Chapter 60: Teach

Lu Chuan remained silent, gazing quietly at Li Yanjun before him.

Li Yanjun muttered to himself, seemingly speaking endlessly, yet as if saying nothing at all.

He kept repeating the same phrases.

His eyes were filled with doubt and deep contemplation!

After a long while, Li Yanjun finally snapped back to his senses, looking at Lu Chuan.

"I do not know, I do not know at what point the Great Xia ceased to be the Great Xia. But since it is no longer the Great Xia, then I am free to take far more radical actions!"

As Li Yanjun spoke these words, a strange, brilliant light flickered within his eyes.

Seeing Li Yanjun's expression, Lu Chuan let out a long sigh, realizing that something was not quite right.

Soon after, Li Yanjun seemed to have undergone a profound awakening. He no longer paid attention to what Lu Chuan had said, but instead continued to articulate his own insights endlessly, as if he had finally managed to push open the gates to a brand new world.

Meanwhile, Lu Chuan sat there with a sense of helpless resignation, listening intently.

When it was all over, Li Yanjun stood up, bowed deeply to Lu Chuan, and continued: "Many thanks, Brother Chuan. Had it not been for you, I fear I would have remained trapped in this maze of bewilderment for who knows how long!"

"To save the Great Xia, or to save the world—fundamentally, these are two entirely different propositions. And since they are entirely different propositions, it follows that their answers are completely different as well!"

"I, Yanjun, was foolish, actually imagining them to be the same problem all this time."

"It is precisely because of this that I remained trapped within it. Today, I have finally awakened from this dream. All of this is entirely thanks to Brother Chuan; had it not been for you, I might have continued to sink and drown in this dream for the rest of my life!"

Li Yanjun seemed to have found the ultimate truth of existence. He stood up, bowed deeply once more to Lu Chuan, and then strode away with a bold and unrestrained gait.

Watching Li Yanjun leave, Lu Chuan was at a loss for words for a moment, and could only scratch his head with a helpless smile.

Su Ruan walked in.

"Master, what on earth is wrong with him? Why does he seem so overexcited? It's as if he drank fake wine!" Su Ruan asked with a puzzled expression.

Lu Chuan did not know how to respond for a moment, and awkwardly pinched the bridge of his nose. "Rest assured, there is nothing wrong."

"We are heading into the mountains tomorrow," Su Ruan asked with a hint of worry. "Yet we only have one bow!"

"Don't worry, it's enough. Besides, we will have another bow very soon," Lu Chuan said.

Su Ruan asked with a curious tilt of her head, "The second bow—do you not plan to craft it yourself, Master?"

"Indeed!" Lu Chuan nodded. "Crafting it myself is naturally the best option, but it takes far too long, and the required materials are not something I can find overnight. I happen to have found a rather promising bow blank. If I can get my hands on it, I should be able to forge a bow of decent quality!"

"A bow blank like that must cost quite a bit of money, right?" Su Ruan asked, her curiosity piqued.

Born into a family of military generals, she naturally possessed an extraordinary understanding of all sorts of weapons from a very young age.

"Rest assured, I am ten percent confident in this weapon!"

That night, the cold evening air was tinged with a bewitching and charming allure. The rising and falling notes of light, lingering sounds stretched the otherwise ordinary night into something exceptionally pleasant.

The next morning, the crowing of roosters rang out.

With a trace of exhaustion in his eyes, Lu Chuan opened them with helpless resignation.

It is no wonder that history has seen so many tyrannical rulers. Given the choice, who would not wish to linger a while longer in the warmth of the quilt? Who would not wish to stay just a moment longer in the embrace of their wife?

Yet alas, there were no choices.

Upon waking, Lu Chuan stretched his limbs and gently soothed the two fair beauties nestled in his arms. Then, he got up and began practicing his boxing in the mist.

Sun Laizi followed closely by Lu Chuan's side.

After the boxing practice concluded, Chen Miaomia prepared breakfast.

Once they finished eating, Lu Chuan took Su Ruan and headed deep into the mountains.

The snow in the mountains was thick, and the chilling wind still swept relentlessly across the landscape.

With a tranquil expression in his eyes, Lu Chuan soon arrived at the small riverbank he had scouted earlier.

At this moment, the riverbank appeared exceptionally serene and secluded.

"Master!" Su Ruan exclaimed in surprise. "Did you discover this place? If we can guard this spot, I daresay we won't lack for meat the entire winter. Animals always need to drink water during the winter months, so as long as we wait here—"

Lu Chuan shook his head slightly.

"The temperature is still manageable now, but once the weather gets colder, this place will certainly freeze over," Lu Chuan said with a helpless sigh. "As a hunter, one must never limit their hunting grounds to a single location!"

"Do you see that?" Lu Chuan pointed at a wild pheasant drinking water by the river. "Shoot it!"

With this command, a look of astonishment flashed across Su Ruan's eyes. "From this far away?"

"Yes!"

"No matter the circumstances, as a hunter, you may not always have the ideal timing and opportunity to kill your prey. You must seize the most suitable moment within your grasp!"

"Once you enter the mountains, much of what you learned on the battlefield is, in many respects, no longer applicable!"

"You may not always get the chance to close in, and these preys will not stand around like soldiers waiting for your arrows to arrive!"

"Their behavior lacks the logic of soldiers; all their behavioral logic is based solely on survival!"

Lu Chuan explained step by step while simultaneously instructing Su Ruan.

Su Ruan listened with rapt attention, then drew her bow and notched an arrow, aiming directly at the wild pheasant drinking by the riverbank.

With a sudden release of her fingers, the bowstring twanged.

The arrow shot forward almost instantaneously, hurtling toward the pheasant.

"I missed!" Su Ruan shook her head in vexation the moment the arrow left the bow.

Judging by the trajectory of the arrow in mid-air, Su Ruan could be virtually certain that her shot would not hit the target.

*Swish!*

Ultimately, the arrow struck the ground close to the wild pheasant.

Startled, the pheasant fluttered its wings and rapidly fled into the distance.

"Master, I'm sorry!" Su Ruan said with a look of shame. "If it were you, that pheasant would never have been able to escape!"

"You did quite well!" Lu Chuan looked at Su Ruan before him and nodded approvingly. "We were at least a hundred paces away from that pheasant, and your deviation was well within a reasonable margin."