From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"Bone is the bow, sinew is the string, blood is the arrow! Move at will, guided by your qi, and you will hit the target every time!"

As Chen Shi looked at the contents of the Yi Archery Manual, a light gradually appeared in his eyes.

This is a good archery technique, but it is different from ordinary archery because it has neither a bow nor an arrow.

Just as the manual says, use your body as a bow and your blood and energy as arrows.

To put it simply, it's a martial art that condenses blood and energy into arrows and then shoots them out.

"really."

As was his custom, Chen Shi first read through the manual and, after understanding it, nodded slightly.

His previous view was confirmed once again: Xuan-level martial arts are not specific moves, but rather lean towards a certain ability.

This Yi archery technique is not a simple archery skill; it is actually a means of condensing blood energy into arrows for long-range attacks.

"That's all? No, that's not right."

If it's just about using blood energy for ranged attacks, then a high-grade Yellow Rank Qi Explosion martial art can actually achieve that.

But Yi's Archery Technique, being a Xuan-level martial art, is naturally different!

While the Yellow Rank High-Grade Explosive Qi Martial Art is described as a ranged attack, it actually has a significant distance limitation; to be precise, it should be called a mid-to-close range attack.

But Yi's archery skills were different. Hitting the bullseye from a hundred paces was just the basics; how far he could shoot depended entirely on his physical strength. The stronger his physique, the greater the power of the bow, and the farther the arrow could travel!

In this way, in terms of distance alone, it is far superior to ordinary bows and arrows. After all, as a weapon, the power of a bow has a certain limit. Even some powerful bows made of special materials, which are extremely powerful, still need to be able to be drawn.

Furthermore, the ranged attacks of high-grade Yellow Rank Qi-bursting martial arts are ultimately just Qi, with weak Qi and strong blood.

Therefore, it is virtually impossible for a burst of blood energy to break through the blood energy condensation that forms the armor.

However, Yi's archery technique is different; it condenses arrows with blood, essentially the same as blood qi condensation. But the difference between the lower, middle, and upper grades of blood qi condensation martial arts lies only in the range of body coverage; they cannot achieve the effect of long-range attacks.

If Yi's archery skills were only this, then they would at most be considered a top-grade Yellow-rank Condensed Form martial art.

The most important reason why Yi's archery skills can be rated as Xuan-level is that he uses blood as arrows, including blood essence!

The strength of a fifth-rank martial artist lies in their Dharma body, which is forged from essence and blood.

Essence and blood are formed by tempering blood and qi through the divine body. The strength of essence and blood is a hundred times greater than that of ordinary blood and qi, so the strength of the Dharma body is naturally a hundred times greater than that of condensed blood and qi.

The fundamental difference is precisely why, although they appear similar, the condensed form of blood and qi is far weaker than the dharma body.

Yi's archery technique uses his own blood essence to condense arrows!

Since it is also a condensation of essence and blood, it can naturally be broken!

In other words, the arrows formed from Yi's blood essence can break through the Dharma body of a fifth-grade Grandmaster!

"As expected of a Xuan-rank martial art!"

After understanding all this, Chen Shi looked excited.

Based on this alone, Yi's archery skills can definitely be rated as a Xuan-level martial art.

Chen Shi even believed that Yi's archery skills were not only a martial art for the Divine Power Realm, but could even be considered a martial art for the Asura Realm.

After all, this martial art is capable of allowing one to fight against a fifth-grade Grandmaster in the Asura Realm.

Of course, it wasn't without its costs.

Unlike the Dharma Body, which can be retracted to a certain extent, the arrows formed by Yi's Arrow Technique from concentrated blood essence are completely destroyed once fired, regardless of whether they hit their target.

It takes a drop of blood essence to condense into an arrow.

This consumption is considerable.

Essence blood is the material for condensing the Dharma body and is the key to advancing to the fifth rank. The more you use the Yi Arrow Technique, the slower it will be to advance to the fifth rank.

But no matter what, it is still a very practical and powerful Xuan-level martial art.

"Very good!"

Chen Shi clenched his fists, his heart leaping with joy once more.

With his divine power from his King-rank Sky-Supporting Divine Body, Chen Shi, though only a sixth-rank master, was already qualified to fight against a fifth-rank grandmaster.

However, his own strength was insufficient to withstand the Dharma body with his bare hands, so he could only break through the Dharma body of a fifth-grade grandmaster by relying on a one-foot-long sword forged from black iron.

But ultimately, it relies on external things, which has many inconveniences.

Now that we have this archery technique, we have another way to deal with a fifth-rank grandmaster.

Moreover, since it is archery, besides direct confrontation, its greatest use is to strike the opponent from a distance, which increases the chances of winning.

"Use bones as the bow, and sinews as the string..."

After a moment, Chen Shi gradually calmed down, having thoroughly understood the secret manual, and began to try practicing it.

To shoot an arrow, you must first make a bow.

Use your body as a bow.

The bow arm is strong while the bowstring is flexible. Not only must the body possess both strength and flexibility, but these two aspects must also be coordinated. This critical point is extremely difficult to grasp; the slightest deviation will result in the bow breaking and the string snapping.

Chen Shi tried more than ten times but could not get it right. However, he did not lose heart and continued to try.

And so the night passed.

By daybreak, Chen Shi had tried countless times, but had only succeeded a handful of times.

So, let alone using it in actual combat, even practicing in a training ground would be beyond its capabilities.

However, Chen Shi was not in a hurry. He could practice slowly until he was proficient.

He instructed Lian'er to buy breakfast, and then continued practicing.

Chen Shi spent the entire morning practicing archery.

However, he was not impatient for quick success. In the afternoon, he followed the previous plan and studied military formations and comprehended the Eight Trigrams Formation.

In the evening, he would extract essence and blood to enhance his cultivation.

Finally, as night deepened, I still tried to calm myself down instead of sleeping.

The next few days passed in a flash, and the same thing happened every day.

As time went by, Chen Shi gradually mastered the knack of using his body as a bow. In comparison, condensing arrows with blood and qi was much easier, and he could master it in a day or two of practice.

Thus, although still unfamiliar with the art, he was already able to use Yi's archery skills.

It was already February, the last month of the academic year at the Zhechongyuan.

The spring college entrance exams will be held at the end of the month.

The results of the spring and autumn examinations, as the outcome of the students' studies at the Zhechong Academy, not only determine their destination but also whether they stay or leave.

If the grades are not up to standard, students will not be able to graduate and will need to repeat a year to continue their studies.

In reality, although the program is only one year long, there are quite a few students in the academy who repeat a year for two or three years, or even four or five years.

However, Chen Shi did not care about this, after all, Gu Tingshu had already made arrangements that he could join the Longxiang Army as a general after graduation!

Completely unaffected by the spring exams, Chen Shi continued his daily practice as usual.

Squeak~

Late at night, Chen Shi was in a meditative state when, with a soft sound, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Although it's already February, the air is still a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings.

Ling'er walked barefoot, wearing only a thin nightgown, slowly toward Chen Shi.

Chen Shi had already noticed the moment Lian'er pushed open the door, but this time, he did not scold her.

"Young master."

She walked straight up to Chen Shi, let out a soft cry, and gently embraced him.