Surviving in the chaos of war begins in the wilderness.

Chapter 46 Improving Root Bone

When Zhou Ye left, he had already put on a windproof scarf.

At this moment, he discovered that there were already many people like him on the street. These people, carrying luggage and helping the elderly and children, left the county town, preparing to go out to seek refuge with relatives and friends.

Zhou Ye couldn't help but turn back and glance in the direction of the city gate. He found it tightly shut, indicating that the rebellion inside the city was still unresolved. Judging from the situation, the chaos would likely continue for quite some time.

The road was littered with discarded items, and several corpses could be seen every now and then. Fortunately, a few kind-hearted people helped. They moved the bodies, covered the naked woman's corpse with a sheet, and an older woman picked up a wailing baby...

As Zhou Ye passed the woman, he stopped and handed her the 30 jin of rice and a piece of salted meat. While the woman was thanking him profusely, he quickly slipped a few pieces of silver into the baby's swaddling clothes.

I can't really help much, but I'll just have peace of mind! Sigh!

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That evening, Zhou Ye arrived at the small family home with his belongings. On the way, he buried the bag of ashes and the bloodstained soil in the forest, completely erasing all traces.

He casually stuffed the crossbow, chainmail, and black dragon spear under the bed. He kept the thick-backed sword for himself, considering it an upgrade to his equipment.

It's not that I don't want to put it elsewhere. It's just that all the rooms are already crammed full. Even the area next to my bed is piled high with all sorts of salted meat and fish. How can I fall asleep every night smelling salted meat and fish?

This salty aroma is still the best; it makes me feel at ease. I've finally reached a safe place.

However, lying in bed, Zhou Ye recalled the process of entering the state of Qi.

Five days of Qi perception? It took 55 days to break through to the next level? My physical constitution must be terrible. I'm only slightly better than those who are born with disabilities.

Furthermore, during his previous cultivation, Zhou Ye had already sensed that the quality of one's innate talent was extremely difficult to determine through postnatal development. That was the talent bestowed upon one by nature.

In other words, the original mother suffered from long-term malnutrition while in the womb, which ultimately affected the fetus's development. There was no way to make up for it later in life.

Holy crap! Others lose at the starting line, but I lost in the womb?

Since that's the case, let's use 5 points of natural attribute points and add 1 point to constitution! Constitution: -3 → -2

Unexpectedly, after adding just one point to his physique, his whole body suddenly began to convulse, as if every pore was being pricked by needles, waves of excruciating pain surged through him, like the feeling of being pierced by a thousand arrows.

Before long, Zhou Ye was tormented by this indescribable pain to the point of semi-consciousness...

When Zhou Ye woke up again, he found that it was already daylight and the morning of the next day had arrived.

When I woke up, I felt refreshed, as if I were a completely different person. But as soon as I moved, I felt sticky all over. I found that my clothes and the bed were filthy; a lot of black, sticky fluid had come out of my body last night, making a complete mess of the place.

Zhou Ye was both amused and exasperated. So this was the improvement in his physical constitution!

I boiled some water, washed myself thoroughly, changed into clean clothes, and even changed the bedding. I packed up the dirty things and took them home to Xinghua to wash!

They arrived at the farmland. They found that, due to their long absence, the wheat fields were overgrown with weeds, and the wheat itself had wilted from the drought.

They quickly weeded the wheat field, fertilized it again, and watered the wheat thoroughly. They also made several scarecrows and placed them around the wheat field.

After a busy morning, we finally finished all the farm work. There should only be a few days left; it will be almost harvest time.

In the afternoon, we went to the bamboo forest and set many traps, starting our rat-catching mission once again.

Then he took the fishing net and the four fish traps he had made. Zhou Ye quickly arrived at the riverbank.

They baited the nets and threw all four into the river. The nets began catching birds, and they also collected a basketful of bird eggs...

By evening, the bamboo rat burrows, chicken coops, and duck burrows had almost all come back to life, and the little home was once again filled with the company of so many small animals...

Sipping wine and eating pheasant stew with mushrooms, Zhou Ye felt a sense of pride. This was the life of an immortal.

After dinner, it's two hours of practice at the Wind and Thunder Stakes. There's no time for martial arts training today, so I should get some rest!

However, when Zhou Ye practiced martial arts the next morning, he discovered that as he gained more strength, his martial arts training became completely different.

For ordinary people, the process of generating force involves using their own muscles and bones. Therefore, the amount of force they can exert is limited.

But for martial artists, they have an additional source of internal energy and blood. In other words, they have an additional method of generating power.

To use a somewhat imperfect analogy: an ordinary person's muscles and bones are like a single engine. A martial artist, on the other hand, becomes a dual-engine, combining two methods to generate power.

Although at the beginning, the exertion of qi and blood was very weak, almost negligible. Just like a martial artist who has entered the realm of internal strength, their basic stats are similar to those of an ordinary person.

However, Qi and blood possess extremely high potential. As the Qi and blood in the body become abundant, the power of this engine becomes increasingly greater, far exceeding that of ordinary people's muscles and bones. Therefore, Qi and blood become the primary focus, while muscles and bones become negligible.

This is what high-level martial artists are like; compared to ordinary people, they seem like superhumans.

That's why, even if a martial artist's qi and blood aren't great, they're still qi and blood! This brings about a huge change in cultivation.

First, the time allotted for martial arts training has been extended. One additional hour is added each day, bringing the total to three hours. The time allotted for practicing internal martial arts techniques remains unchanged at two hours.

In this way, if you train at full capacity, you would need five hours a day!

No wonder people say "the poor study literature, the rich practice martial arts." This actually requires taking time off work to practice martial arts, which is impossible to do while working. Unless you're very wealthy, it's simply not something ordinary people can afford.

However, even a low-level martial art can only increase experience points by 6 per hour. That means, practicing for a day can increase experience points by 18, more than double the original amount.

The same applies to third-rate martial arts techniques. Each hour increases the skill by 2 points. Each day, it increases the skill by 6 experience points.

Therefore, from this perspective, the cultivation of martial arts skills becomes much faster. No wonder there's a saying in the martial arts world—"Practicing martial arts without internal cultivation is all for naught!"

It turns out that in the process of martial arts training, the technique is the most important and fundamental element!

After figuring this out, Zhou Ye began to retrieve the fish trap he had set out the day before. But as soon as he started to pull it up, he felt an extremely heavy weight.

Zhou Ye couldn't help but smile; he hadn't expected the harvest to be so good!