Eternal Life from Taking Care of Master's Wife-Chapter 44 - 43: Cyan Cloud Overlord, First Hearing of Yi Bowmanship
"Bai Gongfeng!?"
Shi Lei’s eyes widened, his body stiffened, as if all his strength suddenly left him, and he collapsed against the city wall.
This was a Sixth-Layer Qi Refining cultivator!
Even in the entire Yunmeng Prefecture, he was considered a notable figure!
Yet, he was shot dead by an arrow in this small Qinghe City!
"Yi Arrow Skill!?"
"The Yi Arrow Skill of Divine Arrow Peak from Cyan Cloud Sect?"
Thinking about Bai Gongfeng’s final words, Shi Lei’s body trembled like a sieve, pressing himself against the city wall.
If he was initially shocked into paralysis, now he was overcome with horror and fear, dreading another arrow might come and send him to meet the King of Hell.
Actually, he knew that if the opponent truly wished to kill him, he wouldn’t be able to escape no matter what.
Indeed.
An arrow shot forth again, instantly piercing his neck.
"Ugh..."
Shi Lei opened his mouth, blood gushing out, his body convulsed a few times, and then he was lifeless.
"Bai Ruyun knows the Yi Arrow Skill?"
Ignoring Shi Lei, Zhou Chen looked at Bai Ruyun who fell into Qinghe, raising his eyebrows.
He practiced Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation, and spent day and night merging body and soul with Ji Fengxia in the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror, his soul rapidly growing, spiritually strong.
Of course, he heard Bai Ruyun’s last shocking words.
"I originally thought Yi Arrow Skill was an unknown powerful cultivation technique, but it seems to be quite famous now..."
Recalling Bai Ruyun’s astonished and fearful expression, Zhou Chen figured the Yi Arrow Skill had quite a reputation.
But that was normal.
As an unparalleled supreme martial skill, the fame of Yi Arrow Skill was only natural.
He wasn’t one of those who randomly encountered a woman who turned out to be an unrivaled prodigy with a heavenly background, either an ancient empress or an unparalleled fairy fallen to the mortal realm.
Nor was he the type to casually pick up a broken pot that was a fragment of an immortal artifact or randomly acquire a cultivation technique that was an ancient lost teaching that no one recognized.
"Let’s go find Zhang Long and ask him!"
Seeing Zhang Long hurriedly approaching with constables, Zhou Chen immediately changed his appearance, returning to his original look, and ran toward Zhang Long!
"County Captain, sir!"
Zhou Chen shouted.
During official duties in public, Zhou Chen naturally used titles.
"Zhou Chen!"
Zhang Long arrived at the city gate with Zhao Hu and others, saw Zhou Chen, and asked:
"What’s going on?"
"County Captain, sir, I just saw Shi Lei from the Salt Gang and Bai Ruyun chasing a woman, right when Bai Ruyun caught the woman, an arrow flew from nowhere and shot him into Qinghe River!"
"Bai Ruyun also said three words — Yi Arrow Skill."
"County Captain, have you heard of the Yi Arrow Skill?"
"Yi Arrow Skill?"
Zhang Long gave Zhou Chen an unusual look, as if saying, you haven’t heard of Yi Arrow Skill.
But thinking about how Zhou Chen came from the countryside, learning in an informal manner, and hadn’t been in the county government office long, not knowing was understandable.
"Is the Yi Arrow Skill well-known?"
Seeing Zhang Long’s expression, Zhou Chen finally realized he was lacking in knowledge.
"Didn’t the County Magistrate’s daughter go to join the Cyan Cloud Sect recently?"
Zhang Long began slowly.
Knowing it involved the Salt Gang and Yi Arrow Skill, he wasn’t in a hurry to investigate.
Instead, he started telling Zhou Chen about Cyan Cloud Sect.
The Cyan Cloud Sect was situated at the junction of Yunmeng Marsh and the Cyan Cloud Mountain Range, reigning supreme in both Yunmeng and Cyan Cloud Prefectures.
Even among the entire Great Qian Dynasty, it was a top-tier martial sect.
"Cyan Cloud Sect has nine peaks, with Divine Arrow Peak’s suppressing sect martial skill being the Yi Arrow Skill!"
"But the entry requirements for Yi Arrow Skill are extremely strict, and although its power is unrivaled, very few people can practice it!"
"Therefore, Divine Arrow Peak is also the peak with the fewest disciples among the Nine Peaks of Cyan Cloud. It is said that currently Divine Arrow Peak has only the Peak Master and one True Disciple!"
"But despite Divine Arrow Peak having few people, its prestige is absolutely on par with the other eight peaks."
"Its Peak Master is said to be extremely protective, and although the Salt Gang is a major faction in Yunmeng Prefecture, it cannot be compared to Cyan Cloud Sect."
"They really hit an iron plate this time!"
"I see!"
Zhou Chen was enlightened, not expecting that the Yi Arrow Skill he practiced was the unparalleled martial skill of Cyan Cloud Sect’s Divine Arrow Peak, reigning supreme over the local territory.
Such martial skills were known by anyone with some insight living in the area.
Not recognizing Yi Arrow Skill for a strong person like Bai Ruyun would be odd.
However...
