Travel through a martial arts world and gain a little breakthrough every day.

Zhou Haitao, the brother-in-law, is actually not a bad person. His previous grievances against the original owner were all because the original owner bullied his sister.

Now that he sees how good Lin Feng is to his sister, he has no problem with Lin Feng anymore.

This time, he was completely defeated by Lin Feng, so how could he possibly let go of the opportunity to learn martial arts from Lin Feng?

However, in this day and age, it is too dangerous for a woman to walk alone on mountain paths.

Everyone was worried about Zhou Shi going back alone, fearing something might happen on the way, so they asked Zhou Haitao to take Zhou Shi back first before coming to Lin Feng's house.

Zhou Haitao, the brother-in-law, took Zhou Shi home and then went to Lin Feng's house that same day, pestering Lin Feng to teach him martial arts.

In this world, without some martial arts skills to protect yourself, a man has to live in fear when he goes out.

Lin Feng was quite willing to take care of these younger brothers.

In the future, when I'm away from home on business, I'll need someone trustworthy to look after my house.

Lin Hu and Zhou Haitao are both suitable candidates.

......

Lin Feng taught Zhou Haitao and Lin Hu to practice hunting boxing every day, and often took them up the mountain to hunt and down the river to catch shrimp.

He discovered that Zhou Haitao was physically strong and well-suited to practicing the Golden Bell Cover technique.

Lin Feng simply passed on the Golden Bell Cover technique to Zhou Haitao as well.

Lin Hu's physical abilities are not much better than mine, so he is not very suitable for practicing the Golden Bell Cover technique.

Lin Feng didn't teach Lin Hu the Golden Bell Shield. He would teach it to Lin Hu later when he obtained other martial arts that were more suitable for Lin Hu.

Besides, they could practice a single beast-hunting fist technique for several years.

Lin Feng was not idle either, and he insisted on practicing basic swordsmanship every day.

......

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

Today, Lin Feng had Zhou Haitao and Lin Hu practice boxing at home while he went to the stream to catch shrimp by himself.

Lin Feng has accumulated twenty breakthrough points during this period but hasn't used them yet; he plans to use them all today.

First, upgrade the family's six-shot hunting bow to its perfect level.

Both are family-inherited martial arts. I wonder if the Six-Shot Hunting Bow will reach the same artistic level as the Beast Hunting Fist.

He first spent four breakthrough points to bring his family's six-shot hunting bow to the perfect level.

The Perfect Realm is the highest level of the Six Shots of the Hunting Bow; there are no other realms beyond that.

Adding points to the Hunter's Bow Six Shots did not increase the HP attribute.

It seems I should try to avoid learning subpar martial arts in the future.

Substandard martial arts techniques no longer offer much improvement for me.

Lin Feng felt that after reaching the age of twenty, practicing low-level martial arts no longer had the effect of improving his life attributes.

Each level of martial arts should only be able to increase life attributes within a certain range.

Adding some low-level martial arts skills to improve life attributes must have an upper limit, but we don't know how much it is.

Lin Feng plans to put the remaining sixteen breakthrough points into the Golden Bell Shield.

The first layer of the Golden Bell Shield cost two breakthrough points, and the life attribute was increased by one point.

The second layer of the Golden Bell Shield also required two breakthrough points, and the life attribute was also increased by one point.

The same applies to the third through sixth floors.

It seems that, apart from the initial requirement, lower-level martial arts require two breakthrough points for each of the first to eighth levels.

Based on my experience with the Beast Hunter Fist build, the final level might consume four breakthrough points.

When Lin Feng's Golden Bell Shield reached the sixth level, he had four breakthrough points left and his life attribute reached twenty-seven points, almost catching up with the maid Yue'e.

The Golden Bell Cover is at its fourth level of minor completion and at its seventh level of major completion.

Lin Feng has now reached the sixth level.

If we upgrade it to the seventh level, the Golden Bell Shield will be fully formed.

