"How many stones of bow do you want?" The coquettish old man in a white robe had walked out of the pavilion, came in front of Yan Liqiang, and asked Yan Liqiang a question.
"I'll use a ten-stone bow!" Yan Liqiang said calmly.
"Ji An!" the old man in white robe called softly.
As soon as the voice fell, an old servant who was also over sixty years old came out from the nearby monastery, came to the old man in white robes, bowed, and said, "The old servant is here!"
"Bring two ten-stone bows and a pot of arrows!"
"yes!"
The old servant returned to the nearby monastery in a blink of an eye, and after a short while, he came out with two bows and a pot of arrows.
The two bows were both horn python bows, one was dark yellow all over, and the other was crimson all over. The bow handles had the unique luster and patterns of horn python bows. Yan Liqiang knew at a glance that the two horn python bows were much more advanced in workmanship and texture than the five-stone horn python bow he had used before. They were obviously the best among the horn python bows.
"Pick one at your leisure!" The old man in white robe smiled and let Yan Liqiang choose first.
"No need, they are all the same!" Yan Liqiang picked up the dark yellow horn python bow and pulled out three arrows from the quiver. "Where are we going to compete?"
"It's over there!" The old man in white robe pointed to the west of the bamboo forest, "There's an open space there, we can just walk over there!"
"Okay! Senior, please..."
The old man in white robe took a bow and walked directly to the place he pointed without any hesitation. Yan Liqiang followed behind him. In just a short while, the two of them passed through the gravel path in the bamboo forest and came to the open space that the old man in white robe mentioned. The open space was a vast grassland that was a hundred meters long. It was perfect for making bets and competing.
Seeing the old man in white robe standing still, Yan Liqiang walked directly to the other side. When the two sides were about 50 meters away, he stopped suddenly, then stuck the two arrows in his hand into the grass and looked at the old man in white robe, "Senior, are you ready?"
"I'm ready, you can do it anytime!"
Just as Yan Liqiang walked over, the old man had already taken an arrow handed to him by the old servant named Ji An.
After handing over the arrow, the old servant Ji An stepped aside and watched the fight between the two sides in silence with an expressionless face.
Yan Liqiang glanced at the old man in white robe, took a deep breath, and then instantly, his eyes focused. In less than 0.1 second, he had already put the arrow on the bowstring, and then he loosened his hand and shot the arrow out...
A distance of about 50 meters is the range where the bow and arrow can exert the greatest power and have the highest speed.
An arrow shot from a ten-stone strong bow is enough to easily penetrate iron armor at this distance.
For this first arrow, Yan Liqiang only pulled the bow 70% of the way. What Yan Liqiang aimed at was the torn white hem of the old man in white robe. Anyway, the old man in white robe said that as long as Yan Liqiang's arrow touched the corner of his clothes, he would lose. So Yan Liqiang's target was not the person, but the clothes. Yan Liqiang was also worried that if he really aimed at the old man's head and body, the old man surnamed Ji would be too pretentious or perform poorly, and he would be killed by his arrow accidentally, then this matter would not end well.
The arrow shot by Yan Liqiang was like lightning, and the angle was a bit tricky, it was diagonally downward, not in a straight line, and it was so fast that it was difficult to catch with the naked eye. But just when the arrow tore through the space and was halfway shot...
A crisp sound of "Dang..." spread throughout the quiet bamboo forest in an instant.
impossible…
Yan Liqiang almost screamed, because at that moment, he saw a streak of sparks as the iron arrowheads of the two arrows collided at high speed in the air, and then the two arrows sank deep into the ground in the grass next to them.
If Yan Liqiang had not seen it with his own eyes, he would hardly have believed that a person's archery skills could reach such a level.
“Next, just do your best…” The old man in the white robe smiled slightly and took another arrow handed to him by the old servant next to him.
Yan Liqiang picked up an arrow from the ground, put it on the bowstring, took a deep breath, and instantly pulled the ten-stone bow into a full moon shape - if Yan Liqiang had only used seven-tenths of the power of the ten-stone horn python bow before, then this full-moon-shaped horn python bow had already unleashed the maximum potential of the entire bow.
