Chapter 77

Thirty miles away from Tanlang City, there are undulating mountains.

Each mountain top is about 500 meters apart. At this moment, a dummy target is erected on the top of each mountain.

There are eighteen hills in total, distributed in a circular shape, and on the hill in the middle, Gu Chen holds a longbow, and according to Huang Pingzhang's instructions, he pulls the bow string into a full moon shape.

"For the next two weeks, this is where you will train."

"If you want your archery skills to be strong enough to arouse the interest of the examiners in the Heavenly Court, you must at least practice the old man's Liuyun Yanyan archery to the level of Xiaocheng."

Huang Pingzhang said, "Now, let the old man take a look at your archery skills."

Gu Chen nodded, glanced over the farthest mountain, aiming at the dummy target on the top of the mountain.

Drawing the bow and shooting the arrow, his movements were not smooth.

Boom——

The shadow of the arrow pierced through the air, as fast as thunder.

With the strength of Gu Chen's arms, even if they are separated by several miles, when the arrow reaches the target mountain, the speed will not decrease at all.

However, it flew past tens of meters away from the target of the dummy, and finally disappeared.

Seeing this, Huang Pingzhang couldn't help covering his face.

Too bad!

A good archer among mortals can still pierce Yang with a hundred steps, but Gu Chen's archery is not as good as that of mortals. Just by looking at his movements, he can tell that he is a pure novice!

His arm strength is quite strong. If he practiced well, his range would be extremely long. But archery is all about precision. If he is not accurate, what is the use of a long range?

Originally, he thought it was unreliable to spend two weeks practicing archery, but seeing Gu Chen's performance completely denied this possibility.

"Ahem, let me try again."

Gu Chen was a little embarrassed, but also knew that he was too bad, so he became familiar with bow and arrow again.

"Remember, the coordination of the body is very important when drawing the bow. In addition, many external factors such as wind direction must be considered in archery. This is the most difficult part to grasp."

Huang Pingzhang carefully taught, corrected every movement of Gu Chen, and instilled his own experience without reservation.

Gu Chen listened carefully and followed the instructions.

Half a day passed.

Gu Chen shot thirty arrows in a row, only two arrows hit the target, and one of them still hit the target crookedly.

Huang Pingzhang was full of enthusiasm from the beginning, but became a little less interested.

"Chen Daoyou, you can continue to practice here. From now on, the old man will come to guide you for an hour every day, and you can practice more on your own the rest of the time."

"This is the secret book of Liuyun Yanyan's archery, you can read it yourself."

Huang Pingzhang found an excuse and left, while Gu Chen continued to stay and practice.

After he left, Gu Chen pondered with his heart, without any rest.

When Huang Pingzhang came over the next day, Liu Yun had already mastered all the essentials of swallow archery by Liu Yun's heart, and he could draw the bow and shoot arrows as if commanded by his arm.

The only regret is that it was never approved.

In front of Huang Pingzhang, Gu Chen missed three more arrows.

"Chen Daoyou, archery skills need to be practiced well. Looking at it now, it is difficult to help you."

Huang Pingzhang said tactfully.

This day has proved that Gu Chen has no talent in archery. Instead of wasting time on it, it is better to spend it elsewhere, which may be more helpful for his assessment.

"Let me try again."

Gu Chen pondered, picked up the bow again, and aimed at the farthest mountain.

There, about five miles apart.

The mountain wind is fierce, and the farther away the arrow is, the harder it is to hit the target.

Huang Pingzhang was silent.

Gu Chen took a deep breath.

Through this day's practice, he has found the feeling of archery.

In fact, he hadn't deliberately aimed at the archery target before, and he had developed the habit of drawing the bow and adjusted his body to the best archery posture according to what Liuyun Yanyan Archery said.

At this moment, his mind is highly concentrated, and he doesn't need to be distracted from the coordination of his body and bow and arrow, because he is already commanding like an arm.

With the concentration of mind, Gu Chen's pupils turned purple.

For a day, he regretted that his biggest problem was that he didn't have the sense of the arrow, so he couldn't hit the target no matter what.

Whoosh—

The arrow traced a screaming arc in the sky, reached high altitude, and then swooped down like an eagle.

"what?"

He was surprised, this time, it seems that the position has not shifted!

puff!

Without giving him time to think, the dummy's eyebrows were centered, and the arrow shot straight through, and the dewdrops splashed on it!

Five miles apart, the mountain wind was fierce, but an arrow shot through the eyebrows!

"Coincidence?"

Huang Pingzhang gasped, guessing like this, and saw Gu Chen shooting arrows one after another.

He turned his body frequently, put the arrow on the bowstring, and aimed it at the top of the mountain, and the bow was drawn to the full moon like a rainbow.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four arrows in a row, flying like clouds and flowing water, all hit the target of the dummy, and three of them shot through the head!

"It's not a coincidence, this kid..."

Huang Pingzhang was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he didn't understand why Gu Chen's archery had such a big deviation in just a short moment?

"Friend Huang, did you pass the performance just now?"

Gu Chen turned around and asked, feeling a little unsatisfactory between his brows.

With Zi Jitong's powerful assistance, all four arrows should have shot through his head just now, but he was inexperienced, and one arrow made a mistake.

"Qualified, barely qualified."

Huang Pingzhang came back to his senses, and smiled awkwardly.

He was afraid that Gu Chen would be proud, so he didn't dare to praise him, but in fact, it took him three full years to practice to Gu Chen's level.

As for Gu Chen, he did it in just one day, and the contrast between before and after is astonishing, it's unbelievable.

"Could this kid be an archery genius? It seems that it is really possible to make a small achievement in archery within two weeks..."

He secretly said, inexplicably expecting a little more.

Every day after that, Gu Chen practiced archery assiduously, tirelessly.

In three days, every single arrow of his alone was able to accurately hit the bull's-eye on every mountain.

In five days, he shot four arrows at once, and he was able to hit the target.

When a week passed, his goal was on the passing bird in the sky;

When ten days passed, even a fly ten miles away could not escape his arrow!

He broke more than a dozen bows and shot tens of thousands of arrows, with all his concentration and no distractions.

Two weeks flew by.

The day of the heavenly court assessment has arrived!

(end of this chapter)