My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Witnessing Mr. Wu being stabbed to death, the Martial Arts Academy Disciple was scared out of his wits, and his treasure sword clattered to the ground.

Whether it was the villagers from Yanbian Village or the soldiers from the garrison, they all unanimously turned their gaze toward the youth on horseback, their eyes complex with respect tinged with awe.

"My lord need not worry,"

Only Xu Wencai came over, stroking his beard and said, "We should just go straight back, and Lord Thousand Households will certainly not blame you unduly. At most, you'll be given a title for atonement and meritorious service."

"You do see clearly."

That's what Chen Sansi had been thinking from the start.

Not to mention the matter of military supplies.

War was imminent; it was not possible to shake one's own people's morale on account of outsiders.

What he was truly worried about was that the disturbance wasn't big enough to manage to kill the old man from the Song Family too.

Fortunately, Chen Sansi was confident about achieving small achievement in bone training before spring came. No matter the outcome of today's events, he could face them calmly.

He had planned to call everyone to return to camp first when he suddenly heard someone approaching rapidly on horseback.

"Whoa—"

"Song Old Five, I want your damn life!!!"

One could see Wang Zhi's portly figure pressing down on a brown warhorse, holding a long and sharp Mo Blade in his hand, with over a hundred soldiers following him from afar, charging towards Yanbian Village at breakneck speed.

"Stone?"

Upon seeing everyone, he pulled the reins to stop: "Are you alright, where's Song Old Five!"

"Dead."

Chen Sansi calmly replied, "I would trouble Hundred Households Wang to take me to report the situation to Lord Thousand Households."

"You did him in?"

Wang Zhi didn't believe it until he saw the corpse with a big hole in the chest, then he showed a gleam of delight: "Good, good, good, I was worrying over nothing for you!"

He had been sent out a short while ago, in charge of figuring out a way to smuggle armour and weapons into the Martial Arts Hall.

Once the task was completed, he had been waiting in the county city.

It was only after the incident in the Eight Treasures Restaurant that he learned about the situation in Yanbian Village. Worried that Chen Sansi was no match, he hurried over immediately.

'This lad is killing across a great boundary, truly a formidable being.'

'Great news!'

Without saying much more, Hundred Households Wang raised the Mo Blade high and blurted out a command like a thunderclap, reverberating in everyone's ears: "Tai Lei Martial Arts Academy is plotting rebellion, execute them all to the last man!"

After a brief hesitation, the soldiers began to carry out the orders, launching a one-sided massacre against the Martial Arts Academy Disciples.

The villagers of Yanbian Village were initially shocked but slowly realized that those dying were the same martial masters who had previously oppressed them, and they began to think it was all a dream.

"I said they should be killed long ago!"

Zhu Tong didn't care where the command came from and swung his hammer into the air.

"Plotting rebellion, extermination?"

Chen Sansi hadn't anticipated the sudden turn of events in front of him and only after inquiring did he learn what had happened.

What a ruthless and decisive move by Xiang Tingchun.

In pursuit of career advancement, he went mad with desperation, using such a method to force other Martial Arts Halls into submission, unafraid of mutual destruction.

Of course, this undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble.

Chen Sansi, carrying his spear, quietly watched as blood flowed like rivers in Yanbian Village.

He knew that after today, no one in Po Yang County would dare to oppose Xiang Tingchun ever again.

This was the true essence of using "power" to bully others!

With sufficient personal strength and soldiers at his command,

With desperation, he feared no one and could overturn the table at any moment.

...

Overnight, the nearly century-old Tai Lei Martial Arts Academy crumbled to dust.

From the Song Family's clan members to the academy's disciples, every single one was executed, and all their assets and money were confiscated.

But rather than causing chaos in Po Yang County city, there was unprecedented peace and harmony.

Especially in the military camp.

For several days in a row, starting from 5 a.m., Martial Arts Academy Disciples lined up to donate military supplies, cart after cart, as much as needed, showing a proactive and generous spirit.

Chen Sansi couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

The Martial Arts Hall and Xiang Tingchun had resumed cooperation, and it became rather difficult to expose the issues with Medicine Valley.

Times had changed.

Bringing it up now, Xiang Tingchun would likely cover for them, considering the Martial Arts Hall was still needed and couldn't just be completely eliminated.

Fortunately, Chen Sansi's goal was achieved—Tai Lei Martial Arts Academy was utterly ruined.

As for the matters of Medicine Valley, he would look into it himself.

He began a closed-door training, desperately striving to enhance his cultivation, hoping to enter the Bone Training Realm as soon as possible.

Compared to "Basic Spear Technique for Soldiers," the number of Pile Work stances in "Undying Golden Snake Spear" was doubled, and the number of maneuvers was increased to forty-nine. There were many extremely tricky movements to master, making the training quite arduous.

