NABC Chapter 7 Amazing Ideas
Chapter 7 Amazing Ideas
The next evening, when Zhou Ye ate a bowl of freshly steamed, fragrant rice, he was so happy he almost cried.
Carrying such a heavy load and traveling for a whole day, Zhou Ye was already exhausted. Fine, he'd give himself a break today and stop pushing himself so hard.
On the way back, Zhou Ye also found a lot of wild ginger, wild scallions, and wild garlic. Even more excitingly, he also saw several soapberry trees laden with fruit. He picked a large bagful.
While soapberries aren't as good as soap, crushed soapberries can still be used for bathing. And even without soapberries, the thick leaves of the soapberry tree can offer some cleaning benefits.
After making this discovery, of course I need to take a bath!
While boiling water after dinner, Zhou Ye pulled out a dagger and cut his overly long hair short. Then he stripped naked and vigorously rubbed his entire body with soapberry juice.
Half an hour later, Zhou Ye had scrubbed himself clean several times, and his skin finally regained its normal color, no longer so dirty. He even felt refreshed, as if he had lost several pounds; he must have scrubbed away quite a bit of dirt…
Zhou Ye slept soundly until dawn, still feeling refreshed both physically and mentally.
However, when it was time for his morning exercise, Zhou Ye suddenly had a strange idea. Instead of practicing basic slashing techniques, he took out his bow and arrows.
Because this was a military bow and arrow, which required a lot of strength, Zhou Ye could only draw it about two-thirds of the way back, and its effective range was only about thirty paces.
Even so, Zhou Ye maintained a high level of concentration. He drew an arrow, aimed at a tree in front of him, and with a "whoosh," it flew away... to whoosh.
Zhou Ye remained unmoved and continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows. "Whoosh," "whoosh," "whoosh whoosh"...
After shooting all the arrows, Zhou Ye collected the remaining ones and continued his archery practice.
After a short while, new information finally appeared on the panel—Basic Archery (Unskilled): Not a Beginner (0/10)
Zhou Ye was overjoyed. His guess was indeed correct. As long as he could find the right cultivation method, he could actively trigger other martial arts techniques.
In this way, once you've mastered the basics of archery, wouldn't you get another free attribute point as a reward?
An hour later, Zhou Ye put away his bow and arrow with satisfaction. Like the basic slashing technique, he could only practice for two hours each day, gaining 8 experience points.
However, his morning cultivation session was over. Zhou Ye had gradually formed a habit—cultivating for an hour every morning. After breakfast, he would do other work in the morning, including farming and hunting. In the afternoon, he would build his small homestead. After dinner, he would rest for a while, then cultivate for another hour. Afterward, he would go to bed.
As for special circumstances, we'll analyze them on a case-by-case basis then.
So this morning's schedule is for farming.
Zhou Ye had already chosen a place to plant the land, which was about two acres in size.
Using shovels and hoes, they dug up some shrubs from the wasteland, roots and all, and then filled the area with the surrounding soil. The dug-up shrubs, like the pruned branches, would be dried and used as firewood later.
Therefore, while firewood and charcoal might be more expensive in the city, they were practically worthless in the mountains and forests. Zhou Ye didn't need to go out to chop firewood at all; there was already a huge pile of dead branches left after the trees were abandoned.
After clearing away all the bushes, Zhou Ye began to cut the weeds with a sickle. The other weeds were also discarded aside, except for the black wormwood, which he specially selected and spread out on the ground to dry.
Actually, there are already two piles of black juniper grass. The earliest batch of dried black juniper grass is almost ready to use. So today we'll lay it on the bamboo raft, and I won't need to sleep on the hard ground tonight.
After the morning session ended, construction of the main gate began in the afternoon.
To be honest, it's just a very ordinary front gate, much simpler in structure than the back gate. So the workload was actually much less...
After practicing basic archery for an hour that evening, I successfully gained 8 experience points.
Inside the tent, Zhou Ye lay on the black grass. By the light of the campfire outside, he was reading the book "Ten Styles of Military Swordsmanship".
Looking at the illustrations and explanations in the book, Zhou Ye quickly understood the content. Perhaps it was due to his high comprehension and strong spiritual energy, possessing talents such as excellent memory and focused learning.
This was a bit of a pity for Zhou Ye. It seemed he had transmigrated to the wrong place. This was a world of martial arts, where strength was everything. With such talent, he should have transmigrated to a world of academic geniuses.
That's settled then. After mastering the basic archery tomorrow, let's try practicing the "Ten Forms of Military Swordsmanship"!
As for those two Blood Qi Pills? They sounded like tonics, probably used to aid cultivation. However, Zhou Ye didn't know the specifics and didn't dare to take any medicine haphazardly.
I'll save this for later. We'll talk about it later anyway!
The next day, everything went as usual. After practicing basic archery for half an hour, I was indeed able to grasp the basics and successfully gained 1 free attribute point. However, I didn't plan to use it this time; I'd save it for when there was danger and add some points to my constitution!
With excitement, Zhou Ye immediately began practicing the "Ten Forms of Military Swordsmanship".
However, after struggling to familiarize myself with the first movement while referring to the illustrated instructions, the panel immediately issued a warning: Danger! It is recommended to stop! The minimum requirements for practicing this martial art are that all basic stats reach the average level of an ordinary person, and Strength and Agility must be +1. Otherwise, it will severely damage your foundation. Note that it is best to practice this technique in conjunction with other cultivation methods!
Upon seeing the warning, Zhou Ye was taken aback.
If that's the case, then the base stats can't be negative. And both Strength and Agility need to be +1?
And this is just the minimum requirement; the actual requirements are quite high. Ideally, one should also learn a martial art in the future?
No way! In the basic data, can't charm be a negative value? Is it only pretty boys who can cultivate it? That's so absurd!
Forget it, I have too many negative values to satisfy them all in a short time. I'll put it aside for now and deal with it later!
It's a pity. But we can't waste the remaining training time, so let's continue practicing basic slashing techniques!
The reason for not continuing with basic archery is that with just this little bit of archery practice, four arrows have already flown out and disappeared, and three more have broken upon impact. Only 14 arrows remain; why would we want to waste them any longer?
Therefore, it is said that the poor are learned in literature, and the rich in martial arts. The cultivation of martial arts skills is indeed a money-devouring beast. Especially archery, which is an even bigger money-devouring monster.
Today's work went relatively smoothly. We cleared two acres this morning, planting vegetable seeds in one of them. We also dug a large pit downwind of the area, which will serve as a composting site for manure.
The gate was installed in the afternoon and secured with straw rope.
Interestingly, while the other fences and walls are still in place, the front and back gates have already been built.
That's all for now; it's time to prepare to head back to the old campsite...