SuYu became famous after he won his
first match against Chen Feng. The news
had spread among the martial arts
training institute in the blink of an eye.
Among the silver students, a ruthless
figure had appeard and crippled the
poisonous widow.
"Oh, Brother Su has returned. Please take
a seat, little brother will serve you tea."
when SuYu returned to the dormitary,
Wu Song became a lackey, ready to be at
SuYu's service. He poured SuYu a cup of
tea, continuously complementing him.
SuYu could tell that Wu Song's neck was
dripping with cold sweat. SuYu's victory
against Chen Feng had instilled complete
fear in Wu Song. SuYu's abilities had
increased and he was too lazy to deal with
the spineless Wu Somg, who bullied the
weak and feared the strong.
"Get out! Stop acting in front of me!"
Not only was Wu Song not angry, he was
overjoyed that things were not bad as
he expected. "Understood, little brother
will not bother Brother Su again."
As Wu Song exited, he wiped off his sweat
and his face was full of happines. "pff!
Luckily SuYu isn't a person to hold a
grudge. Otherwise, with his ruthlessness
and ability that crippled Chen Feng,i
might not even get to sleep in the corridor
anymore."
SuYu sat quietly for a while and was deep
in tought.
"I have managed to fight my way up to the
top 100 silver students, effectively freeing
myself from the prdicament of being
eliminated in the assessment. However,
since Qin Feng is watching me closely, I
can't even take it easy." SuYu was grinding
his teeth.
He did not have any intension of winning
back the feelings of the pratical Jiang
Xueqing. However, Qin Feng was unwilling
to let the matter rest and had tried
multiple ways to put him in a difficult
situation.
This grudge of his, he would one day
return to Qin Feng two fold! As such, he
must frantically strenghten his cultivation
base! it was for his self-protection, as well
as to take revenge of what had happend
today.
"Qin Feng, just you wait!" SuYu clenched
his fists.
Not only had Qin Feng stolen SuYu's
girlfriend, he also wanted SuYu's life. If Su
Yu did not have his revenge, he would
forever be a good-for-nothing!
However, Qin Feng's abilities or his family
background, both were powerful and SuYu
neefef to work very hard to
strengthen his own abilities!
I, SuYu, am persistent! At this coming
silver assessment, I will put on a dazzling
performance! SuYu had been deep in
thought for a long time. he took a deep
breath and set an impressive target for
himself.
This decision was some what ambitious.
However, even if he had to put his life on
the line, he was determined to do it!
Time and tide wait for no man. Qin Feng
realized that SuYu had been improving
drastically, and he would not sit back and
give SuYu enough time to train.
SuYu's only chance against Qin Feng was
to fulfill his potential like his life
depended on it and work very hard to
strengthen his own abilities so that he
could achieve a new level of martial arts
before the next predicament befell him.
At the same time, after he had made a
name for himself and become a promising
talent, he would be valued and protected
by the students. This was better than
staying as a silver student who was of little
significance to the training institute. As a
silver student, the training institute would
not be concerned whether he was dead or
crippled.
"Wu Song, for the next eight days, i will be
going out. if there are any challengers, you
shall accept them on my behalf!" SuYu
had prepared his food, stepped out the
door and headed for the training
institute's weapon pavilion.
In order to practice The Secret Book Of
Hundred Steps Piercing Arrow, he needed
arrows and a bow.
The weapon pavilion was a place built by
the training institute to provide weapons
for students to train. However, it was
similar to the Depository of Buddhist
Scriptures. Every student was entitled
to pick one weapon once every year.If
students wanted to have a second
weapon, they would need to pay two taels
of silver.
SuYu had never chosen a weapon before.
Since the first weapon was free, he was
able to save money. In the training
institute, each silver student would
receive one tael of silver every month to
pay for their daily expenses. Hence, they
could only save a few copper coins and
were unable to pay for anything else.
When he entered the weapon pavilion, it
was full of people scattered around
everywhere. SuYu took a quick look
around the weapon pavilion and found
that there were four kinds of mainstream
weapons:knife,sword,gun,and rod.
Besides the weapon pavilion having a
great number of thhese weapons, there
were also many types of them.
There were so many mainstream weapons
that Suyu had to walk into the deepest
part of the pavilion before finding a few
big bows that were impaired and had
traces of dust on them. He did not know
whether to laugh or to cry.
SuYu weighed the bows and chose a
lightweight bow that had an elastic
bowstring and was easy to pull. His body
was not very strong. Hence, a bow with a
tight bowstring did not suit him.
