Celestial Emperor 2
Ch. 430 - Enhancement In the Dao of the Arrow
“Kakak Yi, what does this mean?” qin Shan asked in astonishment when he saw the bow Yi Changluo had given him.
“Is there a problem? Don't you want to learn about the dao of arrows?” yi Changluo replied nonchalantly as he leaned against the tree while looking at Qin Shan.
“It is true that I want to learn the dao of arrows, but do I have to use this ordinary bow?” Qin Shan was inexhaustible. Although the bow was the most important thing in the dao of the arrow, but the bow had to be quite a powerful magical treasure. What Qin Shan grasped at the moment was not a magical treasure that existed at any level. Rather it was just a bow made from ordinary bamboo.
Moreover, in addition to the ordinary bamboo bow given by Yi Changluo, Qin Shan was also given a target that was only about 100 meters away from his originating position. He really did not understand, why did he have to start from such a close distance like this? Even with his sword alone, he could attack for thousands of meters.100 meters was not a long distance for him.
“Qin Shan, you don't understand. You might think that the dao of arrows is the same dao as most other assassin dao. But you need to know, dao arrows are more complicated than other types of dao assassins including dao swords. That's why you have to start small first. A thousand-mile journey always begins with one step.” explains Yi Changluo with a calm face, but his words are filled with very strong ambition.
Upon hearing this, Qin Shan finally understood. The reason why he could not hit his target 100 kilometers away was because he had no experience. To have that experience, you need to start with something small. Too much at the beginning will not give satisfactory results later on.
“If you already understand then immediately aim at the target I have identified it. You must release ten thousand arrows today, and each day will increase by a thousand arrows. This first stage exercise will last for one month!” yi Changluo said as he waved his hand, instantly appearing ten thousand arrows made of ordinary-looking bamboo.
Since the bow Qin Shan used was not a magical treasure of any kind, then he could not form an arrow of his qi energy at all. That's why he had to use an ordinary arrow.
“Good, sister Yi.” Qin Shan nodded and began to gather all the arrows that were around Yi Changluo using his Divine Will. Ten thousand arrows floated up then landed and neatly arranged right beside Qin Shan.
Although Qin Shan felt that his training for this one month would be boring, he did not feel any objection at all. He was sure, this Yi Changluo had his own motives. After all he was really interested in the dao of arrows right now, according to him the more skills he learned, then he would be easier to survive in the midst of this chaos.
“Actually 100 meters is a very close distance, but since my current bow is just an ordinary weapon, then the attacking distance will be drastically reduced. In other words, my current training is no different from my previous practice.” Qin Shan could only let out a long sigh then started to pull his arrows and aim at the target.
His current target was a large tree about 100 meters away from him. Before releasing his arrows, Qin Shan had always observed the movement of the wind around him. Immediately after that he immediately released his hand from the bamboo bowstring and the arrow made of bamboo slid forward very quickly.
A slash! The arrow moved quietly as if it was able to split the wind easily. Moments later, the arrow landed right on a large tree that Qin Shan was targeting.
“Good!” although it was not an extraordinary achievement, Qin Shan remained extremely happy. However, before this, the arrows continued to miss and could not hit the target.
Qin Shan did not stop there, he continued to release more arrows and aimed at the large tree quickly. Out of the hundred arrows that had been released, over seventy of them managed to land perfectly. Nevertheless, Qin Shan remained unsatisfied. Until he could plunge all the arrows perfectly without missing, he would never stop.
“Lumayan too, it's only been about an hour, but his archery skills have improved quite a lot. No wonder the teacher asked me to teach him. It turned out that this Qin Shan was a very talented person.” Inner Yi Changluo while Qin Shan was still busy to shoot his target.
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To release an arrow, an archer must be completely calm. That was why the dao of the arrow was tightly connected to both Heart Peace and Heartforce.
Qin Shan currently had a level 3 Heart Peace that was already close to leveling up. Which meant that his Heart Peace was already stronger than most Spiritual Gods or True Immortals. Just by this fact alone, he already had a high archery accuracy.
Besides, even though Qin Shan was not a Heartforce cultivator, he still had a stronger Heartforce than most cultivators of his level. So basically, the accuracy of Qin Shan's shot was already unquestionable. However, the problem right now is that he still lacks experience in archery.
It had been two weeks since Qin Shan started his archery practice with Yi Changluo. In accordance with what Yi Changluo had previously said, every day the number of arrows Qin Shan had to release increased by one thousand. That meant that right now, Qin Shan had to release 24 thousand arrows every day.
Not only that, every once a week the target that Yi Changluo marked was getting further away. Every week the distance of the target would increase by a hundred meters, and right now Qin Shan had a target that was 300 meters away from him.
This was completely unreasonable considering the current Qin Shan was only using an ordinary bamboo bow. Perhaps a distance of five hundred meters was the most ideal attacking distance of this arc. Nevertheless, Qin Shan still found it difficult to aim at him properly. Out of the hundred arrows he released, only less than half managed to stick it right on target.
“Although the bow I used was just an ordinary weapon, but I was still able to flow it with thin qi energy. So there should be no problem with the attacking distance. The problem was the air resistance as my arrow shot forward.” Qin Shan muttered as he pulled the arrow from his bow and prepared to release it.
“The further the distance between me and the target, the greater the air resistance. That means I have to estimate my shot perfectly. Which is a lot harder to do than it says.” Qin Shan released his arrows from his bow then he let out a long sigh.
Now, his training for today is done. He had already released 24 thousand arrows, and less than ten thousand had managed to land properly.
As usual, after his practice was completed, he cultivated using high grade energy crystals. Since there was Yi Changluo nearby, then he could not use the immortal crystal to cultivate, as it could make Yi Changluo suspicious.
Although high-grade energy crystals were extremely rare in the Soul Desolate mountain, at least Yi Changluo did not consider it to be an extraordinary thing.
Currently, Qin Shan was at the Great Circle stage of the Profound Immortal stage. Just waiting for time alone for him to be able to ascend to the Immortal Venerable stage. However, the gap between the Profound Immortal and the Venerable Immortal was too great, he could not cover the abyss in just a few decades.
The most important thing to be able to break through the Immortal Venerable stage was one's dao comprehension. This was the reason why Qin Shan chose to study the dao of arrows. He wanted to try his chances to ascend to the Immortal Venerable stage with his arrow dao insight.
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