Yan Liqiang raised his head and saw for the first time what this man who stood above the billions of people in the Han Empire looked like.
The man standing in front of him did not have three heads and six arms, nor did he have red eyebrows and green eyes, nor did he have any divine light to protect him. Although he was no longer young and had some frost on his temples, his face, which had been weathered by the years but had been well-maintained, still showed some of his youthful handsomeness. However, the emperor was still the emperor after all, and the one-of-a-kind dragon robe he wore gave him an air of unpredictable majesty. What impressed Yan Liqiang the most was the man's eyes, which were dark, dignified, and deep. Just by looking into those eyes, Yan Liqiang knew that the man standing in front of him was definitely not a foolish and incompetent person.
The only thing that slightly surprised Yan Liqiang was that he felt that the way the Emperor looked at him seemed... seemed to be too devoted... seemed to be very serious and focused, as if he had hidden some treasure on him.
Yan Liqiang had an idea and wanted to let Nianshe see what the emperor was thinking at this moment, but when he thought about it, there was no feedback from his mind...
This was the first time Yan Liqiang encountered such a situation. Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was already shocked in his heart.
I remember Fu Guang said that the ability of the Mind Snake will only lose its effect in two situations. One situation is that the opponent is carrying something or a treasure that can block the Mind Snake's perception. All things in the world are interdependent and restrained. The ability of the Mind Snake does not work all the time. Some things and wonders of the world can just restrain the ability of the Mind Snake. The simplest one is that if the opponent has a sealed helmet made of cheap lead blocks on his head, the Mind Snake will not be able to sense what the opponent is thinking. Another situation is that the opponent's cultivation has reached a certain level, and there is no thought in his brain, or the speed of consciousness is too fast, like lightning and fire, and the Mind Snake will not work.
I wonder what the emperor's situation is? Yan Liqiang muttered to himself...
"When Sun Qing was in the Imperial Capital, he told me that he brought a young man from Ganzhou named Yan Liqiang. He was gifted, courageous and smart, and a promising talent. On the way to escort him back to the Imperial Capital, he made many contributions. He once killed hundreds of Black Wind Bandits with a single bow and routed their army. He was simply more courageous than ten thousand men. After meeting you today, I found that you are even younger and more promising than I thought!" His Majesty the Emperor looked at Yan Liqiang with a smile.
"Lord Sun was able to come back thanks to the protection of many guards and Brother Liang and others. I was just lucky enough to make a small contribution!" Yan Liqiang said modestly.
"Hahaha, not bad, not bad, not arrogant or impatient. By the way, I heard that you should be 15 years old this year, right?"
"Well, I just turned 15 this year!"
"Fifteen is indeed still young for ordinary people, not yet an adult. However, our Han Empire is blessed with talented people. At the age of 15, Di Longtu was already a general, leading an army of 100,000 to sweep across the Crescent Dynasty and made immortal contributions. In the previous dynasty, Zi Gan was appointed prime minister at the age of fourteen and commanded all officials. Therefore, it is not necessary to be old to have ambitions, and it is not necessary to be sixty to achieve achievements!"
"Thank you for your encouragement, Your Majesty. Di Longtu and Zigan are both outstanding people and heroes of their time. I dare not compare myself with them. I only hope to do my best and live up to the expectations and love of Lord Sun, Eunuch Liu, and Your Majesty!"
His Majesty the Emperor originally thought that Yan Liqiang was young and would inevitably be awkward or rude in his response, but what His Majesty the Emperor did not expect was that Yan Liqiang spoke to him fluently, politely, neither humble nor arrogant, just like a child of a noble family, very decent.
Looking at Yan Liqiang's youthful and tender face, His Majesty the Emperor liked him more and more.
"I heard from Sun Qing that you are good at archery and have natural strength. You have extraordinary abilities in archery. Most people will be exhausted after shooting ten arrows with a strong bow. Sun Qing said that you can shoot a hundred arrows in a row and still be strong. Each arrow is soul-stirring and you can shoot people like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. I have never seen anyone who can shoot a hundred times with a strong bow. I wonder if you can show me today!"
"Your Majesty has given the order, and I will do my best!"
"Good!" The emperor clapped his hands, then looked at the strong bow in his hand that he had just shot an arrow with, his eyes lit up, "This bow weighs twenty stones, and within a thousand meters, it can penetrate stone and gold. Can you pull it open?"
"I can pull it open!" Yan Liqiang glanced at the emperor's horn python bow and smiled slightly.
"Bring the arrows!" said His Majesty the Emperor.
Eunuch Liu beside him immediately smiled and personally brought over three full quivers and placed them in front of Yan Liqiang. "Since His Majesty likes them, Liqiang, you can show them to him. You must make His Majesty satisfied!"