The power of the bow and arrow was
dependent on many things: first, the
quality of the bow, its material, flexibility,
strength and ttoughness; second, the
bowman's arm strength to determine the
range and the speed of the arrow; and
finally, the bowman's eyesight.
If a bowman possessed very strong and
powerful arms, it was no use if he couldn't
hit his target. On the other hand, another
bowman might have weak arms and his
arrow could only travel slowly. however, as
long ad the arrow hit it's target, it would be
counted as being more powerful than the
previous bowman who shot many arrows
and yet missed all his targets.
SuYu's arms were not that strong, but his
eyesight was first-class. As such, with him,
the power of the bow might not be weaker
than that of a very muscular man.
Suddenly, SuYu heard a sound which
pierced through the silence. When he
turned his head totake a look, he found a
graceful and beautiful white-shirted lady
standing in the empty and spacious
weapon pavilion square practicing
archery.
That square was given to the students
who chose bows as their weapon to test
the power of their bow.
"Ah, Miss Xia, you are naturally gifted; your
archery skills are extraodinary. As your
instructor, I have nothing more to teach
you." The big fellow was an archery
teacher.
SuYu had a few impression of this
person. The martial arts training institute
has lessons thst tsught students how to
wield weapon. SuYu had seen this
instructor teaching some students archery
from afar.
However, he used to have a very bad
temper. He would frequently beat and
scold students who were stupid, which
was completely diffrent from how polite
he was now.
Moreover, this teacher's surname was
Jiang, and he was brothers with Jiang
Zhishi.
SuYu recalled the day when Jiang Zhishi
wanted to look good in front of Duke Qin.
Without any concern for the pain of his
frail body, Jiang Zhishi grabbed him and
brought him over to Duke Qin. As SuYu
recalled this scene, he felt unhappy
SuYu stopped looking at them and started
to recall The Secret Book Of Hundred Feet
Piercing Arrow on the spot. Rather than
saying this was a cultivation technique, it
was better to say that this was knowledge
of archery. As such, it was easy to
comprhend.
Although an hour had passed, in the time
turbulence that SuYu was in, he had been
recalling the content of The Secret Book
Of Hundred Feet Piercing Arrow for 10
hours and he was then able to recite it by heart.
He looked for a ordinary iron arrows
and went to the shooting area, eager to try
out his skills. He took a deep breath and
calmed down.
He squatted down a little, and was as firm
as a rock. This was to reduce the recoil
when shooting an arrow , so that the
accuracy of the arrow could be increased.
One hand was holding the bow, while the
other hand placed the arrow on the
bowstring. He concentrated all his
strength onto both og hid arms and held
his breath while his eyes focused on the
target that was 100 meters away.
The essence of The Secret Book Of
Hundred Feet Pirecing Arrow was that
when shooting an arrow, the practitioner
must become one with nature,
concentrate deeply and channel all their
energy on the iron arrow.
This process required the practitioner to
harmonize the inner strength within his
body repeatedly, so that he could achieve
a state of tranquility. At this stage, the
practitioner would then be able to
concentrate all his energy into the arrow
and fire it off without being affected by
any forms of interferance from the
surroundings.
When SuYu released his fingers, the iron
arrow made a whizzing sound which
pierced through the silence and turned
into fragmentary shadow, striking the
target that was 100 meters away.
However, SuYu was not stisfied with the
outcome.
The arrow had landed on the edge of the
target, and it was quite a distance away
from the bull's eye.
His actions attracted the attention of the
whitw shirted lady who was engrosed in
practicing her archery skills, as well as
Master Jiang who was teaching her
archery.
Master Jiang raised his black eyebrows.
"Where did this kid with no manners
come from? What do you think you are
trying to do when we are practicing
archery?"
SuYU had nothing to say.
It was obvious the lady was very
prestigious. In order to win her favour,
Master Jiang did not tolerate anyone who
disturb their practice.
However, the target where SuYu shot his
arrow was on the other side of the weapon
pavilion square, and it would not affect
the lady in any way.
"What am i trying to do? I am trying to
practice my archery skills. If there were
rules that students cannot practice their
archery skills here, then i would leave this
place immediately." SuYU was calm and
collected. He leisurely took up another
arrow and started to aim at the target
again.
"Master Jiang put down the quiver that he
was holding and quickly headed towards
SuYu with an angry look on his face.
"Master Jiang, you need not go anything.
Let's continue," said the lady softly. Her
voice was soft and delicate, making it
pleasant to listen to.
As she was talking, her bright eyes shot a
glance at SuYu's posture. She felt that it
was strange. "Is this your first time
practicing archery?"
