Chapter 40

Thinking about the live archery practice that would begin tomorrow, Lan Ling felt a slight excitement in his heart.

At that moment, a knock came from outside the room.

"Who is it?" Ye Jingyu raised her willow-leaf eyebrows and said coldly.

"It's me, Xiao Ying, sister-in-law." A man's voice came from outside, the same lecherous customer from earlier.

Sister-in-law? Lan Ling looked at Ye Jingyu with confusion.

Ye Jingyu's beautiful face turned red, then she said coldly, "If you dare to call me sister-in-law again, I'll cut out your tongue."

"Alright, I won't, Sister Ye..." The man named Xiao Ying said, "The boss is also here, hunting outside. I got injured, so I stayed in the inn. Shall I take you to find the boss tomorrow?"

What kind of injury is this? He still has the strength to call for women, clearly just afraid of death and hiding in the city.

"No need, I don't want to see him," Ye Jingyu said coldly. "And I have nothing to do with him."

"Sister-in-law, oh, no, Sister Ye, the boss and Xiao Tian really have nothing to do with each other. It's just that woman who insists on sticking to him," Xiao Ying said. "Besides, even if you have a grudge against the boss, you can't let him wear a green hat, especially with such a pretty but useless小白脸 (pretty boy)."

"Get lost, if you dare to say another word, I'll cut out your tongue right now," Ye Jingyu picked up a cup and threw it out.

"Bang!" The door was immediately smashed with a hole, and the man named Xiao Ying fled.

Seeing Lan Ling looking at her with surprise, Ye Jingyu said coldly, "What are you looking at? I have nothing to do with that man."

Lan Ling nodded, but he didn't believe it. He looked at Ye Jingyu's eyebrows, which were tightly knit, and her thighs, which were tightly closed, indicating she was still a virgin.

"If you keep looking, I'll gouge out your eyes. I don't know what dirty thoughts you men have in your heads," Ye Jingyu said, then lay down, turned her back to Lan Ling, and closed her eyes. "Go to sleep, we'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Lan Ling also lay down, but he couldn't sleep, his mind was restless. The atmosphere here was too decadent, and he could still hear those wild and seductive sounds. And Ye Jingyu lying next to him, her body so curvaceous, especially in a side-lying position, the curves were almost overwhelming.

Even though Lan Ling was pure and devoted, he was still a man, with a lot of hormones.

"If you keep looking, I guarantee you'll regret it," Ye Jingyu said, as if she had eyes on the back of her head.

Lan Ling quickly turned his back to her, not looking at her fiery silhouette, but the more he couldn't see, the clearer it became in his mind.

"Ah, what a sin," Lan Ling thought to himself, "All the virgins in the world are a sin."

...

The next morning, before dawn, Ye Jingyu got up and washed.

The inn was finally quiet, having only become so just before dawn.

Lan Ling checked his armor, weapons, and medicines, and then left the room with Ye Jingyu.

Lan Ling noticed that Ye Jingyu quickly glanced at the adjacent room, the door was open, but the man named Xiao Ying was nowhere to be found.

After leaving the inn, Lan Ling and Ye Jingyu left the city.

Beyond the Southern Yi Border City, it was a completely different scene.

In the distance, the vast and boundless Ten Thousand Mountains stretched out like a huge barrier set by the heavens, blocking the southern advance of the Raging Wave Kingdom.

This was the first time Lan Ling saw the Ten Thousand Mountains, and they were even more magnificent than he had imagined.

Moreover, a single mountain had three seasons.

At the foot of the mountain, it was scorching summer, in the middle of the mountain, it was cool autumn, and at the top, it was covered in snow.

The Ten Thousand Mountains, estimated to be about 5,000 to 6,000 meters in altitude, made it impossible for large armies to cross.

North of the Ten Thousand Mountains and south of the border city, the area was a typical wilderness. It was flat, dry, with sparse but large trees. The ground was covered with weeds and shrubs, and countless wildflowers.

There was a lake every few dozen miles.

In short, the scenery here was breathtaking. It was the kind of place that an artistic man like Lan Ling loved, vast and wild.

Despite being very close to the Ten Thousand Mountains, there were still some villages. The residents of these villages mostly worked with strange beasts, processing their meat, fat, skin, tendons, and bones.

These settlements also provided trading and resting places for hunters.

On the way, Lan Ling and Ye Jingyu encountered many hunting teams, who whistled at Ye Jingyu, but did not invite them to join, as it was very dangerous outside the Southern Yi Border City, and no team would invite strangers.

There were two types of hunting teams: one specialized in hunting strange beasts, and the other in hunting barbarian humans.

Clearly, Ye Jingyu had spent a considerable amount of time in the southern border and was very familiar with the area.

"Next, I will take you to the Wild Buffalo Valley," Ye Jingyu said. "Because the wild buffalo are large targets, easy to aim at, suitable for your first stage of live practice."

Lan Ling asked, "Are wild buffalo strength-type?"

"Yes," Ye Jingyu said. "Of course, they are incredibly strong, and once provoked, they are very dangerous. So, I will always be by your side, and if a wild buffalo gets within a few dozen steps of you, I will kill it."

