The Magician of Cultivation

"Uncle Zhang, you are here today too. Yu'er, come, call me Grandpa Zhang," Li Qing bowed to the old man and said respectfully.

Li Yu behind him did not dare to be negligent and quickly called Grandpa Zhang obediently.

Xiao Li Yu knew this old man. He was the captain of the previous generation of hunter team. His surname was Zhang and his name was very pleasant, Fugui.

It is said that Mr. Zhang had studied martial arts outside when he was young. Although he did not cultivate fighting spirit and could not even be considered a basic martial arts apprentice, he did learn a lot of moves and also learned some ways to strengthen the body.

After Zhang Fugui came back, he taught the villagers what he had learned. If the body is strengthened, the probability of accidents during hunting will be relatively reduced.

It can be said that Mr. Zhang owed a debt of gratitude to the entire Yuexi Village. Especially Li Qing's generation, who were trained by Mr. Zhang himself, they both respected and feared him.

"Xiaoqing, it's you." Old Zhang smiled kindly and waved to Li Yu, "Little guy, come here, come to grandpa."

The address of Mr. Zhang made the corners of Li Qing and Li Yu's mouth twitch.

However, when Li Qing heard what Mr. Zhang said, his eyes lit up. He quickly pulled Li Yu behind him to the old man and said in a flattering tone, "Uncle Zhang, come and take a look."

Old Zhang smiled without saying anything, stretched out his somewhat skinny right hand and placed it on Li Yu's wrist.

His finger joints were large, and there were thick calluses on his fingertips and palms, which were left by years of exercise. However, Li Yu was not in the mood to observe them.

When Mr. Zhang put his index and middle fingers together and placed them on his wrist pulse, Li Yu's eyes fixed.

A weak but real airflow flowed into Li Yu's meridians along the old man's fingers.

The air flow quickly followed Li Yu's meridians and traveled throughout his body. Li Yu dared not move.

"Is this fighting spirit?" Li Yu made a judgment the moment the slightly warm air flowed in.

He couldn't help but feel secretly glad in his heart.

"Fortunately, I didn't practice yesterday, otherwise I would have been discovered. What secrets does Yuexi Village have? There is an old man Qiao who seems to be a magician, and now there is an old man Zhang who has cultivated fighting spirit?"

Li Yu is not stupid. One of these two people has been hiding for ten years, living alone and rarely interacting with others.

The other one, although he was a fighter, was willing to be an ordinary person. If you say there was no reason, he would never believe it.

Thinking of this, Li Yu's sense of urgency in practicing increased.

He didn't want the disaster of his previous life to happen again. Only strength could allow him to protect his parents from harm when it happened.

However, if you want to practice, you have to set up a first-level scattered spirit formation.

The other things for the formation were easy to deal with, as long as we found some animal bones and buried them in a specific position. But the center of the spirit dispersion formation was different, as it required something with spiritual energy.

Soon, Zhang stopped exploring and took back the airflow. He uttered a sigh, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing Li Qing rubbing his hands anxiously, Zhang Lao smiled and said, "Xiao Qing, it's okay. There's nothing wrong with this little guy's stubborn illness."

Zhang Lao's words immediately made Li Qing grin. Although he had some guesses about his son's health, he was not sure.

Li Qing still has great faith in Mr. Zhang.

This guy has traveled a lot, and he knows that Mr. Zhang is a fighter. Since Mr. Zhang said it's okay, then it's okay.

After bowing to Mr. Zhang again, Li Qing registered and received a bow and a pot of feather arrows, then left happily with Li Yu.

The shooting range was located just south of the training ground, and there was a row of targets marked with red hearts. When the two of them arrived here, no one was practicing yet.

"Yu'er, to learn the art of archery, you must first understand bows and arrows. Our Li family in Yuexi Village has been known as archers for generations. In addition to archery techniques and accuracy, our attainments in the four aspects of bow identification, bow recognition, bow making, and bow repair are absolutely second to none."

"Take the ordinary ox-horn bow in your hand for example. The bow arm of the ox-horn bow is made of green bamboo from Tuofeng Mountain."

"This green bamboo is a notch lower than our white oak. But its toughness is also very good. The army and hunter teams mostly use this material."

Li Qing looked at Li Yu curiously observing the bow in his hand, and introduced it to him, "A bow is composed of bow horns, bow strings, bow glue, and silk threads, in addition to the main bow arm mentioned earlier."

Li Qing pointed at the longbow in Li Yu's hand. There was a dark brown object attached to the bow arm of the longbow.

"Look, this is the bow horn. Generally, the bow horn is made of cow horn, and then the cow horn and the bow arm are glued together with boiled cow glue. In addition to these, the bowstring made of cow tendon and the bow arm are tied together with silk thread."

"The elasticity of ox tendons is very good, but the tension of the bow arms made of green bamboo is a little weaker. So when you draw the bow, you shouldn't draw it too fast, otherwise it will break easily."

He said all this in one breath and paused for a while to give Li Yu enough time to digest it.

Then he pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, handed it to Li Yu, and said, "This is the most common feather arrow. The arrow shaft is also made of green bamboo, and the arrow is made of quenched fine iron like the normal ones."

"As for the arrow feathers, they are from the birds that are commonly seen in Camel Mountain. The birds fly fast and are agile, largely because of their wings. Arrow feathers made from these wings will be very stable after being shot, and the sound is very small..."

From the selection of bow and arrow materials to how to install various materials, Li Qing could tell them all like the back of his hand. This alone made Li Yu nod in admiration.

Although he didn't know how good his step-father's archery skills were, at least he had extraordinary knowledge in identifying, recognizing, making and repairing bows.

After half an hour, Li Qing finally stopped explaining. He spoke carefully and Li Yu listened attentively.

"You now have a basic understanding of the bow and arrow. Next, let's learn the archery posture. Come, look at my posture first."

Li Qing took out a feather arrow from the quiver behind his back with his right hand. "Hold the bow arm at the corner with your left hand, hold the string with your right thumb, and press your thumb with your index and middle fingers. Put the feather arrow on the right side of the bow, step forward with your left foot, bend your knees slightly, and use your body to drive your arms to slowly pull the bowstring, like this..."

Li Qing explained and demonstrated at the same time, and then asked Li Yu to learn along.

"Bend your knees slightly... Yes, just like that..."

"Hold the bow firmly and don't move it..."

"The arrow in your right hand should be level, in the center of the bowstring..."

"Keep your sight parallel to the center of the bow..."

"Yes, very good..."

"That's not right. Didn't I tell you? Your eyes have to be parallel..."

Li Qing constantly corrected Li Yu's movements and was very strict.

The two spent more than half an hour learning the posture of bending the bow and drawing the arrow. They stopped only when Li Yu was sweating profusely.