Heart and Arrow

Three years later.

In a clearing in the woods of the villa area, Hisoka Immortal stood ten kilometers away from Lu Yan'an. In front of him were four specially made stone discs, each weighing tens of thousands of kilograms. Hisoka Immortal casually picked up one of the discs and threw it directly into the distant sky. He then picked up another disc and threw it as well. In the blink of an eye, all four discs were whistling into the distant sky.

The four stone discs, weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, flew through the air one after another with a whooshing sound, like four streaks of Flowing Light, and instantly turned into four black dots in the sky.

"Alright!" Lu Yan'an stared intently at the stone discs flying at high speed, his left hand naturally wielding the compound bow, while his right hand gripped four arrows. He then drew back the bowstring.

Rest! Rest! Rest! Rest!

The four arrows shot out like lightning, disappearing in a flash. When they reappeared, they had already caught up with the four stone discs that had turned into black dots.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

Those four black dots were instantly pierced through by the four arrows that missed their mark.

"Your Highness, what excellent archery skills!" The Immortal Hisoka, seeing this from afar, clapped repeatedly and praised him telepathically.

He was someone who personally witnessed Lu Yan'an from an archery novice to someone who could hit the bullseye every time. The more he witnessed it, the more astonished he became! The transformation he achieved in just three short years was enough to make anyone feel ashamed.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an simply smiled and shook his head, "I'm still far from it!" He knew that his talent in this area was indeed quite average, and it had taken him a full three years to reach this point.

Learning archery is divided into two stages: the basic stage and the mental stage.

The foundational stage involves mastering the five basic techniques to achieve perfect accuracy – hand, eye, and arrow all in a single shot – before proceeding to the next stage.

The "Mindful Arrow" stage doesn't demand perfect form; it only requires perfect timing and intention. Don't rely on your eyes, as that's too slow. It must be done with your heart! Draw the bow and shoot the arrow to hit the target in an instant, as fast as lightning. The crucial moment, the critical opportunity, is only a split second; don't aim slowly. Once you've mastered the "Mindful Arrow" stage, you've graduated.

Lu Yan'an practiced archery for three years before barely completing the Heart Arrow stage. From this perspective, his talent in this area is indeed average. However, this situation is largely due to the lack of teacher guidance. The Virtual Universe Company can teach you laws and knowledge, but archery is indeed a very niche skill.

Almost no one practices archery anymore. After all, in this technologically advanced universe, Laser Gun capable of instantly killing World Lord expert have already been developed. What's the use of learning archery? Can it kill a World Lord expert in one shot? It's already considered an obsolete weapon!

"Try it again now!"

Lu Yan'an sent Hisoka back to the target site 10,000 kilometers away three years ago.

This time, his archery skills have made a qualitative leap compared to three years ago.

Collapse!

With a flick of his right hand, the arrow instantly transformed into a streak of Flowing Light, piercing through the air. This arrow was completely different from the one three years ago; both the angle and the timing of the release were incomparable!

Wherever it passed, some green plants were directly pierced through, and even stones and soil could not be stopped in the slightest. However, under the combined influence of these external forces and the sonic booms that swept through the area, the impact was not small. Moreover, although these external forces may seem small, when the arrow has flown more than 10,000 miles away, the difference becomes astonishing. "Whoosh!" The arrow whistled past the target about ten miles away.

"As expected, but it is indeed a significant improvement!" Lu Yan'an nodded slightly. He had anticipated that his arrow would miss the target. Even a genius like the Beiming Controller, after years of immersing himself in archery, still missed the target when he first began cultivating his Heart Power. Considering that Lu Yan'an's talent was far inferior to the Beiming Controller, missing the target was perfectly normal!

"Try again!" Lu Yan'an drew back the composite bow, and the arrow was released once more.

Eight miles apart!

"You've improved! Let's try again!"

Arrows flew out one after another.

Some arrows flew seven, six, or even five li away from the target. Sometimes, with a bit of luck, they could get within three li. On one particularly lucky occasion, the arrows flew over the target from a li away.

Lu Yan'an fired tens of thousands of arrows in one go before stopping. After his body was strengthened by the Origin Force, he could still withstand the consumption of pure physical strength. However, the mental and physical exertion of shooting arrows was extremely enormous!

"I knew it would be difficult, but I never imagined there would be so many problems." If it were Lu Yan'an three years ago, he probably wouldn't have been able to find any problems at all, and could only slowly improve through practice.

You can't hit the bullseye of a target thousands of miles away by brute force alone.

The first problem is the numerous obstacles along the way, such as trees and rocks. As the arrow passes through them, it will be affected, and its direction will change by a very small margin. Although an arrow shot with brute force is extremely fast and its direction changes very little, the accumulation of countless obstacles will probably cause it to deviate by a very small margin. This very small margin, magnified by the 'thousands of miles', will deviate by a considerable margin.

The second problem is the wind! After all, Lu Yan'an mainly cultivates the Origin Law of Light, and his cultivation of the Origin Law of Wind is practically nonexistent. Naturally, his control over the wind in the environment is not so good. Especially during the process of the arrow flying away, the wind will change!

The wind might be light where Lu Yan'an was standing, but it could be a raging storm three thousand miles away. Without any control over the wind, hitting the target would be nothing short of a pipe dream. In addition, the sonic boom generated by the arrow's powerful kinetic energy after it flies out adds an element of unpredictability to the already straight trajectory of the arrow.

These two main factors make it extremely difficult to hit the bullseye of a target thousands of miles away.

"Since I can't control the wind, I'll try the light! Wind and light are essentially part of the Universe Operating Laws, and the control of these domains is unified!"

Without hesitation, Lu Yan'an his long-unused Light Domain. A sense of control immediately arose around him, a very strange feeling. However, before this, Lu Yan'an had not focused on it; he had only used the domain as a springboard to comprehend the laws.

"The most important thing in archery is accuracy. The later you get, the more important this sense of control that comes from your domain becomes. Once the arrow leaves your hand, accuracy is very difficult to be affected by other factors. Therefore, you must calculate all the factors before the arrow leaves your hand. That is archery!"

Sure enough, the arrow, enhanced with a sense of domain control, flew past the target from dozens of meters away for the first time! Compared to the previous situation where it was miles away from the target, this was a qualitative leap.

Three days later.

"What's going on? Something must be wrong! Why am I always just a little short?" Lu Yan'an scratched the back of his head, quite annoyed. This feeling of being so close to success is the easiest to get worked up about.

That ten-meter gap from the target felt like an insurmountable chasm, no matter how hard Lu Yan'an tried, he couldn't cross it!

"Generally, archery training is about practice makes perfect. I have a good grasp of the bow and the environment, and my arrow speed is not slow, so why am I stuck here?" He stopped and sat cross-legged on the ground to think.

He slowly recalled the time when the Beiming Controller practiced Houyi Archery Technique in the desolate world. Suddenly, as if he had grasped something, his tightly closed eyes snapped open, a sharp glint flashing in them.

"The arrow is flying, is the heart flying?"

Lu Yan'an pondered the meaning of the sentence slowly, and countless thoughts collided in his mind. After all, for the past three years, he had shot arrows in the tens of thousands every day. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, Lu Yan'an had actually vaguely understood the artistic conception of "the arrow is flying, and the heart is flying", but he had never thought about it in this way before.

He drew his bow and shot a few arrows, but unsurprisingly, he missed the target again. However, his eyes were unusually bright at that moment!

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"This, is it the Heart Power?"

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