Chapter 51

"Can you help me apply the ointment on my back? There are some spots I can't reach." Ye Jingyu's tone was very calm, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.

"Oh, sure." Lan Ling took the ointment from her hand, realizing what she needed.

Only then did he notice the shocking wounds on Ye Jingyu's back and thighs, large areas of bruising and purpling, all from the blood-horned giant snake's constriction.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then, after warming the ointment in his palms, he applied it firmly to Ye Jingyu's back.

"Ah." Ye Jingyu's body suddenly tensed.

"Does it hurt? I'll be gentler." Lan Ling said.

"No, apply more force, so the medicine can penetrate the muscles and bones." Ye Jingyu replied.

Lan Ling then applied even more force, carefully applying the ointment to every inch of Ye Jingyu's wounds. His eyes, with great willpower, focused only on her wounds and not on anything else. But how could he not see?

After a full fifteen minutes, the ointment was finally applied.

Lan Ling was drenched in sweat, as if he had been more exhausted than when hunting the giant snake, his heart pounding as if it would leap out of his throat.

"Done. Wait outside for a moment." Ye Jingyu said, then got up.

Lan Ling, as if granted a great pardon, immediately turned and walked out.

...

In the Ten Thousand Mountains, within the Poison Snake Tribe.

The stunning beauty, Black Widow, was idly bathing in a flower bath, tenderly caressing every inch of her skin.

"Next." Her voice was so soft and sweet, it seemed to melt the heart.

Immediately, a tribal warrior brought in a human man, quite handsome, one in a hundred.

The human man, originally filled with fear, was instantly stunned upon seeing Black Widow, even completely forgetting his fear.

How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world? This stunning beauty, if she allowed him to be close to her once, he would be willing to live ten years less.

Black Widow's beautiful eyes fell on his dazed face, and she immediately said with disgust, "He's barely passable, but he's too low and despicable. No."

The human man was instantly disappointed and was dragged out.

Then, a tribal warrior stepped forward and slashed his throat, causing blood to gush out, and he fell dead on the spot.

Black Widow said disappointedly, "Are these all the humans? Not even one handsome man. How can I drink blood? I haven't had a drink for days. Is there no one super, super handsome to make me a blood bride again?"

At that moment, a tribal warrior rushed in, holding a secret letter. "Chief, a letter from the Northern Human Kingdom, with four feathers."

Black Widow lazily took the letter, opened it, and saw a portrait.

The portrait was of an incredibly handsome man, drawn with great detail, none other than our Lan Ling (Solen).

Black Widow's eyes lit up, and she clutched her chest, excitedly saying, "My love, my precious love, I'm coming! I'm coming to find you!"

...

Every day after that, Lan Ling and Ye Jingyu went out to hunt strange beasts.

After that special intimacy in the morning, the two of them spoke less, but their默契 (cooperation) clearly improved.

Ye Jingyu also noticed that Lan Ling's training method was very peculiar. He was very enthusiastic about hunting strange beasts, but not to increase his shooting experience, but for another purpose. However, she never asked.

Whenever she had the chance, she still took two baths a day, but she no longer warned Lan Ling. Of course, Lan Ling never peeked. And, he had already seen everything he should and shouldn't have seen.

However, the hunts in the following days were not as lucky as the one with the blood-horned giant snake.

Most of the beasts they hunted were ordinary, roughly the same level as the blood cloud leopard, with bloodline dragon power exceeding the fire-red wild bull, but not by much.

As the number of hunts increased, Lan Ling's mental targeting range became farther, and he could now lock onto targets fifty-five meters away.

At first, it took four or five arrows to kill a blood cloud leopard, but now it took only one or two.

This way, he could hunt over a dozen strange beasts every day, continuously absorbing dragon power.

Lan Ling's arm strength also continued to improve. Three days after killing the giant snake, he broke the 180-pound mark.

On the eighth day, he broke the 190-pound mark.

On the twentieth day, he broke the 200-pound mark.

However, after breaking the 200-pound mark, it became much harder to increase his strength.

The dragon power from the blood cloud leopards and similar strange beasts brought very little improvement, and even dozens or hundreds of them could not make a significant difference.

The second phase of hunting lasted another month.

At this point, there were only twenty-seven days left until the final exam.

Lan Ling's arm strength was still stuck at 200 pounds, 100 pounds short of his goal.

His mental targeting range had only reached 65 meters, and it was difficult to make further progress. His goal was at least 150 meters.

Now, Lan Ling realized how difficult it was to break through to the second-level warrior archer. At this rate, it would be nearly impossible to break through within a year, let alone a month.

...

