Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance (3)

"Boss..."

Li Yue arrived as scheduled this time. When she saw Ye Lang, especially the three baskets of Ye Lang in front of him, she wanted to laugh, but she held it in, as that would be too impolite.

"Same as always, I understand!"

Li Yue ate her xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), and secretly glanced at Ye Lang. This time, Ye Lang didn't make any solemn movements; he was already cleaning the third basket.

"Silly boy, why are you eating so much? What if you get a stomachache?" Cold-Blooded Fifth sent a message to Ye Lang. She was a little worried. She originally thought that Ye Lang ordered three portions just to set the table and then share them with her. She didn't expect that Ye Lang would actually eat them all.

"It's alright, it's only three baskets, I can eat it all. I just want to show Li Yue that I'm better than her!" Ye Lang replied.

"Are you just being stubborn?" Cold-Blooded Fifth asked weakly.

"Yes!" Ye Lang readily admitted, which surprised Cold-Blooded Fifth a bit, but thinking about what Ye Lang couldn't do, he understood.

"..."

"Ah, I'm full, no, only about 80% full. Boss, give me another takeout!" Ye Lang said, patting his stomach.

"..." Cold-Blooded Fifth remained silent, while Li Yue dropped the steamed bun she was holding, her mouth agape. She knew Ye Lang was just showing off.

This time, Ye Lang left with a breakfast, walking ahead of Li Yue without exchanging a single word with Li Yue...

In the afternoon, Li Yue arrived at the shooting range. It was the same as yesterday, but the situation seemed to have changed today. At least the vacuum zone next to her was gone.

Could it be that Ye Lang hasn't arrived yet?

No, Ye Lang arrived, but this time he won't be such a novice. So, he has someone else by his side, separating him from Li Yue.

However, even though they were separated, Li Yue still paid some attention to Ye Lang's existence, and this time, she was surprised once again.

She discovered that Ye Lang's archery skills had improved once again, and the improvement was quite significant. Even she herself might not be as good as Ye Lang now.

In just one day, he went from a novice to an expert, and even surpassed her own level. This infuriated Li Yue, but also left her feeling helpless.

Meanwhile, Cold-Blooded Fifth in the shadows, also found it strange. Ye Lang's progress was too fast. He had been following him all along, but Ye Lang had made a leap in progress, as if he had practiced for a few more days.

Did he practice secretly last night? No, I have to find out the answer to this later.

Cold-Blooded Fifth has no idea that Ye Lang practiced in his dream, and after receiving Ye Lang's answer, she felt that Ye Lang was lying to her and talking nonsense.

Regardless, Ye Lang's archery skills are improving by leaps and bounds. He has already begun practicing with that archery manual, unaware of the profound impact his training will have.

The spinning arrows, the curved arrows that could turn, and the rapid firing of four arrows at once—all these novel archery techniques appeared in Ye Lang's hands.

This made the person, who had always been proud of his archery skills, feel like a frog at the bottom of a well, unaware of how vast the sky was!

Over the next few days, Ye Lang's interest grew, and he even spent time crafting his own powerful bow and a set of unique arrows.

Anyway, he hasn't had much to do these past few days except chase after Li Yue, so he might as well take advantage of this!

After...

What's so special about hitting a willow leaf from a hundred paces? I don't care anymore. With modifications to bows and arrows, I can do it from three hundred paces!

Every time Ye Lang drew his Crescent Moon Bow, a faint glow of Alchemy Array would appear on the Crescent Moon Bow, seemingly telling everyone that this was no ordinary bow, but a top-grade Alchemy Weapon.

However, although it has some alchemical elements, it is still a bow that can be used for hunting.

"Young master, isn't this too conspicuous? Can't you use a regular bow?" Athena was a little worried about this, because this bow was, after all, an Alchemy Weapon, and wouldn't it arouse suspicion?

Ye Lang shook his head at this, saying that it didn't matter, because the Alchemy Array on this bow was very simple, just to increase the force and make the arrow shoot farther.

This bow is indeed something many people could make; it's just that some auxiliary features were added to make the arrows more accurate and powerful!

Ye Lang's archery skills were actually achieved through his own Internal Energy, not through alchemy.

"Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance!"

Ye Lang fired nine arrows in an instant. The arrows flew through the air like phoenixes, shocking everyone. At this moment, Li Yue was speechless.

Is this the same rookie from just a few days ago? This archery skill is so powerful that it could even be used against a sword saint.

Ye Lang's archery skills have reached a high level in these seven days. What everyone doesn't know is that there are still many moves that Ye Lang has not yet shown. Otherwise, they would have directly called Ye Lang the God of Archery and worshipped him.

Athena was pleased with this for a while, but she was more concerned about the progress of Ye Lang's plan. In fact, by the time of the moon-viewing party, it was almost certain that the plan would succeed.

I believe that once Li Yue enters the hunt, and after a few more chance encounters and a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario, she will be completely won over!

On another note, some things happened at that moon-viewing party that Ye Lang hadn't anticipated.

It was a full moon night, and legend has it that strange tales always happen on the night of a full moon...

"Silly boy, aren't you going to the moon-viewing party?" At that moment, Cold-Blooded Fifth noticed that Ye Lang didn't seem to have any intention of leaving; he was just staring blankly at the moon in the courtyard.

"I don't want to go..." Ye Lang suddenly said.

"Why?" Cold-Blooded Fifth found it a bit strange.

"I hate the moon!" Ye Lang said, bewildered.

"?! What?" Cold-Blooded Fifth was even more confused. If you hate it, then why are you looking at the moon here? Aren't you just making yourself uncomfortable?

Have you ever heard the poem, "I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, then lower it to think of my hometown"?

"Never heard of it, nothing special," Cold-Blooded Fifth replied indifferently. These two lines of poetry were indeed not very good. Although they came from the great poet Li Bai, they had little beauty or artistic conception beyond expressing homesickness, and could not evoke any resonance.

"It doesn't matter if I haven't heard of it or don't understand it, as long as I understand the meaning!" Ye Lang said casually.

"I understand. You think of your hometown when you see the moon, right? I remember, isn't this your hometown?" Cold-Blooded Fifth said.