The 34th Bird Without Feathers

  When Ximen Qing heard that Zhang Wenyuan was going to teach him the "No Feather Arrow", he was overjoyed in his heart. In Water Margin, Zhang Qing's signature move, the "No Feather Arrow", was extremely powerful and had once injured Golden Gun Hand Xu Ning, Brocade Tiger Yan Shun, Hundred Victories General Han Tuo, Heavenly Eye General Peng Yuan, and Hu Yan Zhao, as well as Red-Haired Ghost Liu Tang, Yang Zhi, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Guan Sheng, and 15 other powerful warriors. Even Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi did not dare to boast that he could defeat these 15 skilled martial artists, which shows just how formidable the "No Feather Arrow" was. Now Ximen Qing had the Seven Stars Mixed Yuan Gong protecting his body, with footwork as light as a feather, and the Horizontal Heaven Painting Halberd in hand, but he lacked a hidden weapon for defense.

  As the saying goes, a visible spear is easy to dodge, but an invisible arrow is hard to guard against. Even if you have the strength of ten thousand men, you can't defend against the sneak attack of an invisible arrow. How many heroes and great men throughout history have died from such hidden arrows?

  Among the hidden weapons, most are flying knives, flying darts, and meteorite darts. Although these hidden weapons are small and exquisite, they are still made of metal and very sharp, making them somewhat inconvenient to carry on one's person. Truly formidable hidden weapons should be able to be pinched into shape at will, and such skills are the epitome of mastery. And the featherless arrow is precisely this kind of ultimate skill!

  Stones are everywhere, easy to carry around, and their power is even more formidable than flying knives and darts. Therefore, being able to learn the secrets of featherless arrows is crucial for Ximen Qing!

  Learning no-harmful skills is absolutely beneficial for Ximen Qing, after all, having many skills won't burden oneself!

  Upon hearing Zhang Wenyan's words, Ximen Qing hastily stood up and said excitedly: "Of course it's good! I'm more than willing!"

  Zhang Wenyuan burst out laughing and said: "Glad you're willing to learn, I was afraid you'd look down on me!"

  Ximen Qing's eyebrows jumped up, and he smiled as he bowed to Zhang Wenxuan, saying: "How dare you, nephew!"

  "Hahaha..." Ximen Chui Xue and Zhang Wen Yuan, Xu Lao exchanged a glance, all three were amused by Ximen Qing's appearance, and burst into loud laughter, the entire living room was filled with joyful sounds.

  Ximen Qing left the mansion and went to Juxianju for a while, then went to Nuanyingge and chatted with Qinglian until evening before returning home. After eating something simple, he began practicing Qixing Hunyuan Gong again.

  A genius who is not diligent will also become a fool. Ximen Qing deeply understands this principle, so he doesn't dare to slack off for a moment.

  "I don't know when Master will be back? This time it took so long to pick herbs, what kind of herb is so difficult to pick?" Ximen Qing muttered to himself as he cultivated, and then truly sank into a deep state of cultivation...

  The next day, dawn broke, Ximen Qing got up early and changed his clothes under Wu Yiniang's blushing face before coming to the garden for practice.

  At the time of sunrise in the east, Zhang Wenyuan was radiant with glory and arrived at the garden under the illumination of the rising sun. He saw Ximen Qing who was diligently cultivating himself and nodded his head secretly, feeling extremely delighted in his heart. His own elder brother's son had such great prospects, he thought to himself with a smile.

  "Qing'er, you're starting your cultivation so early, haha, this diligence is truly rare! No wonder you've achieved so much in just two years! Xiao Qing was still lazy and didn't want to practice martial arts at your age!"

  Ximen Qing exhaled, straightened up and stood up, respectfully saying: "The air is good in the morning, so I came out to practice. It's actually Uncle Zhang who is getting more energetic with age, getting up early for morning exercise!"

  "Can't do it, can't do it, I'm old. In the past, I would get up early to practice like you, but after getting older, that drive is gone. Ah, when people get old, their bones become loose and brittle. Now that I'm stuck at the peak of being a great martial artist, it's hard to make progress, so I've let go and don't think about breaking through anymore. The reason I got up early today was to pass on the secrets of the Featherless Arrow to you before noon, then I'll be heading back with Xu Hui - there are things at home that can't be delayed!"

