This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the English poet William Butler Yeats. In this poem, a young man named William asks the young poet to stop aiming at his butt. The young man replies that he's not trying to hurt the poet's butt, but that he wants to know how stinky the poet was to him when he met him. The poet replies that his archery skills are incredible, and that he would have been killed several times if he were fighting on the battlefield. But now, he says, two arrows are coming at him again, and he can't take them anymore. This time, the arrows are even stronger, and the young man thinks that it's Senior Luo Kedi who's using the power of the heavenly power to help him dodge the arrows. He says that if he can learn to dodge just one arrow, he'll teach him next time, and if he doesn't, he won't be able to pass the exam. He's passed the exam already, and now he can dodge three arrows. This is so impressive that he thinks that he has passed the test, and wants to make a deal with the poet to keep it secret. But the poet is afraid of embarrassment, so he says that he will tell no one about what happened, and will let the boy pass
This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the English poet William Butler Yeats. In this poem, a young man named William asks the young poet to stop aiming at his butt. The young man replies that he's not trying to hurt the poet's butt, but that he wants to know how stinky the poet was to him when he met him. The poet replies that his archery skills are incredible, and that he would have been killed several times if he were fighting on the battlefield. But now, he says, two arrows are coming at him again, and he can't take them anymore. This time, the arrows are even stronger, and the young man thinks that it's Senior Luo Kedi who's using the power of the heavenly power to help him dodge the arrows. He says that if he can learn to dodge just one arrow, he'll teach him next time, and if he doesn't, he won't be able to pass the exam. He's passed the exam already, and now he can dodge three arrows. This is so impressive that he thinks that he has passed the test, and wants to make a deal with the poet to keep it secret. But the poet is afraid of embarrassment, so he says that he will tell no one about what happened, and will let the boy pass