Chapter 6: A Ninety Percent Hit Rate

When Lu Yu hurried to the open space in front of the Warehouse, there was no one there except Wang Shu.

"Here so early?" A flash of surprise crossed Wang Liang's eyes.

Lu Yu responded with a smile.

Wang Liang nodded and said nothing more.

Lu Yu picked up the bow and arrows, walked to the spot where he had practiced yesterday, and began to practice archery.

For the first few arrows, he could still easily pull the bow to its full draw, but the further he went, the more strenuous it became.

Only when he had exhausted all his strength and could barely pull the bowstring did he reluctantly put down the bow and arrows to rest for a moment.

Seeing this, Wang Liang came over to massage his right arm just as he had yesterday.

"Wang Shu..."

Lu Yu looked at Wang Shu, feeling both full of gratitude and a bit embarrassed.

Honestly, if it weren't for Wang Shu helping him massage and clear his Qi and blood yesterday, his progress in Basic Archery would definitely not have been this fast.

He wanted to say thank you, but when the words reached his lips, he felt that these two words were too light and faint to express his feelings.

Wang Liang shook his head gently and said, "This is nothing. I can tell that you, child, are truly putting your heart into it."

Lu Yu smiled awkwardly; with his and his family's survival at stake, how could he not put his heart into it?

After the massage ended, Wang Liang patted his shoulder, limped over to the few young people who had just arrived, and began to urge them on at the top of his voice.

"I have to keep practicing too." Lu Yu muttered to himself, stood up from the ground, and continued practicing his Arrow Technique.

Time passed quietly, and around three or four in the afternoon, a burst of noisy human voices came from the direction of the Zhai entrance.

Lu Yu looked into the distance, his face full of confusion.

"The Hunting Team is back!" At this moment, a young man who was practicing with a spear shouted excitedly.

"That's right, it looks like they brought back quite a lot of prey!"

"Prey!"

The others subconsciously licked their lips.

What did this mean? It meant that every household would be able to get a share, and there would be meat to eat tonight!

Seeing this scene, Wang Liang sighed softly, waved his hand, and said, "If you want to go, then go. Come back quickly after you've collected your share."

Although he said that, he knew in his heart that by the time they went over to line up and collect the meat, it would be almost dark.

"Alright!"

"Thank you, Wang Shu!"

The few young people dropped the weapons in their hands and ran off in a flash.

"These little brats."

Wang Liang muttered behind them; he suspected that the exhaustion these few people had shown earlier was just an act.

"So that's how it is."

After Lu Yu understood the ins and outs of the matter, he was not as excited as the others.

He understood that relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself; only when one is strong can one truly get rid of the threat of hunger.

Of course, it was indeed a good thing for the entire Zhai that his father and the others had a successful hunt.

"You're not going?" Wang Liang walked over, limping, and asked.

"Wang Shu, I probably don't need to go, right?" Lu Yu flexed his right arm and said with a smile, "What about you? Why aren't you going?"

Wang Liang gave a bitter, self-deprecating laugh: "Someone like me just barely manages to make a living; I wouldn't be able to stay in any other Zhai."

He paused, looked in the direction where the young people had run off, and continued, "If I go too early, I'm afraid I'll be an eyesore. It won't be too late to go later."

Lu Yu was startled, then said softly, "If you go too late, the meat you get might not be very good."

Wang Liang glared at him crossly: "You child, you always bring up the sore spot. If you say that again next time, I won't massage your arm for you."

Lu Yu chuckled; he felt that this Wang Shu was actually quite interesting.

Another hour passed, and with a "whoosh," an arrow hit the bullseye steadily.

At the same time, Lu Yu felt a warm current spread throughout his body, and the previous fatigue lessened significantly, especially in his right arm, where the feeling was particularly obvious. Two or three seconds later, the warm current vanished as if it had never appeared.

"My strength, it seems to have become a bit stronger?"

Lu Yu clenched his right fist and muttered to himself; he wasn't sure if this was just his imagination.

"Right, I can check the attribute panel!" He suddenly realized and moved his mind.

Realm: None

Level: 2

Constitution: 9.8

Strength: 8.7

Agility: 7.7

Spirit: 5.5

Skill:

【Basic Archery: Lv1, Traits: Body Strengthening Lv1, Arm Strength Mastery Lv1, Steady Shot Lv1】

Potential Point: 0

"!!!"

Lu Yu was shocked, his mouth wide open. He hadn't expected such a huge change in the attribute panel, especially the skill column, which looked brand new.

He suppressed his excitement and carefully examined it from top to bottom.

The Constitution attribute had increased by one point!

The Strength attribute had also increased by one point!

"That really wasn't an illusion just now!"

He couldn't help but call out. He remembered that his Constitution attribute was 8.8 and his Strength attribute was 7.7 before; now, his Constitution had become 9.8, and his Strength had become 8.7.

No wonder the previous fatigue felt reduced, but the question was, how were these two points of attributes increased? His level was still 2, with no changes.

"It should be the effect brought about by Basic Archery leveling up."

His gaze swept over the unchanged attributes below and finally landed on Basic Archery. After a whole day of effort, Basic Archery had risen from level 0 to level 1, and characteristics had appeared after it.

What was going on with these characteristics? Were they the effects after leveling up?

He focused his attention on Body Strengthening, and a line of small text immediately appeared in his mind.

【Body Strengthening: For every level the skill increases, increase Constitution attribute by 1 point.】

He looked at Arm Strength Mastery again.

【Arm Strength Mastery: For every level the skill increases, increase Strength attribute by 1 point.】

"Hiss..."

Lu Yu gasped; he understood everything now.

Level 1 Arm Strength Mastery added one point of Strength attribute to him, and if it reached level 2, it would add 2 points, and so on; the Body Strengthening characteristic was the same.

"Then what is Steady Shot?"

He muttered in a low voice, seemingly not seeing any other attribute increases.

【Steady Shot: For every level the skill increases, increase archery hit rate by 30%.】

"So that's how it is."

Lu Yu's body trembled slightly with excitement. He finally understood that these characteristics were like individual buff effects—some increased Constitution, some increased Strength, and others increased skill effects; in the future, there would definitely be characteristics that increased Agility and Spirit.

The most critical thing was that these characteristics could be upgraded! Just like how 【Basic Archery】 was level 1 now; if it were raised to level 2, these three characteristics would all level up by one.

By then, he could add another point of Constitution and another point of Strength, and even if his level didn't rise, most of his attributes could be on par with an adult man.

Moreover, the hit rate could reach sixty percent!

Lu Yu took a deep breath, suppressed the wild joy in his heart, and set a small goal for himself: raise 【Basic Archery】 to level 3!

A ninety percent hit rate was nearly a guaranteed hit every time.

With this as his reliance, it should be enough for him to leave the Zhai and venture out.