My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Cao Zhi's body stiffened.

"Senior Dugu?"

He quietly retreated two steps back and squeezed out a wry smile: "Why are you here?"

"Why?"

Dugu Ao paused and added: "Why do you insist on killing Lu Shengzhi? What grudge does he have with you?"

Cao Zhi replied: "The grudge of a destroyed nation, does it count?"

"Destroyed nation?"

Dugu Ao chuckled coldly: "You're helping Cao Xie kill him, aren't you?"

Cao Zhi remained silent.

"If I remember correctly, Cao Xie should be undergoing the Heart Tribulation soon and then finding a way to enter Divinity Transformation, right?

"At such a critical moment, instead of hiding and focusing on his cultivation, he comes out to deal with a junior from a barren land. Let me guess why...

"That minor Foundation Establishment Cultivator must have become the Heart Tribulation of Daoist Master Wanfa, right?"

Speaking here, a mocking laughter came from beneath the fox mask: "Cao Xie cultivated for hundreds of years, only to be tripped up by an oblivious youth. It's the funniest thing I've heard in decades.

"However...

"You might have gotten something wrong; that person just now was named Lu, not Chen. If you want to kill Chen Sansi, go to the Eastern Continent; stop going after Lu Shengzhi. This young brother, I've got covered.

"If the horse slave insists on killing, let him come personally and face me first."

"What is Senior Dugu's relationship with Lu Shengzhi?"

Cao Zhi probed: "Is it worth Senior personally saying such things?"

"It's none of your business."

Dugu Ao placed his hands behind his back: "Remember what I said, then scram quickly."

"Senior Dugu!"

Cao Zhi's pupils contracted, and he increased his tone: "Senior's divine skills are indeed formidable, but at the end of the day, it's just a Golden Core, and an external elixir at that. It might suffice to reprimand a Foundation Establishment like me, but speaking presumptuously to my family's ancestor, I'm afraid... Senior isn't qualified enough!"

Before he finished speaking, a morbid white sword appeared quietly in his hand; a refined blade crafted from human spine bone.

The spine bone sword aggressively aimed at the front of the fox mask, while the puppet struck simultaneously; however, both attacks missed.

Raising his head, Cao Zhi saw Dugu Ao had already appeared at the treetop of a towering tree over a hundred steps away, quietly overlooking him.

"Your sword..."

Dugu Ao asked: "Does it have a name?"

"My family ancestor forged it temporarily, hence it wasn't named."

Cao Zhi stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Dragon Puppet, channeling mana into the spine bone sword.

He had long heard that Dugu Ao simply needed to summon a name to claim a flying sword as his own.

But coincidentally, this sword happened to have no name.

"Dragon Bone."

A deep voice suddenly echoed near his ears.

Cao Zhi's heart trembled: "What did you say?!"

"I said."

Dugu Ao pronounced each word distinctly: "From now on, this sword will be called, Dragon Bone."

The moment the words "Dragon Bone" were spoken.

Cao Zhi felt the spine bone sword in his hand starting to rampage, as if it had gained life, desperately trying to break free of his control.

This puppet relies entirely on the spine bone sword for control; if the sword is lost, he would undoubtedly meet his demise!

"Ancestor, aid me!"

Cao Zhi shouted, a talisman darted out from his bosom, transforming above his head into an array plate, which emitted radiant spirit light, deploying array seals to encase him.

Under his feet, the heavens and earthly positions began to twist and transform; though the spine bone sword seemed uncontrollably to fly at Dugu Ao, it always circled within a set range, like a lost Jiao Long.

"Heaven and Earth Strange Array Plate?"

Dugu Ao snorted: "Cao Xie does care for you."

"Senior Dugu, we shall meet again someday!"

Cao Zhi exerted every effort to temporarily secure the spine bone sword, daring not to linger; manipulating the talisman array plate, he altered positions again, disappearing along with the sword and puppet, without a trace.

Looking toward the southwest woods, Dugu Ao refrained from pursuit, quietly watching the opponent's departure.

"Elder Dugu?!"

Shangguan Siheng hurried over: "Did you just discern where he's fleeing? Why let him go? Oh...

Suddenly realizing, "This person seems to be Cao Xie's most valued descendant; if he were dead, Cao Xie might come rampaging in vengeance."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Ao snorted coldly, annoyed: "Horse slave means nothing! It's just that now isn't my time to act."

...

Si Xue Territory, border.

After a fierce battle, Xue Xianrong and others returned to Dragon Elephant City to exchange their recent Copper Coin earnings.

A thousand and twenty coins, ranked third.

"Great news!"

Song Jing exclaimed joyfully: "At this rate, we'll gather enough Creation Jade Dew in two years at most."

"Thanks largely to the help of Junior Sister and Senior Brother."

Xue Xianrong tapped his palm with a folded fan: "But we can't slack off; the top and second-ranked Copper Coin numbers are still higher than ours. By the way, why haven't I seen Jiang Xiyue's name, not listed?"

"Senior Brother Xue."

Song Jing replied: "I've seen Jiang Xiyue record her Copper Coins under Lu Shengzhi's name every time she's back."

"Where's that kid?"

Zhang Wuya scanned the Heavenly Dao list, soon pinpointing the target.

Lu Shengzhi, ranked sixth, seven hundred and sixty Copper Coins.

He exhaled in relief: "Speaking of which, where's he been lately? Haven't seen him?"

Song Jing commented: "If I recall correctly, he's supposed to go to Mingquan Lake in Chaotic Wilderness Yongzhou for a rescue mission, but there's been no news for half a month."

"That four hundred Copper Coin mission?"