Chapter 160 - 116: Yuan Gate Halberd Shooting, Hundred-step Piercing Willow?

A notification popped up on the panel, and Chen Jue flipped out of his handstand.

Holding a handstand for a long time causes blood to rush to the head. After practicing for so long, his head felt congested, and his temples were throbbing slightly.

"I’m finally getting the hang of the planche!" Chen Jue took a deep breath to relieve the dizziness from the handstand.

Ever since he had learned about the five great skills of Street Fitness, Chen Jue had made them his short-term goals.

By improving his upper body and core strength step by step, combined with his recent lower body training and Wu Fang’s professional guidance, he had finally managed to master the entire set of Street Fitness moves.

Compared to the Street Fitness masters abroad, all Chen Jue lacked now was experience. As long as he kept training every day, he would sooner or later be able to perform these five moves as smoothly as he threw his Darts.

"It’s all thanks to your great coaching. If I had just been training on my own, who knows when I would have found my balance," Chen Jue said, thanking Wu Fang.

With a professional PE teacher like Wu Fang assisting him, Chen Jue felt that he trained with extra vigor.

"Brother Jue, you’re already amazing. A planche is a top-tier, high-difficulty move. When I was in college, I only remember the guys on the gymnastics team being able to do it," Wu Fang said with a smile.

"So, did you date anyone in college?" Chen Jue asked curiously, following the thread of conversation.

To his surprise, Wu Fang wasn’t thrown off by this blunt question. Instead, she picked up her Red Tassel Spear and gave it a flourish. "My standards for a partner are very high!"

"Not a single guy in college could beat me in a fight, so I’ve been single this whole time!"

After saying that, Wu Fang began to practice a powerful Spear Technique routine on the lawn.

Point, jab, pierce, parry, flick—the set of spear movements truly stirred Chen Jue’s heart.

She was truly cool and imposing, her powerful movements carrying a unique, heroic grace.

Chen Jue watched quietly from the side with a wide grin. After learning that Teacher Wu had never been in a relationship, he really wanted to shout for joy right then and there.

A treasure of a girl like her was a rare find indeed.

’But on second thought,’ Chen Jue realized, ’Teacher Wu’s requirements for a partner are a bit odd. It seems like she’s attracted to strength.’

After all, she was a Martial Hero Level Martial Arts athlete herself. It wouldn’t be easy to find someone who could surpass her in skill.

The reason she’d taken an interest in him probably stemmed from his Perfection Level Hidden Weapon Technique, which was good enough to establish his own school.

Otherwise, with his previous good-for-nothing image, he never would have passed Wu Fang’s strict standards for a partner.

...

After watching Wu Fang’s Spear Technique routine for a while, Chen Jue waited for his stamina to recover a bit before grabbing the Qilin Bow and starting to practice drawing it in a Horse Stance.

Having a girl nearby probably increased Chen Jue’s desire to show off.

Plus, with his Attributes soaring over the past few days, Chen Jue found that drawing this 110-pound Hard Bow was no longer as strenuous as before.

Seeing his [Archery] Skill Level continuously increase by +1, +1, Chen Jue felt more and more motivated as he trained.

It’s just as they say: when a man and a woman work together, the work doesn’t feel tiring.

After half an hour of training his strength by drawing the bow, a new notification popped up on the panel:

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[DING!]

[Skill Level has reached 100%. Skill Level increased.]

[Archery Lv2 → Lv3]

[Your understanding of the primitive hunting sport of Archery has deepened. Your posture when drawing the bow has become more standard, your target acquisition speed has increased, and your archery accuracy has slightly improved.]

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[DING!]

[You have completed a high-intensity comprehensive training session. Your upper body muscle groups have been thoroughly exercised, and the muscular endurance and explosive power in this area have effectively increased.]

[You have mastered a special breathing frequency technique for drawing a bow. This technique has formed a subtle synergy with your [Horse Stance] Skill and your [Outer Force] special power generation technique.]

[Your cardiopulmonary function has been enhanced, your metabolism has been further improved, and your stamina has slightly increased.]

[Strength Attribute +0.02]

[Constitution Attribute +0.01]

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"Nice!"

"Another critical hit!"

As a warm current spread throughout his body, Chen Jue felt a refreshing sensation wash over his sweat-drenched upper half.

The lactic acid that had built up from drawing the bow was greatly relieved by this rush of warmth.

At the same time, a surge of unfamiliar muscle memory came over him, making him feel as if he knew the sport of [Archery] like the back of his hand.

Seeing that Wu Fang had stopped her spear practice and was doing recovery exercises like leg stretches on the side, Chen Jue asked her for the Red Tassel Spear and propped it upright against the trunk of the ginkgo tree.

"Teacher Wu, could you come over here for a second?" Chen Jue said, holding his bow and slowly backing away to find a suitable firing position.

Wu Fang, her face slightly flushed, stopped her exercises and muttered with a hint of complaint, "Brother Jue, why are you calling me Teacher too? You’re not my student or one of their parents."

Then, with a hint of suspicion, she followed Chen Jue to the opposite side of the lake. They were now over a hundred meters away from the ginkgo tree.

"Well, I can’t just call you Xiaofang or Fangfang, can I?" Chen Jue gave Wu Fang a mischievous grin, then took a practice arrow from his Quiver and slowly nocked it on the Qilin Bow.

When she saw Chen Jue aiming at her Red Tassel Spear in the distance, Wu Fang was slightly taken aback, finally understanding his intention. "You’re going to shoot my spear! Can you even hit it from this far?"

Chen Jue didn’t respond, his focus absolute. Relying on his 5.4+ eyesight honed from daily training, he clearly saw the tip of the Red Tassel Spear. He settled into a Horse Stance, took a deep breath, and slowly drew the bowstring. Aided by the accuracy and feel for the arrow provided by Lv3 [Archery], he suddenly released the string, sending the black, unsharpened practice arrow flying upward at an angle.

Propelled by the 110-pound bowstring, the black arrow traced a blurry parabolic arc over the lake before hitting the ginkgo tree’s trunk with a solid THUD.

However, since it was a practice arrow, it didn’t pierce the bark. Instead, after knocking loose a few strands from the spear’s red tassel, it fell to the lawn.

By the time the two of them returned to the ginkgo tree and picked up the black arrow, Wu Fang was already speechless with amazement.

"Brother Jue, that shot was incredible! It felt like I was watching Lü Bu’s Yuan Gate Halberd Shooting from Romance of the Three Kingdoms!" Wu Fang carefully collected the few strands of red tassel that had clung to the arrow, her eyes filled with admiration and awe.

"It doesn’t count as Yuan Gate Halberd Shooting. Lü Bu’s 150 paces is from a fictional novel."

"In ancient times, one stride was a *kui*, and two strides made a *bu*, or pace. One pace was at least 1.5 meters, so 150 paces would be about 225 meters."

"My shot across the lake was a hundred meters at most. I can’t even compare to Huang Zhong’s Hundred-step Piercing Willow, let alone hitting the small branch of the halberd like in the Yuan Gate feat." Chen Jue waved his hand humbly.

According to his estimates, hitting a target over a hundred meters away was already the limit for his Lv3 [Archery].

’If I want to replicate the feats of Huang Zhong and Lü Bu, I’ll have to raise my [Archery] Skill to the same Perfection Level as my [Hidden Weapon Throwing].’