Chapter 42

It takes others two to three months to complete the bow drawing, but she set a goal for Lan Ling to complete it in half a month, which was already astonishing.

However, Lan Ling completed this step in just one day.

This, this is really a prodigy.

"Solon, do you know what I want to do now?" Ye Jingyu said, "I want to dissect your body and see what's different inside compared to others."

Lan Ling said, "Can I start practicing live shooting tomorrow?"

"Yes, genius." Ye Jingyu turned and entered the tent, saying, "Go to sleep, you can still sleep for three hours."

Lan Ling entered the tent and crawled into the sleeping bag. Ye Jingyu, on the other hand, lay directly on the tent fabric, still facing away from Lan Ling.

"Don't look at me, or I'll beat you." Ye Jingyu's back seemed to have eyes.

Lan Ling said, "No, I want to ask, don't we need to keep watch?"

"No." Ye Jingyu said, "Even if I'm asleep, I can sense anyone within a hundred steps. Unless their martial arts are much higher than mine, no expert would come to kill wild bulls."

Lan Ling was immediately reassured and turned over to sleep, facing away from Ye Jingyu.

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The next morning, while Lan Ling was still sound asleep, she was already woken up by Ye Jingyu.

Then, Lan Ling found that her hair was wet, clearly indicating that she had been up for quite a while and had even taken a shower.

"Starting today, we will practice live shooting." Ye Jingyu said.

Lan Ling was instantly very excited, finally waiting for the live practice. She eagerly left the tent to wash up, then had breakfast, and was about to pick up the bow to shoot the wild bulls.

"What are you doing?" Ye Jingyu asked.

"Going to shoot the wild bulls." Lan Ling said.

Ye Jingyu said, "Who said you could shoot the wild bulls?"

Then, Ye Jingyu pointed ahead, and Lan Ling saw a target set up thirty meters away, with circles drawn on it.

"First, shoot at the fixed target, then at moving objects." Ye Jingyu said.

Lan Ling inwardly groaned, "No way, the wild bulls are much bigger and stand still."

Ye Jingyu said, "That's true, the wild bulls are big, but do you know how thick and hard their skin is? You need a bow with a draw weight of at least two to three hundred pounds to penetrate their skin. Your sixty-pound bow can only kill a wild bull if you hit its eye. Do you think you can hit the eye from dozens of meters away?"

Lan Ling immediately became obedient, knowing it was impossible.

Ye Jingyu continued, "From now on, you will practice live shooting at the fixed target. Thirty meters away, ten shots, and a score of eighty rings, then you can go and shoot the wild bulls."

Lan Ling didn't expect that shooting a wild bull to absorb energy would be so difficult. Now that the energy of the demon star was completely depleted, everything depended on Lan Ling herself.

Moreover, the demon star desperately needed to absorb energy, and Lan Ling also desperately needed to shoot the wild bulls to absorb energy.

Thirty meters away, each arrow needed to hit at least eight rings, which was a very difficult goal, especially for a beginner like Lan Ling.

"Alright, start now." Ye Jingyu said.

Lan Ling stood thirty meters away from the target, took a deep breath, and drew the bow.

Then, she held her breath, stood still, and began to aim at the bullseye.

Time passed second by second, and after about ten seconds, Lan Ling felt she had aimed well enough and released the arrow.

"Whoosh..." The arrow flew out.

Lan Ling was filled with anticipation.

However, the result was disappointing; not only did it not hit eight rings, but it missed the target entirely.

Then, Lan Ling shot the second arrow, and it also missed the target.

It was strange; she had clearly aimed using the three-point method and considered gravity and wind speed, yet she still couldn't hit the target.

At this moment, Ye Jingyu stepped forward, adjusted Lan Ling's posture, and stood behind her, holding her bow with her left hand and her arrow with her right hand, saying, "I'll help you find the feel."

Her chest was too high, and at such close range, it pressed directly against Lan Ling's back, making her breathing chaotic.

Lan Ling took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Whoosh..." The third arrow was shot.

Indeed, it hit the target, but without any rings.

Ye Jingyu released Lan Ling and let her continue shooting.

Lan Ling's talent was indeed high; almost every arrow hit the target, and the tenth arrow even hit one ring.

However, shooting ten arrows in a row was almost her current limit.

"Alright, take a break, lie down." Ye Jingyu said.

Lan Ling put down the bow and lay on the grass. Ye Jingyu came forward to massage her limbs.

"How do you feel?" Ye Jingyu asked.

