It was obvious that the argument between Ye Jingyu and Tuoba Ye about the freedom and responsibility of a warrior had happened more than once or twice. In fact, the two of them had broken up because of this very reason.
“Does our past relationship really cannot compare to your loyalty towards that worthless playboy?” Tuoba Ye said angrily.
Lanling’s face twitched a little, but he said nothing. Since it was a quarrel between former lovers, it was better for him not to interrupt.
Moreover, a couple like Ye Jingyu and Tuoba Ye was bound to break up, because both of their personalities were too fiery and neither was willing to yield even a little.
Ye Jingyu looked at Tuoba Ye and said word by word, “Tuoba Ye, you have saved my life many times in the past. I am very grateful. Even the scar on your face was left because of me. However, our previous relationship completely ended the moment you climbed onto Xiao Tian’s bed.”
Immediately, the sweet looking woman beside Tuoba Ye gave a cold snort. She was Xiao Tian.
Tuoba Ye said, “I only did that to anger you. No matter how I tried to persuade you to stay that day, you refused and insisted on returning to that already hopeless and decaying family. Nothing happened between us that night.”
As soon as these words came out, the sweet girl beside him had red eyes and tears almost flowed down.
“That has nothing to do with me anymore.” Ye Jingyu said, “Xiao Tian is a good girl. You should cherish her. As for me, I only want to wholeheartedly assist and serve my lord and revitalise the Suo family.”
“Revitalise my ass. The Suo family is already finished. That playboy beside you will not live much longer.” Tuoba Ye said, “Everyone knows that Prince Zhi Li will not spare him.”
Ye Jingyu suddenly gripped her curved blade and said coldly, “If you do not want us to cross blades, then shut your mouth.”
…
After leaving the tavern, Ye Jingyu opened her mouth, wanting to explain something.
“There is no need to say anything. I will not take what he said to heart.” Lanling said. The implication was that if Tuoba Ye actually did something, then he would take it to heart.
Ye Jingyu nodded, then walked into a weapon shop.
This weapon shop was underground, and behind the weapon shop was a blacksmith workshop.
“Oh, let me see who has come. It is Miss Ye, whose figure burns even hotter than my furnace fire.” A very burly blacksmith walked out and opened his arms towards Ye Jingyu.
Ye Jingyu stepped forward and gave him a light hug.
Lanling was seeing such a robust person for the first time. The muscles on his body really looked as if they had been cast from steel.
The blacksmith was middle aged, but his face was full of beard, some of which had turned grey white. When he hugged Ye Jingyu, he was still holding an incredibly huge iron hammer in his hand. Lanling suspected that this iron hammer weighed at least three or four hundred jin.
“Who is this young man who looks even prettier than a woman?” The burly blacksmith looked towards Lanling and said, “Is he your lover, Miss Ye?”
Ye Jingyu’s face turned red and she said, “Uncle Mo Ye, please stop joking with me. This is my lord.”
“Is he also a noble lord?” The blacksmith pretended to bow in greeting.
In fact Lanling knew that in this barbaric frontier, martial strength was the most important thing. It was not like in the royal city, where power came first.
“Miss Ye, what business have you come to take care of this time?” The blacksmith Mo Ye asked.
“Gold plated arrowheads.” Ye Jingyu said.
“I have them. Ten silver coins each, thirty three in total.” The blacksmith said.
Lanling said, “Are there no more?”
The blacksmith smiled and said, “Young man, black gold is extremely expensive. The miners in the village only occasionally manage to mine one black gold ore. The black gold ore I received two months ago was all refined and used up to make these thirty three arrows.”
“We will take them all.” Ye Jingyu said.
“Take them all and I will charge you only six gold coins.” The blacksmith said.
Ye Jingyu took out the gold coins to settle the bill. The blacksmith Mo Ye said, “Although this place is dangerous and chaotic, there is one good thing. One opening can feed me for three years.”
Then the blacksmith carried out a large box. When he opened it, it was filled with arrows that were pitch black and shiny.
The arrowheads plated with black gold were not black as Lanling had imagined, but a dark red colour.
“Correct. Uncle, we will take our leave now.” Ye Jingyu said.
Then she placed the thirty three black gold plated arrows into a specially made steel wire quiver, slung it onto her back, and left the weapon blacksmith shop.
Outside, Tuoba Ye and his team were waiting.
“Ye Ye, how about joining our Dark Night team again?” Tuoba Ye said, “We are going deep into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to hunt the Shadow Spider Queen.”
The Shadow Spider Queen was the monster with the highest bounty recently, worth a full thousand gold coins.
Moreover, the bounty had been posted for several months already. The number of adventurer teams that had died under her demonic claws had already exceeded several hundred. In fact, all the adventurer teams had died without even knowing what she looked like. Even a Quasi Dragon Warrior had died under her claws.
Ye Jingyu pretended not to hear and left directly with Lanling.
Tuoba Ye looked at her back with infatuation and anger.
…
They came to Wild Bull Valley once again. After sleeping comfortably for a whole night, both body and mind were in their best state.