From entry-level to Great Success, Bone Training corresponds to four phases.

They are Training Muscle, Bone Strengthening, Skin Training, and Marrow Refining, respectively.

Training Muscle, as the name implies,

is to nourish the meridians with Qi-Blood. Moreover, it can also initially increase the hardness of the bones.

That's why the Blood Refining Realm is considered the most crucial foundation in Martial Arts.

Only with a high enough quality of cultivated Qi-Blood can one nourish a robust physique. Otherwise, a single misstep could lead to a widening gap, eventually becoming an insurmountable divide that blocks further progress.

The blood of the Dragon Elephant, obviously, counts as a decent foundation.

Executing the spear technique with complex Pile Work, and driven by the Breathing Skill, the Dragon Elephant Blood circulated methodically within his body, constantly nourishing Chen Sansi's meridians at every moment.

In just a few days, he could feel his meridians becoming tougher. Many previously difficult movements gradually became possible, and in turn, evolved into more intricate maneuvers.

When tired from training,

Chen Sansi would eat a red ginseng raw.

Blood ginseng.

It was given to him earlier by Xiang Tingchun.

This substance could alleviate the pain of cultivation and enhance the quality of his Qi-Blood, benefiting him immensely.

[Cultivation Technique: Undying Golden Snake Spear. Upper (Not Entry-Level)]

[Progress: 15/100]

[Utility: Blood of the Dragon Elephant]

Just like the Blood Refining Realm, the Bone Training Realm has four phases from entry-level to Great Success, with the difficulty gradually increasing. Entry-level is the easiest, whereas achieving Perfection at Great Success is the real challenge and bottleneck.

Of course, the difficulty of reaching entry-level Bone Training is far greater than that of Blood Refining.

Additionally, the cultivation technique is incomplete.

The Undying Golden Snake Spear is divided into upper and lower volumes, which can be cultivated all the way to Refining Internal Organs.

But the technique for Refining Internal Organs isn't available in Po Yang County.

Military officers at the Great Success of Bone Training must report upwards for approval, whereby a designated person would teach the Refining Internal Organs Technique, which must not be disclosed. Otherwise, it is considered a heinous crime of treason.

This is also a method by which the court maintains control over local areas.

Local Jianghu forces are not allowed to have individuals whose cultivation surpasses that of the military's leading figures.

After training until completely exhausted, Chen Sansi stopped to rest.

He took some silver and headed to the forging workshop.

From his skirmish with Mr. Wu, it was clear that the Two-Stone Bow had difficulty achieving a lethal blow against a Bone Training Martial Artist who was on guard, and that was just during the Training Muscle Stage. If it were during the Bone Strengthening Stage or higher, its lethality would only diminish.

Acquiring a heavier bow and arrows was imperative.

"It's been ready two days ago; I was wondering if you forgot about it and was about to look for you," said Niu Gai as he quickly brought out the item. "This bow, with a pulling force of fifteen stones, can penetrate solid rock."

Chen Sansi took the new bow and inspected it in his hands.

This bow was made from fifty-year-old mutated Purple Gold Bamboo for its body, top-quality Sangyu Wood for its limbs, the sturdy skull of a fierce tiger for its bow tips, and its bowstring was made from Exotic Beast Tendons worth hundreds of taels of silver. Holding it upright, it nearly reached the height of a person, looking rather intimidating from a distance.

"I've also prepared matching arrows for you," said Niu Gai, bringing over an arrow bag filled with all kinds of brand-new arrows.

Sleek, sharp Triangular Armor-piercing Arrows, flat and wide shovel-shaped Qi Pi Arrows, metal-made whistle arrows, and hollow-centered arson iron arrows, among others...

"Fire arrows?"

Chen Sansi was intrigued and specifically took one out for examination.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Arson iron arrow.

The rest of it was no different from regular arrows. The unique feature was a hollow iron cage on the front of the arrowhead, which could be stuffed with oilcloth. Once lit, it would be shot out and typically used to attack enemy camps, burning down structures like grain reserves and campsites; its individual killing power wasn't great.

Chen Sansi took the tiger bone bow outside, notched a Triangular Arrow, and aimed at a rock over a hundred paces away. Slowly, he drew the heavy two-thousand-pound bowstring.

The moment he let go, the rebounding force of the bowstring could easily slice through human flesh, and the Triangular Arrow turned into a shooting star as it thunderously flew toward its target. When it collided with the rock, it let out a loud "bang."

The arrow effortlessly embedded itself into the hard stone.

Cracks spread outward from the arrowhead, and within moments the rock—over half a meter high—shattered into pieces scattered across the ground.

[Skill: Archery (small achievement)]

[Progress: (150/1000)]