I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 9 A Step Away

As soon as the saintess opened her eyes, she saw Li Mosi teaching her son to draw a bow and nock an arrow.

In her daze, an idea popped into her head.

The short hunting bow, carved from oak and so simple it resembled a bent stick, surprisingly suited the goblin's physique quite well.

wrong!

The saint shook her head, trying to clear her mind.

This man actually taught goblins how to use a bow and arrow?!

But goblins aren't wild beasts... or is that not right?

These two goblins can speak human language and even cast spells.

Beasts that can speak human language and use magic... Could these goblins be considered on par with griffins?

That's even more wrong!

"Master, is this a bow?"

The old goblin squinted at the short hunting bow in Zi Yi's hand.

"right."

Li Mosi nodded to the old goblin, just as Zi Yi released the bowstring.

puff.

A soft sound rang out, and the practice arrow was deflected.

Because Zi Yi had just randomly pulled the bow, the practice arrow only bounced a few meters away like a child's toy.

But these few meters are the limit for a goblin to throw a spear barehanded.

"Wow."

Zi Yi stared blankly at the practice arrows on the ground, and the old goblin looked over as well.

Then both the old man and the child looked at Li Mosi.

But Li Mosi didn't look at the arrow; he looked at Zi Yi's fingers.

Although goblins have claws, they also have five fingers.

Ziyi just used the pinch-shooting method common in primitive tribes, which is a more instinctive way of shooting arrows.

However, this technique makes it difficult to draw the bow fully or to draw a strong bow.

If there are thumb-mounted braces available, they could be converted to thumb-mounted ones.

But not now.

Li Mosi didn't say much. He called on the system in his mind and exchanged for a copy of "The Archery Classic (Introduction)".

[Five Constants Points - 20]

This book, "The Art of Archery (Introduction)," is equivalent to five sets of the Four Treasures of the Study (writing brush, ink stick, inkstone, and paper), and is very expensive.

But Li Moss must redeem it.

Although he had played with bows and arrows, they were not solid wooden bows, nor short hunting bows, and they had thumb guards.

His experience alone is not enough to teach Ziyi.

The next moment, under the gaze of the three people inside the cave, Li Mosi reached her hand into the apron at her chest.

The saintess instinctively widened her eyes again.

Then, Li Mosi pulled out a book that was slightly larger than the palm of her hand.

The book cover has several large characters printed on it.

Archery Classic (Introduction)

There is another line of smaller text below.

[Full-color, illustrated, pinyin early education edition]

"?"

Upon seeing the small print below, Li Mosi's eyes widened.

This book is quite good. It has the same thick, hard cover as the Twenty-Four Histories, and the cover shows a majestic man wearing a black and red robe and a crown, drawing a recurve bow to its full extent.

The man's eyes were sharp; anyone would have thought that someone would die if this arrow were shot.

Li Mosi casually flipped through the entire book.

It really does contain simplified Chinese characters with pinyin and annotations, as well as color illustrations.

If you don't consider the content, it's fine to use it for early childhood education.

Moreover, the paper inside was actually coated paper.

Absolutely top-notch hardcover edition.

Twenty points were well spent.

However, the book is not very thick, and it does only cover introductory content.

But it's enough.

Li Mosi opened the book and placed it on the stone table. She looked up and called to Zi Yi, "Come here, Zi Yi, I'll teach you how to shoot arrows."

Following the diagram, Li Mosi instructed Zi Yi to assume a standard archery stance at one end of the cave.

"Stand sideways to the target, just face the haystack at the other end, feet parallel, shoulder-width apart... bring your feet in a little."

"Don't grip the bow like you're holding a stick. Use the space between your thumb and forefinger, right here, to push the bow and keep it in front."

"Use these three fingers to draw the string, and don't trap the arrow too tightly."

"Don't shrug, relax."

The basic archery stance isn't difficult to master; the challenge lies in instantly assuming a combat stance.

"Don't be too nervous if it's your first time using a bow. You don't need to draw it all the way."

Zi Yi slowly drew back the bow, while Li Mosi directed him while looking at the illustrations in the book.

"When you shoot, remember to keep pushing the bow outwards with your hand holding the bow, and keep extending the string backwards with your hand holding the bowstring."

Zi Yi drew the bow about halfway, then turned to Li Mosi with some nervousness: "Master, is this correct?"

Li Mosi glanced at his posture.

Just like in the book, no problem.

Although it was only halfway opened, the target was just a haystack.

"Let's do it."

call out.

The blunt-tipped practice arrow was officially fired, and under everyone's watchful eyes, the arrowhead sank steadily into the haystack.

Li Mosi walked over.

About twenty steps.

With a light shot, the attack range exceeded that of the goblin's unarmed spear throw.

click, click, click...

The old goblin quickly walked to the haystack, looked at the training arrows that were more than half submerged, and reached out to pull them out.

He had just seen Li Mosi's number of steps.

Compared to a spear, this randomly fired arrow travels ten paces farther.

These ten steps represent double the attack range.

The old goblin stared at the training arrow in his hand, looked it up and down, and nodded slightly.

"Okay, okay."

Li Mosi couldn't understand the old goblin's soft squeaks. He only watched as Zi Yi walked to the stone table and looked at the open "Archery Manual (Introduction)".

Ziyi put down his bow and arrow, and curiously pointed to the contents of the book, asking, "Master, what are these square drawings?"

He felt it was somewhat similar to the stone carvings his father had made before.

However, the gap is quite large.

These individual small squares are clearly more exquisite.

The book also contains very exquisite portraits. Although they are wearing clothes that Zi Yi doesn't recognize and their appearances are different from the humans Zi Yi has ever seen, they are still understandable.

He couldn't understand square drawings.

Faced with his disciple's curious gaze, Li Mo pondered for a moment.

When you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity.

He began by saying, "These are Chinese characters, also known as sacred pictographic script, which evolved from pictographs."

As he spoke, Li Mosi drew a small picture of a wound-up recurve bow.

"Look, this is a better bow. This is how it looks when it's strung and shown to others."

He then wrote the character "弓" (bow).

"This is the 'bow' character in sacred pictorial writing; it's pronounced 'gong'."

"gong?"

Zi Yi's gaze lingered between the small image of the recurve bow and the character for "bow".

He was deeply shocked.

How could it be simplified like this?

Zi Yi looked at Li Mosi: "Master, I want to learn this sacred pictographic script!"

What "sacred pictographic writing"?

Upon hearing this word, the saintess, whose mind was gradually becoming hazy, was instantly awakened and looked at the master and disciple beside the stone table.

The word "sacred" is not something that can be used casually!

This prefix, whether used for people, time, place, or objects, represents the highest recognition from the Church of Light.

But she was absolutely certain that she had never heard of this "sacred pictographic script" before!

Looking at the rectangular prism on the table, which was the size of a book but had the outline of a stone brick, the saintess was puzzled.

Is this craftsman a heretic?

You helped your disciple understand written language.

[Unlock by exchanging support materials - "The Book of Documents (Introduction)"]

If we want to take civilization a step further, we must learn to write.

But time is of the essence now, and Li Mosi doesn't have time to teach her son.

If you can store enough food, you can learn whatever you want in winter.

"Learning to write requires a lot of free time, so let's tackle the immediate problem first."

As Li Mosi spoke, she stood a haystack upright and pushed it toward the entrance of the cave.

As he pushed towards the cave entrance, he happened to meet the gaze of the saintess.

He saw the saintess's eyes change from blank and bewildered to angry and glaring in an instant.

"Hmm!"