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Chapter 67: Chapter 67 Sparrow Bow + Feathered Arrow
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
黄雯 said,
"I myself already have the Feather Arrow Skill, so I guess this cultivation skill is the Feather Arrow."
Yang Xiao nodded and said,
"Can you use a bow? If you can, then this bow is yours."
Huang Wen smiled and said,
"My Beast Soul is the Blue Peacock, which naturally has the Feather Arrow Skill. If I use a bow, there’s no need for it, so you should keep it."
After speaking, Huang Wen gave Yang Xiao a meaningful look, then pulled him into the tent.
Yang Xiao was stunned, not knowing what mysterious thing Huang Wen had in mind.
Huang Wen stood inside the tent, glanced outside, and looked at Yang Xiao.
"Yang Xiao, there’s something I want to say, but I’m not sure if I should."
"What’s so mysterious? Just say it."
"I think, as our team’s leader, you can’t be too soft-hearted."
"Hmm?"
"We all really appreciate you. Without you, we might have starved by now or become playthings for strong guys like Xiao Zhe. Actually, there’s no need for you to... be too nice to us."
"What do you mean?"
Yang Xiao looked at Huang Wen.
Huang Wen raised her head, her eyes fixed on Yang Xiao, and said,
"Everyone on our team has basically completed gene mutation and gained certain abilities. The resources of Genetic Fragments are currently limited. If all resources are evenly distributed, you’ll eventually be dragged down by us. By then, without your strength to protect us, we’ll be bullied by other strong forces one day."
Hearing Huang Wen’s words, Yang Xiao’s mind buzzed.
He suddenly saw Huang Wen in a new light, finding her attentive, considerate, understanding of the bigger picture, truly impressive, even finding her quite beautiful—a kind of intellectual beauty.
Huang Wen proudly raised her head and smiled softly,
"Don’t look at me like that,"
she couldn’t help but laugh, then continued,
"Yang Xiao, this sparrow bow is yours, along with this Feather Arrow Secret Book. Hmm, try to gather more Genetic Fragments in the future, satisfy your needs for Genetic Evolution. In short, only when you become strong can we rely on you."
Her last words were somewhat emotional, spoken softly, and Yang Xiao felt warm inside, nodding his head.
Yang Xiao always found it hard to take more resources for himself, though he had considered it before, he procrastinated. Huang Wen’s urgency in addressing this surprised and impressed him.
Yang Xiao went to the Genetic Store.
Gu Bo stood behind the counter, smilingly said,
"Yang Xiao, have you gotten anything good recently?"
Yang Xiao placed the sparrow bow and the golden scroll on the counter.
Gu Bo took a glance and, with a hint of surprise, said,
"Didn’t expect you could kill the mutated Sparrow King?"
"Hehe, actually I didn’t kill it, just picked up a bargain."
Currently unable to fly or perform long-range attacks, claiming he killed the Sparrow King was unreal.
Gu Bo didn’t probe further, holding the items, his eyes scanned, and the golden sparrow bow emitted a glow before vanishing.
"How is it?"
Yang Xiao asked curiously, feeling an excitement build inside him.
Gu Bo smiled silently, handed the sparrow bow to Yang Xiao. He took it, feeling a slight shiver in his mind, focusing inward.
Sparrow Bow, +3 Agility, range 30 meters, combined with Feather Arrow Skill, adds an extra 5% damage.
Compared to the normal bow’s 2 Agility and 20-meter range, this sparrow bow was a significant improvement. Plus, with the Feather Arrow Skill, it could add 5% more damage—quite the item.
Yang Xiao was overjoyed, hurried Gu Bo to appraise the Feather Arrow Skill Scroll.
Gu Bo also scanned, and a beam of light emanated from the golden scroll. Upon another look, a line of tiny text appeared.
Feather Arrow, Primary Level Swordsmanship Skill, nine levels in total, each level adds one Arrow Shadow.
Yang Xiao had learned Golden Bee Swordsmanship, where each increase in level added a Sword Shadow, doubling the power.
However, the Golden Bee Swordsmanship was for close-range attacks, while the Feather Arrow allowed long-range, naturally boosting its power significantly.
Gu Bo then said,
"Yang Xiao, the sparrow bow and Feather Arrow are a great combination. If you sell them to me, the sparrow bow goes for 100 Crystal Coins, and the Feather Arrow Secret Book also for 100 Crystal Coins."
Yang Xiao handed over two Genetic Fragments to Gu Bo for the appraisal fee.
"Old man, you’re dreaming, huh? You’d probably resell for at least a few hundred Crystal Coins, right?"
Gu Bo smiled without replying.
Yang Xiao then took out the Genetic Disk of the Sparrow King,
"Could you help me synthesize a Genetic Potion with this?"
Gu Bo took it, saying,
"Two more Genetic Fragments are needed as synthesis fees."
"Don’t worry, I won’t shortchange you."
Yang Xiao put two Genetic Fragments on the counter.
Gu Bo took the Genetic Disk of the Sparrow King, placed it into an ancient, intricate box, closed the lid, and after a while, reopened it to reveal a small crystal vial.
"This is the Genetic Potion synthesized from the Sparrow King’s Genetic Fragments; it’s purple and enhances Agility. You can drink it."
Yang Xiao took the small crystal vial, sniffed it, and detected no odor.
Drinking it in one go, he felt a surge of current enter his body, coursing through his limbs, and gradually vanish into the depths of his being.
Yang Xiao checked his mind’s Genetic Data System; Agility was still 5, with no increase.
"Old man, why hasn’t my Agility increased?"
"Ha!"
Gu Bo laughed and said,
"It’s not that easy. You think one bottle of Genetic Potion can increase your attribute by 1 point? You’re dreaming."
Yang Xiao was speechless.
Holding the golden page inscribed with "Feather Arrow," he placed it in his palm, gently grasped it, and a prompt immediately appeared in his mind:
Learn the Feather Arrow Skill now? 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Yang Xiao mentally responded, "Yes!"
The golden page in his palm turned into a stream of light entering his hand, then through his arm to his mind.
In the skill section at the bottom of Yang Xiao’s Genetic Data System, besides the previous Golden Bee Swordsmanship, now appeared the words "Feather Arrow Level 1."
"Old man, I remember you said 1 Crystal Coin for ten Feather Arrows, right?"
"That’s right."
Gu Bo nodded.
"Okay, then I’ll buy 10 Feather Arrows."
"What use is 10? You’ll run out quickly. I have an arrow quiver with one hundred arrows for 12 Crystal Coins."
Gu Bo said, summoning a forearm-thick bronzed arrow quiver into his hand.
"This quiver is specially made, a small space storage quiver. It looks small but holds a hundred Feather Arrows, very convenient. Once you run out, just bring this quiver here to buy more arrows."
Yang Xiao found it fascinating, quickly took the quiver, feeling its light weight with ten arrows outside. As he withdrew one, another automatically filled the slot.
Yang Xiao liked it a lot, slung the quiver over his back.
Having automatically acquired Level 1 Feather Arrow Archery, he instantaneously grasped the basics of archery: drawing arrows, nocking, bending the bow, aiming, and firing in one fluid motion.
Yang Xiao walked out of the Genetic Store, nocked a Feather Arrow on the sparrow bow, and shot at a large tree over 20 meters away.
All that was heard was a swooshing sound, and two Arrow Shadows shot out, striking the trunk with a thud and embedding about ten centimeters deep.
