He only omitted the awkward details of handling Liang Yuhen’s corpse.
"I got this Golden Patterned Cloud Marrow Fruit from Master Lei, and I found the Three-leaf Star Soul Grass on that white-robed person from the Moon Worship Sect."
After listening, Cao Feng fell silent for a mont before sighing. "So that’s what happened..."
"Both the Golden Patterned Cloud Marrow Fruit and the Three-leaf Star Soul Grass can help break through bottlenecks, especially the one for Mortal Transformation."
"That Lei Qing and the person from the Moon Worship Sect were likely preparing those for their own breakthroughs. They never expected that while they fought, a third party would reap the rewards. In the end, it all fell into the laps of you two boys."
His expression grew solemn as he gave a stern warning. "But the Moon Worship Sect is devious. Their thods are secretive and ruthless. Though this was a coincidence, it’s tantamount to snatching food from a tiger’s jaws..."
"Be extra careful the next ti you go out. Do your best not to provoke them, and avoid attracting unnecessary trouble!"
"Hold onto these two things and keep them safe. I’ll go ask a few old friends of mine who are skilled in Alchemy. It won’t be too late for you to consu them after I’ve gotten a clear answer!"
"Tianxing, don’t go just yet..."
"I’ll take you to a clinic run by an old friend to get your injuries treated."
"Yes!" Zhao Tianxing nodded respectfully.
...
Chu Fan returned to his quarters alone, slung the teor Bow over his back, and headed out.
[Skill: Moon Eclipse Arrow (Perfection), Progress: (1175/1200), Trait: None]
"Only twenty-five points left..."
He muttered to himself, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes.
’The Moon Eclipse Arrow is about to Break its Limit...’
He was eager to find out. This powerful Archery Skill required a unique thod of channeling Qi Blood Power. What kind of astonishing Trait would it produce after Breaking its Limit?
Unlike the basic Hundred-step Piercing Willow Arrow Skill, every shot of the Moon Eclipse Arrow required mobilizing the Qi Blood Power within his body and circulating it along a specific path. Its power was far beyond that of ordinary archery.
Even though his Hundred-step Piercing Willow had undergone a Second Limit Break, its pure attack power and unpredictability were no match for the Moon Eclipse Arrow, which hadn’t even broken its limit yet.
The Second Limit Break of the Hundred-step Piercing Willow Arrow Skill had granted the Traits "Pursuit" and "No Distance."
’So what powerful Trait will the Moon Eclipse Arrow produce when it breaks its limit?’
Chu Fan didn’t linger. With the heavy teor Bow on his back, he quietly exited the Sub-Branch gate and headed straight for the dense forest outside.
That patch of forest was his most familiar archery practice spot. It was secluded, open, and he was unlikely to be disturbed there.
As he stepped into the woods, the air filled with the scent of damp earth and vegetation.
The occasional chirp of a bird or the rustling of so unknown insect broke the silence.
Morning sunlight filtered through the sparse branches, casting dappled shadows on the clearing floor.
Chu Fan stopped in a wider part of the clearing.
He took a deep breath of the cool morning air and slowly unslung the teor Bow from his back.
As his palm brushed across the cool bow limb, a familiar feeling arose, as if it were an extension of his own body.
He didn’t nock an arrow right away. Instead, he stood still for a mont, regulating his breathing and turning his focus inward.
His Qi Blood Power began to surge gently, like a stream flowing along the unique circulatory path of the Moon Eclipse Arrow.
A warm, condensed power gradually gathered from his limbs and torso, converging in his arms.
The next mont, Chu Fan moved.
His movents were fluid and precise, as if tempered by a thousand trials!
His left hand gripped the bow’s riser, steady as a boulder, his fingers not trembling in the slightest.
His right hand shot out like a striking viper, snatching a Purple Bamboo Arrow from his quiver in a flash.
While Purple Bamboo Arrows weren’t made specifically for the Moon Eclipse Arrow, they were capable of withstanding the imnse Qi Blood Power.
Nocking the arrow was one seamless motion...
The bowstring was slowly pulled taut, emitting a faint yet powerful CREAK.
Under the force of Chu Fan’s abundant Qi Blood Power, the teor Bow was steadily subdued.
His entire aura changed, shifting from calm to incomparably sharp. His gaze, like a falcon’s, locked onto an ancient tree a hundred paces away, a tree so thick it would take two people to wrap their arms around it.
On the tree was a scar in the bark, already riddled with countless holes from previous arrows.
The bow was drawn like a full moon!
As the bow reached full draw, the Qi Blood Power circulating within him seed to find an outlet, flowing along the ridians in his arm and infusing the arrow, strand by strand.
A faint, dark luster, one that seed to drink in the light, began to gleam on the once-ordinary arrow shaft. The spiraling pattern on the arrowhead looked as if it had co alive, causing the very air around it to subtly warp!
SWOOSH—!
At the very instant his presence reached its peak, Chu Fan’s three fingers snapped open, releasing the string!
The bowstring snapped with a sound like a sudden clap of thunder!
The mont the arrow left the string, it didn’t let out a typical whistle. Instead, there was a low, strange whine, like the sound of tearing cloth!
The dark glow on the arrow flared. Under the morning sun, it left a Residual Image that was hard to track with the naked eye, tracing a bizarre arc—like the path of shadow consuming light during a solar eclipse!
THWACK!
The arrow struck the exact center of the tree scar, burying itself nearly halfway in!
The fletching vibrated at a high frequency, emitting a lingering HUMMM.
[Moon Eclipse Arrow Experience Points 2]
Chu Fan remained expressionless, as if long accustod to the arrow’s effects.
He reached into his quiver again and repeated the entire sequence: calm the heart, focus the mind, channel the Qi Blood Power, nock, draw, aim, release!
One arrow, then another!
The forest clearing echoed continuously with the twang of the bowstring and the strange whine of arrows cutting through the air.
Each arrow, imbued with his unique Qi Blood Power, flew with a tricky trajectory and astonishing power.
Chu Fan was completely imrsed in his archery training. His movents grew more practiced, the circulation of his Qi Blood Power smoother and more natural, until it seed he had rged into one with his bow, his arrows, and his surroundings.
[Skill: Moon Eclipse Arrow (Perfection), Progress: (1198/1200)]
As another arrow, glowing with a dark light, curved around a small bush at an impossible angle to strike the tree trunk, Chu Fan clearly felt a shackle inside him break!
[Moon Eclipse Arrow Experience Points 3]
[Moon Eclipse Arrow has reached the apex of Perfection. You may consu 10 Spiritual Essence to Break the Limit. Do you wish to consu?]
Chu Fan did not hesitate. With a single thought...
As his Spiritual Essence depleted, countless scenes of him drawing his bow and nocking arrows began to replay in his mind.
The profound mysteries of the Moon Eclipse Arrow flooded his mind like a tidal wave.
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