The moment the copper coin fell from high above and made a sound on the stone slab, it bounced up again. Before the copper coin could fall again, the moment the sound came, the two guards of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already taken action...
The man who chose the thirty-stone horn python bow was on the left side of Yan Liqiang. He moved, bent his body, and slid out along the ground. While hiding his body, he pulled the horn python bow in his hand and shot a sharp arrow at Yan Liqiang...
The other person who chose the Thirty-Five Stone Horn Python Bow suddenly jumped up, his feet flying, and ran directly on the wall behind him, with his body parallel to the ground. Then, while running quickly, he shot an arrow at Yan Liqiang.
Although the arrows used in this blind competition had no arrowheads and even had the heads of the arrow shafts wrapped in cotton cloth, under the effect of the strong bow, at a distance of fifty steps, if the arrows with huge kinetic energy were to hit someone, the huge impact force on the arrow shaft would definitely be no less than a heavy punch from a master, and if it hit someone, it might still cause serious injuries...
The sharp sounds of the two arrows breaking through the air as they flew towards Yan Liqiang instantly raised the concentration of the onlookers to the climax.
The two arrows shot towards Yan Liqiang from the left and right, but Yan Liqiang still stood quietly, without moving or raising the bow. The two arrows, one flew past three steps to the left of Yan Liqiang, and the other flew past three steps to the right of Yan Liqiang, and both missed.
The Crown Prince's expression changed. The two arrows shot by his guards to open the door were impeccable in terms of timing and coordination. If Yan Liqiang had moved at the beginning, whether he moved to the left or the right, he would have been hit by the two arrows. However, what no one expected was that after the blind competition began, Yan Liqiang actually stood there, so calmly, like a stone statue, not moving at all. Naturally, the two arrows that were planned missed...
Is this Yan Liqiang's bad luck or is he confident
"What? Is this all you can do? I'm standing here without moving, and you can't shoot me?" Yan Liqiang spoke with his eyes blindfolded, a smile on his lips.
Hearing Yan Liqiang's words, the faces of the two archery masters who were competing blindly with Yan Liqiang distorted. They roared angrily, and the one who chose the Thirty-Five Stone Horn Python Bow suddenly jumped up in the air and shot two arrows at Yan Liqiang with one bow.
The other person who chose the thirty-stone horn python bow suddenly slid underground, and his body made a 360-degree turn on the spot, pulling the horn python bow to its full length, and shot two arrows at Yan Liqiang...
In an instant, four arrows shot towards Yan Liqiang from four directions like meteors.
"Thunder..." There was a loud bang in the air. Just when all the onlookers thought that Yan Liqiang was hit by an arrow, their expressions froze, because Yan Liqiang stretched out a hand, a gentle, delicate and fair hand, raised in front of him, and in Yan Liqiang's hand, there were four arrows. From beginning to end, Yan Liqiang did not move a step. The four arrows in his hands were unstoppable just now, but at this moment, like the weeds growing on Yan Liqiang's palm, they had lost their vitality.
impossible!
The Crown Prince's guards who were watching on both sides had their eyes popped out of their heads, and were all stunned. Arrows shot by a master of archery using a strong bow weighing dozens of stones, at such a close distance, if a person could catch one of them with his eyes open, he would be proud of himself and awe-inspiring, and could be said to be a true master. But Yan Liqiang could actually catch four arrows at the same time with his eyes blindfolded. This was simply challenging the limits of human beings!
You have to know that the four arrows were shot from two different bows at different distances and angles. The power, speed, and angle of the four arrows were slightly different. Being able to catch them all in a single wave of his hand was like Yan Liqiang being able to accurately grasp all the subtle differences of the arrows in a split second even with his eyes closed. What kind of judgment and perception is this? Damn, is this still a human
"Just a little bit off, too slow..." Yan Liqiang shook his head and exerted a little force with his hands. The four arrows in his hands were broken with a snap. As soon as he opened his hands, the broken arrows fell to the ground.
From the beginning till now, the two archery masters beside His Royal Highness had been changing all kinds of tricks and shooting two rounds with all kinds of gorgeous postures, a total of six arrows, while Yan Liqiang had not moved from beginning to end, nor did he raise his bow, just standing there, without moving an inch. In a moment, the attacks of the masters beside His Royal Highness had disappeared into thin air. Even those who did not understand archery, seeing such a scene, knew that in such a blind competition, the gap in strength between the two sides was simply a world of difference. In fact, there was no need to continue such a competition. Even if others stood in front of you and asked you to shoot, you would not be able to hit them. What was the point of such a blind competition...
The Crown Prince's expression changed several times. Just when he was about to call for a halt to the competition, the two masters competing with Yan Liqiang roared together, stood still, exhaled, drew their bows, and shot two arrows at Yan Liqiang...
