Circle of Inevitability

Chapter 18: Commander Huo Chen

Commander Huo Chen

Xue Bai second arrow hit the first layer, but since his mother said the third layer, he kept shooting until he made it, which didn't take very long as after his fourth try, he hit it, albeit barely.

Li Rou seeing this, couldn't keep a calm face and had her pride whittled away from witnessing her son visibly improve after every shot. So after he landed it in the third layer, she stopped him and called it for the day.

Her pride needed some rest.

Though he was slightly still unwilling, Xue Bai gave the bow and arrow back to his mother and returned to his courtyard to bathe and rest.

Xue Bai continued his archery training for the next nine months until it was a year exactly.

During this time, he had grown tremendously under his mother. So much so that it scared Li Rou, but she still kept the illusion that Xue Bai was average to stimulate his growth.

However, though he had become a great archer, his passion didn't lie in archery. So after the anniversary, Xue Bai planned to ask his mother again to let him practice swordsmanship.

A year later, Xue Bai would turn eight years old, but while he aged a year, he didn't look any different from a year ago besides his hair growing longer and him growing a few more centimeters.

Now 15 centimeters taller at 1.25 meters tall, Xue Bai once again stood in the archery field wearing a slightly modified version of the practice robe he had a year ago.

After Li Rou gave Xue Bai his first practice robes, he realized that he didn't like them whatsoever, especially whenever he shot an arrow.

So after throwing away that robe, he asked his mother to make him a different set of robes.

The set asked for was basically the same as his previous tight-fitting all-black training outfit, except for the fact that this set didn't have sleeves.

Whenever he would shoot arrows, Xue Bai found it more comfortable not to have sleeves.

And since Li Rou was a very good tailor, she easily modified the robes to Xue Bai's liking.

"Mother, I want to learn swordsmanship from Father. I will still continue to practice archery, but I always have planned to follow in my father's footsteps, and archery was only something to assist and not my main path." Xue Bai spoke calmly and firmly

If he were indecisive or sounded weak, his mother would say no. So he spoke as he did.

Looking at her son, who was trying to look strong and manly, Li Rou giggled.

"Why do you want to learn swordsmanship? Your talent in archery is already heaven-defying. What if you have no talent with the sword, and you end up wasting your time?" Li Rou asked with a tilted head.

Sure, it was customary for a boy to follow in his father's footsteps and for a girl to follow her mother, but Xue Bai already had incredible talent in archery. So while it would be unorthodox, Xue Bai's talent more than made up for it.

"Using the sword is cooler than archery!" Xue Bai replied seriously.

"..." Li Rou had no words. What other words would she expect from an eight-year-old?

And she had foolishly been thinking only a year ago that an old fossil had taken over her son's body.

"Go tell your father about this. I don't know anything about swordsmanship. Also, if he asks about my opinion, tell him you have my consent." Not knowing how to respond, Li Rou just waved off Xue Bai.

"Thank you, mother!" Xue Bai ran off almost instantly.

Xue Bai had long been tired of the bland and desolate training field. In the past year, he had been in here for hours at the minimum and at the higher end, almost ten hours a day.

Now all he wanted was a break from this place.

After he ran out of the training field, rather than going straight to his father, Xue Bai first went to his room, planning to take a quick bath.

Right now, he was still sweaty from his training, his clothes were sticking to him like glue, and he was feeling beyond uncomfortable.

Entering his courtyard, Xue Bai called the nearby Xiao'er to prepare a bath for him while he went into his closet to get a towel and a change of clothes.

From his time as an ALS patient, Xue Bai became used to people bathing him. So right after his transmigration, he usually let Xiao'er bathe him.

But once he realized that he was a young, energetic boy with a fully functional body, he became apprehensive about it and started to rid the maid of her duties and started bathing himself.

After he got his change of clothes, Xue Bai entered the small bathhouse in his courtyard and slowly poured in the mixture his mother gave him.

And after stirring the green mixture in his bathtub with a basin, the once clear blue water slowly dyed green.

The mixture in the bottle was the same medicinal herb that Li Rou concocted a year ago to help him recover quicker while also strengthening his physique.

While he couldn't cultivate yet, having a stronger body would always help. And the herbs were also painless to absorb.

In fact, the medicinal effects from the herbs were so easy to absorb Xue Bai could take a nap mid-bath and still absorb all the medicine. Which he usually did and planned to do now.

So after a quick name, Xue Bai woke up refreshed and feeling even stronger than he was earlier. Hopping out of the tub, Xue Bai quickly changed into a new set of clothes before leaving for his father's office to ask about his swordsmanship training.

However, once he reached his father's office and went inside, he found it to be empty.

Thinking he was in a meeting with the commanders, Xue Bai walked out of the office and over to the main hall only to find that vacant as well. Confused, Xue Bai gave up on

Excited, Xue Bai left to call the man over, but since he didn't know where he was or he lived, Xue Bai found a nearby guard and relayed his mother's command.

And very quickly, Commander Huo arrived.

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