Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 325 - 311: Try Hard, Come On.

Chapter 325: Chapter 311: Try Hard, Come On.

"*Burp~~~~~~~~*"

Zhang San, patting his distended belly, said to Ximen Jinxing by his side, "I’m really sorry."

Just moments ago, under the persuasion of his four aunties, Zhang San had eaten an entire table full of delicious food.

Zhang San finally understood why Ximen Jinxing was slim and trim, but the four aunties were as sturdy as four stone lions.

Was this a meal meant for one person?

If he hadn’t been practicing his Cultivation Technique to aid digestion while eating, he feared it wouldn’t have been just his inner clothes that burst.

Luckily, the coat was loose-fitting, so after eating, Zhang San changed into a new outfit in Ximen Jinxing’s room.

At the moment, Zhang San, touching his belly that seemed six months pregnant, shook his head and said, "I think I won’t be able to practice archery today. Forget it, I’ll talk about it tomorrow. I should go back and digest a bit first."

Ximen Jinxing also had a face full of embarrassment.

"Zhang San, I am really sorry. My four aunties couldn’t get married, so they just stay at home practicing martial arts every day. It has been a long time since we’ve had guests at home, and I’ve never brought a man back before. So they might have gotten a bit too excited when they met you for the first time. Next time... next time if they pressure you to eat and you can’t eat anymore, just say so."

Zhang San chuckled bitterly and replied, "I wanted to refuse, too! But your auntie said if I couldn’t eat, then I wasn’t a real man! What could I do? I was so desperate... *Burp~~~~~~~~*"

Zhang San felt that even his burp tasted like leeks.

He couldn’t remember which auntie it was, but Ximen Jinxing had advised on the side that eating so much without digesting wasn’t good, and then that auntie personally cooked a pot of stir-fried leeks with eggs.

Three pounds of leeks with three pounds of eggs.

They said that eating leeks, this type of vegetable, could promote gastrointestinal movement and aid digestion.

In his past life, Zhang San had never seen such generous portions even in Northeastern Chinese cuisine!

Ximen Jinxing glanced at Zhang San, thought for a bit, and then said, "Zhang San, you’re practicing archery because you’re wary of Zheng Poyue who might come back to the Capital soon, right?"

Zhang San nodded slightly, careful not to nod too hard, for fear of causing the food filled to his throat to spill out.

"Wait a moment. My grandfather has a treasured bow he has kept for many years. I’ll show it to you, and if you think it’s suitable, you can borrow it. Just wait here, I’ll go get it!"

After Ximen Jinxing left the room, she quickly returned with the treasured bow and some quality arrows from a secret chamber in her father’s study.

"Zhang San, come and give it a try."

Ximen Jinxing opened the box holding the treasured bow. Zhang San saw that inside was a resplendent golden bow.

The shape of the treasured bow resembled a coiled golden dragon, especially around the grip, where countless tiny scales seemed to wind together, with the Sun and Moon Wheels at either end resembling tightened dragon wings.

When Zhang San picked up the bow, what he felt most clearly wasn’t its weight, but a vast and overwhelming Might surging towards him.

Zhang San immediately released his own Martial Might to counter it.

In an instant, a golden dragon phantom seemed to coil around the bow.

Ximen Jinxing, upon seeing this scene, was astounded.

"Zhang San, I saw my grandfather use this treasured bow once when I was a child. When he did, there were golden dragon phantoms around it, too. At that time, I thought he was just showing off in front of me. Now it seems that this is indeed the magic of the treasured bow."

At this time, Zhang San was standing off against the dragon phantom formed by the Might of the treasured bow.

Zhang San found the Might to be much stronger than his own, but even so, he had no intention of giving up.

After all, with this treasured bow, he could better guard against potential life-threatening dangers in the future.

Zhang San gritted his teeth and fully released his Blade Intent into his Might to confront it.

It took Three Moments before the golden dragon phantom on the treasured bow gradually dissipated.

And Zhang San, who had held up the bow for Three Moments, let out a long breath.