Then Lanling and Ye Jingyu set off again to look for the flaming wild bulls.
At this point, Lanling and Ye Jingyu had roughly figured out the pattern. At other times the flaming wild bulls stayed within the herd, enjoying their superior position.
Only when they went to sharpen their hooves or horns would they be alone. Therefore, Lanling and Ye Jingyu only needed to look specifically for stone walls that could be used to sharpen horns.
Two hours later, sure enough, in a cliff ahead, Lanling heard a harsh scraping sound.
Upon getting closer, they saw a huge wild bull as fiery as flames desperately sharpening its horns.
After sharpening for more than ten minutes, it lazily half opened its eyes, enjoying the aftertaste of sharpening its horns.
Lanling drew out a precious black gold arrow, nocked it on the string, took a deep breath, injected dragon power into his arm, and pulled the string fiercely.
Creak… In an instant, the hundred jin bow was drawn to full.
Spiritual power locked on. One second, two seconds.
Lock complete.
Whoosh… The arrow shot out fiercely.
The flaming wild bull instinctively closed its eyes, but the arrow Lanling shot this time was a black gold plated one. It directly pierced through its hard eyelid and penetrated into its brain.
In an instant, the huge body of the flaming wild bull collapsed and died.
This black gold plated arrow was truly powerful. With this thing, killing flaming wild bulls became simple.
Lanling immediately rushed over. While the dragon power in the bloodline of the flaming wild bull had not yet dissipated, he let the demon star devour it desperately.
After a full half minute, the demon star had devoured all the bloodline energy of the flaming wild bull cleanly.
“You still need to hunt three more, then I can refine your arm again and increase your strength.” The demon star said, “However, I think it would be better to wait until you have hunted all the flaming wild bulls before increasing your strength together.”
Lanling completely agreed, then eagerly continued to hunt the next flaming wild bull.
This day should have been Lanling’s lucky day. In one day he hunted four flaming wild bulls. When it was time to return to the tent at dusk, he even encountered one on the road.
He did not immediately let the demon star refine his arm but accumulated them first.
Early the next morning, Lanling once again eagerly went to hunt flaming wild bulls. Even Ye Jingyu did not know why he was so enthusiastic about hunting wild bulls, because up to now he had already hunted more than a hundred wild bulls, which was already enough to achieve the goal of practical shooting practice.
Next, he should try to shoot smaller and more agile beasts so that his archery skills could improve.
How could she know that Lanling was hunting in order to devour bloodline energy.
On the second day after switching to black gold plated arrows, his luck was not very good. In a whole day he only found one flaming wild bull.
On the third day, however, his luck exploded and he hunted three flaming wild bulls at once.
Over the next three days, the fourth, fifth and sixth days combined, Lanling only hunted five flaming wild bulls.
Moreover, Ye Jingyu had said that there were only about a dozen flaming wild bulls in the entire Wild Bull Valley and they had probably all been killed.
However, just when Lanling thought they were almost all killed, he discovered one flaming wild bull inside a cave. It was lying there motionless.
Moreover, it was a rare female cow, and its belly was already swollen.
Immediately, Lanling put away his bow and lowered his arrow. He had already killed enough flaming wild bulls in the entire Wild Bull Valley. This should be the last one, and it was even pregnant, so he should not wipe out the breed of flaming wild bulls here.
Seeing Lanling’s action, Ye Jingyu’s gaze immediately softened. She then said, “Let us go back. The hunting in Wild Bull Valley is over.”
…
After returning to the camp, Lanling immersed himself in the lake water and listened to Ye Jingyu’s Peaceful Mind Art to restore his spiritual power.
Over these six days, Lanling had hunted a total of fourteen flaming wild bulls. The demon star had also devoured a considerable amount of dragon power. Next was the time for a great harvest, to concentrate the dragon power, refine the tendons and bones, and increase strength. He hoped for a big improvement.
The demon star began to release dragon power, pouring it into Lanling’s arm in waves.
As before, it first refined the tendons and meridians, then the bones, and finally the muscles.
This time the dragon power that surged out was several times more than the previous refinement. Lanling felt his arm burning hot, even as if it was about to burst open.
This kind of refinement truly felt like a bombardment of energy.
One hour, two hours, three hours…
A full seven hours passed.
Finally, this round of dragon power refinement was completely over.
“Demon star, how much has my arm strength increased this time?” Lanling asked.
“Thirty jin, three times the previous amount.” The demon star said, “Moreover, I have left some dragon power in reserve for emergencies.”
“That means my single arm strength has now reached one hundred and twenty jin?” Lanling said, “I can draw a hundred jin bow without using dragon power now?”
“Yes.” The demon star said.
After coming ashore from the water, Lanling picked up the hundred jin bow, did not use dragon power, and pulled it open fiercely.
There was no problem at all. Moreover, after drawing it, he could hold it steady without moving, giving him enough time for spiritual power locking and aiming.
The feeling of this strength increase was too good. The entire Wild Bull Valley trial had increased his strength by sixty jin.
At this point, there were still one hundred and eighty jin left until the target of three hundred jin arm strength.