Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

The other person beside Du Ming carried two swords on his back and had a cold and stern aura. Seeing Du Ming following behind, he was of a higher status than Du Ming. He was none other than Han Lin, the senior brother of Hanliu Martial Arts School.

He carried a basket filled with blood bait and wandered the streets, seemingly unafraid of attracting too many monsters that he couldn't handle.

Gao Tian's gaze swept across the scene in the courtyard. More than ten skeletal monster corpses lay on the ground, clearly killed by Zhou Chen and the others.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and his face revealed undisguised admiration and surprise. "Junior Brother Zhou, how did you find these monsters?"

Beside him, a disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect was pulling back a tamed demon dog that kept approaching the monster's corpse, preventing it from getting too close.

The other Crimson Flame disciples were surprised to see this scene, and many of those who had once considered joining Zhou Chen's team showed some regret.

"It was just luck." Zhou Chen waved his hand, not arrogant at all. "If it weren't for Senior Brother Chen and Senior Sister Yi, I wouldn't be able to fight them all, and even if I found the monster, it would have been useless."

On the other side, the man in front of Du Ming frowned slightly, his gaze lingering on Zhou Chen's face for a moment before he remained silent.

Du Ming's face was grim as he stared intently at the monster corpses. He then looked at the self-deprecating Zhou Chen and let out a cold snort. "Oh, so you guys are really lucky. Maybe you just stumbled upon this by sheer luck?"

"Or perhaps, he's been following behind Senior Brother Han, waiting for his prey to come to him?" He glanced at the blood bait in Han Lin's hand, full of confidence.

Before Zhou Chen could answer, Yi Lianxing couldn't stand it anymore and retorted, "Since you can't get anything out of your own crooked ways, you resort to slandering others!"

"I see your Cold Current Martial Arts Academy has fallen on hard times; you're even taking in someone with such a vicious mind."

"That's right. Zhou Chen was a hunter in the mountains before, and he has mastered excellent tracking skills, which are even better than those demon dogs," Chen Yunpeng chimed in in rebuttal.

Currently, the people who trust Zhou Chen the most within the Crimson Flame Martial Arts Academy are the two who witnessed him find the man-eating monster.

Now that they have heard Du Ming's slanderous words, they are unwilling to let it go unpunished.

Du Ming was verbally attacked by the two men, and his face turned pale and then red.

His sarcastic remarks about Zhou Chen during the day were still fresh in his mind, but now they were coming back at him like a boomerang.

"It's just a matter of luck; a blind cat stumbled upon a dead mouse."

He snorted coldly, still unwilling to admit that Zhou Chen had found the monster through his own abilities.

If this is true, then his method of taking blood from living people to make blood bait would truly be considered a crooked and evil practice.

Moreover, if a mere hunter's ability to track down monsters is enough, then he could simply go outside the city tomorrow and find ten or eight hunters, and the problem of the man-eating monster would be solved without a problem.

Just then, a group of people walked in from outside the house.

Hong Lielong strode over, with Xiao Liu leading the way, his face beaming with pride.

Although Zhou Chen was the one who found the monster's trail, and Zhou Chen, Chen Yunpeng, and Yi Lianxing were the main force in killing the monster, he still deserves some credit.

As long as he keeps clinging to Zhou Chen's coattails, his name will surely be on the list of credits once this matter is over.

"Brother Zhou, everything's been taken care of over there. We can collect the reward tomorrow."

"Over there?" Du Ming's heart skipped a beat when he heard Xiao Liu's words.

Could it be that this person truly found the monster's trail, and it wasn't just a lucky guess?

Before he could verify, Hong Lie's tiger-like eyes swept over the monster's corpse in the courtyard, finally settling on Zhou Chen's face.

"Excellent! Brother Zhou, you've found two groups of cannibalistic monsters with just one move. I'll definitely put in a good word for you with the magistrate when we get back!"

Upon hearing Hong Lie's words, everyone cast envious glances their way.

Although everyone present was a martial arts expert, they were considered formidable figures by some small gangs and wealthy families.

But in the eyes of the three great families and the government, they were nothing more than henchmen who were slightly stronger than those in the Body Tempering Realm.

As the saying goes, "Having mastered both literary and martial arts, one can then sell one's skills to the emperor."

Some of them had limited talent; mastering the Yi Jin Jing was already a stroke of luck, and refining their internal organs was an even greater dream. The best way out for them after leaving the martial arts school was to become henchmen of the three great families or government servants.

Although the current Great Qian Dynasty shows signs of decline, the title of official is still much better than that of a household servant or guard.

Zhou Chen was able to gain favor and merit in front of the powerful county magistrate. If his cultivation is hindered in the future, it will be easy for him to enter the government and serve as an official.

"Thank you, Officer Hong." Zhou Chen had no reason to refuse such a benefit that was offered to him.

Hearing Hong Lie's words affirm Zhou Chen's contribution, Du Ming felt his own sophistry sounded even more weak and powerless.

He stiffened, greeted Hong Lie along with Han Lin, and quickly walked out of the courtyard.

"Brother Zhou, could you please extend your method of tracing clues to a wider range of applications? If you are willing, I, Hong, will certainly not let you suffer any losses." Hong Lie did not try to stop the two from Hanliu Martial Arts School.

He even thought that if Zhou Chen's ability to find monsters could be promoted, he would ask his old leader to abolish the blood bait method.

After all, this method uses the blood of living people as a material, which is truly against the natural order.

Zhou Chen frowned upon hearing this. If the traces of this man-eating monster were found through ordinary means, he would naturally not keep them so secret.

Unfortunately, only psychic abilities could detect any trace of the monster at that moment.

Even he himself, without using his supernatural powers, could not find the slightest clue.

Thinking of this, he smiled wryly and said, "Officer Hong, it's not that I'm being cowardly, but the method of finding traces of monsters has great limitations on talent."

"At the very least, you need to have an exceptionally good nose so you can smell monsters."

"By smell? Then Junior Brother Zhou, your nose must be even more sensitive than the tamed demon dog!" The disciple who had been leading the tamed demon dog blurted out.

"Uh..." Zhou Chen was stunned for a moment, unsure whether this unfamiliar fellow disciple was praising or criticizing him.

"Well, if finding this monster's trail were really that easy, it wouldn't have caused such a stir in the city." Hong Lie's eyes dimmed slightly, showing some disappointment.

"But I can mark out the general location for you. If you're close enough, you might be able to find it by relying on these demonic dogs that have smelled the monster's corpse," Zhou Chen continued.

Upon hearing this, Hong Lie's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered Xiao Liu to fire a signal arrow to summon all the patrol teams to gather at this location.

After a while, Zhou Chen activated his spiritual tracking ability to its fullest extent, and he could clearly perceive every rustle of wind and movement in the surrounding streets and alleys.

Locations tainted with the aura of monsters were marked.

Hong Lie immediately dispatched men to search and patrol the area around the marked houses.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chen and Hong Lie led their men to another part of the city.

Given Zhou Chen's current spiritual tracking ability's perception range, it would take him quite a while to sense all the areas of the county.

Throughout the night, Zhou Chen and Hong Lie worked tirelessly, especially after the location given by Zhou Chen was verified to have a 60-70% success rate, which made everyone even more excited.

Finally, Hong Lie gathered all the martial arts disciples who were patrolling the city together and ordered them to follow Zhou Chen's orders.

This naturally includes Du Ming and other disciples of the Hanliu Martial Arts School.