and my food consumption has increased further.

After resting for a while, he did a set of stretching exercises in the yard to loosen his muscles and bones, and then carried his bow and arrows on his back and walked towards Uncle Sun's house.

Since you're going to trouble someone to take you hunting, it's not right to have someone come looking for you every day.

"Hopefully there will be a good harvest today, otherwise we won't have enough food at home."

Tread!

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Sun family courtyard came into view.

Zhou Chen walked closer and was about to knock on the door when he heard soft whispers coming from inside.

"Husband, we shared some rice with the Zhou family boy yesterday, but he hasn't caught anything. We only have enough food for the next two days," a worried middle-aged woman's voice came from the courtyard.

"I know, the caravan from the county town will be here in two days. Let's see if we can make a profit today." After a long silence in the room, Uncle Sun's voice finally rang out.

"Brother Zhou saved your life, and I, a woman, naturally know the principle of 'repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude,' so yesterday when you wanted to distribute rice and take Zhou into the mountains, I didn't stop you."

"But no matter what, we two can go hungry, but Xiaohua and Xiaohu can't afford to go hungry."

"We're still short of the medicinal herbs for Xiaohu, and the annual tax is due soon." A soft sob suddenly came from the courtyard.

Hearing this from outside the courtyard, Zhou Chen froze, his hand about to knock on the door. He glanced at the relic he had accumulated on the panel, made a firm decision, and turned to leave.

"Use Breakthrough Relics to enhance Tracking Skills."

[Consumes 1 Beginner Level Breakthrough Relics]

【Tracking (Beginner, 2%)】

"The first relic that broke through the realm filled 25% of my archery proficiency at the time, which was not yet at the beginner level, and then accumulated another 12% at the beginner level."

"This one is filled with 46% of those who haven't even started tracking, and also has accumulated 2% of those who are at the beginner level."

"Can a beginner-level breakthrough relic increase the proficiency of a novice skill by about 50%?"

Zhou Chen looked at the proficiency information on the panel and made some calculations in his mind.

If this is the case, the effect of beginner-level relics on introductory skills will be halved. To improve your current archery skills to the next level, you will need to find at least four more beginner-level relics.

At the same time, as Zhou Chen began to learn tracking techniques, various categories of prey tracking skills, such as the direction of prey footprints, scent, and the freshness of feces, kept emerging in his mind.

He sorted through the various tracking knowledge in his mind and breathed a sigh of relief.

With basic tracking skills and basic archery, one should be able to hunt some animals, at least enough to avoid going hungry.

Then, he looked at the arrows in the quiver at his waist. Two more had worn out from practicing archery yesterday, and with the ones Uncle Sun had given him, he still had eight arrows left.

"I just heard from Uncle Sun that a caravan from the county town will be coming here to buy and sell supplies in two days. We need to hunt more game in the next two days and then exchange it for arrows and food."

Zhou Chen pondered the days to come, but his steps did not falter as he continued along the mountain route he had noted down the day before.

Before the figure had gone far, the gate of the Sun family compound was pushed open with a creak.

Uncle Sun walked out with a worried look on his face. He looked at the blurry figure in the distance and thought it looked familiar. After a long while, he assumed it was one of the hunters he knew.

He rubbed his face with both hands to wipe away the worry on his face, and strode towards the Zhou family's courtyard.

"Xiao Chen is much smarter than me. What takes me several days or even more than ten days to learn, he can learn most of in a day."

"I'll take him with me for one more day, then I'll go to Uchiyama to see if there are any big shipments!"

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After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Zhou Chen left the village and arrived at the edge of Cloud Pine Mountain.

Looking at the rows of footprints on the damp soil at the foot of the mountain, he immediately pictured the direction the footprints had traveled.

Tracking skills are not limited to being applied to prey.

Following the footprints into the mountains, Zhou Chen did not relax for a moment, striving to combine the information he could observe in the mountains with the knowledge in his mind to verify each other.

Gradually, the footprints in front dispersed and became sparser until there were no more new footprints in front.

"No one has searched for prey in this direction yet. Hopefully, we'll find something." Looking at the path ahead with only some blurry traces, Zhou Chen was delighted and couldn't help but marvel at the power of his tracking skill.

However, after walking along the path for a while longer, Zhou Chen finally realized what was happening.

The reason why there have been no new footprints on this route is not because he was the only one who found it.

More likely, the experienced hunters had long known that prey was scarce in this area, which is why no one had come here for so long.

Tracking progress +1

Looking at the message on the panel, Zhou Chen could only laugh self-deprecatingly, "There's enough food at home for today, so I'll just consider this a place to practice my skills."

Although he felt somewhat frustrated, his eyes did not relax, and he continued to carefully search every blade of grass and every tree around him.

No one walks here anymore, and the paths formed by years of trampling are covered with fallen leaves. Even if small animals pass by, they can hardly leave any trace.

At this point, relying on feces, smell, and other methods to determine the location of prey becomes particularly important.

Half an hour later, two dark green spherical objects suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Chen.

He crouched down and poked the surface of the dark green sphere, feeling a sticky sensation travel up his fingertips.

"Fresh, Cloud Pine Rabbit droppings." The thought flashed through his mind, and his heart started beating faster.

Calming himself down, Zhou Chen's eyes, sharp as a hawk's, searched the mountains and forests.

After a while, Zhou Chen stopped beside several clumps of dark green feces that were faintly steaming.

"It's nearby!"

He crouched down and moved forward slowly, making no sound as he stepped into the soft, humus-rich soil.

Passing through several bushes, a few plump, snow-white rabbits were squatting in front of some tender green grass, chewing and eating without any wariness.

"Have they let their guard down since no hunters have come by these past few days?" Zhou Chen asked, looking at the few Cloud Pine Rabbits ahead.

"Phew..." Zhou Chen let out a long breath, slowly suppressing the excitement in his heart. If he had disturbed the group of rabbits eating because of his recklessness, he would have regretted it to the core.

He slowly took the bow and arrow off his back and then drew an arrow from the quiver.

As the arrow was nocked, Zhou Chen's heart remained calm, the excitement of encountering his prey completely suppressed.

Then he narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the most muscular part of the plumpest cloud pine rabbit in the grass ahead.