Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

"Auntie." Zhou Chen greeted the person who came.

When the woman saw that there was a stranger present, Zhou Chen, the one who had caused her to argue with her husband that morning, the joy on her face suddenly vanished.

The next second, however, he forced a smile and said, "Xiao Chen is here, sit down, sit down."

Zhou Chen was not bothered by the situation, even though he had heard Aunt Sun advise Uncle Sun not to take him into the mountains again and to take care of his own children first.

But if he were in Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun's situation, would he be able to spare some food for others to live on?

He knew from his past life that not many people in the world care about your feelings, especially when there is a conflict of interest.

In this world, there are always more people who add flowers to brocade than those who offer charcoal in the snow.

Even if the original owner's father had saved Uncle Sun's life, providing him with some food at this critical moment was still a favor.

After all, it's not uncommon for young masters to be fed cakes.

"Honey, is this the Yunsong rabbit you hunted today?" Aunt Sun's eyes lit up when she saw the plump Yunsong rabbit in the basket. "If its fur is properly tanned, it can be exchanged for quite a few copper coins even in this cold weather."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Sun smiled wryly and explained, "This was caught by Xiao Chen. I didn't find any prey today. I'll go to the inner mountain again tomorrow."

Hearing that it wasn't her husband who had hunted the fish, but rather Zhou Chen, whom she had underestimated, Aunt Sun's eyes showed surprise, and her expression softened a bit.

After his father's death, Zhou Chen was kidnapped by the Black Wind Bandits and subsequently fell into a slump, spending all his money at home until he fell ill. He was truly hopeless.

This prey, however, shows that this person is not as bad as he seems.

"Auntie, I'll have to trouble Uncle Sun to help me process this rabbit skin," Zhou Chen said. "Or I could use the rabbit meat to cook for you, and have a bowl of wild vegetable soup at your house tonight."

"This..." Uncle Sun was stunned when he heard this, not expecting Zhou Chen to make such a suggestion.

Before he could refuse, Sun Xiaohua and Sun Xiaohu understood the meaning behind Zhou Chen's words. The two of them grabbed Yun Song Rabbit's two long rabbit ears and pulled it out of the basket.

"Daddy, I want to eat rabbit."

"The bunny is delicious."

"Aunt Sun shouldn't mind having an extra pair of chopsticks, right?" Zhou Chen asked, noticing the hesitation on Uncle Sun and his wife's faces.

"No, no." With the two children pleading beside them, the couple had no reason to refuse.

The pheasant and rations that Uncle Sun gave them that day were enough to make them accept the rabbit without feeling guilty.

"Xiao Chen, you rest for a while. I'll skin it so we can tan it before the caravan arrives." Uncle Sun took the Cloud Pine Rabbit from Xiao Hua and Xiao Hu and walked to the shelf next to him.

He picked up the Cloud Pine Rabbit and looked it up and down.

The arrow pierced the left side of the Cloud Pine Rabbit's neck and exited from the lower right, swiftly and cleanly, without damaging much of its hide.

"Excellent archery skills," Uncle Sun praised, "If Xiao Chen were a little stronger, he could even go to the inner mountain."

"That is the real hunting ground of Yunsong Mountain."

"Inner Mountain?" Zhou Chen asked curiously, "Does the Inner Mountain have even rarer prey?"

"Do you remember the demonic beasts I mentioned yesterday?" Uncle Sun said mysteriously to Zhou Chen. "The demonic beasts in the core area are incredibly powerful, each with the strength of the Bone Forging level. There are also demonic beasts in the inner mountain, but they are much weaker, mostly at the Skin Refining level. We occasionally encounter flesh-refining demonic beasts as well."

As Uncle Sun and Zhou Chen talked, their hands did not slow down in the slightest.

He skillfully used a hemp rope to suspend the rabbit by its hind legs, then used his rough thumb to push along the joint of the hind leg, prying open a skin ring. With a gentle flick of his knife, he completed the circumferential incision.

Immediately afterwards, the blade slid smoothly down the inside of the thigh toward the groin, then onto the other leg.

After the "crotch opening" was completed, Uncle Sun put down the knife, grabbed the separated leather edge with both hands, and rolled it down.

The separation of the Yunsong rabbit skin from the subcutaneous fat and fascia produces a faint hissing sound.

In a short while, the fur of the entire Cloud Pine Rabbit rolled down, revealing its glistening, pink flesh.

[Received instruction from a seasoned hunter, skinning progress +1]

As Uncle Sun peeled the skin, he explained the key points to Zhou Chen without holding anything back.

Unfortunately, perhaps because Uncle Sun peeled the skin too quickly, the skill level of peeling did not reach 50% by the end of the process, and the panel did not successfully record the peeling skill.

Then, Uncle Sun removed the rabbit's brain, mixed in a little bone marrow, and pounded it into a milky white paste. He then handed the whole clean meat of the Yunsong rabbit to Aunt Sun.

Aunt Sun, who had been waiting nearby, took the rabbit meat, skillfully found a branch and threaded it through the rabbit meat. Looking around the yard, she saw that a bonfire had already been set up.

Rabbit meat is placed on a grill made of tree branches, and flames rise and lick the meat all over.

When heated, the surface of the rabbit meat immediately tightens, producing a slight sizzling sound.

Aunt Sun began to slowly and evenly rotate the branch, ensuring that each side was exposed to the heat of the flames.

Soon, oil glistened on the surface of the rabbit meat, then gathered into small droplets, sliding down the rabbit meat and dripping onto the charcoal fire, hissing as a small wisp of smoke carrying a smoky aroma rose up.

Uncle Sun and his wife, one tanning the skin of Yunsong rabbits and the other roasting the meat in front of the fire, were inexplicably harmonious.

"Come on, try your aunt's cooking."

Half an hour later, Aunt Sun smiled and used a knife to cut off a piece of rabbit meat and handed it to Zhou Chen.

Inside the courtyard, Zhou Chen and the Sun family of four sat in a circle, eating roasted rabbit and drinking wild vegetable soup, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

"Uncle Sun, if I want to become a martial artist quickly, is there any way?" Zhou Chen swallowed a piece of rabbit meat and asked.

"Become a martial artist quickly?" Uncle Sun asked in surprise. "Most people in our village become martial artists by working hard on their own. When their bodies have been tempered enough, they have entered the realm of martial arts."

"If you want to become a martial artist quickly, the only way is to practice the martial arts techniques that are taught at the martial arts schools in the county town."

"Martial arts techniques?" Zhou Chen was slightly surprised.

"Yes, five taels of silver is enough to go to the county town and choose a martial arts school to become an apprentice. Whether you succeed or not depends on your own fate," Uncle Sun said in a deep voice.

In the village, five taels of silver was enough for a family of three to spend for a whole year; it was not something an ordinary person could scrape together.

"Five taels of silver." After leaving Uncle Sun's house, Zhou Chen was still thinking about learning martial arts.

According to Uncle Sun, the rabbit skin he helped tan today was of excellent quality because the wound was small, and with winter approaching, it should sell for over forty coins.

In other words, to raise five taels of silver, one would need to hunt over a hundred rabbit pelts of this quality, and would have to go without food or water to do so.

"Uncle Sun had a family to support. The money he earned from hunting each day had to cover the food, clothing, and other expenses of the four of them. He also had to frequently buy medicinal herbs to help Xiao Hu strengthen his body."

"If I'm full, the whole family won't go hungry. If I put in some effort, it shouldn't take too long." Zhou Chen pushed open the door, lowered the latch, and walked into the inner room to sit cross-legged on the bed.

At this moment, there is only one quarter of an hour left before the countdown on the panel reaches zero.