When Li Ye walked out of the cave the next day, rubbing his eyes, his husband had already taken Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu into the mountains.
There was porridge for Li Ye in the iron pot in front of the house, and the teacup on the stone table in front of the cliff was still steaming.
Shaking his head, he fetched a bucket of water to wash up, put a bowl of porridge on the table, and carried a kettle to pour some tea.
"After refining the sword embryo, let's go find the dragon tendon." He muttered, then started drinking porridge with the bowl in his arms.
Wherever the eye goes, the arrow goes.
Li Ye thought about it and realized that he might not be able to do this yet, because he couldn't use the true energy in his body, so the physical strength alone was obviously not enough.
Looking back on those days on the Fuchun River, the wooden bow my husband bought could only shoot about sixty feet in my hand, and Mu Mu couldn't be far behind.
Even though he is stronger now, he is probably only seventy feet tall at most.
As far as his eyes were concerned, they were at least two hundred and fifty feet away.
As for the realm that Ouyang Dongdongli mentioned, where the heart goes and the arrow goes, it still seems like a myth to Li Ye.
"It seems that there is only one step to take, one step at a time." He stood up and filled another bowl of porridge.
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When his husband was not there, Li Ye drank two cups of tea and then went into the cave and went down to the earth-fire sword-making platform. He took out the sword embryo and placed it in the groove for calcination.
Seeing that the sword embryo was gradually connected, he picked it up with iron pliers and placed it on the sword-making platform to hammer.
At this moment, he felt that the heavy hammer in his hand seemed lighter than usual.
And the impact point of the hammer on the sword embryo was also three points accurate. Is this the benefit of breaking through the physical body?
However, even so, after he kept calcining, tempering, and quenching outside the cold pool for more than an hour, he finally collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.
"This is not forging a sword, this is clearly refining the body without risking one's life!"
He gasped and muttered.
Looking at the black sword embryo on the ground, it didn't change much even though it was forged with all its strength.
The mind is indeed a stubborn piece of iron and needs time to be tempered.
Clap your hands and walk to the square to the south.
Looking up at the dragon's skeleton still standing in the square, Li Ye, who had recovered his breath, walked slowly away.
When he crawled on the abdomen of the skeleton, at a glance, he saw a gray tendon under the dragon's broad spine. Over the years, the flesh and blood gradually melted away.
Only the skeleton and the dragon's tendons remained, as if telling Li Ye the story of its struggle with the sky.
With a slight sigh, Li Ye carefully climbed onto the dragon's skeleton and carefully removed the dragon's tendons from the dragon's bones.
He put it in his hand and stroked it gently. He only needed about four feet of this dragon tendon that was several feet long to make a bow string. The rest could be saved to cast another bow and arrow for Mu Mu later.
He clasped his hands together, recited the Rebirth Mantra several times, and said: "Senior Jiaolong, since your dragon soul has been transformed by this junior, please give this dragon tendon to this junior. If he can rely on it in the future, Fighting on the battlefield, you will be able to regain your former glory."
After muttering some words, he hugged the dragon tendons and left the cave.
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He found a piece of animal skin from the wooden house and gently wiped off the dust on the surface of the dragon tendon. What appeared in front of Li Ye was a bright yellow dragon tendon with a light luster.
He took out the iron bow from the sword case, gestured at the required length, took out his knife and carefully cut the dragon tendon, but there was no reaction.
Feeling anxious, he increased his strength a little more, and then a little more, but the knife in his hand was still unable to reach the dragon's tendon in front of him.
This is a treasure. Ordinary swords and guns cannot handle it, so a sword is needed.
With a thought in his heart, he took out Ruoshui, which had not been used for a long time, gathered his strength, and tried to cut the dragon tendon again. This time, it was like a sword passing through gold and stone, cutting about half of it.
Seeing that there was something going on, Li Ye was overjoyed and increased his intensity. In less than half a stick of incense, he had a dragon tendon of about four feet in his hand.
After another quarter of an hour of entanglement, following Ouyang Dongli's previous method, a complete iron bow finally appeared in Li Ye's hands.
