Chapter 86: The Three Bows United

After a brief introduction, Kai Xin gave the five of them a preliminary understanding of himself. Xu Lang and the others formed a favorable impression of Kai Xin, a senior brother who had already gained considerable fame.
Especially the two little girls kept pestering Kai Xin with questions all the way out of the city, seemingly having countless questions and a strong interest in this senior brother they had seen many times but never really gotten to know. Kai Xin wasn’t stingy with his insights and knowledge about the game either, sharing his thoughts from time to time.
Xu Lang and Gui Jianchou followed behind, listening attentively. Whenever Kai Xin talked about his experiences, tips, and strategies in the game, they nodded frequently.
Soon, the conversation turned to the current mission.
“It’s so boring.”
“We’ve been traveling for hours without encountering any bandits… It’s such a long distance from Gusu to the capital. How long will it take to get there?” Lan Yan sat down in the coachman’s seat, pouting and complaining.
The others agreed. They hadn’t expected the journey to be so peaceful and dull.
Kai Xin looked up at the sky. “We’re still inside Gusu City. Who would dare to openly rob the Murong family’s convoy in broad daylight?”
“That’s true.”
“Let’s check the mission date. There are already sub-missions listed…” At Kai Xin’s reminder, everyone checked the mission date and immediately showed excitement.
It said there was an inn ahead where they could get horses reserved by the Murong family. Once everyone had one, they could travel faster.
“Great! We can ride horses!”
The two little girls blushed with excitement.
Gui Jianchou and Xu Lang were also extremely thrilled. Riding horses through the world was every man’s dream. Who wouldn’t be energized at the thought of realizing this dream so soon?
Only He Shiyi gave Kai Xin, who remained unusually calm, several extra glances…
Among the group, only Kai Xin noticed the appearance of the sub-missions. It seemed that his ability to stand out so quickly from Gusu City wasn’t entirely due to luck.
There were many rumors about the Blue-Robed Gentleman Swordsmaster, but it wasn’t until yesterday that he truly realized that the first junior brother from the Murong family might indeed possess astonishing skills—otherwise, the two major gangs wouldn’t have suffered such crushing defeats.
With Kai Xin leading the way, this mission should be easy to complete.
He Shiyi stroked the wooden bow at his waist and sighed in relief.
Kai Xin didn’t notice He Shiyi’s change.

He could understand everyone’s excitement, but what worried him more was the instability of bandit threats—ranging from ordinary robbers at border crossings to a few elite outlaws who had reached the Mysterious Realm, their strengths varying greatly. After pondering for a while, he gave up the idea of notifying everyone in advance to raise their vigilance.

Since they were already here, there was no point in worrying too much about gains and losses—it might even lead to unexpected situations. It was better to go with the flow!

Realizing this, Kai Xin simply went to the front seat of the carriage and sat cross-legged. As his vital energy circulated, a hazy mist quickly appeared around him. With his gentle breaths, it sometimes transformed into rising vapor and sometimes disappeared entirely, creating a steady, orderly swirl of white mist that made him appear like an immortal.

The five members of the caravan were instantly captivated by Kai Xin’s strange practice.

“What’s this…?”

“Can practicing a mental technique produce such a big effect?”

“I seem to have seen something like this online—some madman who had practiced his technique to over eighty levels. Whenever he used it, his internal energy recovered quickly, along with his life force and stamina. But it didn’t seem to cause such a huge disturbance.” Gui Jianchou clicked his tongue and spoke in a low voice about what he had heard.

He naturally didn’t know that Kai Xin deeply understood the importance of mental techniques and spent time practicing them diligently every day. Yesterday, he had spent the entire day using a dying giant wolf to practice his secret technique, “Black Dragon Kill.” Each time, he would draw most of his internal energy from his dantian before immediately using the mental technique to restore it. His progress was rapid—he quickly broke through to the tenth level, reaching 93.77 so far. It wasn’t long before the “Complete Heart Technique” would reach the master level.

By then…

With the technique operating automatically, though slowly, its slow recovery effect—typical of a master-level technique—would be invaluable in large-scale battles, comparable to the effect of taking pills at any time.

The five of them watched for a while longer…

Once again, they could see from Kai Xin’s actions the hard work and effort behind his status as the greatest expert in Gusu City.

After completing three full cycles of energy circulation, both his internal strength and mental technique had seen slight but noticeable improvements.

Opening his eyes, Kai Xin saw He Shiyi standing right in front of him.

Before he could speak, the latter took the initiative to say, “I went ahead to scout the route just now. We’ll reach the post station in a short while, but there are some strong men ahead… Kai Xin, I heard your flying knives have also reached the master level. How about we see who can kill more people?” There was no trace of provocation in his tone—it was more like a friendly suggestion.

Without hesitation, Kai Xin nodded in agreement.

Although the lethality and killing capacity of flying knives were clearly inferior to those of archery, Kai Xin still wanted to know exactly how skilled He Shiyi was with a bow. After all, those who truly understood archery were vastly different from those who merely knew how to shoot. The latter would be doomed the moment they got close, while the former represented skill, precision, lethality, and tactics! A true archery master could leave no one alive within a hundred paces… If He Shiyi belonged to the former category, his contribution to the caravan would be unimaginable; even facing multiple Green Forest warriors at the Creation Realm, Kai Xin was confident he could handle them. But if he was the latter…

Kai Xin leaped down from the carriage seat, dashed away from the caravan, and raced toward the post station on the horizon alongside He Shiyi. Both of them moved at astonishing speeds, quickly leaving the caravan far behind—their lightness skills were practically on par.

“Impressive,” He Shiyi thought in awe.

He should know that these were the only two martial arts he had reached the Master Realm in—“Three Arrows Combined” and “Bow Step” (a lightness skill tailored for archers). He had spent nearly a month perfecting them and gained some fame in Gusu City thanks to these two Master-level techniques. He had intended to impress this younger junior brother at first, but unexpectedly, his most proficient lightness skill couldn’t even suppress the other person, and in terms of speed, it seemed the other party had a slight edge, moving with ease as if everything were beneath him.

But what he didn’t know was that Kai Xin was also shocked. Archery at the Master Realm had greater lethality, faster speed, and higher precision than flying knife skills. Moreover, its range was far beyond what flying knives could reach. In other words, with the same level of lightness skills, archery could pose a threat to flying knives, but flying knives couldn’t threaten archers…

At this thought, Kai Xin felt ashamed. With such a strong person in the group, what was there for him to worry about? Even if he encountered a Creation Realm warrior, a simple “kite-flying” tactic would be enough to exhaust them!