The bow was bent into a full moon shape, but Yan Liqiang lowered the arrow slightly, with a solemn look on his face. Then Yan Liqiang roared, and his body and arms turned at lightning speed. During the rotation, the arrow's aiming direction had quietly changed, from low to high, from aiming at the hem of the old man's robe to aiming at the bun on the top of his head. At the same time, using this rapid rotation, Yan Liqiang had applied a huge centrifugal force to the arrow...
The arrow flew out again!
Compared to the first arrow, the second arrow was faster, more powerful, and more concealed. Most importantly, in that one turn, Yan Liqiang had already displayed a unique skill that he had never shown in front of ordinary people.
The arrow was shot from the bow in Yan Liqiang's hand, as well as from his body and hand. The arrow was both an arrow and a hidden weapon. It had the power of the fourth level of Yan Liqiang's archery skills, as well as the ninth level of hidden weapon skills and strength that Yan Liqiang had cultivated. The combination of archery and hidden weapon skills that Yan Liqiang had cultivated was a killer move that he had slowly figured out over the past few days, and a way to save his life at critical moments.
After the arrow was shot out, it went straight towards the bun of the old man in white robe, and almost at the same time, the old man in white robe also opened his bow...
However, when Yan Liqiang's arrow was halfway through shooting, the arrow suddenly changed direction, the arrowhead sank suddenly, and shot towards the hem of the white robe of the old man in white robe...
Just when Yan Liqiang thought that this arrow would never miss, he saw the arrow shot by the old man in white robe also sink in the air, drawing a strange curve in the air...
"when… "
There was another crisp sound and a streak of sparks appeared in the sky...
Yan Liqiang was stunned. "How...how is this possible?"
The old man in white robe looked at Yan Liqiang and smiled. "The arrow you shot is no longer an arrow, but a hidden weapon and an arrow combined into one. It is absolutely ingenious. However, it is not difficult to break your arrow. If you can transform, so can I!"
Yan Liqiang swallowed his saliva and said, "Senior... Senior, how did you do it
"The art of plucking feathers in archery is just a trivial skill. Have you heard of it? If you want to learn it, I can teach you!" The old man in white robe looked at Yan Liqiang with a smile.
The art of plucking feathers? Yan Liqiang had never heard of it before. The old man's archery skills were far beyond his own. After shooting the second arrow, Yan Liqiang did not shoot the third arrow, because the third arrow could not surpass the second arrow. He had tried his best, but the old man remained calm.
Thinking of this, Yan Liqiang no longer hesitated. He was convinced and walked directly to the old man, knelt on the ground, touched his forehead to the ground, and kowtowed to the old man three times, "Yan Liqiang greets the master!"
The old man in the white robe laughed loudly, pulled Yan Liqiang up from the ground, looked him up from head to toe, and said with satisfaction, "My name is Ji Xiaoyao, you must remember it!"
"I've got it!" Yan Liqiang nodded, unable to suppress his excitement. "I wonder when did Master teach me that amazing archery skill just now?"
"Don't worry about that for now. Let me ask you first, what do you think is the one thing you must learn before you can draw the bow in order to learn Kyudo and archery?" Ji Xiaoyao asked.
Yan Liqiang was stunned for a moment. He scratched his head and said, "This... Do I need to train my strength first before I can draw the bow?"
"Wrong!" Ji Xiaoyao shook his head, looking serious. "Kyudo arrows are the ability to kill enemies from a hundred or even a thousand steps away. Being able to keep a distance from the enemy at all times is the first choice for practicing Kyudo. Before you learn to kill people with a bow, the first thing you have to learn is not to draw the bow, but to run away. Even if someone stronger than you finds you, they will never be able to catch up with you or aim at you. This is the primary skill of Kyudo practice. This is just like if you want to hit someone, you must first learn to be hit. This is a truth..."
"So what do you mean, Master?"
"If you want to learn how to shoot a bow, you must first learn how to run!" Ji Xiaoyao said firmly.
(End of this chapter)