I started practicing hard from Douluo

Chapter 116 116 Bow

Tiangong creates things with clouds:
When making a bow, bamboo and ox horn are used as the central trunk, and mulberry wood is used as the two tips.

In Zhang, the bamboo is the inner body, and the corners protect the outside; in Zhang, the corners are inward and the bamboo is on the outside.

One piece of bamboo has two corners, while the mulberry is carved with a wedge at the end to receive the string, and the original one is inserted and tenoned on the bamboo shank, and the smooth side is cut to attach the corners.

When making a bow, first cut a piece of bamboo (bamboo should be cut in autumn and winter, and it will rot in spring and summer).

One side is glued to the corner, and the other side is laid with beef tendon and glue to fix it.

The horns are joined by teeth, and are secured with gluten.

The glue is reinforced with birch bark, which is called warm target.

Where Huamuguan grows in Liaoyang, in the north it grows in Zunhua, in the west it grows in Lintao County, Fujian, Guangzhou, and Zhejiang.

Its leather protection is like soft in the hand, so it must be used for bows and targets.

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Not long after, Ren Xiu and the village chief came to the place where the materials were placed and watched him making the bow.

With the existing materials, it only took Ren Xiu an hour to learn how to make a crossbow, plus the manufacturing process required by the materials.

The village chief repeatedly praised Ren Xiu as a talent, if not for Ren Xiu's status as a great soul master, he would have wanted to have a drink with Ren Xiu.

Ren Xiu picked up a stone bow and easily pulled it over a full moon. It seems that the bow can be raised further.

"Village Chief, can the strength of this bow be improved?"

"It's possible, but that requires hunting spirit beasts and obtaining their materials to make them. Of course, it's not worth mentioning to you, my lord, but ordinary people like us can't do this."

The village head said helplessly.

"That's it, well, let's talk about it when I hunt the soul beast, then I will ask the village chief to teach me how to use the bow."

Ren Xiu didn't have the strength to enter the Star Dou Forest full of soul beasts.

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"Archery is a skill, and hunting is also a skill, but adults don't want to hunt, so I will teach you how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow."

The village chief talked eloquently about drawing a bow and archery, while Ren Xiu silently absorbed what he said.

"As for drawing the bow and archery, we need to have a goal in mind. If we don't have a goal in mind, there are almost no situations where we can shoot."

Unless it's a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.

There is also a record somewhere: Ouhuang's lifespan is relatively short, and most of them will not have a good death.

"Then what does it mean to have a goal in your heart?"

The village chief motioned Ren Xiu to think about it.

"target?"

Ren Xiu said tentatively.

"Well, it's a bit of a guess."

The village head nodded.

"The so-called goal is to unify the mind, body, bow and arrow, and target."

The village chief paused, waiting for Ren Xiu to digest this sentence.

"Then, even if the target is only as small as a lice, it will look as big as a wheel, and it is impossible not to hit it."

The village chief picked up the longbow and drew it to shoot an arrow.

The arrow leaves the bow, pierces through the air, and the arrow sinks into the center of the target.

"It's not like this if you don't have a goal in your heart. The body is one aspect, the mind is another aspect, the bow and arrow is one aspect, and the target is another aspect."

The village chief lowered his bow and pulled Ren Xiu closer to the target.

I saw that besides the arrow hitting the bull's-eye, there was also a dragonfly that was pierced and fell powerlessly to the ground.

"If you control your body, you have no time to control your mind. If you control your mind, you have no time to control your bow. If you control your bow, you have no time to control your target. So let me see what you can do."

The village head pulled out the arrow and handed it to Ren Xiu.

"Let me try."

And the phrase 'I'll try' takes a whole hour to try.

There were more than 200 times when the arrow was separated from the bow, and the village chief handed it over to Ren Xiu dozens of times.

As far as the record is concerned, except for the occasional hit on the target, the rest have missed the target.

Even though the village head had taught him, Ren Xiu still couldn't get the point.

The village chief originally wanted to see how long this great soul master could last before giving up.

Didn't expect him to draw the bow non-stop for an hour, isn't his arm numb?

'It seems that he really wants to learn bow and arrow. '

After an hour, the village chief finally settled down.

So at this time he said cautiously:
"My lord, it seems that your foundation has not been laid well, so how about we start with the foundation first?"

"Okay, listen to you."

Ren Xiu put down the arrow and rubbed the swollen muscles. The soul power circulated the whole body according to the method given by the master. In an instant, the muscles began to recover.

I didn't expect that this would allow me to exercise my body, which is also a kind of unexpected joy.

"Let's take care of our bodies first."

The village head demonstrated standard archery moves, and Ren Xiu followed suit like a cat and a tiger.

But the mayor said:
"This movement is a preparatory movement for me to control my body. All you have to do is control your body."

The village chief asked Ren Xiu to raise the longbow in his left hand, to experience the extreme of what he could stand on.

And this stop, more than an hour has passed.

The soul power in the body was running rapidly along with Ren Xiu's standing. He never thought that the soul power could run at this speed without the pressure of gravity.

Closing his eyes, he recalled the operation of the soul power in the book in his mind, and his own meditation breathing method also operated on its own.

Following the operation of the meditation breathing method, the body begins to become accustomed to standing movements, and the mind is at peace.

With a peaceful mind, he slowly focused on the goal in his heart, and the surrounding environment began to disappear, leaving only the bow and arrow in his hand, and the goal in his heart.

Somehow, Ren Xiu captured that small target.

So, he opened his eyes, his sharp eyes lit up, and he drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go.

The arrow flew away from the bow.

boom!
The target shattered at the sound, Ren Xiu's feet went limp, and he sat on the ground directly, panting heavily.

It was just an ordinary archery, and Ren Xiu's face felt exhausted.

The village chief hurriedly helped Ren Xiu to sit down and asked:
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"

(End of this chapter)