Martial Path to Immortality: Set a Goal, Achieve It
Chapter 28

Archery Mastery Setting

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"Uncle Zhang Shan, is something wrong?"

The two walked to the side of the field ridge. Chen Xuan asked the Uncle Zhang Shan in front of him with confusion.

"Er Gou, I want to ask you, are you thinking of hunting a Tiger and Leopard!"

Looking at the young man in front of him, Uncle Zhang Shan's emotions were extremely complex, but hearing Chen Xuan's question, Uncle Zhang Shan hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Hunting a Tiger and Leopard?!"

Chen Xuan's heart stirred, and his gaze involuntarily turned towards Uncle Zhang Shan.

"Yes, Er Gou, your hunting skills are very strong. If you lead the team, plus seven or eight hunters from our village going into the mountain together, there's a good chance of hunting a Tiger and Leopard."

"Chen San Ye said that a Tiger and Leopard can fetch fifty taels. You can take twenty taels directly, and the rest will be split among me and the others!!"

Looking at Chen Xuan's gaze, Uncle Zhang Shan quickly added another sentence.

After speaking, his gaze was fixed on Chen Xuan, filled with anticipation.

Going into the mountain is very dangerous, especially during this period when the mountain has become even more dangerous. Uncle Zhang Shan hadn't gone into the mountain for a long time, but when the temptation of fifty taels of silver from Chen San Ye arrived, Uncle Zhang Shan couldn't resist.

Fifty taels, that's fifty taels. Even if Chen Xuan takes twenty taels, with seven or eight of them, that's over four taels per person. As the former number one and current number two in the village, Uncle Zhang Shan felt that taking ten taels wouldn't be a problem.

This was ten taels, enough to make him shamelessly come over.

He also believed that Chen Xuan would agree.

Twenty taels, that's twenty taels.

However, when he looked at Chen Xuan with anticipation, Chen Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.

"Sorry, Uncle Zhang Shan, the Tiger and Leopard are still too dangerous. I don't plan to hunt them at the moment!"

Speaking softly, Chen Xuan directly refused.

"Okay!"

"Then let's prepare, we'll go into the mountain in three days!"

"You, what did you say?"

Uncle Zhang Shan almost subconsciously agreed, but quickly reacted, looking at Chen Xuan with a look of surprise.

"Uncle Zhang Shan, I temporarily have no intention of hunting the Tiger and Leopard!"

Chen Xuan shook his head and confirmed again.

And Uncle Zhang Shan was instantly stunned in place.

"Uncle Zhang Shan, if there's nothing else, I'll head back!"

Chen Xuan said, ignoring Uncle Zhang Shan's expression. His figure turned directly and headed towards home.

"Er Gou, this is fifty taels of silver!"

"Er Gou!"

Uncle Zhang Shan quickly spoke again, but Chen Xuan had already entered the small courtyard.

This made him stomp his foot, his expression somewhat unwilling.

Of course, Chen Xuan at this moment had no mind to pay attention to these things.

On the way back to his small courtyard, he was lost in thought.

He hadn't expected that fifty taels of silver could actually make people unafraid of death.

Others might not know, but didn't Zhang Shan know the dangers on the mountain? Didn't he know how fierce the Tiger and Leopard were? He knew, yet he still came.

The reason was simple: too much money.

Fifty taels of silver, even if he only got ten taels, or even just a few taels, was enough to make someone risk their life.

Just as Chen San Ye had thought, even Chen Xuan had been tempted before.

There was nothing he could do; this was fifty taels. Adding the thirty-odd taels he currently had, plus selling the wild game from before, wouldn't that cover the cost for his family to go into the city? How could this not be tempting?

However, this thought was quickly suppressed by him.

Some things couldn't be obtained just by risking your life.

Hunting the Tiger and Leopard was no joke. Even with the Conceptual Ability boost and the strong bow he had, his chances were still not great.

Even if he were to go, it wouldn't be now.

His gaze couldn't help but fall upon the Conceptual Ability list.

Target: Archery mastery in a short period (To be confirmed)

Setting complete

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Path 1: Cloud Sea City's Sunset Sect will open its gates in three months. Arrive at Cloud Sea City within three months, offer one thousand taels of silver to Sunset Sect's Li Zhishi, and you can join the Sunset Sect's outer sect. Complete Blood Refining within three months to become an inner disciple, select an archery secret manual from the Scripture Pavilion, and achieve archery mastery within one month.

Path 2: With your archery already at minor accomplishment, your body is filled with endless vitality, and your five senses are enhanced. Practice looking through a copper coin hole daily without blinking, supplemented by practicing on a fixed target for one hour, a moving target while you move for one hour, and a moving target while you remain still for one hour. Shoot no less than five hundred arrows daily, and you can achieve archery mastery within three months.

The text appeared. This was the setting for archery mastery that he had started after his archery reached minor accomplishment.

After trying the setting for ordinary archery mastery before, he had changed the limitation.

And he hadn't expected that achieving archery mastery would not only have a shortcut but also training methods.

For the past month or so, he had been practicing archery according to the method in Path 2.

He glanced at a copper coin he had placed in the distance. Looking at it now, the hole in the copper coin was clearly the size of an egg.

He could even clearly see the tiny rust spots on the copper coin.

He withdrew his gaze.

Chen Xuan then picked up the bow and arrows beside him.

He began to practice.

As he had said before, he was indeed tempted by the fifty taels of silver.

Chen San Ye was also right; he couldn't help but be tempted.

However, going hunting depended on when his archery completely reached mastery.

Even with his current minor accomplishment in archery, completed Skin Refining, and the assistance of the Conceptual Ability, his probability of hunting the Tiger and Leopard was still quite high. But the dangers of the mountain forest still made Chen Xuan decide to be fully prepared before taking action.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Arrows tore through the air.

Chen Xuan quickly immersed himself in it.

On the other side.

Zhang Shan had returned to his home.

Several young men were already waiting there.

"Uncle Zhang Shan, what did Er Gou say?"

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old youth couldn't help but speak, his words somewhat anxious and impatient.

As he spoke, the remaining six people in the room also looked at Uncle Zhang Shan.

"Er Gou doesn't plan to go hunting!"

Looking at their expectant and anxious gazes, Zhang Shan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.

"Uncle Zhang Shan, you, what did you say?"

"That's right, Uncle Zhang Shan, did you tell Er Gou that we're going hunting together?"

"Brother Shan, we said we only need thirty taels, and he can have twenty taels."

As soon as Zhang Shan's words fell, the room instantly erupted, and everyone showed expressions of disbelief.

"I told him!"

"Er Gou said his strength isn't enough right now, and he doesn't want to take risks."

Zhang Shan shook his head and explained again.

"Hmph!"

"He's actually so timid!"

The youth who spoke first couldn't help but let out a cold snort when he heard Zhang Shan's words.

"Alright, everyone, let's discuss what we should do?"

Zhang Shan shook his head helplessly, his expression becoming slightly more serious. He looked at everyone and spoke slowly.

His words immediately caused everyone present to fall into silence. Even the youth furrowed his brows.

First learn not to blink, then you can talk about shooting.

See the small as large, see the subtle as obvious.

Ji Chang had exhausted the techniques of Wei and calculated that there was only one person in the world who could rival him, so he planned to kill Fei Wei. They met in the wilderness, and the two shot at each other; the arrowheads touched in mid-air and fell to the ground without raising any dust. - "Liezi · Tang Wen" "Ji Chang Learns Archery"

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