Another day of hunting ended. The strange beasts in the wilderness were no longer bringing much improvement to Lan Ling.

Ye Jingyu was kneeling on Lan Ling's legs, massaging his entire body.

Every night, she would stretch his tendons and massage his muscles.

After the back massage, Lan Ling suddenly felt a weight, a softness, and a bounce on his waist.

It was Ye Jingyu sitting directly on his waist, causing Lan Ling's heart to race and his breathing to quicken.

This, this Ye Jingyu was too casual, and her buttocks were so round and bouncy. Sitting on his waist like this, he was afraid he couldn't take it.

Ye Jingyu leaned down, using her fists to pound Lan Ling's legs, seemingly finding nothing wrong with it.

"Solen, there are only twenty-seven days left until the final exam, and it will take at least seven days to travel. So, we only have twenty days." Ye Jingyu said, "From the current situation, it's impossible to break through to the second-level warrior archer in twenty days. What do you plan to do?"

These words immediately dispelled all of Lan Ling's romantic thoughts.

Indeed, with the remaining twenty-seven days, it was impossible to break through to the second-level warrior archer, and it was impossible to obtain the noble warrior medal.

His arm strength was still 100 pounds short of the goal, and his mental power was even further behind.

After a long pause, Lan Ling said, "I won't give up until the last moment."

"Hmm..." Ye Jingyu didn't say anything more, but continued to crawl down, starting to massage Lan Ling's calves.

At this moment, her entire upper body was almost pressing on Lan Ling, causing his heart to race again.

Then, the tent fell into silence.

"Why have you never asked about me and Tuoba Ye?" Ye Jingyu suddenly said.

Lan Ling thought for a moment and asked, "Do you like him a lot?"

To his surprise, after asking this question, Ye Jingyu fell completely silent.

Lan Ling was taken aback. Was this question so hard to answer?

Suddenly, Ye Jingyu flipped over and pressed down on Lan Ling's entire body.

His heart raced wildly. What was she going to do?

"Be careful, there are enemies outside." Ye Jingyu whispered in his ear, "Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen..."

As she counted, Ye Jingyu stopped because there were too many enemies, and her mental power couldn't lock onto all of them.

"Prepare..." Ye Jingyu whispered, then gradually hugged Lan Ling.

"Run..."

Immediately, Ye Jingyu rushed out of the tent, mounted the horse, and charged out.

Under the moonlight, Lan Ling clearly saw over a hundred black shadows slowly surrounding their tent.

These people were wearing animal skins, with ugly and fierce faces, nearly two meters tall, with narrow eyes, flat noses, disheveled hair, and covered in tattoos. Their faces were pierced with holes, filled with gold, silver, or other metals.

In short, these people were more like beasts than humans. Lan Ling immediately realized that these were the savages from the Ten Thousand Mountains, which was why the Angry Wave Kingdom didn't worry about someone using fake savage heads to claim credit, as these savages looked completely different from the humans of the kingdom and could not be impersonated.

When the savage warriors saw Ye Jingyu riding the horse charging over, they let out a series of shrill cries and rushed over.

In front of Ye Jingyu's horse, there were about ten savage warriors blocking the way, wielding terrifying long knives, slashing wildly at the horse.

Lan Ling, sitting in front of Ye Jingyu, immediately drew his bow and arrow.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

At this distance, with such large targets, he didn't need to aim. Three arrows were instantly shot out.

A惨叫 (cry of pain), and three savage soldiers were killed.

At the same time, the black star inside him rotated wildly, absorbing all the bloodline dragon power from their corpses.

After killing three, there were still about ten savage soldiers blocking the way, slashing at the horse.

Not to kill the riders, but to kill the horse.

Ye Jingyu let out a fierce cry and threw her curved knife.

Instantly, like a crescent lightning bolt, it killed all the savage warriors blocking the way, their heads falling.

The dragon power attack killed over a dozen people instantly.

At this moment, Lan Ling clearly felt the dragon bloodline energy from the ten savage warriors floating out of their bodies. However, since he didn't kill them, the black star couldn't absorb the energy, and he could only watch as it dissipated back into the world.

In an instant, the dozen or so savages blocking the way were killed, and Ye Jingyu, carrying Lan Ling, quickly broke through the encirclement.

Behind them, hundreds of savages were chasing them frantically.

Lan Ling, leaning over Ye Jingyu's body, drew his bow and arrow, shooting wildly at the chasing savages.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

At a distance of forty to fifty meters, he could easily lock onto and aim at them, almost hitting every shot.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The savages fell one after another. Even from a distance of dozens of meters, the black star still absorbed the bloodline dragon power from the savages completely.

Absorb, absorb, absorb! Absorb wildly!