147: Chapter 147 The ostrich legs you ordered are a sure thing.

Xiao Niao was half-crouched on the ground, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow. He hadn't been that nervous at first, but with Hu Gualing on his left telling him to aim for a vital spot, and Tang Yao on his right telling him not to shoot the Ostrich leg, there were just too many demands... How was he supposed to know where the vital spots on an Ostrich were?

From such a long distance away, just managing to hit it at all would be pretty good.

Xiao Niao suddenly felt immense pressure: 'With my trashy Archery, you want me to shoot here and not shoot there—where does all this confidence in me come from?'

Thinking this, Xiao Niao opened his skill panel to take a look.

[Basic Archery (Rank 5): A very basic form of Archery, but even the most profound Archery cannot depart from the fundamentals. You now possess some basic skills in Archery and can be considered barely initiated into the Dao of shooting.]

Huh? Xiao Niao let out a soft exclamation in his heart. He seemed to remember his Basic Archery was only Rank 4, and the text description in the skill evaluation was also for unranked Archery. How did it become Rank 5 now?

Could he have remembered wrong? Even if he used to stay up late often, causing his brain to be a bit sluggish, he wouldn't be so forgetful, would he!

Moreover, the experience bar for this Basic Archery had just barely reached Rank 5, clearly having leveled up not long ago. Yet, since leaving the village, he hadn't even shot a single arrow, let alone killed any monsters. Where did this skill experience come from?

While Xiao Niao was puzzled, he suddenly noticed that there was another skill below the Basic Archery skill.

[Eagle Eye: You have honed a pair of eagle-like eyes through long-term shooting and aiming. Effect: Your eyesight is improved.]

This time, Xiao Niao could say for sure that he had never had this skill before. It looked like... an auxiliary skill unlocked when Basic Archery reached Rank 5?

Eagle Eye, eyesight improved... These words flashed through his mind, and Xiao Niao's heart suddenly skipped a beat!

Before he entered the game earlier that night, he had been amazed to discover that his 1000-degree myopia had miraculously cured itself. At the time, he couldn't figure out exactly what was going on, but he guessed that such an extremely unusual situation must have something to do with Fantasy Jianghu.

Now seeing the Eagle Eye skill, Xiao Niao instantly understood what was going on. It must be this auxiliary skill called Eagle Eye that unlocked after Basic Archery reached Rank 5!

It improved his eyesight, not only instantly curing his myopia but also leaping him into becoming a "farsighted person" with vision exceeding that of a normal person.

But how did Basic Archery level up from Rank 4 to Rank 5 without him knowing, or even noticing at all?

Could this be an AFK game? Can you still AFK and gain experience offline?

"Training? Training Room?!" Xiao Niao quickly thought of the Training Room feature that had just been updated in the text-based mini-game he played on his phone. At the time, he felt that since the Training Room feature was bought, adapted, and implanted by the Fantasy Jianghu production team, and could only be activated by consuming Fantasy Jianghu game points, this Training Room definitely wasn't as simple as it looked on the surface. So, at the time, he had spent 1 fantasy point to activate the Training Room for a one-hour usage limit, wanting to see what was actually in there. The result, however, was just seeing a little figure holding a bow and arrow practicing Basic Archery for a whole hour, with nothing else happening.

At the time, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, thinking that spending 1 fantasy point for a 1-hour usage limit wasn't worth it. But now that he discovered the change in his skill level inside the game, he suddenly understood: the little figure practicing martial arts in the Training Room wasn't just an animation for the player's amusement; as the little figure practiced, the player's corresponding martial arts experience in Fantasy Jianghu would also increase!

Calculated this way, 1 fantasy point for 1 hour was actually a great deal!

But now was not the time to consider these things. Xiao Niao focused slightly and pulled his attention back.

Fortunately, his mind was quite quick; thinking about all these things had only taken a very short time. The instructions from Hu Gualing and Tang Yao—one wanting him to aim for a vital spot and the other telling him not to shoot the leg—had just faded from his ears, and the Timid Ostrich ahead still hadn't discovered their presence.

Xiao Niao squinted slightly, concentrating all his attention on the sturdy Ostrich in the distance. If it were with his previous eyesight, from this far away, he probably wouldn't even be able to see the outline of the Ostrich. But now that he had the [Eagle Eye] skill, by concentrating his Mental Energy on his pupils, he could not only see the Ostrich in the distance clearly, but could even distinguish every part of its body—for example, those thick and long bird legs that looked like two cudgels... Hmm, he couldn't shoot the legs.

Thinking of Tang Yao's instruction, Xiao Niao slowly moved the bow's aim upwards, targeting the wings that the Timid Ostrich held against its sides. Its wings were large, covering its body from its neck to its rear. Xiao Niao wasn't sure if this counted as a vital part, but he figured that with the wooden shaft steel arrow Hu Gualing had crafted for him, piercing through the Ostrich's wing and into its abdomen shouldn't be difficult. Looking at the Vitality that had already been digitized in the game, it was unlikely to kill such a large Ostrich with one arrow, but if he hit its wings and abdomen, it should significantly damage its mobility, making it hard for it to escape.

Of course, the most important point was that the Ostrich's head was very small, and although its neck was very long, it was also very thin—thinner than its two legs. So, even though he knew the head and neck were vital spots, Xiao Niao had absolutely no confidence in hitting them and could only choose to aim at the torso, which made up the largest part of its body.

After determining his shooting target, Xiao Niao still felt it wasn't secure enough. He carefully released the bowstring with his right hand, held the wooden shaft steel arrow, and slowly extended it horizontally into the air, while also slowly closing both eyes. His strange appearance looked like he was performing some unknown ritual.

Tang Yao whispered: "What is he doing?"

Hu Gualing shook his head and said: "Don't know."

Xiao Niao softly explained: "I am feeling the direction and strength of the wind."

Tang Yao and Hu Gualing were both shocked: !!!

Tang Yao's eyes lit up as she said: "So cool, so cool!"

Hu Gualing also immediately looked at Xiao Niao in a new light: "Professional, too professional. Take your time, don't rush, you must hit it!"

Xiao Niao smiled confidently: With Rank 5 Archery plus the Eagle Eye skill, could he really miss such a huge Ostrich standing still for him to shoot? He could only say, the Ostrich leg you ordered is in the bag.