My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Skillful.

With this entry, drawing talismans becomes much more efficient, saving a lot of Divine Sense.

Chen Sansi used to be able to draw seven or eight talismans a day. Now, when attempting again, he can draw at least fifteen, but unfortunately, he doesn't have any excellent talisman diagrams in hand.

"Great Strength Talisman," "Divine Speed Talisman," "Clone Talisman," "Wind Avoidance Talisman," these four talismans are somewhat mediocre.

He doesn't have practical talismans like Mo Zhu's Earth Tunneling Talisman or the seized Ice Freeze Talisman.

And as for Array Formation Technique, he is about to break through to second-tier, but likewise, he has no subsequent inheritance or diagrams of several formation arrays.

"If only I could take down Daze Fang City."

Chen Sansi calculated in his mind: "Then there would be no shortage of anything."

Beiyang area's several workshops have grown vast over the years, each one exceedingly wealthy.

If these places were searched and seized, not to mention himself, even the resources obtained would suffice for the entire court for over a decade.

Golden Core!

Unfortunately, there is still the nuisance of Shengyun Sect's Shouzhongzi.

Otherwise, Chen Sansi would only need to enhance Martial Arts to True Power Late Stage and Immortal Path to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment. His own power would suffice to walk across Beiyang with ease.

If he could also control the Transmission Array, combined with the Heavenly Book Array, he could launch a surprise attack and directly take down the workshops.

However...

Chen Sansi felt there certainly wouldn't be just him thinking Shouzhongzi was a nuisance.

The Demon Suppression Department, the Li family, and even Ronghua City are the same. If it wasn't for a Golden Core stirring the pot, who knows if Dusk Valley might have already been wiped out, avoiding such hassle?

Moreover, considering the ties between Ronghua City and the Seven Kill Sect, secretly spreading Demon Techniques and expanding sect disciples, it seems there might be major movements in the recent years.

They too probably have their eyes on the Bai Family treasures.

Among the forces of the Demon Suppression Department and the Li family, there are no cultivators of the Golden Core Realm, but this doesn't mean the Seven Kill Sect doesn't have them.

This might be a turning point.

As for the specifics, one can only wait and see.

After clearing his thoughts, Chen Sansi exhaled a long breath of turbid air, got up to leave the Cave Mansion, and prepared to return to the court first.

Half a year had passed in the blink of an eye. Even with Puppets around, it was time to personally handle some affairs and take some time to be with family.

Now...

It's the twelfth of the first month in the eleventh year of Tian Wu, with the New Year having just passed.

Chen Duhe is already fifteen years old, the age to officially start cultivating, and who knows if his temperament has changed over the past two years.

Chen Yunxi, even more so, at the two-eight age, by their customs, can already start considering marriage.

Xu Yunhuan has also reached maturity and has been cultivating for two years.

The Empress and the Imperial Concubine can only engage in needlework within the harem all day long.

Chen Sansi as an Emperor just passes the grade, able to ensure prosperity in the common folk's homes each year, but as a husband and father, he is somewhat negligent.

He left Sima Yao in the Sky Water Continent to monitor the situation of the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground, while he himself took the time to return to the Eastern Continent through the Ancient Transmission Array.

...

Great Han.

Ning Yuan County, Qingping Village.

Snowflakes were swirling, covering the land for a hundred miles around in white. The people, wrapped in cotton clothes, hurried past, and in every household, there was the faint glow of charcoal fires.

A sleek rat scuttled across the snow along the wall until it was far from human activity and buried itself in the wilderness. It stood up, gazing at the vast snowy plains in the distance until a snow eagle swooped down and scooped it into the sky, far from the desolate mountains and wild lands.

On a crooked tree, a young boy lay against the trunk, with a twig in his mouth, indifferent to the cold, watching the snow-filled sky.

"Clip-clop, clip-clop—"

The sound of chaotic horse hooves breaking the silence echoed from afar until several Jianghu knights rode into view, stopping at a fork in the road.

With mountains blocked by snow, it was hard to discern direction.

"Hold on!"

The leading One-eyed Dragon raised his arm to signal his brothers to stop, then reined in his horse in front of the tree and asked the boy above, "Young brother, which way to Qingping Village?"

"Find it yourself."

The boy yawned, not bothering to respond.

"..."

The One-eyed Dragon was stunned for a moment, then dug out a piece of fragmented silver from his pocket and tossed it up the tree, saying, "Young brother, do us a favor, we're looking for someone."

However, the boy in coarse linen clothes didn't even glance at the silver, letting it hit him and fall into the snow, treating the group as if they were air.

"Kid, I'm talking to you, did you hear me!"

Someone couldn't hold back, frowning and threatening, "Lead the way to Qingping Village!"

"Hiss~"

The boy found the noise unbearable, gracefully jumping from the trunk to escape the uninvited guests, until a cold glint flashed, a chill landing on his neck.

"Lead the way."

The One-eyed Dragon's face was grim.

"..."

The boy glanced at the Yanling Saber at his neck with little reaction, merely removing the twig from his mouth and lightly raising his chin, "Over there, take this path."

"No tricks!"

The One-eyed Dragon yanked him onto the horse's back.

Meanwhile, more hoofbeats sounded, as a dozen more people approached from various directions, even bringing many horse-drawn carts.

These weren't knights on a quest, they looked more like bandits drifting around.

In former dynasties, it was common for bandits to descend from the mountains and loot villages during autumn and winter. After the founding of the Great Han, there were successive anti-bandit campaigns in various places, making such occurrences rare, though they occasionally happened.