Lan Ling said, "It's not easy. I think I need at least half a month to hit eighty rings."

Ye Jingyu said, "How do you aim?"

"Three-point method." Lan Ling said, "Target, arrow tip, and fletching."

Ye Jingyu said, "What do you think is the most important in archery?"

"Finding the feel, so you almost don't need to aim, or the aiming time is very short." Lan Ling said.

Ye Jingyu said, "This method, at best, will make you an excellent archer in the army. Do you know how far a dragon shooter can shoot a target?"

Lan Ling shook her head, "I don't know."

"One thousand meters away." Ye Jingyu said.

"Impossible." Lan Ling exclaimed.

One thousand meters away, first, the bow can't shoot that far, and second, even if it could, it would be impossible to hit the target.

A person one thousand meters away is just a small black dot. In modern Earth, even the most precise sniper rifle, with an excellent sniper, might not hit a target one thousand meters away.

Using a bow to hit it would be a fantasy.

Ye Jingyu said, "Because an excellent shooter never uses their eyes to aim, but their mental power."

The demon star had said this before.

Ye Jingyu said, "The most important thing for a shooter is mental power. A dragon shooter can use mental power to lock onto a target one thousand meters away, then connect the arrow in their hand to the target with mental power, and hit it with one shot, without needing to aim with their eyes."

Lan Ling was stunned; this scene was too fantastical.

Although she always knew that mental power was powerful and mysterious, she had only heard about it from others and never experienced it.

Lan Ling said, "What kind of feeling is it?"

Ye Jingyu said, "What kind of feeling, you will have to experience it yourself. But I will tell you two points. A skilled person can extend their mental power tens of meters, hundreds of meters, or even a thousand meters outside their body. So, a target one thousand meters away will be instantly brought closer. Moreover, when mental power reaches a certain level, it can slow down your perception of time, making the time you perceive with mental power two, three, or even more times slower than reality. Can you imagine how terrifying this is?"

Lan Ling was completely stunned, especially the second point, which was too mysterious.

It was like a different kind of time slowdown. In your eyes, your enemies are moving in slow motion. This way, you can easily dodge their attacks, find their weaknesses, and hit them with one shot.

Ye Jingyu said, "Therefore, the top swordsmen and top dragon shooters in the world are undoubtedly mental power experts. Mental power is the core of martial arts."

Lan Ling said, "How do you use mental power to lock onto a target?"

Ye Jingyu said, "It's simple, channel your dragon power to your brain, then project it through your eyes."

It was still dragon power.

Ye Jingyu continued, "Of course, this tests a person's mental talent. Those with high mental talent can use a small amount of dragon power and project it over a long distance. Those with low mental talent, no matter how much dragon power they use, it will be useless. Therefore, mental talent is the most important talent for a martial artist."

Thinking of this, Lan Ling felt a chill in her heart because the demon star in her body had no energy left, so she couldn't convert energy into mental power.

At this moment, she was more eager than ever to absorb energy.

"My dragon power is depleted, I can't use mental power to lock onto a target." Lan Ling said.

Ye Jingyu said, "After a night's rest, it should have recovered a bit."

Lan Ling said, "My constitution is different from others."

Ye Jingyu said, "That's fine. For a thirty-meter mental lock, you don't need dragon power; you can use your own mental power."

"How do I do it?" Lan Ling asked.

"Use the Reverse Moon Technique to make your body and mind completely still." Ye Jingyu said.

Using the Reverse Moon Technique, Lan Ling easily achieved a calm mind and body.

At this moment, she didn't even need the demon star's energy to calm the water in the mental illusion and restore the complete moon.

"Then, focus all your mental power on one point and project it onto the bullseye." Ye Jingyu said, "Don't use your eyes to see, but use your mental power to see."

Lan Ling gradually immersed herself, immersed herself.

"What do you see?" Ye Jingyu asked.

Lan Ling said, "In the mental illusion of the Reverse Moon Technique, the moon in the water has turned into the shape of the target."

Ye Jingyu said, "Then continue to focus your mental power on the bullseye."

Lan Ling began to try her best to focus all her mental power on the bullseye.

Then, she clearly felt that everything in the mental illusion gradually disappeared.

The water disappeared, and the edges of the target gradually became blurred and faded.

The target locked by mental power became smaller and smaller.

Soon, it was almost complete, and the mental power was about to be fully focused on the bullseye.

At this moment, Lan Ling's head suddenly exploded with pain, and she fell to the ground.