"The arrow I just used to kill Bai Ruyun was a formidable move I realized in a moment of enlightenment, yet Bai Ruyun still identified it as part of the Yi Arrow Skill. Could it be that the Yi Arrow Skill originally contains such a formidable move?"
"It must be!" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
"My enlightenment was based on insights accumulated from the Yi Arrow Skill. There’s an eighty to ninety percent chance that such a move is indeed part of it!"
"In other words, the Yi Arrow Skill I have been practicing is actually incomplete, missing its most powerful killing move. But I managed to comprehend one of its lethal moves through a moment of realization, filling in some of the gaps..."
Zhou Chen was lost in thought, his mind racing through a multitude of ideas.
Zhang Long noticed Zhou Chen’s distraction and assumed that Zhou Chen, who had decent archery skills, was longing to learn the Yi Arrow Skill and to join the Divine Arrow Peak of the Cyan Cloud Sect. He couldn’t help but remind him:
"Zhou Chen, I know the Yi Arrow Skill is undoubtedly very attractive to you, but the requirements are simply too harsh!"
"It’s said that you either need a natural Spirit Body for archery, which is one in ten thousand, or your archery skills must reach the Transformation Realm, which is even harder."
"Reaching the Transformation Realm in archery requires not only talent and effort but also depends on chance and luck."
Due to the difficulty Divine Arrow Peak faced in recruiting disciples, the requirements for admission had long been known by all.
As long as you possess a Spirit Body for archery or your archery skills have reached the Transformation Realm, you can directly go to the Cyan Cloud Sect. Once you pass the screening, you can directly join Divine Arrow Peak.
As for the screening, it only checks whether your background is clean.
"Yes, I understand!"
Zhou Chen nodded. It seemed that in the future, he should use the Yi Arrow Skill less and should gather information on Divine Arrow Peak at the Cyan Cloud Sect, preparing for the future.
For now, Zhou Chen had no intention of exposing himself by joining the Cyan Cloud Sect.
As they spoke, Zhou Chen, Zhang Long, and others arrived at the city wall and saw Shi Lei’s corpse, nailed to the wall with an arrow through his neck.
"The Yi Arrow Skill is truly terrifying!"
Looking at Shi Lei’s lifeless body, Zhang Long was both shocked and emotional.
This was a Martial Artist at the Body Refining Fifth Layer.
One of the strongest in Qinghe City.
And yet, he was killed like a mere chicken.
Zhou Chen glanced at the arrow. Upon closer inspection, it could certainly be traced back to its purchase at the Four Seas Merchants Association.
But at most, they would trace it back to Han Feiyu.
What did it have to do with Zhou Chen?
Zhou Chen did not take the unnecessary step to destroy the arrow, as that could expose himself if caught.
Very soon.
Bai Ruyun’s body was retrieved, and he was already dead.
Zhou Chen glanced over and noticed that this guy’s storage bag was missing.
"It was probably taken by Liu Ruyi."
Zhou Chen was somewhat regretful, but he hadn’t had a chance to acquire Bai Ruyun’s storage bag, so it was just as well that Liu Ruyi took it.
He had benefited thrice free of charge and moreover, gained over ten thousand Wind and Moon Points from Liu Ruyi, which could be considered as her reward.
Other strong members of the Salt Gang’s Qinghe Branch arrived and carried the bodies of Shi Lei and Bai Ruyun back to the Salt Gang’s Qinghe Branch.
Zhang Long and the others were too lazy to get involved with these matters.
After all, this was a hot potato.
Although they were backed by the Court, neither the Salt Gang nor the Divine Arrow Peak of the Cyan Cloud Sect were forces they could provoke.
Zhou Chen was even more laid-back, going off to Snow Moon Square to earn a large number of Wind and Moon Points.
The winds of change were gathering.
What Zhou Chen could do now was accumulate Wind and Moon Points.
As long as he had enough Wind and Moon Points, he could transform into a force to quell all adversaries in no time.
At the same time.
The upper echelons of Qinghe City erupted into chaos.
The squad leader of the Salt Gang’s branch had been killed, along with a tributor from the main headquarters, threatening to shake the heavens.
Especially since the incident involved Divine Arrow Peak of the Cyan Cloud Sect.
Powerful members of the Salt Gang gathered the information at top speed and sent the news to their headquarters.
The intelligence agents of the Cyan Cloud Sect also reported this event upward.
Very soon.
The Cyan Cloud Sect received the news, suspecting that a disciple from Divine Arrow Peak had killed a squad leader and a tributor from the Salt Gang using the Yi Arrow Skill.
Divine Arrow Peak.
When the news reached Peak Master Li Changfeng, he was baffled, staring at the cool and elegant woman with a large bow in front of him:
"Did you kill the squad leader and tributor of the Salt Gang?"
Li Changhen glanced coldly at Li Changfeng, said nothing, and turned to leave, her lofty demeanor leaving a chilly silhouette for Li Changfeng.
Li Changfeng touched his nose, knowing that Li Changhen had been at Divine Arrow Peak all this time and couldn’t have gone out to kill the squad leader and tributor of the Salt Gang.
But thinking about the incomplete version of the Yi Arrow Skill that had spread outside, Li Changfeng’s eyes flickered:
"Was it a mistake, or..."
He looked up towards Qinghe City, his gaze profound:
"Or has someone else mastered the Yi Arrow Skill?"
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