That's good, Lan Ling thought, he lacked strength.

The Wild Buffalo Valley was quite far from the Southern Yi Border City, about a hundred miles away.

Wild buffalo meat was too tough and not very tasty. Wild buffalo tendons were worth some money, and the skin was good, but compared to other beasts, their economic value was not high, so few people hunted them.

Hunting a barbarian human was worth fifteen silver coins, while a wild buffalo was worth only two or three silver coins, and it required dissection and transportation back.

So, apart from the local village hunters who hunted for a living, few others would specifically come to hunt wild buffalo. Therefore, the number of wild buffalo was very large.

...

The two of them rode for several hours and finally arrived at the Wild Buffalo Valley at noon.

The scenery here was even more open and beautiful. The terrain was gently undulating, covered with knee-high grass, like a green carpet. Every few hundred meters, there was a tall and straight pine or fir tree.

In the center of the Wild Buffalo Valley, there was a large lake, about a few hundred meters in diameter, with water clear as a mirror.

Ye Jingyu dismounted and took out two bows, one weighing sixty pounds and the other two hundred pounds.

The sixty-pound bow was for Lan Ling, and the two hundred-pound bow was for her.

Handing the sixty-pound bow to Lan Ling, Ye Jingyu said, "This is a sixty-pound bow. Try it, and hold it for half a minute after drawing it."

The Dragon Emperor was a穿越者 (穿越者 means a person who has traveled through time or space, often used in Chinese fantasy literature), so he brought the time units with him, but he was probably a liberal arts student, so he never invented a clock. Therefore, the timekeeping tools in this world were still hourglasses, with minute, hour, and day hourglasses.

Ye Jingyu took out a minute hourglass, small and exquisite.

Lan Ling picked up the bow, put on the finger ring, took a deep breath, and pulled the string.

"Don't use just your arm strength, use more of your waist strength," Ye Jingyu came forward and began to correct Lan Ling's movements and posture.

Lan Ling could draw the sixty-pound bow with all his might, but holding it for half a minute was difficult, as it relied entirely on the strength of his three fingers.

So, after just a few seconds, Lan Ling felt his fingers as if they were about to break, and he quickly let go.

"Bang!" The string made a sound, and the bow trembled.

Ye Jingyu said, "Using your own strength, the sixty-pound bow is clearly your limit. You have already learned the three steps of enlightenment and can activate the Dragon Power. Next, try to use the Dragon Power to control it, transmit your Dragon Power to your right arm, and then try to draw the bowstring again."

Lan Ling closed his eyes, easily sensed the demon star, and used his consciousness to command the demon star to release a burst of energy. Then, he used his consciousness to control this energy, concentrating it all in his right arm.

"Whoosh..." Indeed, he easily drew the sixty-pound bow and held it still for a full thirty seconds.

During this time, the energy from the demon star rapidly dissipated.

"How is it?" Ye Jingyu asked. "This is the power of the Dragon Power. Concentrating it in your arm can increase your arm strength, and concentrating it in your legs can make you more agile."

Lan Ling nodded deeply in agreement. The Dragon Power was simply a bug in this world for humans.

On Earth, humans could occasionally activate their potential, doubling their strength, but only in life-threatening situations, and many people might never have the chance to activate their potential in their lifetime.

But in this world, the Dragon Power could be activated at any time.

Ye Jingyu said, "However, the energy of the bloodline Dragon Power is limited, and it can only be activated three to five times a day. So, whether it's archery or combat, when a warrior activates the Dragon Power, it is considered a critical hit. This Dragon Power critical hit is used at the most critical moments. Normally, you still rely on your own strength, understand?"

Lan Ling nodded, indicating he understood. Using the Dragon Power was a critical hit, doubling the attack power, and it could be used a maximum of three to five times a day.

Ye Jingyu said, "So, how do we increase our own strength? Still relying on the bloodline Dragon Power, in the first step of enlightenment, you should have noticed that the Dragon Power surges from deep within the heart and instantly spreads to the limbs."

Lan Ling nodded.

Ye Jingyu said, "When the bloodline Dragon Power enters your limbs, it is to alleviate your body's pain, so this strength is offset and does not increase your body's strength. To increase your strength, you need to rely on the third step of enlightenment, Dragon Power control, to release the activated bloodline Dragon Power in a specific part of your body."

Then, Ye Jingyu raised her right hand and said, "For example, if you want to increase your arm strength, you can activate the bloodline Dragon Power and then inject this Dragon Power into your arm bones and muscles."

Lan Ling asked, "This is to increase strength, but what if you want to increase agility? For example, some archery or assassins require less strength but more speed."

Ye Jingyu said, "Injecting the Dragon Power into your arm bones and muscles, whether it increases strength more or agility more, depends entirely on your bloodline talent. If you have a high strength talent, it will naturally increase strength. If you have a high agility talent, it will naturally increase agility more."

Lan Ling suddenly understood, completely grasping the concept.

Ye Jingyu said, "In the coming days, we will camp in the Wild Buffalo Valley. First, we need to complete the first goal of live shooting practice: draw the bow ten times in a row, holding each draw for half a minute!"