Yi Yun’s Weapon
Yi Yun’s Weapon
Yi Yun had decided to choose a long-range and short-range weapon.
Long-range weapons were bows, crossbows, stealth weapons, javelins or flying axes.
Among the long-range weapons in the Divine Capitals Armory, there were the greatest number of crossbows present. To an army, stealth weapons were not suitable. As for javelins and flying axes, they were only used in tribes. These weapons were too heavy and only suitable for hunting. It would be tough to carry these weapons over long distances. A person's carrying limit was about ten javelins or ten flying axes
Yi Yun tried each one to get a feeling!
Suddenly Yi Yun felt something special when he touched a bow.
The feeling was not obvious and it was difficult to explain, but it existed like an inseparable link.
"Bow… For my first weapon, I'll choose a bow!"
"Oh, you are choosing a bow?" Yan Menglong's eyes lit up. "In the army, there are eighteen martial skills, and the bow is first! Among the eighteen skills, bow is first, crossbow second, spear third, saber fourth, sword fifth, polearm sixth… all the way to bare fighting fists at eighteen! In the eighteen martial skills, the bow is first, and bare fighting last!"
Bare fighting was to fight bare-handed. A warrior would not always have their weapon beside them, for instance having their weapon shatter is a likely event.
Hence, fighting bare-handed was also extremely important. Hence, as the last entry among the eighteen martial skills, it was leaving the best for last.
The bow was ranked the best among the eighteen martial skills because it was the best among long-range weapons! It was extremely important between two armies!
To a low-level warrior, a crossbow would be easier to operate and learn. But a crossbow relies on mechanical power, so the power from it depends on the crossbow's mechanical properties.
But a bow fully depended on a warrior's arm strength!
Thus from ancient times, generals and Human Lords had all used bows. The best weapon for obtaining the head of a rival army was the bow!
A speed of a bow was not something a crossbow could compete with. It was faster by at least four to five times.
When a human expert pulled a thousand cauldron bow, they could collapse a city wall with their continuous shots!
Seeing Yan Menglong acknowledge his choice, Yi Yun immediately took down a red battle bow, pulled the bow and stretched it to the utmost.
Compared to his agility, Yi Yun's arm strength was not as monstrous, but he was still far stronger than a warrior at the same level.
After all, Yi Yun had reached the "Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse" state!
When he stretched open the red battle bow, Yi Yun's joints sounded out like the rustling of frying beans. Yan Menglong stroked his chin and nodded slightly, "Not bad, this is the Sequoia Bow made by the Su family in the Jin state. Black iron was forged a thousand times into the bow. A typical early-stage Purple Blood warrior can hardly pull the bow open. Only a peak-Purple Blood warrior can pull this bow and shoot continuously. This bow can easily pierce through a near-horned beast!"
Yi Yun shook his head and placed down the Sequoia Bow.
"Oh? You find it too light?" Yan Menglong smiled at Yi Yun.
Yi Yun nodded, "It's not bad now, but my strength grows rapidly. This bow will outlive its use very soon."
For a peak-Purple blood warrior to be able to string the bow made it unchallenging for Yi Yun.
"Haha, good! Follow me!" Yan Menglong said and brought Yi Yun around a large stone pillar. He retrieved a bow from behind the pillar, "Try this one."
Yan Menglong threw a black iron bow over to Yi Yun. He looked meaningfully at Yi Yun as if he wanted to test him.
Yi Yun caught the bow and immediately felt his arms sink!
Such a heavy bow!
Yi Yun was shocked. This bow was difficult for an ordinary warrior to lift, let alone stringing it to shoot arrows.
When Yi Yun used his strength to pull open the bow, it issued a dull sound while he only managed to pull it open by a tiny amount.
Yi Yun raised his eyebrows. It sure was hard! With his strength of being able to pull hundreds of thousands of catties of beast meat, he could not pull the bow open!
"Even a peak-Purple Blood warrior might not be able to use this black iron bow. How is it, do you think it's enough for you?"
Yi Yun pondered deeply for a while. He closed his eyes and felt the bow's energy and the tremors when he pulled the bow. After that, Yi Yun shook his head.
"Oh?" Yan Menglong frowned slightly. "You can only pull open this bow by a tiny amount, and you still think it's not enough? You do know that pulling the initial way just uses a tiny amount of strength. When you reach the end, you will need even more strength! This bow is enough for you in the Purple Blood realm, and you are not satisfied?"
Yi Yun thought for a while and considered his choice of words, "The strength needed is enough, but… when I hold the bow, it lacks a compatibility… It was like it was lacking a spiritual connection."
Yi Yun's voice was hesitant, as he described the mysterious feelings he had when pulling the bow with uncertainty. Although there was a weak feeling of compatibility when he touched the Sequoia Bow, it still existed.
But when it came to the black iron bow, it only felt cold to Yi Yun.
"Oh?" Yan Menglong looked at Yi Yun with surprise, "You actually have that feeling? Compatibility?"
"Yes," Yi Yun nodded.
