Chapter 43 (1/2)
“Is it him?”
“…got it. After all, Su Xue’er is the only legitimate granddaughter of the Su family, and she will eventually know about that secret. We can’t let that young fellow interact with her anymore.”
“What should I do? Should I find a few brainless aristocratic bums and make it look like an unintentional fight of sorts?”
“That’s right. Once those bums act rashly, nobody can control them, and they would actually get things done easily.”
“The Federation belongs to us, the nine magistrates, after all. So what if he’s the president’s godson…”
The voices slowly faded out.
…
Gu Qingshan looked around him and took a look at the way the archery range was setup.
There were 20 lanes, side by side. Some people were standing in front of the lanes and practicing their aim.
Some of them had coaches standing next to them to correct their posture and guide them on the techniques.
The staff noticed what he was looking at and asked, “Do you need anybody to help with archery techniques? All our coaches are professionals.”
“Ah, no, I don’t need anybody.”
“Are you using your own bow or are you using the club’s?”
“I’m using my own.”
Gu Qingshan replied as he pulled Night Rain out from the bow case on his back.
“I’ll start practicing then.”
“Please, go ahead.”
He didn’t dare to use any Spirit Power at all. Gu Qingshan just casually took an arrow out and shot it.
BOOM!
The target board that was 50 meters away exploded into a few pieces, and there was even a small hole in the wall behind the target board.
The entire archery range fell silent.
“What happened?”
“A bomb?”
“No, I think there’s a problem with the target board.”
Many people looked over and wondered what was going on as they murmured among themselves.
All of them were aristocrats, so even if something happened, they wouldn’t become panicky.
The two staff members standing next to Gu Qingshan were completely bewildered.
“I’m so sorry, I think I’d better use the club’s bow,” Gu Qingshan quickly said.
One of the staff members barely managed to convince herself by saying that this man here was of high standing and it was only normal for him to be different from other people. She said, “No problem. Do you want to share the lane with other people or would you prefer to have your own private lane?”
“Private lane, please,” replied Gu Qingshan after considering it for a while.
She replied, “First-time rental of our bows will cost 800 credit points. A private lane will cost 1,000 credit points per hour.”
“Sure.”
Gu Qingshan finally quietly breathed a sigh of relief after he watched the two staff walk away with strange looks on their faces.
Night Rain was too powerful a bow. If he used Spirit Power, then it would become invisible and would also erase the user’s presence at the same time.
Gu Qingshan had taken all these things into consideration earlier already. So to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, Gu Qingshan didn’t use any Spirit Power at all and only used 3% of his usual strength.
In the end, the target board had exploded into pieces even though it was something that could take tremendous pressure.
After he put Night Rain away, Gu Qingshan picked the leftmost lane and waited for the staff to set up everything for him.
After a while, the staff members brought three bows over.
“Please try these out.”
Gu Qingshan picked up each bow and weighed it in his hands. He eventually decided on the heaviest one.
“I’ll use this one,” he told the staff.
“No problem. Have fun!” The staff members then politely left him.
Now he could finally start practicing.
He just had to be careful about how much strength he used.
Gu Qingshan pulled out one of the club’s arrows. He only used 10% of his strength and lightly released the arrow.
Everything went on normally.
Gu Qingshan took out another arrow, pulled the bow back, and released his hand.
The arrow shot out like a flash of light.
Gu Qingshan breathed a small sigh of relief and continued shooting arrows.
After half an hour, he had finished shooting two quivers worth of arrows.
But he felt uncomfortable somehow…