Start your cultivation journey by allocating points to your Destiny.

Back home, Lu Chen changed into clean clothes, but couldn't help but receive a scolding from Lu Tang, whose tone was full of worry but also pride.

Her brother is a great hero who saved people!

Lu Chen smiled gently, only letting Lu Tang nag as he casually said, "We'll have eel and crucian carp for dinner! Xiao Tang, go get some perilla leaves and wash a piece of ginger."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing that there would be meat again, Lu Tang's face was filled with excitement and longing for food. She quickly prepared the seasonings with her short legs.

In the courtyard, Lu Ming was already staring longingly at Lu Chen.

My older brother just promised him he would teach him how to throw stones!

If my older brother can hit egrets with stones, and I can learn that too, then our family will have meat to eat all the time, and I can go hunting in the mountains like Dad.

This way, the younger sister can eat better, and the older brother won't have to work so hard!

"Xiao Ming, here, you hold the stone!"

Lu Chen picked up two pebbles the size of plums, tossed one to Lu Ming, and held the other in his hand to demonstrate his technique to Lu Ming.

After learning the basics of throwing, Lu Chen gained extra knowledge and experience in how to throw stones better, faster, more accurately, and more powerfully, as if it were the result of several months of hard practice.

Teaching Lu Ming now is also a process of re-familiarizing myself with the material and learning from it.

He placed a wooden stake upright on the ground, pointed at it, and said, "Yes, just throw it at the stake in front of you, using the method I just described."

"Don't use too much force, first find the right feel, accuracy is more important!"

Lu Ming pursed his lips and, following his elder brother's method, aimed at the wooden stake in front of him and threw the stone again and again.

There were many stones scattered around the wall in front of them, which had been thrown out.

Lu Ming had to run back every now and then to pick up stones and keep throwing them.

Lu Chen watched from the side, pointing out his mistakes and correcting his movements. He wasn't idle either, and started trying to throw moving objects himself.

He tied a brick to a stick, suspended it in mid-air, and let it swing back and forth while he stepped back and aimed at the stone and threw it.

At first, his accuracy wasn't good, but after failing many times, he became more familiar with the back-and-forth movement of the bricks, and his accuracy improved.

At a distance of about ten meters, I can hit the target seven or eight times out of ten.

After Lu Tang finished her work, she squatted on the threshold of the house and clapped every time her brother hit the target, giving him plenty of emotional support.

Lu Chen glanced at his panel.

The percentage of the "throwing" keyword has increased from 1% to 3%.

"It only took less than an hour, and I gained 2 points. If I practice a little more each day, the progress bar will be full very quickly!"

Lu Chen was quite satisfied with the progress.

He glanced at the sky, then turned to Lu Ming and said, "If you're tired, take a rest. I'll go cook."

"Yeah, brother, I'm not tired."

Sweat rolled down Lu Ming's forehead as he stared at the wooden stake in front of him and threw another pebble.

"Bang!"

The wooden stake fell down.

Lu Tang clapped and cheered, "Second Brother is amazing!"

……

Lu Chen cooked in the kitchen, sparingly using oil and salt. The eels and crucian carp were wild and unpolluted, so the taste was quite good.

After the meal, Lu Chen noticed that Lu Ming's arm seemed a little uncomfortable, so he went over and rubbed it for him: "You practiced too hard this afternoon. I'll go to the county to buy some liniment one of these days. Take it easy next time, there's no need to rush."

Lu Ming, his arm gripped by Lu Chen, turned his face away, grimacing, but still stubbornly insisted, "Brother, I'm not tired, I'm just..."

"Hey, Second Brother, you're in so much pain, and you still won't admit it!" Lu Tang saw her Second Brother's expression, full of disgust, but she still helped massage him.

Lu Ming's face turned completely red.

Lu Chen laughed heartily, massaged Lu Ming for a while, and then told the two of them to go wash up and go to bed.

He then went to deal with the bamboo he had cut down that afternoon, straightening it.

"Two meters long is enough. I heard that the spears used in battle are even longer, but I don't need them for now. I don't know if this length is too long or too short for hunting in the forest."

He went into the courtyard, and by the bright moonlight, he held the bamboo spear in both hands and thrust it forward a few times, feeling the smoothness of the bamboo in his hands. There were no burrs, and it felt quite good.

Find a handful of straw, roll it into a ball the size of a pomelo, tie it up, replace the bricks used for throwing in the afternoon with the straw ball, and suspend it in the air.

Lu Chen took two steps forward, holding the bamboo spear, and tried to poke at the straw ball.

However, the ball looked quite close, and he didn't move his hand much, yet the tip of his gun still grazed the ball.

Missed.

Undeterred, he made a slight adjustment and continued his attack.

Time passed slowly.

The moonlight spilled like mercury onto the ground as the boy thrust his gun forward and back again, like a tireless machine.

The rice paddies were filled with the croaking of frogs.

A gentle breeze rustled the leaves on the distant trees.

Midday on the moon.

Lu Chen had lost count of how many times he had thrust his spear.

Finally, I heard the notification tone.

[Host's stabbing skill detected; entry generated]

[Piercing (Beginner)]

He wiped his sweat and smiled.

"It's not easy!"

[Increases accuracy and armor penetration effect by 10%]

After closing his eyes and sensing the techniques and experiences about thrusting transmitted by the system, he glanced at the sky, put down the bamboo spear, wiped himself clean, returned to the house, and lay down on the bed.

"I used 10 life points to save someone today and gained another 30, not bad. I wonder how much it will cost to add points to these skill stats."

Lu Chen checked the panel.

Name: Lu Chen

Age: 15

[Hit Value: 30]

[Luck Value: 0]

[Entry: Minor injury, malnutrition (improving), average physique, average aptitude]

[Skill Affixes: Throwing Basics (3%), Slash Basics (2%), Thrusting Basics (1%)]

"Let's save it for now. There's nothing urgent right now, and life points aren't easy to acquire."

Thinking this, Lu Chen turned over in bed.

"System, give me some points!"

He couldn't resist and added it to the throwing.

In the blink of an eye, the 10 life points disappeared.

[Small success rate in throwing (3%)]

Lu Chen felt a surge of heat coursing through his muscles, especially in his arms, shoulders, and back, where the muscles felt particularly hot.

In my memory, I can vividly recall the image of him practicing his throwing skills diligently day after day for years, and how he had mastered various techniques.

"Within 30 meters, a still object the size of an orange can be hit 100% of the time, with a certain probability of causing a shock effect."

This is the system's comment on the effect of Xiao Cheng.

"Thirty meters? That's a distance long enough to go hunting in the mountains, right? This shockwave is said to be able to stun or shatter internal objects, similar to hitting a cow through a mountain, causing internal organs to rupture upon impact?"

He got out of bed.

The heat that was transforming his body also disappeared.

He came to the bedside, and by the moonlight, he mustered his strength, his arm muscles tensing.

My arms, which were originally a bit thin, now have smooth muscle lines.

"I feel that the muscles in my arms, wrists, and back have been strengthened, and I'm much stronger."

He suddenly remembered something and looked at the panel.

Sure enough, the entry for "minor injury" changed.

[Minor injury (recovering)]

No wonder he felt much better. He had been training for an afternoon and an evening and was exhausted, but after the upgrade, the fatigue completely disappeared. The bruises and swellings that had been there before no longer hurt; instead, they were a little itchy.

"I unexpectedly saved a life!"

He smiled, resisted the urge to test the throwing effect on the spot, and climbed into bed to sleep.