Holding the bow in his left hand and pulling the string with his right hand, he wanted to test the power of the iron bow.
However, he used all his strength to operate the "Phaseless Dharmakaya" technique to the extreme, and could barely pull the iron bow into a semicircle.
If you want to gain one more point, it won't work.
Sighing, is it necessary to practice the eighth-level mental method to perfection? Only by losing this mortal body can this iron bow be fully drawn?
Walking to the cliff in front of the wooden house and looking at the cedar on the mountain stream opposite, Li Ye took out a bamboo arrow in his hand.
These are the same arrows that my husband bought in the small town of Liexi on the Fuchun River.
He calmly drew the iron bow into a semicircle and stared at the cedar on the opposite mountain stream.
Relaxing and relaxing again, he tried to recall the feeling of practicing archery on the Fuchun River. Three arrows were fired at the same time, and the back arrow chased the front one...
He slightly raised the iron bow half a minute, and with full concentration, he loosened his fingers and let go of the bamboo arrow in his hand.
With a "buzz" sound, the bowstring made of dragon tendons rang softly, and the bamboo arrows shot towards the cedar trees in the opposite mountain stream like lightning...
After a while, the arrow passed silently, but Li Ye's eyes saw that Li Xian's bamboo arrow had been inserted into the stem of a cedar tree in the mountain stream.
The feathers on the arrow tail are still shaking gently...
"I'm afraid the distance is not a hundred but ninety feet, right?" Li Ye thought to himself.
With the iron bow in his hand, he exceeded the shooting range on the Fuchun River.
Ande's bow is bent like the bright moon,
The bamboo arrow passed through the cold mountain pine.
With a low groan in his mouth, he turned around and returned to the table in front of the house. He put away the remaining dragon tendons and the sword box, while looking for ways to improve his archery skills.
The three arrows Ouyang Dongli gave him could not be moved easily. If the bow was not drawn to the full moon, it would not be able to exert the power of the golden arrows made of the dead iron from the sky. It was simply a waste.
The bamboo arrows my husband bought were too light. It seemed that the only option was to find suitable materials and opportunities to cast new arrow branches.
At least, when he cultivates the eighth level of mental skills to a perfect state, he can reach the state where the eye can reach and the arrow can reach.
As for higher levels, he doesn't want to think about it yet, it's too far away.
I carefully checked the arrows my husband bought and found that there were only about ten arrows left. I sighed. If I want to practice sword practice, I have to find materials to make arrows myself. Fortunately, this is Fangcun Mountain, and there is no shortage of materials on the mountain.
He looked up at the sky and saw that it was almost noon, so he hurriedly cooked a bowl of meat rice, finished eating and went back to the hut to rest for half an hour.
Then he quickly descended from the stone cliff and went deep into the mountain to find a bamboo forest.
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At the end of the season, when Mr. Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu returned to the wooden house, the strong fragrance of the stewed toon with dried meat in the iron pot in front of the house was already wafting.
Li Ye sat on the stone slab and was about to bake the bamboo branches in his hands.
He went out in the afternoon and found a purple bamboo forest without much effort. After cutting down some old bamboo strips, he was baking and correcting them to make bamboo arrows.
Mu Mu walked over to him like a curious baby, squatted beside him and asked, "Brother, why are you cutting these purple bamboos again?"
Li Ye raised his head and greeted his husband and Li Hongxiu.
He looked at Mu Mu and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, so I used it to make bamboo arrows. I haven't practiced them since I came ashore from the Fuchun River."
Mu Mu said "Oh" and said, "Then make some for Mu Mu. I will also practice archery another day."
Li Hongxiu smelled the smell of toon and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to actually prepare dinner. Today we shot two pheasants and cooked them for dinner. Mumu has been craving for them for a long time."
"Okay, once this meat is stewed, we'll roast the pheasant chicken."
Li Ye put away the purple bamboo in his hand and placed it on the right side of the wooden house while replying to Li Hongxiu's words.
"Mumu come with me to wash up. I see you have turned into a little cat after running around all day."
Li Hongxiu shouted, took a bucket, and went with Mu Mu to get water from the mountain spring to wash up.
