Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

Time slowly moves forward.

Lu Fengnian almost never left his house; aside from eating and sleeping, he practiced archery behind the house.

If their arms can't take the strain, they'll practice the fighting techniques from their previous life in the military.

Six days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Fengnian trained himself to exhaustion every day, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

His body was exhausted after such a long period of high-intensity training.

Fortunately, there was plenty of food at home, and he was able to get the nutrition he needed. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to keep going.

At the same time, seeing the proficiency level on the system panel increase by thousands every day is both tiring and enjoyable.

At this moment, the proficiency level on the panel has reached over six thousand. In a maximum of four days, I will be able to raise my archery skills to level three.

The plan is progressing smoothly.

……

It was dusk on this day.

After dinner, Lu Fengnian sat under the old willow tree in the courtyard, preparing to rest for a while before continuing his archery practice.

At this moment, a burly young man appeared at the door; it was none other than Zhao Gang.

"Lu Fengnian, Xiaorou and I will be getting married on the 16th of this month. Xiaorou asked me to come and inform you. Remember to come to the wedding banquet." After saying this, Zhao Gang prepared to leave.

Lu Fengnian was slightly surprised. "I appreciate your kindness, but please tell Li Xiaorou that things have been made clear. I have no further connection with her now, and I won't be attending her wedding."

Zhao Gang chuckled, "As expected, Xiao Rou was right, you would refuse outright."

This shows that Xiaorou still has feelings for you. The more resolute your words were that day, the more it means you can't forget her.

Lu Fengnian, your archery skills are indeed impressive, but you have lost completely to Xiaorou.

She's about to become my bride, and you don't even have the courage to look at her happiness.

Lu Fengnian was speechless. "Are you here to show off?"

Zhao Gang's lips curled into a smile. "This isn't bragging, it's the truth. You lost."

Lu Fengnian shook his head and smiled wryly, "Fine, you win."

Zhao Gang showed no sign of stopping and continued, "Lu Fengnian, you're a coward! You don't even have the courage to go see Xiaorou's wedding!"

Lu Fengnian stood up. "I wish you a long and happy marriage, and many children. Goodbye!"

After saying that, he closed the courtyard gate.

Zhao Gang was still shouting at the top of his lungs outside, "Lu Fengnian, you're a coward! You can't accept defeat! I despise you!"

Hearing the noise, Lu Xiaoyu was about to open the door to argue with Zhao Gang.

Lu Fengnian pulled Lu Xiaoyu back, "Don't worry about him. He married a gold digger and thinks he's struck gold. Let him be smug for now."

He'll get his comeuppance in the days to come.

…………

On the 16th, Zhao Gang and Li Xiaorou's wedding was officially held.

Lu Fengnian was so engrossed in improving his archery skills that he completely forgot about this matter.

As noon approached, the outside was filled with the deafening sounds of gongs, drums, suonas, and small gongs.

Originally, the wedding procession would not pass by Lu Fengnian's house.

Zhao Gang and Li Xiaorou deliberately took a detour and arrived at Lu Fengnian's house. They rang the door for a while before leaving.

Lu Xiaoyu went to the back of the house and said indignantly, "Big brother, Zhao Gang and Li Xiaorou clearly did it on purpose."

Lu Fengnian smiled slightly, "If even the eldest brother doesn't care, why are you getting so worked up? Perfect, you've given us a free performance of drum music."

Gu Xiaoyu tilted her head and looked Lu Fengnian up and down. "You really don't care?"

Lu Fengnian laughed and said, "Their actions are utterly ridiculous."

Let them make a fuss about things that are insignificant.

Of course, if they cross the line, the eldest brother will definitely deal with them.

At this point, he slightly raised his eyelids and asked, "Did Mother send you here?"

Tell your mother that Li Xiaorou no longer exists in my heart, and that she can rest assured.

Lu Xiaoyu visibly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Then I'm relieved. Big brother, you continue practicing archery, I'll go cook for you."

After saying that, she skipped away, her steps light and her face full of smiles.

…………

It was exactly the tenth day, at dusk.

As soon as Lu Fengnian shot a bamboo arrow, a mechanical voice rang in his mind:

Congratulations, host, your archery skills have been upgraded to level three.

Lu Fengnian was overjoyed and immediately focused his thoughts on the system panel. He saw that the numbers on the panel had changed:

Archery: Level 3

Proficiency: 1/100000

Number of learnable skills: 0

As expected, the required proficiency level for upgrading archery from level three to level four skyrocketed to 100,000.

Based on my recent training speed, it would take ten ten-day periods, or more than three months, to improve my archery skills again.

Lu Fengnian could endure drawing a bow continuously for ten days at high intensity, but if it were more than three months, even if he had the willpower, his body probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.

As he was pondering this, a surge of heat welled up in his lower abdomen and flowed rapidly through his limbs and bones.

It disappeared after a full incense stick's time.

At the same time, Lu Fengnian felt that his physique and sensory abilities had improved significantly.

After calming himself down, he held the bow in his hand, nocked a bamboo arrow on the bowstring, and set his gaze on a white elm tree eighty feet away.

With his eyes slightly narrowed, the texture of the tree bark was clearly visible.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Fengnian released the bowstring.

The bamboo arrow pierced the wind with a whoosh, striking its target squarely, half of the arrow embedded in the tree trunk.

Lu Fengnian was in a great mood. He put away his bow and arrows, performed a set of military boxing, and then left the back of the house to begin preparing for tomorrow's events.

Tomorrow, he will cross the Blackwater Ridge again to hunt tigers.

Although Fang Tong said that Lu Manyue would not be sent to the front line until the middle of next month.

But the sooner the tiger is hunted down, the more certain the outcome will be.

He didn't mention the tiger hunt to Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu, so as not to worry them.

…………

The next day, before dawn, Lu Fengnian went out.

Lu Xiaoyu still got up early in the dark to make him breakfast.

Because Lu Fengnian had said that this trip into the mountains might take a while.

Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu prepared two jin of fried rice, some cooked dried meat, and half a jar of pickled radish for Lu Fengnian.

Lu Fengnian only took the pickled radish, leaving the other meat and fried rice behind. He told them that the food in the mountains was more plentiful than at home, so they didn't need to worry about him.

However, he did not forget to bring the jar of wine.

The wine was not for drinking, but for storing tiger penis.

The chances of capturing a tiger alive are slim.

After shooting the tiger, he had to preserve the tiger's penis immediately; the tiger skin and meat were secondary.

…………

Before dawn, he had already crossed the Blackwater Ridge.

Following my memory, I found the place where I had seen the tiger that day.

His eyesight is now good enough that he can see normally even in the darkest night, unaffected by darkness.

In less than half an hour, he discovered the tiger's tracks.

However, it was not the eyes that detected the tiger's tracks, but its nose.

Even from half a mile away, he relied on his powerful sense of smell to detect a strong, fishy, ​​and muttony odor.