"yes!"
"You don't have to satisfy me, just try your best. How can you force something like this?" His Majesty the Emperor said softly beside him.
"Your Majesty is right. It was I who spoke too much!" Eunuch Liu smiled and patted himself lightly on the face twice. Then he bent his waist and retreated to the back.
Yan Liqiang took the horn python bow from the emperor's hand, just weighed it in his hand, and immediately got the feel for it.
This horn python bow is not one of those displayed in the bow room of the archery range, but was brought by His Majesty the Emperor himself. The entire bow is covered with gorgeous natural patterns like flowing clouds, and it is obviously very valuable at first glance.
"Your Majesty, which target do you want me to shoot at?" Yan Liqiang picked up an arrow, gently placed it on the bowstring, and then asked.
“Just shoot at the targets that I just shot at a hundred feet away…” His Majesty the Emperor said to Yan Liqiang, pointing at several targets in the distance of the archery range.
Five hundred zhang is one thousand five hundred meters. Under the tree there, there stood four archery targets more than one person tall. Each target was more than twenty meters apart, and there was a human figure drawn on the target. Those targets were the farthest ones in the Luyuan Archery Range, and were also close to the maximum range and killing distance of archery on a general battlefield.
If he had just arrived in the Imperial Capital, Yan Liqiang would have thought it was impossible to use a twenty-stone bow. However, these days, under extreme training, his strength increased dramatically every day. Even Yan Liqiang himself was shocked by his own strength. So even if the bow became four times more powerful, it was no problem for Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang raised the bow and took a deep breath. The twenty-stone horn python bow was instantly pulled into a full moon shape by Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang let go of the arrow, and with only a slight whoosh sound, it disappeared without a trace...
And almost at the moment when the arrow flew out, within a few tenths of a second, Yan Liqiang's hands were as fast as lightning, and he pulled the bow into a full moon shape, and another arrow flew out...
At this moment, Yan Liqiang was like a robot on an assembly line, constantly repeating the action of drawing the bow and shooting arrows in the shortest possible time. It was fast, steady, quick, and fierce. Almost within one second, two arrows flew out...
The first arrow was still in the air, not yet reaching the target, the second arrow had already been shot, and the third arrow was already on the bowstring...
In this situation, His Majesty the Emperor and Eunuch Liu could see a magical scene by staring at several targets 1,500 meters away.
Amid the even and dense echoing sound like a typewriter, arrows flew out one after another without interruption. The arrow in front had just hit the target, and the arrow behind followed closely. On the target 1,500 meters away, the flowers of arrow feathers continued to bloom in a fixed rhythm...
At first, neither Eunuch Liu nor the Emperor could see it, but after a few seconds, they were both shocked because on the first target, the blooming arrow flower was like writing, writing two horizontal lines, and then the stroke also appeared...
In just about a minute, the last arrow flew away from Yan Liqiang's hand, and on the four targets 1,500 meters away, the tails of 108 arrows facing the white arrow scales on this side formed four big words - Long live the emperor!
Eunuch Liu was stunned. Although he knew that Yan Liqiang was a good archer, he didn't expect Yan Liqiang to be able to do this. In just one minute, he could fire 108 bows in a row, and his accuracy and strength were not bad at all. If this was a killing on the battlefield, wouldn't Yan Liqiang have killed 108 people in this minute? If these 108 people were cavalrymen, riding rhinoceros horses and rushing towards Yan Liqiang, then in this period of time, wouldn't the enemy not even be able to touch Yan Liqiang and would have been wiped out by Yan Liqiang alone
There are also people among the officers of the Imperial Mabu Division who can shoot with such accuracy and power at this distance. Yan Liqiang is by no means the only one. However, there is probably no one else in the entire Imperial Capital City, no, even in the entire Han Empire, who can use such a strong bow, shoot so many bows in such a short period of time and still maintain such accuracy.
This... this... this is simply a monster...
Yan Liqiang put away his bow, his face was just slightly red, and he said, "Excuse me!"
His Majesty the Emperor's eyes flashed as he stared at the four big characters in the distance. He was stunned for ten seconds before he reacted. Then he immediately gave an order, "Bring those four targets to me!"
As soon as His Majesty the Emperor gave the order, someone quickly carried the four targets 1,500 meters away to the bottom of the arrow gallery.
The four targets were all made of three-foot-thick hardwood and covered with a layer of cloth. After the four targets were brought over, Eunuch Liu and His Majesty took a deep breath again when they looked at them from the side. Each of the 108 arrows shot by Yan Liqiang sunk one foot into the target, and the tails of the arrow shafts that remained outside the target were all flat when viewed from the side. None of the arrows protruded or sunken. The tails of the arrow shafts looked like a neatly harvested field of crops...
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