  Ximen Qing nodded and then asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Uncle Zhang, can it be cultivated in just one morning? Don't think I'm too clever, actually my brain works very slowly!"

  Zhang Wenyuan burst out laughing and then mysteriously said, "Tell Qing'er that the training of the featherless arrow is not easy to describe. If you don't have a compatible heart method, wanting to learn the featherless arrow is as difficult as ascending to heaven. But if you do have a compatible heart method, it becomes easier. The featherless arrow of my Zhang family is not just a simple projectile or hidden weapon, but rather an internal martial arts training method. Remember this point well!"

  Ximen Qing was taken aback for a moment, his eyes rolled around as if he were thinking of something, and then nodded slightly.

  Ordinary hidden weapons are just running internal force like hidden weapons and then throwing them to attack, which makes the throwing effect of hidden weapons very undesirable. Not only will it affect the accuracy of the hidden weapon, but the distance is also not very long. The cultivation of featherless arrows has a specific inner skill method, which requires first running the internal force in the body according to certain meridians, and then running into the stone. Only then can the internal force stored in the stone be more abundant and have long-lasting endurance and persistence. Without a specific heart method to match, it is indeed very difficult to practice featherless arrows, just like the small Li flying knife, which cannot be practiced by simply throwing it out. The ancestors of the Zhang family studied for hundreds of years and passed down for dozens of generations before researching the heart method, so it can be imagined how precious and mysterious the heart method of featherless arrows is.

  "Once you master the internal power circulation method of the featherless arrow, you can use stones as hidden projectiles to throw them even farther, more accurately and with greater force. Then you need to continue practicing, letting your hands get familiar with using it, in order to reach the level where every shot hits its target, and injures people from a hundred meters away without being seen! Alright, Qing'er, come closer and I'll teach you the method!"

  Ximen Qing leaned in close and left, carefully listening to Zhang Wenyuan's transmission of the Heart Method of the Featherless Arrow.

  Although the Heart Method was not long, its content was very obscure. However, with Zhang Wenyan's guidance, Ximen Qing quickly memorized it and committed it to memory.

  Ximen Qing then sat down cross-legged, his hands clasped together on his knees, his eyes slightly closed, and his mind concentrated inwardly. He began to circulate the inner energy within his body according to the method of the Unfeathered Arrow.

  The internal force emanates from the Baihui acupoint, flowing through the meridians in the body and resonating with the Dan Tian. Then, according to the Wu Yu Jian (No Feather Arrow) method, the internal force is directed into specific meridians. The human body has numerous meridians, but only a dozen or so are involved in cultivation practices. Many other meridians remain obscure and unused, producing different effects for each type of meridian. This results in various heart methods having distinct principles, as each method utilizes different types of meridians. The Wu Yu Jian technique employs these obscure meridians, making it difficult for ordinary people to discern which meridians are used during its execution.

  The internal force quietly flowed through the rarely used and obscure meridians, and Ximen Qing suddenly felt a numbness and pain all over his body. The meridians were originally fragile, and if the internal force was forced to flow through them without warming up, the resulting pain would be heart-wrenching and life-threatening. However, once this hurdle was overcome, everything would be fine.

  Ximen Qing endured the tearing pain in his body and slowly ran his inner strength through his meridians. He sat for a full hour and a half!

  As the last bit of meridian expansion connected, all the meridians needed for the Hidden Arrow were fully communicated and formed a road that went straight to the Hundred Meetings Hole. Ximen Qing's mind moved, and instantly a stream of internal energy ran through this channel, transforming into a unique internal energy of the Hidden Arrow, and transmitted along the meridian to the stone held in his left hand.

  As soon as the stone entered his palm, it was like water entering boiling oil, and suddenly West Gate Xing used force to flick it. The stone shot out like a meteor, its speed extremely fast, so fast that it was almost impossible to see its shadow. The stone vanished, whizzing through the air, and then directly hit a small tree with a trunk as thick as a bowl twenty meters away.

  "Plop..." A crisp sound rang out, and the stone had already sunk into the tree!

  ps: Collect it~~~~