World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 42 - 40 Sister-in-law
42: Chapter 40: Sister-in-law?
The First Step in Archery
42 -40: Sister-in-law?
The First Step in Archery
Thinking about the live archery practice that would start tomorrow, Lanling felt a bit excited inside.
At that moment, a knock on the door echoed from outside the room.
“Who is it?” Ye Jingyu asked with her eyebrows raised, her voice icy.
“Sister-in-law, it’s me, Xiao Ying.” From outside came a man’s voice, seemingly the sleazy customer from earlier.
Sister-in-law?
Lanling immediately looked at Ye Jingyu with confusion.
Ye Jingyu’s beautiful face turned red, then she said coldly, “If you dare call me sister-in-law again, I’ll rip your tongue out.”
“Okay, I won’t say it again, Sister Ye…” the man called Xiao Ying said: “The boss is here too, hunting outside.
I got injured, so I stayed behind in the inn alone.
Shall I take you to see the boss tomorrow?”
Where did he get hurt?
If he was injured and still had the energy to call on a woman, he was clearly too scared to die and hid in the city.
“No need, I don’t want to see him,” Ye Jingyu responded coldly: “And I have nothing to do with him anyway.”
“Sister-in-law, oh no, Sister Ye, the boss really has nothing to do with Xiao Tian, it’s just that woman who kept throwing herself at him,” Xiao Ying said: “Besides, even if you have complaints about the boss, you shouldn’t cheat on him, especially not with such a pretty but useless young man.”
“Get lost, if you dare say another word, I’ll cut off your tongue this instant,” Ye Jingyu said as she casually grabbed a cup and threw it out.
“Bang!” The door was immediately punched through with a hole, and the man called Xiao Ying fled in terror.
Seeing Lanling looking at her with astonished eyes, Ye Jingyu said coldly, “What are you looking at?
I have nothing to do with that man.”
Lanling nodded, but he was not convinced and looked again at Ye Jingyu’s eyebrows, focused and sharpened, then at her thighs, tightly clenched, probably still a virgin.
“If you keep staring, I’ll gouge your eyes out.
I really don’t know what dirty thoughts you men have in your heads,” Ye Jingyu said, then she lay down, turned away from Lanling, and closed her eyes, saying, “Go to sleep, we’re leaving the country early tomorrow morning.”
Lanling also lay down, but his mind was restless as if overgrown with grass.
The atmosphere here was too wild, with seductive noises still audible at the moment.
And right beside him, Ye Jingyu’s figure was too explosive, especially as she lay on her side with her body curved, those contours were simply explosive.
Although Lanling was very devoted and pure at heart, he was also a man, full of hormones.
“If you look again, I guarantee you’ll regret it,” Ye Jingyu warned as if she had eyes in the back of her head.
Lanling quickly turned away, no longer facing Ye Jingyu’s explosive figure, but even though his eyes could not see her, his mind pictured her even more vividly.
“Ah, this is torture,” Lanling thought internally: “Every virgin in the world is suffering.”
…
Early the next morning, while it was still not quite light, Ye Jingyu got up and cleaned up.
Finally, the inn quieted down, only settling down when it was nearly dawn.
After checking that his armor and weapons, as well as his medicine, were all in place, Lanling left the room with Ye Jingyu.
Lanling noticed that Ye Jingyu’s gaze still quickly glanced at the neighboring room, the door wide open, but Xiao Ying was now nowhere to be seen.
After leaving the inn, Lanling and Ye Jingyu exited the city.
Once outside the South Barbarian Border City, a completely different scene unfolded before them.
In the distance loomed the vast Hundred Thousand Mountains, like a giant barrier laid out by heaven, blocking the southern advance of the Rage Wave Kingdom.
This was Lanling’s first time seeing the Hundred Thousand Mountains; they were truly more magnificent than he had imagined.
Moreover, one could experience three seasons on a single mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, it was scorching summer; mid-mountain felt like a cool autumn; and the peaks were blanketed in snow.
By simply looking, the altitude of the Hundred Thousand Mountains appeared to be over five or six thousand meters, making them an impossible barrier for large-scale armies to cross.
The area north of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and south of the border cities, however, was typical wilderness.
Flat and dry with sparse but gigantic trees.
The ground was more often covered in weeds and shrubs, along with countless wildflowers.
Every few dozen miles, one could find a lake.
In short, the delicate beauty here was endless.
It was Lanling’s favorite kind of place as an artistic man; it was open and wild.
Although this area was very close to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, some villages still existed.
The villagers were mostly engaged in works related to exotic beasts, processing beast meat, cosmetics, pelts, tendons, and bones, among others.
These settlements also provided trading and rest for hunters.
Along the way, Lanling and Ye Jingyu encountered numerous hunting teams that whistled at Ye Jingyu, but none invited them to join.
Beyond the South Barbarian Border City, it was too dangerous, and no team would invite strangers to join them.
There were two types of hunting teams: one that specialized in hunting exotic beasts, and one that hunted human Barbarians.
Clearly, Ye Jingyu had spent a not so short time at the southern border and was very familiar with this area.
“Next, I’m going to take you to Wild Ox Valley,” Jingyu said.
“Since the oxen are big targets and easy to aim at, they’re suitable for your first-stage combat targets.”
Lanling asked, “The oxen, are they the type that rely on strength?”
“Yes,” Jingyu replied.
“Of course, they’re incredibly strong and extremely dangerous once provoked.
