My martial arts skill bar can be infinitely merged.

After the three prohibitions were issued in Cangwu County, the bustling scenes of crowds on the streets were no longer seen. There were only rows of closed shops and rows of county soldiers patrolling back and forth.

With the city under lockdown, merchants from outside were also unable to enter, completely severing the small town's connection with the outside world.

But this cutoff was destined to be short-lived. People in the city needed to live, and the city's reserves of basic food like rice and vegetables couldn't last long.

Just as Lu Feng, dressed in a cloud-patterned purple robe and with a jade pendant hanging from his waist, was walking towards the outer city, he saw a minor official in the distance wearing a short robe and a small hat, holding a gong in one hand and a drum in the other.

After walking a short distance, they would strike the drum once, followed by a loud shout.

"One person from each household must go to the granary to collect rice. No more than that! Report the household registration and count the number of people! Go quickly! The county magistrate is opening the granaries!"

When Lu Feng saw the minor official, his voice softened, his back bent, and he looked bewildered.

"This, this Taoist master, do you have any instructions for me to pass on?"

Lu Feng shook his head, indicating that he didn't need it. The other party then carefully and quickly left, continuing to shout.

Seeing this scene, Lu Feng felt a pang of emotion. Not every place was as terrible as described in the books of his previous life.

At this critical juncture, the current magistrate of Cangwu dared to open the granary to provide relief to the people of the city; he must have some ability.

This was just a minor incident on the way. Lu Feng hurried to the outer city and saw Hu Zi waiting patiently at the stone bridge.

Tiger's clothes have changed; he now wears a long blue silk robe, his clean face is more radiant, and he wears a square hat, looking every bit the nouveau riche.

The temporary wooden tag hanging from their waists was the only way to move freely in the city.

Upon seeing Lu Feng arrive, Hu Zi hurriedly went to greet him, his voice filled with anxiety: "Quick, Feng Zi, there are ten locations this time, scattered all over the country. Let's go through them all before dark, otherwise the Night Ghosts will come out and we'll all be dead."

Having known about ghosts since childhood, everyone knows how terrifying they are, and Tiger's serious expression is definitely from the bottom of his heart.

However, Lu Feng admired Hu Zi's intelligence-gathering ability, because his master said that ten night ghosts appeared last night, and now Hu Zi had mentioned ten places.

There was no error, which means that even under the three restrictions, Tiger could still accurately find these places. This ability is terrifyingly strong.

Lu Feng nodded: "Let's go."

The two quickly crossed the stone bridge and headed towards various parts of the outer city.

The county soldiers in the outer city were clearly less numerous than those in the inner city. Apart from a few temporary huts and sentry posts on the main road, the main avenues of the outer city were not patrolled at all.

Along the way, you can occasionally see ragged people moving around in the narrow alleys. When you see someone coming, they disappear into the depths as quickly as mice see a cat.

Lu Feng was fast and soon arrived at the first spot.

After looking around, he found no black liquid in the battle-scarred area in front of him, so he moved on to the next location without stopping.

Lu Feng still didn't understand the mechanism for not having black liquid, but that didn't matter; if there was none, he would just go to the next place.

Soon, the black liquid appeared, and Lu Feng pointed his finger, causing the martial arts points to change again.

[Martial arts points: 50]

The original 18 martial arts points increased again after the appearance of the Night Demon, which triggered a city-wide lockdown and was subsequently eliminated.

This growth is more exaggerated than any before.

After Lu Feng had visited ten locations, he had accumulated a surplus of martial arts points.

[Martial arts points: 61]

The collection of martial arts points has been going smoothly these past few days, but it's less than before.

However, Lu Feng wouldn't mind much, because the martial arts points could be used again. This time, he was eyeing the person with the strongest aptitude among those who gathered in the main hall last time!

It wasn't his master, nor any other Xuan-generation disciple, but the senior sister he met at the very beginning, Ming Qing, who had given Ke Xing medicine a long time ago.

The aptitude reached the superior level of the root bone, and the required points were the highest he had ever seen, a full sixty points.

After unlocking the intermediate-grade root bone, the superior-grade root bone will also appear. Whether it is the master or other teachers, only Xuan Yin and Xuan Kong have superior-grade aptitude.

However, the points required for these two individuals are fifty and fifty-two respectively, a significant difference compared to Ming Qing.

Aside from her qualifications, this Senior Sister Mingqing has also made significant progress in mastering the first talisman-type technique of the Protectorate Method.

What incredible talent and comprehension! It turns out that for this senior sister, achieving minor success was just the beginning.

This was the highest level of mastery he had seen among the younger disciples. The rest were mostly at the lowest level. Even the three senior brothers who supposedly broke through to the Life Realm only practiced the protective techniques extensively, and almost all of them remained at the lowest level. He hadn't seen a single one at the highest level.

The classification of the stages of the Dharma of Protecting the Way has always been very clear: entry level, minor achievement, major achievement, perfection, and transformation.

These five realms explain the levels of the Yunxia Daoyuan's protective magic.

It can be said that reaching the minor success level is the limit for most disciples, including so-called teachers and elders. There are also a small number of disciples who are still at the minor success level in their protective magic.

In Lu Feng's view, these people should be the group of people who maintained the status quo after breaking through to the Life Realm. Their general aptitude was at the limit of the lower grade, which is the same as Ke Xing's innate talent.

After visiting ten places, Hu Zi hurriedly pulled Lu Feng and ran away. Later, he complained that he was too slow and asked Lu Feng to carry him.

As for where he was going, Tiger didn't say, only that he had his own destination.

Lu Feng couldn't say anything about this, but simply handed over the red stones from his home and the red stones issued by the Taoist academy to him.

In addition, he instructed Hu Zi to take good care of Uncle Zhang.

After he joined the academy, Uncle Zhang would come over to visit and give him money at first, but after learning that Lu Feng was on the right track, he stopped coming over.

Lu Feng sighed inwardly at this, but said nothing more. In truth, he understood that Uncle Zhang was just that kind of person.

When everyone is close enough, they can still talk, but if they drift too far apart, they can't talk anymore.

It's impossible to expect Uncle Zhang to say how many pigs he slaughtered today.

Take good care of yourself!

Lu Feng said to Hu Zi.

Tiger nodded and said, "Don't worry about us, Fengzi. What you've given us is far more than what we've given you. There's no need to be like an old woman, worrying about everything for us. Spend more time thinking about yourself. I'm leaving now."

Tiger's words made Lu Feng twitch his brow. He didn't let out a soft sigh until the other person disappeared around the corner, and then headed towards the Dao Academy.

It's too late today, so we'll discuss downloading the superior root bone technique tomorrow during the day.