[Blue Star-Human from Region Jia-9527-Tang Zhixue has received a reward: [Door God Protection]] [Notice! The level of [Door God Protection] matches the level of the Shelter. It is currently First Tier.] [Door God Protection · First Tier: A portrait of the Door Gods has been posted on the Shelter's front door. At night, you will receive Their protection. Wraiths of First Tier or below cannot enter your home.]
"Wraiths?!"
A wave of fear suddenly surged through Tang Zhixue.
He had noticed the words "evil spirits" in the Spring Festival event a long time ago, but had assumed they were just a kind of blessing. He hadn't expected them to be a literal description.
Can martial arts deal with wraiths?
Pessimism quietly spread through his heart, and Tang Zhixue's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
However, the feeling didn't last long.
Whether martial arts could deal with wraiths or not, he still had to train.
Tang Zhixue didn't want to miss a chance to increase his strength, and he didn't dare to miss it.
After waiting for a few minutes and seeing no new text appear, Tang Zhixue picked up the archery book he hadn't finished and continued reading.
Time slipped by before he noticed, and the book in his hands gradually reached its final pages.
[Acquired martial skill-"Linked Pearl Archery"!]
"Phew~"
Tang Zhixue let out a long breath and set the book on the table. "Finally finished."
[Name: Tang Zhixue] [Level: First Tier] [Talents: Vitality Absorption, Diligence Makes Up for Lack of Talent] [Skills: Blazing Tiger Fist · Beginner (32/100), Linked Pearl Archery · Not Learned (0/1)]
As with the Blazing Tiger Fist book, after finishing the entire book on Linked Pearl Archery, Tang Zhixue had memorized all its contents.
"Tsk, if I'd had this Talent before, wouldn't I have been invincible?"
Tang Zhixue let his mind wander as he fantasized.
"Ah!"
A scream suddenly rang out from outside, pulling him back from his daydream.
"It's really happening?!"
Tang Zhixue looked toward the direction the sound had come from and swallowed involuntarily.
It would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid.
"Bang!"
A heavy impact sounded from the wooden door, followed immediately by an even more anguished scream.
Tang Zhixue, however, stared at the wooden door, which had just shaken violently, lost in thought.
The thing outside just rammed the door. Does that mean it has a physical body? If it does...
Tang Zhixue relaxed a little. He'd thought it might be the kind of ghost with no physical form, impossible to hit.
Even if only a small portion of the wraiths had physical bodies, that was enough to put Tang Zhixue somewhat at ease.
Having a physical body meant they could be dealt with. Perhaps he could even find a way to deal with other wraiths by studying them.
Picking up the Wooden Bow and an arrow, Tang Zhixue walked into the Training Space.
There was no helping it. He had indeed received a hundred arrows as a reward, but the problem was that he had no quiver!
Tang Zhixue also had no container to carry the arrows in, so he could only take one arrow for now and practice the basics.
Since he couldn't place outside items in the Training Space, he planned to practice his shooting stance this time.
He nocked the arrow on the Wooden Bow and imagined an enemy in front of him.
Following the description in the book, Tang Zhixue stood sideways to the target, spread his feet shoulder-width apart, and leaned his center of gravity slightly forward.
He pushed the bow grip gently with his palm instead of gripping it tightly. With the hand pulling the string, he hooked the bowstring with the first joints of his index, middle, and ring fingers, while the arrow shaft rested between his index and middle fingers.
He drew the bow!
He shot!
"Whoosh!"
The arrow flew straight ahead, but soon struck the wall and bounced away.
Seeing this, Tang Zhixue hurried over to retrieve it.
"Good, good."
The arrowhead was only slightly blunted, so it was still usable.
"Tsk, this place is still too small. Looks like I'll have to go outside to practice archery tomorrow."
Tang Zhixue felt a little helpless. The Training Space was only ten meters by ten meters, and he couldn't put a target in it either.
For now, he could only get a little more familiar with the shooting stance. But if he wanted to improve his archery, he had to go outside.
[Name: Tang Zhixue] [Level: First Tier] [Talents: Vitality Absorption, Diligence Makes Up for Lack of Talent] [Skills: Blazing Tiger Fist · Beginner (32/100), Linked Pearl Archery · Beginner (1/100)]
That brief practice had already allowed him to learn the basics of Linked Pearl Archery.
"There shouldn't be any more events, right?"
He put the Wooden Bow and arrow outside, then returned to the Training Space.
Since he couldn't practice archery, he would practice the Blazing Tiger Fist. He might as well, since he had nothing else to do.
If he got tired, he would just go to sleep.
"Whoo~ In~ Whoo~ In~"
There weren't many moves in the fist technique, but since it was a martial art for training the body, practicing it was exhausting.
According to the description, this fist technique could temper the skin, flesh, sinews, and bones, strengthen the body, break through the limits of ordinary people, and lay a solid foundation for the body.
Naturally, it wasn't a comfortable martial art.
[A First Tier wraith has dissipated near the Shelter. Received 1 point of energy.]
???
"What was that?"
Tang Zhixue, who had been training, froze for a moment. He stopped and instinctively opened the Shelter interface.
[Shelter: Blazing Sun] [Level: Level 1 (1/100)] [Function: Regional Trade] [Building: Training Space] [Effect: Door God Protection · First Tier]
"No, what does that even mean?!"
Tang Zhixue was completely overwhelmed.
The dissipation of one First Tier wraith had only earned one point of energy. If he wanted to fill the progress bar, wouldn't a hundred First Tier wraiths have to dissipate?!
And they had to dissipate near the Shelter, too.
This only made Tang Zhixue want even more to find a way to deal with wraiths.
"For now, I can only rely on Big Brother Door God."
Tang Zhixue sighed helplessly.
It didn't take much thought to figure out where that one point of energy had come from. The only thing in his Shelter capable of dealing with wraiths was the newly acquired Door God portrait.
I wonder if the Shelter can level up once the energy is full...
But for vitality, I'll probably need basic materials, right?
Looks like I'll have to go out and chop trees and haul stones tomorrow.
Tang Zhixue pondered as he planned what to do the next day.
Fortunately, he'd been given an Iron Axe, so chopping trees tomorrow would be much easier.
[Blue Star-Heavenly Stems Region limited-time event-Spring Festival · Year Gui!] [The current time is 10:35 p.m., with one hour and twenty-five minutes until tomorrow.] [It will appear at the transition between the old year and the new.] [It can be a spark flying up as firewood burns, dust rising inside a house, a fragment of stone on the ground, or a smudge on your body...] [Year Wraith has no fixed form, and it will not be driven away by the Door God.] [Event objective: Survive until tomorrow.]
???
"Is tonight really going to be this intense?"
Tang Zhixue was completely stunned. The previous event had even told him exactly what it involved, while this one gave him only four simple words: survive until tomorrow.
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