The gentleman sat down and took two pieces of charcoal from the fire on the ground and threw them into the small stove to make tea.
He looked at Li Ye and asked, "Okay, why did you think of practicing archery?"
Li Ye smiled and said, "It's not that the dragon's sinews are still there. The iron bow Master Ouyang gave me was out of strings, so he took the dragon's sinews and stringed the bow... The dragon's sinews were still there." A lot, sir, do you want it?"
After saying that, he handed the iron bow in his hand to the gentleman.
The husband thought for a while and replied: "I won't use it for the moment. I'll leave it with you first. I'll get it from you when I need it."
After speaking, he poured out the remaining tea in the pot and washed the pot and teacup carefully.
"How far can I shoot with an iron bow?" the gentleman asked while pouring water to make tea.
Li Ye smiled after hearing this, pointed to the cedar tree on the opposite side of the mountain stream and said, "About a hundred feet. My current strength is not enough, and the bamboo arrows my husband bought before were too light. I guess the arrows made of purple bamboo can go farther." ."
The gentleman looked in the direction of Li Ye's finger. After looking for a long time, he turned back and said with a faint smile: "It's not bad. Practice more and you will need it in the future."
"Sir, do you want to try it?" Li Ye looked at him and smiled.
When the teacher heard this, he glared at him and replied angrily: "A teacher is not good at shooting."
"The iron bow Ouyang Dongli gave you is not bad." The gentleman praised a few words, then returned the iron bow to Li Ye and asked him to put it away.
Li Ye chuckled and put away his iron bow.
By the time he picked up the toon stewed dried meat on the fire and put it on the grill, Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu had already washed up.
He walked up to Li Ye and said, "Marinate with spices and roast them to taste." After saying that, he handed the two pheasants in his hand to Li Ye.
Mu Mu squatted down next to Li Ye, stretched out her little hand and threw the nearby bamboo branches into the fire.
He looked up at Li Ye and said, "Brother, can you stop practicing tomorrow and go to the mountains with Mu Mu to play? You haven't been with me for a long time."
Li Ye wanted to reject her, but looking at her eager eyes, his heart softened.
Then he smiled and said: "It turns out that I haven't played with you for a long time, so let's take a few days off and go to the mountains with Mumu to play."
I was thinking to myself that apart from forging the epee, there really wasn't anything important happening recently, and it was time to spend some time with the girl who had been pestering me all day long.
Li Hongxiu looked at Li Ye's quick answer and couldn't help but ask: "Little guy, you don't have to go to the cave to practice?"
"Practice doesn't last for a while, just put in more effort in the future." Li Ye replied with a smile, but he made up his mind.
Getting up an hour early and forging the sword embryo will not affect my trip to the mountain with my husband.
The husband was naturally speechless. Li Ye's cultivation was all his own, and he had never worried about it.
After hearing this, Li Hongxiu smiled and said: "It's okay, the four of us haven't been in the mountains together yet. This time you can take this little girl and go crazy."
Mu Mu clapped her hands and applauded, pointing to the pheasant placed on the grill and said, "This meat is dripping with oil. It's time to turn it over."
Li Hongxiu and Li Ye were stunned, looking down at the pheasant on the fire, dripping golden oil.
The gentleman looked at the stewed meat in the iron pot, sighed and said, "Can you eat so much?"
Li Hongxiu smiled and said, "I can't finish the roasted pheasant. I'll take it to the mountains to eat tomorrow."
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but said softly: "If we eat it tomorrow, I'm afraid it won't be fragrant enough. I'll eat more later."
Li Hongxiu looked at him and said softly: "Whenever you find good materials, don't forget to cast a sword for Master Niang. I'm looking at Li Hongxiu's Qiushui Wuhen with envy."
Li Ye was stunned, looked at her and replied softly: "Master's wife, this matter cannot be rushed. I don't even know how long it will take to cast my epee, but when a disciple encounters good materials, he will pay attention to Master's wife." ,"
Li Hongxiu looked at him and smiled with satisfaction: "That's pretty much it. It's not in vain that I love you."
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