"Zhang San, you’ve actually subdued my grandfather’s treasured bow? How about I just give it to you!"

Ximen Jinxing said to Zhang San with a face full of joy.

Although Zhang San’s eyes showed a lot of affection for the treasured bow in his hand, he still shook his head.

"This is the beloved treasure of Principal Officer Ximen; how could I take it from him? I will merely borrow it."

Ximen Jinxing nodded and smiled, "I’ll talk to grandpa. He hardly uses it more than a few times a year anyway. It might as well benefit you!"

Meanwhile, Ximen Shuxiang had just returned to the estate, having received the message brought by the butler.

Upon hearing that Zhang San had come, she went to her daughter’s room and had not come out until now.

Although Ximen Shuxiang was a martial artist who didn’t much like complicated formalities, he couldn’t have his daughter bring a man home for the first time and just let them stay in her boudoir!

Just as Ximen Shuxiang had entered his daughter’s courtyard, he heard two indistinct sentences from the room.

One was something Zhang San said about "How can I take away the treasure loved by Principal Officer Ximen".

Ximen Shuxiang nodded to himself, thinking Zhang San was not bad, knowing that Jin Xiang was his treasure.

But what did he mean by taking away?

This kid isn’t planning to run away with my treasured daughter without proposing marriage, is he?

Although I think highly of you, you can’t just do that, youngster.

And just then, Ximen Shuxiang heard another sentence from Ximen Jinxing.

Because he had been preoccupied with analyzing Zhang San’s words earlier, he hadn’t heard what his daughter had said before, only catching the end phrase, "I might as well give you a good deal."

I might as well give you a good deal?

What does that mean?

Is my daughter planning to give something to Zhang San?

Ximen Shuxiang hid behind the rockery in the courtyard, stealthily gazing towards his daughter’s loft.

He saw that the doors were firmly shut, and the windows as well.

Why are the doors and windows closed tight during broad daylight?

Wait, there’s one window on the first floor that’s open; there should be nothing wrong then.

Meanwhile, in the room, Ximen Jinxing planned to also give Zhang San the arrows that matched the treasured bow, just worried that since it was still her father’s treasure, it wouldn’t be good if other family members saw it.

So Ximen Jinxing walked over to the window, removed the wooden rod supporting it, shut the window properly, and then came back to take out all the arrows that matched the treasured bow from the Storage Ring.

"Here you go."

Zhang San, seeing the row of arrows on the table, all gorgeously gold-forged, with sharp tips and straight shafts, and evenly placed feathers, couldn’t help but exclaim, "So long and beautiful."

At that moment, Ximen Shuxiang, who saw his daughter closing the window from outside, felt a pang of tension.

What do you mean by ’here you go’?

What’s ’so long and beautiful’?

Girl, you didn’t show Zhang San your legs, did you?

Ximen Jinxing was quite upset, but also worried that it wouldn’t look good for him to just barge in.

At that moment, he overheard the conversation of the two inside the room again, but this time the voices of the two people in the room were very low.

"I’ll tell you a secret."

Ximen Jinxing pointed to a bright amber gem embedded in the handle of the treasured bow.

Zhang San had originally thought that this gemstone was embedded for position to grip the handle.

Ximen Jinxing, however, with a mysterious air, deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Touch here."

Zhang San picked up the treasured bow, his left thumb gently touching it.

"Press harder, come on."

Zhang San couldn’t help but feel curious, so he pressed hard on the amber bead.

In a flash, the Sun and Moon Wheels, like dragon wings on the treasured bow, actually began to unfold.

The length of the bow increased, and so did the bowstring by a few inches.

Zhang San knew that a larger bow could shoot farther.

Especially after the Sun and Moon Wheels unfolded, the treasured bow was like a golden eagle with its wings spread, soaring in the sky.

In that moment, Zhang San couldn’t help but marvel, "After opening it, it’s indeed so beautiful."

At this moment, a father eavesdropping in the corner of the courtyard was about to explode!