So, I’ll be by your side at all times.
The moment an ox gets within a few dozen steps of you, I’ll take it down.”
Being strength-based was fine; Lanling’s main issue was his lack of strength.
Wild Ox Valley was quite a distance from the South Barbarian Border City, roughly close to a hundred li.
Ox meat was too tough and not very tasty.
Ox tendons were worth some money, and the hide was not bad either, but compared to other wild beasts, their economic value wasn’t very high, which is why there weren’t many hunters after them.
Hunting a Barbarian could earn someone fifteen silver coins, while an ox at most would fetch two or three silver coins, and it still needed to be butchered and carried back.
Thus, other than local village hunters who did it for their livelihood, few people would go out of their way to hunt oxen.
Hence, there was an abundance of oxen.
…
The two, each on horseback, galloped for several hours and finally arrived at Wild Ox Valley around noon.
The scenery here was even more open and beautiful.
The terrain undulated gently, and the ground was covered with grass taller than knee-high, resembling a green carpet.
Every few hundred meters stood a large, straight pine or fir tree.
In the center of Wild Ox Valley, there was a huge lake with a diameter of several hundred meters, and its waters were as clear as a mirror.
Jingyu dismounted and took out two bows, one weighing sixty jin and the other two hundred jin. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Of course, the sixty-jin bow was for Lanling, while the two-hundred-jin bow was hers.
Handing the sixty-jin bow to Lanling, Jingyu said, “This is a sixty-jin bow.
Try pulling it and hold for half a minute without moving.”
The Dragon Emperor was a transmigrator, so he brought the concept of time units with him, but he must have been a liberal arts student, for clocks never materialized.
Therefore, this world still relied on hourglasses as timing tools, with minute hourglasses, hour hourglasses, and day hourglasses.
Jingyu used a minute hourglass, which was very small and exquisite.
Lanling picked up the bow, put on the finger-guard, took a deep breath, and yanked the string.
“Don’t use all arm strength; make more use of your waist,” Jingyu said, stepping forward to correct Lanling’s movements and posture.
Lanling could manage to pull the sixty-jin bow with all his might, but holding it for half a minute was difficult as it depended completely on the strength of three fingers.
Thus, after only two to three seconds, Lanling felt as if his fingers were about to break, and he couldn’t endure any longer.
He hurriedly released the string.
“Bang!” The bowstring twanged, and the bow shuddered.
Jingyu said, “Using your own strength, it’s clear that a sixty-jin bow is your limit.
You’ve already learned the three enlightening steps and can invoke the Dragon Force.
Next, try using Dragon Force control—transfer your Dragon Force to your right arm and try to pull the string again.”
Lanling closed his eyes and easily sensed Yao Xing, then commanded it with his mind to release a stream of energy.
Following that, he used his will to direct the energy, concentrating it all onto his right arm.
“Swoosh…” Indeed, he pulled the sixty-jin bow effortlessly and then held perfectly still for a full thirty seconds.
During this time, the energy from Yao Xing rapidly depleted.
“How is it?” Jingyu asked.
“That’s the power of the Dragon Force.
Concentrate it in your arm, and your strength will increase; focus it in your legs, and you become agile.”
Lanling nodded deeply in agreement; the Dragon Force was like a bug for humans in this world.
On Earth, humans occasionally tapped into their potential, greatly increasing their strength, but that was when their lives were at stake, and many would never have a chance to unleash this potential in their lifetime.
However, in this world, Dragon Force could be invoked at any time.
Jingyu said, “But the energy of the Bloodline Dragon Force is limited; you can only invoke it three to five times a day at most.
So whether it’s archery or combat, when a samurai invokes Dragon Force, it counts as a critical hit.
Such a Dragon Force critical hit is used at the most crucial moments.
Normally, you still need to rely on your own strength, do you understand?”
Lanling nodded to show he understood.
Using Dragon Force was like a critical hit; attack strength was doubled, but it was only possible three to five times a day.
Jingyu continued, “So how do we increase the strength of our bodies?
We still rely on the Bloodline Dragon Force.
In the first step of enlightenment, Dragon Force Sensing, you should have noticed.
The Bloodline Dragon Force surges from the deep recesses of the heart and vanishes instantly into the limbs and body.”
Lanling nodded.
Jingyu explained, “When the Bloodline Dragon Force enters your limbs and body, it’s to alleviate your body’s pain, so this power is canceled out and doesn’t increase your body’s strength.
To enhance your own strength, you should rely on the third step of enlightenment, Dragon Force Control, to release the Bloodline Dragon Force into the veins and muscles of a particular body part.”
Then, lifting her right hand, Jingyu said, “For instance, if you want to increase the strength of your arm, you can invoke the Bloodline Dragon Force and then channel this Dragon Force into your arm’s tendons and muscles.”
Lanling asked, “That’s to increase strength, but what if I want to become more agile?
Like certain archery skills or assassins, where the demand for strength isn’t great but the need for speed is.”
Jingyu replied, “Channel the Dragon Force into the tendons and muscles of the arm.
Whether you increase strength more or agility more entirely depends on your Bloodline talent.
If you have a talent for strength, naturally you’ll enhance strength.
If it’s agility, then, of course, you’ll boost agility more.”
Lanling had an epiphany and fully understood.
Jingyu declared, “For the next period, we’ll be camping in Wild Ox Valley.
First, our goal for combat shooting is to pull the bow ten times in succession, holding each time for half a minute!”
