The Arcing Arrow Technique was rather complicated. After practicing for over a month, Ling Tian had only just managed to master it, and even then, he could only barely hit his target with the help of his Mental Power adjusting the direction of the Spiritual Energy Arrow. Out of ten shots, he could hit the target only three or four times.
Ling Tian was extremely dissatisfied with this result, but Poxiong was quite pleased, thinking Ling Tian was a genius among geniuses. Ling Tian felt rather dejected, assuming Poxiong was deliberately trying to encourage him, but only understood after Poxiong explained.
The Arcing Arrow required extremely precise control of force, and Ling Tian had chosen tiny pine needles as his targets. Hitting three or four out of ten was already quite an achievement. When Poxiong pointed out that if Ling Tian chose cultivators hundreds or even thousands of times larger than pine needles as his targets, he would probably hit them 99 percent of the time, Ling Tian finally felt at ease.
"Heh heh, Poxiong, I've refined all these arrow techniques. Shouldn't I start cultivating the Spiral Arrow Technique?" Ling Tian's face was full of eager anticipation. "Three years have already passed. I want to master the Spiral Arrow Technique over the next two years, then spend the remaining five years cultivating with all my strength."
"What are you in such a hurry for, kid? Is cultivation really that important?" Poxiong chided him lightly. "Your cultivation doesn't represent your strength. Refining your arrow techniques properly right now is far more important than working hard to improve your cultivation. You should know that cultivators at the same stage can have vastly different combat strength. If you don't lay a solid foundation, it'll hurt your strength when you're facing opponents at the