Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 227: Baishi Bow: Splitting Cloud
Shen Qing looked at the heavy bow in his hand.

This bow and arrow was made by him in Taiping County using black iron.

To some extent, it is a good bow, but it is only a good bow. Now that I have made a breakthrough in archery skills, it is time to change to a new 100-stone heavy bow.

Shen Qing hung the heavy bow with a broken bowstring on his horse and turned back to the city.

After finishing his daily duties, Shen Qing did not delay and went straight to the most prestigious Baibing Hall in Yongzhou City.

Yongzhou City has been a thoroughfare for vehicles and boats since ancient times, and it is a place where people from all over the world gather and where there is abundant wealth and prosperity.

Therefore, unlike Taiping County, Shen Qing does not need to find a special blacksmith to customize a heavy bow but can buy it directly.

Among all the shops, Yongzhou's Baibingtang is the most famous, stocking all kinds of weapons.

It is said that in the Hundred Weapons Shop, as long as one has a court certificate and enough silver, there is no weapon that cannot be bought.

After Shen Qing got off duty, he went straight to Baibing Hall.

As soon as you step into Baibing Hall, the faint scent of rust and rosin hits your nose.

The various weapons in the store are arranged in an orderly manner, shining with cold light, which is dazzling.

Shen Qing looked around and saw an old man with white hair and beard and a vigorous spirit sitting behind the counter. He was wiping a long sword carefully, his eyes revealing an obsession with weapons.

"Senior, I am Shen Qing, and I have come to Baibing Hall specifically to look for a heavy bow that can withstand a force of a hundred stones. I wonder if your store has such a weapon?" Shen Qing stepped forward and asked respectfully.

"A heavy bow of 100 shi? This is not common." Upon hearing this, the old man looked up at Shen Qing, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "To pull a bow of 100 shi, I'm afraid only martial artists at the Jade Meridian Realm or above can do it. People with average arm strength can't even pull the bowstring. I see that you don't look familiar and you're young. Are you sure you want to buy a bow of 100 shi?"

"I have 20-stone, 30-stone, and 50-stone bottles here. Do you want to try them?"

Shen Qing heard the other party's hidden meaning and smiled slightly, "Thank you, senior, but I only want the Hundred Stone Bow. I wonder if you have it here?"

"Yes, there is. Come on, give me your certificate and I'll check it." The old man wiped the sword in his hand, put it back into the scabbard, and looked up and said.

Shen Qing was not surprised.

Although the Zhou Dynasty did not ban weapons, relatively speaking, not everyone could buy them.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, court officials can carry swords and sabers, registered martial arts masters can purchase them, and anyone else who purchases weapons is considered illegal.

However, this rule has become meaningless in many places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and people have plenty of ways to get various weapons.

But Baibingtang was open for business and was not familiar with Shen Qing, so naturally they had to follow the rules.

Shen Qing did not feel offended and took out his badge from the Weiwu Division.

The old man took the badge and checked it, and found that Shen Qing was actually an officer of the Weiwu Division. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

After staying in Yongzhou for so many years, he has rarely heard of any official with the surname Shen.

He did not ask any more questions. Seeing that there was no problem with the procedure, he stood up and said, "Come with me. I happen to have a ready-made 100-stone heavy bow in Baibing Hall."

Shen Qing didn't say much, took back his badge, and followed the old man obediently.

Baibing Hall is very big.

When Shen Qing entered the Baibing Hall, he felt an ancient and solemn atmosphere.

The wide variety of weapons in the store overwhelmed him.

The old man's eyes quickly swept across the rows of weapon racks, finally stopping on a specially made display stand.

"That's it."

An imposing heavy bow weighing 100 stones lay quietly. The bow was made of an unknown black metal, emitting a faint cold light. The bowstring was taut, and if you looked closely, you would see colorful rays of light, which made it look extremely extraordinary.

Shen Qing was delighted and stepped forward quickly to examine the heavy bow carefully.

He touched the bow gently and picked it up.

I found that this bow looked bulky, but in fact it was not heavy, and I didn't feel any effort in holding it. Shen Qing looked at it carefully and saw two flying dragons carved on the bow. The whole bow seemed to contain great power, and he nodded secretly.

Shen Qing turned to look at the shopkeeper of Baibingtang standing beside him and said, "Is there any secret to this heavy bow?"

The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This bow is called 'Splitting Cloud'. It was accidentally found by my Hundred Weapons Hall many years ago. I don't know who forged it. If you want it, you can buy it."

Shen Qing retracted his gaze upon hearing this and said, "Can I try it?"

"Of course you can, but you can't draw the bow without an arrow, as this will easily damage the bow. I have an arrow here, you can try shooting it in the backyard of our Baibing Hall."

After saying that, the old man took out an ordinary bow and arrow and handed it to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing took the arrow and walked to the backyard.

There are many wooden pillars in the backyard of Baibingtang, with many traces left from the testing of weapons on them.

Shen Qing gently placed the arrow on the bow arm that was as taut as a string, his eyelids slightly lowered, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Under the old man's surprised gaze, Shen Qing took a deep breath, lowered his shoulders slightly, and effortlessly pulled the bow to the full moon position: "What a terrifying arm strength."

At this moment, Shen Qing suddenly let go.

The arrow cut through the air, making a sharp whistling sound, and headed straight for the wooden target.

boom!
When the arrow hit the solid wood, it did not embed deeply as expected. Instead, there was a deafening crack and wood chips flew everywhere.

The arrow and the wood were shattered at the same time.

The old man at the side opened his mouth slightly, revealing an incredible look.

"This hundred-stone bow named 'Splitting Cloud' is good, I want it." Shen Qing said with a smile.

Just now he did not use the true Heavenly Bow Technique, but simply used his own strength to control the bow.

For some reason, he found this bow extremely easy to use and was very satisfied with it.

"I wonder how the shopkeeper is going to sell it?"

The old man looked at Shen Qing, pondered for a while and said: "I see that you have such a good relationship with this bow, so I won't charge you more, just one thousand two hundred taels."

One thousand two hundred taels?

Shen Qing couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

He knew that bows and arrows were not cheap, but he didn't expect them to be so expensive.

It turned out that he spent almost two hundred taels on the fifty-stone heavy bow, but this hundred-stone bow cost more than six times that.

This story made him the scapegoat.

"Four hundred taels." Shen Qing quoted a price.

"Are you teasing me?" The old man did not budge on the price: "One thousand taels at most."

"Five hundred taels. If you want to sell it, then sell it. If not, forget it. I can find a craftsman to make a bow like this. It just takes some time."

"Eight hundred taels, not only less."

"I don't think you are sincere enough." Shen Qing pretended to leave.

"Six hundred taels. I won't sell it for less. Go find a blacksmith to make it."

Shen Qing pretended to be silent for a while, weighed it a few times and said, "Okay, then six hundred taels, thank you for your help, senior."

Six hundred taels is not a small sum for Shen Qing, but he can afford it.

After the transaction was completed, Shen Qing took seven more purple-gold heavy arrows from the store and left with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)