At that time, I will immediately reach the Iron Skin level of the Skin Refining Realm, directly skipping the Ox Skin and Stone Skin Realms.

However, Lin Feng discovered that the Golden Bell Shield had turned gray, meaning he could no longer add points to it.

Lin Feng used his mind to activate the Golden Bell Shield.

System notification: Life attribute is less than 40 points, unable to break through to the Great Perfection of Golden Bell Shield.

To fully master the Golden Bell Shield skill, the player's life attribute must first reach forty.

This means that one's physical fitness is not up to standard.

My current life attribute is only 27. Even if I add all four breakthrough points to the life attribute, I can only raise it to 31.

Even if he had enough breakthrough points, Lin Feng didn't want to put them directly into his life attribute.

Adding this much is a bit wasteful.

Instead, we should use these breakthroughs to learn lower-level and higher-level martial arts.

This way, you can improve both your combat power and your life attributes, killing two birds with one stone.

Lin Feng decided not to add any more points for now.

I'll have a chance to go to the city again in the next few days to see if I can buy a martial arts manual from the black market through Master Li.

Lin Feng wasn't picky; he just wanted something that wasn't a low-level martial arts manual.

It truly is a case of the poor being scholars and the rich being warriors.

It would be very difficult for ordinary people to master the Golden Bell Shield technique, because their physical condition would not allow it.

Disciples of powerful sects who encounter this bottleneck can access highly nutritious monster meat or aged herbs.

This way, we can break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop.

If I could get my hands on some highly nourishing ingredients, I could probably save a lot of breakthrough points.

However, with my current strength and status, I can't get these things. I still need to learn other martial arts or add some life attributes to break through the bottleneck.

Lin Feng's head was a little dizzy today, his mind was full of memories of practicing the Golden Bell Shield.

In my memory, he whipped himself with an iron rod, stabbed himself with a knife, and went up the mountain to collide with wild buffalo.

He ate herbs, took medicinal baths, and practiced the internal energy techniques of the Golden Bell Cover stance.

He's now using his invincible shield; even a sharp knife can't harm him.

Even if someone with some martial arts skills hits him with an iron rod, he will remain unharmed.

However, if someone skilled in martial arts were to stab him with a knife, they could still injure him.

Once he masters the Golden Bell Shield technique, it will be very difficult for ordinary martial artists to harm him with swords or other sharp weapons.

He had no idea how many shrimp he had eaten that day; he had almost eaten all the shrimp in the stream.

Fortunately, this stream connects to a larger river, and it should recover in time.

Lin Feng checked his attribute panel one last time.

Name: Lin Feng.

Life: 27.

Martial arts:

Six shots from a hunting bow (not up to par) (perfect).

Beast Hunting Fist (Unskilled) (Artistic Level)

Madman's Stick Technique (Unorthodox) (Complete).

Basic swordsmanship (beginner level) (not yet mastered).

Nourishing the Mind Sword Technique (Moves) (Superior) (Beginner).

Golden Bell Cover (Lower Level) (Sixth Level)

Breakthrough point: 4

This time, the added points have significantly boosted my strength.

Lin Feng felt light and airy, yet also full of power.

Lin Feng picked up a pebble from the ground, activated his Golden Bell Shield, and smashed the pebble to pieces with a single punch.

The Golden Bell Shield provides comprehensive enhancements to the body, improving both defense and attack capabilities.

Lin Feng took a bath in the stream, then scooped up half a basket of river shrimp before happily heading home.

......

When Lin Feng returned to Xiahe Village, he noticed that the atmosphere there was a bit off.

Several women sat at the doorways of their homes, weeping bitterly.

"Waaaaah, is this some kind of torture?"

Several men with bloodstains were being helped to stand by the roadside.

These people looked at the group of men wielding iron bars, their eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

Lin Feng could tell at a glance that someone had come to cause trouble in Xiahe Village, so he hurriedly ran home.