CHAPTER 115: CHAPTER 99: THE SWEET TREAT_3

Yang Luochen’s veins throbbed on his temples. "Bring it on! It just so happens that after my breakthrough, no one has been able to give me a good fight yet. You’re worthy. Come, beat me, then we’ll talk!"

He hadn’t expected this murderous brat to actually be eyeing his personal disciple.

「...」

At this moment, Chen Ku was unaware that a violent, bloodthirsty Commander had set his sights on him.

「In the Guardian Hall.」

Chai Bao, hands clasped behind his back, watched as Chen Ku, wielding an iron staff, successively knocked down six disciples in the late stages of Inner Qi.

From a distance, Yang Shaoqi gritted his teeth. "Damn, this kid... Mid-stage Inner Qi? When did that happen!"

Watching Chen Ku in the Guardian Hall practice the first four moves of the Skyward Strike with the guardians, Yang Shaoqi felt a pang of retrospective fear. It’s a good thing I brought him to the Guardian Hall. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have been able to keep him in check.

He steeled his resolve.

No sleep tonight! I’ll practice extra, aiming for Inner Qi Perfection.

He was stimulated by Chen Ku’s Talent.

If this progress continued, it wouldn’t be long before he, as the senior disciple, would lose all prestige.

He certainly didn’t want to go out and have people see him and not call him Yang Shaoqi, but "Master Yang’s Disciple" or "Young Master Chen’s Senior Disciple"...

That would just make him an accessory to his master and junior disciple.

Meanwhile, Chen Ku was genuinely enjoying his fights in the Guardian Hall.

Chai Bao, however, grew more intrigued as he watched.

Archery, in fact, also greatly tests strength. The greater the strength, the heavier the bow one can draw.

For instance, the Eagle-Pulling Bow in his hand, a Treasure Bow of Twenty Thousand Stone Power, could, in the entire Medicine King Hall, only be drawn by Yang Luochen, Master Yang, besides himself.

And Chen Ku, with his Irresistible Power of Four Elephants Root Bone and single-arm strength of Twenty Thousand Jin, already qualified to draw his Treasure Bow.

At that moment, Chen Ku defeated another internal qi expert of the Guardian Hall and proactively proposed, "I know that all my fellow disciples in the Guardian Hall learn archery under Instructor Chai. I’ve taken much advantage in close combat. So, how about this: if any brother is willing, perhaps you can stand a hundred steps away. I will charge from a hundred steps, and you can shoot your bow. That would seem fair, wouldn’t it?"

Originally, these Guardian Hall disciples, already beaten black and blue by Chen Ku, felt disgruntled. Now, hearing his proposal, it was exactly what they wanted, so who wouldn’t agree?

Even Chai Bao did not stop them because, usually, when practicing archery in the Guardian Hall, they also shot at each other from several hundred steps away, without arrowheads. Though the arrows could still injure people...

But would Medicine King Hall fear injuries?

If injured, just use medicine to recover. As long as you can develop your skills and Martial Arts, what is there to fear from some injuries?

Thus, after Chen Ku and a disciple stood in position.

"Be careful," the disciple said. Seeing Chen Ku begin to move his feet while standing a hundred steps away, he raised his bow and shot.

Chen Ku immediately activated his Eagle Eye. The arrow flying towards him from a hundred steps away appeared as large as a giant elephant. He didn’t dodge but instead met this arrow head-on.

Displaying Piercing Sound Step, though still not at the entry-level, when combined with Inner Qi, a single leap could cover a distance of five zhang. Holding the staff, he spun in mid-air, and with a grab of his right hand, firmly caught the arrow flying through the air.

"What?" The disciple was shocked and instinctively shot again!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Three arrows were fired in quick succession.

Yet Chen Ku was already seventy steps away, using his Eagle Eye to watch the three successively fired arrows. Although their speed hadn’t decreased, in his vision, the targets were enormous, like three pillars.

His fingers continuously snapped out, continually grabbing the flying arrows in midair.

Including the previous arrow, he had now caught four arrows. Within a few breaths, he approached this disciple of the Guardian Hall and swung his staff to strike.

"No more fighting!!"

When Chen Ku’s staff was about to land a foot in front of this disciple, he shut his eyes and anxiously shouted, "I surrender! I surrender!"

Chen Ku’s staff steadied right there.

The entire Guardian Hall stared at Chen Ku as if he were a monster.

A Divine Archer relies on shooting arrows from a distance. Yet... Chen Ku could actually track the trajectory of arrows in the sky, catch four arrows in one go, and with continuous lunges, switch the long-range battle back to close combat.

What kind of monster is this? We can’t win in close combat; he’s too fiercely violent. And in a ranged battle, we have no advantage either...

Suddenly, Chai Bao called out to Chen Ku.

Chen Ku immediately turned around, saluting. "Disciple is here."

He also felt somewhat uneasy in his heart. Did I do too much? Did I make the Guardian Hall lose face? That wasn’t my intention.

Chai Bao then asked indifferently, "You can catch arrows flying in mid-air. This doesn’t seem to be a reaction, but... your eyes can see fast-moving objects, can they?"

With his years of experience as a Divine Archer, he could see everything clearly from Chen Ku’s actions just now. He was just confirming.

Chen Ku gently responded, "Yes, Disciple can see them, so I could catch them."

Chai Bao nodded gently. "Hmm, indeed."

Having said that, he turned and walked away.

Chen Ku was dumbfounded.

Hmm? Just ’hmm’ and that’s it?

But seeing that Chai Bao neither tapped his head three times nor showed any intention of closing the main gate with his hands behind his back and leaving through a side door, he couldn’t help but sigh.

Looks like there’s no fleece to be had.

「...」

Yang Luochen walked back to the Medicine King Hall with his hands behind his back.

But if anyone looked closely, they would notice that Yang Luochen’s hands, hidden in his sleeves behind his back, were trembling slightly.

「At the same time,」

On the official road outside Baojiao County, Zuo Zongquan’s hands were also trembling, and he cursed under his breath, "That old fellow is truly fierce. He’s as vigorous as ever despite his age."

「Meanwhile,」

Yang Luochen, walking towards his own courtyard, was also cursing inwardly, "Damn it, that was intense! It’s been years since my palms were numbed by someone’s Weapon in a fight."

But, he had managed to vent some anger.

The audacity! Daring to covet my disciple?

He was sure that the hands of that fellow surnamed Zuo, hidden in his sleeves, were shaking even more uncontrollably than his own.

Thinking this, Yang Luochen huffed a laugh.

Unexpectedly, just as he reached the entrance to his courtyard, he saw Chai Bao waiting at the door, holding something.

Yang Luochen approached and chuckled, "It’s not even New Year’s yet, and you’re already here to pay your respects? You’re not brewing up some trouble, are you? Spit it out... What’s on your mind?"

Chai Bao looked a bit embarrassed but spoke up anyway, "It’s nothing much, really... It’s just... you see, could Chen Ku perhaps become my disciple as well?"