Of these four arrows, two were aimed at the lower part, three inches below the knees of Yan Liqiang's left and right feet, and the other two were aimed at the upper part, at Yan Liqiang's left and right shoulders. The two archery masters beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not believe that Yan Liqiang could still stay in place and dissolve their attacks under such circumstances. It didn't matter if they lost this blind competition, but if the two bows in their hands could not even make Yan Liqiang move his feet, they would not have the face to hang around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...
Yan Liqiang's feet remained still, but the dragon-shaking bow in his hand moved. At this moment, Yan Liqiang's eyes were full of lightning, and his whole demeanor was extremely powerful, like the reincarnation of a god. Yan Liqiang was empty-handed, without an arrow, and pulled the bowstring...
"Open..." Yan Liqiang shouted.
The entire Zhaowu Courtyard exploded instantly...
The four arrows shot at Yan Liqiang shattered in the air, as if they were hit by invisible arrows, and the eye masks of the two archery masters opposite Yan Liqiang also shattered at once, as if they were cut by a sharp blade, mixed with a few strands of hair on the heads of the two archery masters, and fell from the faces of the two people and fell to the ground. In the middle of the two people's foreheads, there was a two-inch long shallow blood line, which was slowly getting bigger, cutting the skin on the foreheads of the two people, revealing a fresh wound, one drop, two drops, three drops... More and more blood rolled down from the foreheads of the two people, and their faces were covered with blood.
Until this moment, the copper coin thrown on the ground by the prince bounced twice before finally stopping, and this blind competition was over...
The two masters beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince began to become petrified, and slowly, their bodies began to tremble.
“This is… turning Qi into arrows, a method of shooting without shooting…” The expert who chose the Thirty-Five Stone Horn Python Bow first muttered absentmindedly, then shouted, “This is a method of shooting without shooting… This is a method of shooting without shooting… So there really is a method of shooting without shooting…” Although that person was injured, at this time, there was no sign of pain on his face. Instead, he looked extremely excited, as if he had discovered a gold mine. The other archery expert, although his face was covered in blood, looked excited. The way he looked at Yan Liqiang was simply like he was infatuated…
As everyone around them stared in astonishment, the two archery masters beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at each other, then with a special etiquette, holding the bow in one hand, with the bow behind their backs, and with the other hand on their chests, they knelt on one knee directly in front of Yan Liqiang and lowered their heads, "Junior Tong Sicheng and my brother Su Tieshan are blind and have offended you, senior, and wanted to compete with the sun with the light of a firefly. We dared to compete with you blindly. Thank you for not killing me and for showing us your supreme archery skills..."
The pretense was finally successful, and Yan Liqiang heaved a sigh of relief. He had only just touched the edge of the eighth level of Kyudo, the realm of shooting without shooting. 50 steps was almost the farthest distance that his current special skill could reach. If it was a little further, he would not be able to pretend today. Looking at the two people half-kneeling in front of him, and the petrified expressions of the people in the distance including His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Yan Liqiang was very satisfied, and quietly gave himself a score of ninety-nine for his pretending today!
"Ignorance is not a crime. You two are not bad either. Get up!" Yan Liqiang laughed wildly in his heart, but he waved his hands with a calm expression on his face.
"Thank you, senior!" The two archery masters beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up and stood solemnly, still looking at Yan Liqiang with admiration and fanaticism. If you are not obsessed with archery, you will not be able to understand the feelings of the two at this moment.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already come to the side of Yan Liqiang, straightened his body and made a long bow, his forehead almost touching the ground, "Zhaoming greets you, sir. It is a blessing for Zhaoming to have you teach me the art of archery, and it is also a great favor from my father!" After the Crown Prince finished speaking, a servant beside him carefully brought a plate with tea on it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up, picked up a cup of tea, raised it above his head, and handed it to Yan Liqiang, "Please have some tea, sir..."
Yan Liqiang smiled, took the tea handed to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, drank it in one gulp, and felt refreshed all over.
"Before, Zhaoming did not know your amazing skills, and I was negligent. Please forgive me!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so warm and friendly at this moment, it was as if he was a completely different person.
"Your Highness is too polite!" Yan Liqiang did not act in an overbearing manner, but remained calm and collected as before. "A competition allows everyone to get to know each other. I think it's quite normal. Your Highness has done nothing wrong!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laughed, looked around, and said loudly, "From today on, the masters in this Zhaowu Courtyard can come and go freely. The masters' words are my words. I haven't seen the masters yet..."
The guards and servants around the prince bowed to Yan Liqiang at the same time and said in unison, "Greetings, sir..."
(End of this chapter)