Yan Menglong took the black iron bow from Yi Yun and casually pulled it. The black iron bow gave off a dull sound before it was fully pulled open.
Yan Menglong released.
"Peng!"
A loud ring came from the bow as it quivered. It was like the surrounding air had been pulled along by this great strength as it gave off violent tremors!
Yi Yun looked in secret surprise. He was curious about Yan Menglong's arm strength.
"Kid, you sure have some insight. This black iron bow may be heavy, but… its value is much lower than the Sequoia Bow you saw earlier! The Sequoia Bow was made specially by a blacksmith refiner. But this black iron bow was only made by a high-class blacksmith. The black iron bow is hard only because of its material!"
"Looks like… Among the long-range weapons, you have some natural sensitivity with bows… Not bad!"
Yan Menglong hesitated for a moment before saying, "Fine! Since then, I'll show you that bow…"
With that said, Yan Menglong brought Yi Yun deep into the armory. In the deepest parts of the armory, after going around a stone pillar, Yi Yun saw a door made of stone.
Seeing this stone door made Yi Yun excited as he was filled with anticipation.
In the Divine Capital Armory, this bow was still kept separately in a secret chamber, which meant that it was extraordinary!
Yan Menglong took out a key and opened a stone door before leading Yi Yun into a stone chamber. On a stone wall, there was a black long bow that had bayonets lining its two ends.
The moment Yi Yun saw the battle bow, his eyes lit up. He could feel an aura contained within like it was restraining some absolute power.
"Tai Cang Bow. It was made by a bow-making grandmaster that came from the Cang state's reclusive aristocratic family, the Zhang family!"
"The Zhang family is an aristocratic bow and arrow family. The word, Zhang (张) has the meaning of bow (弓) within it. It is also used as a quantifier to describe the number of bows, such as one 'Zhang' of bow, two 'Zhang' of bows.
"Try it!"
Yi Yun felt excited after hearing Yan Menglong's introduction. He eagerly jumped forward and took the bow off the wall.
The first thought that came to Yi Yun's mind was the word "heavy"!
The Tai Cang Bow's body was not thicker than a thumbnail, but it was much heavier than the black iron bow!
The Tai Cang Bow was made entirely of metal!
But holding the Tai Cang Bow, Yi Yun found that feeling of compatibility again. In fact, it was more than ten times stronger than the feeling when he held the Sequoia Bow!
Immediately, Yi Yun fell in love with the bow.
Yan Menglong said, "The Tai Cang Bow's body is made of Tai Cang metal, whose essence is a family secret of the Zhang family. This metal is forged using the finest divine black iron, making the divine black metal have incredible flexibility! A tremble of a metal pole made from Tai Cang metal the width of a thumbnail can create tremors that can blast a person into pieces!"
"And not only that, this Tai Cang metal essence allows you to inject Yuan Qi into it. The hardness and toughness of the Tai Cang metal essence will increase as a result. The more Yuan Qi you inject into it, the harder it becomes, making it harder to pull! Its strength increases too!"
"It won't only be you. Even for me, there is no limit to how much strength you can put into the Tai Cang Bow when using it. There is no fear that your strength can exceed the bow's limits. As long as it's the Zhang family's Tai Cang Bow, if you can inject an entire ocean's worth of Yuan Qi into it, you can really shoot down the sun and the stars, piercing the sky!"
With Yan Menglong's description, it made Yi Yun's blood boil. This was indeed a great bow.
"Look at the two ends of the Tai Cang Bow. There are wrought iron blades mounted on the Tai Cang metal essence and with a swish, they can break any ordinary sword! The bow tip is made from Black Boned Giant Rhinoceros horns."
"As for the bow string, it is made from an unknown number of processes. The Cang state's Zhang family obtained the ribs of a Giant Python desolate beasts and twisted them into the bow's string. It was then soaked in a mixture brewed from shark skin for eighteen years before completion!"
Yan Menglong's description and the gaze he gave to Yi Yun conveyed a message—
"To give you this bow would be too good for a kid like you!"
But even without Yan Menglong's description, Yi Yun could tell the strong feelings the bow was giving him. How could an ordinary item be placed in a stone chamber by itself? It was probably the most precious weapon within the Divine Capital Armory!
"Kid, try pulling it. Don't inject any Yuan Qi, or you will definitely not be able to pull it open. Just use your body strength. I'll warn you, if you can't even pull it past the halfway mark, you are to play no tricks and put this bow back."
As Yan Menglong said, he was pinching his stubble. It was clear that he felt a wince in his heart to give such a bow to Yi Yun.
Yi Yun could no longer wait.
He immediately took a deep breath and took up a horse-riding stance. With Qi rushing into his dantian, he used his waist as a lever and pumped all his muscles.
"Open!"
Yi Yun roared. His joints issued a crackling sound as the Tai Cang Bow slowly bent, from 0% to 50%, as it approached 100%!
Yi Yun had managed to use his own body's strength to pull the Tai Cang Bow to the three-quarter mark!