Vol 13 Chapter 35 (1/2)
Book 13, Tristar Crescent Abode, Chapter 35 – …The Heart Flies With It
As he watched the woodcutter depart, Ji Ning grew increasingly puzzled “When the arrow flies…this part I understand But ‘the heart flies with it’…what does that mean?”
Twang! Twang! Twang!
Ning pulled his bow, testing out a few ly puzzled as he did
“Little master” The black-robed man appeared once more, face full of excitement “Your eldest apprentice-brother said, ‘When the arrow flies, the heart flies with it’ I think I somewhat understand”
“Oh?” Ning revealed an expectant look on his face
The black-robed youth ih many masters and watched many of them train in archery, as well as watched them train their successors and descendants in archery I re; ‘You need to put your heart into it Put your heart into the arrow’ When I was guiding you, I didn’t think of these words, because I thought they were just casual words of encouragement, but now…it see”
Ning was an extreuidance from the black-robed youth didn’t clearly point at as necessary, but Ning now already had his own ideas
To use the heart?
To put the heart into the arrow?
When the arrow flies? The heart flies with it?
“My guess is that ‘the heart flies with it’with the arrow,” the black-robed youth said “This ‘heart’ is most likely a reference to a sort of invisible force”
Ning listened to the black-robed youth, thinking to himself at the same time He had shot out tens of thousands of arrows every day for nearly a year; thus, he was fa had already vaguely touched upon the level of having the heart fly with the arrow, but no one had been able to guide hih to it
Ning once more nocked an arrow to his bow
“The air…”
“The wind…”
In this instant, his heart becaan to fill the arrow
Soon, Ningthe self’; although his heart had beco around hiue and blurry, as his heart and ere focused completely on his arrow
Twang!
A thunderous twanging sound The arrow shot through the air, and Ning’s invisible as fused into it In fact, he had an extreh he hih the skies, as it pierced through the trees, Ning felt as though it was he hi, where his e and marvelous…
However, after the arro for a hundred kilometers, that sort of invisible connection between his heart and the arrow dissipated; Ning was no longer able totransformed into an arrow
Swish!+
The arrow finally plunged deep into the target that was ten thousand kilometers away…but of course, it was still quite a bit off froet
“That’s the feeling! Right That’s the feeling” Ning began to laugh loudly out of exciteht When the arrow flies, the heart flies with it I felt as though I had transfor, and in that state, I felt as though I was able to control the direction of the arrow”
“I’ll try again”
Ning once again nocked an arrow and drew his boang! The arrow shot through the skies, and Ning once h he were an arroith his heart focused upon the arrow
Change directions! Change directions!
While flying through the air, the arrow suddenly began to change directions Although therepeatedly strove to influence it, the arrow began to arc outwards and fly even farther, before finally overshooting the target by thousands of kilometers
“When the arrow flies, the heart flies with it…”
“This is the feeling However, I’m only able to maintain this state for a hundred kilometers; any farther, and my will dissipates and beco nodded to hi of his will being one with the arroas a strange, subtle thing However…there was indeed such a thing as a power forged from heart, from will
That ancient FiendGod corpse of the previous owner of the Rahu Boas proof of it Despite having died so long ago, the reh to cause Ning’s heart to quiver
Strictly speaking, the ancient FiendGod’s soul had been destroyed long ago…so where did that invisible will and intent come from?
This hat ‘heart’ was all about
It was an invisible force! The power of the heart! It was different from divine power, elemental ki, and soul power It was an extremely illusory, difficult-to-detect sort of power, but it did indeed exist A truly divine archer would have to be able toit could one become one of the formidable divine archers of the three realms And this was just one of the prerequisites!
“Use the heart”
“The heart!”
“The heart flies with the arrow!”
Ning began to train
He knew very well that given how firically be quite formidable However, he was still only able to keep his heart ed with the arrow for a distance of a hundred kilometers The reason for this was…his heart was not sincere enough! His heart was supremely sincere towards the Dao of the Sword, but it was not yet sincere enough to the Dao of Archery
Only with sincerity would the power of the heart grow!
Fortunately, thanks to his three years of painstaking training, Ning had established a solid foundation, and as Ning’s attitude towards the bow had changed and as his feelings towards the Dao of Archery grew increasingly resolute, the power of his heart had grown increasingly strong In the legends, there were soures who, no matter what they trained in, were able to maintain a supre so, they were able to i rate
The power of the heart was sometimes even more important than raw talent or comprehension
A thousand kilometers
Two thousand kilometers