As SuYu was engrossed in practicing
archery, he lightly nodded his head and
answered her unintentionally without
lifting up his head. :Yes this is my first
time."
The lady smiled and nodded her head.
"Not bad, you were able to hit the hundred
meter target on your first try."
Master Jiang looked SuYu up and down,
shook his head and laughed. "His posture
is no good. He probably only learned the
fundermentals and then came here to
practice. I guess it's luck that the arrow hit
the target just now."
Regarding Master Jiang's words, the lady
decided not yo comment. as for SuYu, he
did not hear anything."
He remebered the important aspects of
The Secret Book Of Hundred Feet Piercing
Arrow. However, he lacked the mastery of
all those aspects.Hence, he needed to
continue practicing to master those
aspects.
The second arrow landed on the edge of
the target like before, but it was slightly
closer to the bull's eye.
"What?" The lady was stunned.
With SuYu's posture, was it really by luck
that he actually managed to hit the 100
mwter target twice?
Each time after, the arrow landed closer to
the bull's eye. The lady's face was full of
astonishment. the first and second time
could be luck, but if the arrows landed
on the target five times, how could it still
be luck?
Moreover, SuYu's posture became more
refined and he started to have a style.
Master Jiang's rough and black eyebrows
started to twitch, and he stared at SuYu
as he continued his practice.
SuYu was wrapped up in his practice.
However, from the fifth arrow onwards, Su
Yu found it difficult to get closer to
the heart of the target. Any arrows after
that landed away from the red heart of the
target.
At first,he became better as he practiced.
His skills indeed improved, but for some
reason, he became unable to progress;
there was always a distance between the
landed arrow and the bull's eye.
instead, there weretwo times his
mind was unsteady and was not focused
on the accuracy. However, this confusion
actually made him hit the bull's eye.
The lady sighed secretly as she tought
that she had met an archery genius.
Master Jiang was surprised. He laughed a
laughter that was secretly filled with
contempt. "Seems like he is another
lecher. He must have known that miss Xia
liked good archery skills and often came
here to practice. As such, he secretly
practiced a bit by himself amd pretended
to be someone new to archery to attract
Miss Xia's attention; there had already
been at least one or two of his kind of
people."
The lady's eyes, that were as bright as
water, lightly shot a glance at SuYu. She
could not help but feel a thread of detest
towards SuYu and went away in a flash.
"I shall take my leave now, my mind feels
unsettled." The white-shirted lady lost
intrest in him and took light graceful
steps.
As she passed by SuYu, she shot a glance
at his biow by accident. She was startled
and her face revealed an expression of
astonishment.
"Let me see your bow." The lady's face had
a strange expression.
When Master Jiang looked in their
direction, his face revealed a strange
expression as well. SuYu initially turned
his head to glance. However, he realized
that the person standing beside him was a
very beautiful lady.
She looked innocent and gave off the
impression that she was indiffrent to
fame and gain, as though she was a female
deity who had no faults. When she walked
in this world, she was calm and noble. Any
filthy beings that appeard in front of her
would melt away.
A celestial beauty was what SuYu could
think of to describe her; she was a girl
who did not belong with the human
population.
looking at her, she was about 14 or 15
years old, similar to SuYu.
She had a pair of bright amd snowy eyes
which were so clear that they touched the
heart of the people. it was as if within the
extremely cold weather, a snow lotus,
which was rare and difficult to find, had
bloomed with a purity that did not
belong to the human population.
When faced with such pure and fine pair
of eyes that were free of any impurity, Su
Yu's mind felt respect for her. She could
be seen from afar and one should not be
disrespectful to her.
SuYu did not hide the fact that he becamne
absent-minded for a split second. With his
deep and bright eyes, which were
magnaninous and natural, he gave an
apologetic smile, "Sorry, please forgive me
for being so impolite. This is my bow."
The celestial beauty gave off an expression
that she was indiffrent to fame or gain.
She did not mind what SuYu had done, as
she had encountered similar situations,
and smiled.
The generousity of SsuYu left her with a
good impression. In the split second that
SuYu was stunned by her beauty, she
could tell that it was the first time he had
seen her; he was not a lecher who had an
ultirior motive to attract her attention.
As the celestial beauty took the bow, her
snowy eyes started to look at it. Her
smooth and soft hands were like jade and
they lightly caressed the bow. Within a
short while, her eyes were filled with
surprise.
Master Jiang went towards them and also
looked at the bow carefully. He was also
stunned. "It can't be..."