Edo, martial arts school——
Eat and drink enough, recharge your batteries...the battle begins again!
"Lock Blood +7" that improves blood vitality and activates body functions; "Strengthening Essence" that improves the recovery speed of energy and physical strength and has been upgraded many times; and "Strengthens Essence" that enhances kidney qi and improves physical fitness, also has been upgraded many times.
"Yuan Yang", with the blessing of the above-mentioned talents, Qingdeng's recovery ability has always been amazing.
After eating a hearty lunch and taking a short rest, his body and mind were back to full strength!
After returning to the main dojo of the martial arts school, he couldn't wait to take a bamboo sword from the sword rest - however, what he got was a shake of the head and a wry smile from Eda Kiyone.
"Nioh, I am 72 years old this year."
As he spoke, he showed Qingdeng his withered right hand, which was like rotten wood.
"It's a pity that I can no longer wield the sword."
Qingdeng blinked and his expression was startled.
"Nioh, let me, Kiyone Kiuda, be your opponent later!" - Kiyone Kiyota Kiyota said after lunch.
Just now you said you wanted to be my opponent, and now you say you can't wield the bamboo sword anymore. Where did this come from?
Before Qingdeng could ask a rhetorical question, Yutian Qingyin continued speaking to himself:
"So... let's change the method of competition."
After finishing speaking, he took out 2 apples from his arms like a magic trick...
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Lecture Hall, No. A Shooting Range—
As a comprehensive military school that has introduced Western military science, the Military Academy naturally has no shortage of venues for practicing gunnery skills - the No. A shooting range is one of them.
This is a large dirt field that can accommodate hundreds of people running around.
Looking up, the wind and dust are exposed under the winter sun.
Seiichiro Tanani, leading Oishi Susumu and others, stood on the east side of the shooting range.
In front of them - in the very center of the shooting range, Qingden and Qingyin Eda took their positions.
I saw them nearly 10 steps apart, both facing the arrow target in front, holding an arrow and a bow in their hands.
The archery target was about 70 meters away from them, and there were two bright red apples on the target.
Yitian Qingyin twisted the string and pulled it a few times. After confirming the condition of the bow in his hand, he raised his head with a smile on his face and said loudly to Qingden beside him:
"Benevolent King, I have heard for a long time that your Excellency is an expert in archery and can fire arrows accurately!"
"As a direct descendant of Ogasawara-style archery and Hioki-style archery, I also have some knowledge of archery!"
"Although I am no longer able to swing the sword, I still have the ability to pull the bow string a few times!"
"This time, we will compete with each other with bow skills!"
"The winning and losing conditions are very simple - you and I take turns shooting arrows, whoever shoots through the apple on the target first is the winner!"
When Qingdeng heard this, he couldn't help but smile and murmured:
"Arching skills..."
Compare your archery skills with others... If Qingden remembers correctly, the last time he did such a thing can be traced back to more than 2 years ago, when he first joined the Huo Fu Thieves Kai.
Does this kind of competition meet the conditions for the system to copy talents? Qingdeng has never tried it, so you might as well give it a try!
"good!"
Qingden nodded vigorously.
"Please allow me to appreciate the majestic style of the direct descendants of Ogasawara-style bows and Hioki-style bows!"
Yitian Qingyin grinned and smiled boldly:
"Who comes first?"
Qingdeng replied without hesitation:
"Please take the first step."
Yitian Qingyin was not polite. After hearing what Qingdeng said, he immediately raised his head and said:
"Then...I'm here!"
After saying that, he spread his legs majestically, his body was upright, his posture was even and steady, his expression was calm and calm, his eyes were not looking at the bow, but only at the apple in front of him.
Anyone who has played bow and arrow knows that although the numbers of 30-meter target, 50-meter target and 70-meter target are very small, if you really want to face these archery targets in person, you will find that these targets are only a few meters away from you.
Ten meters away, but the distance between them is as vast as the sky!
When the target is only 10 meters away from you, you don't even realize that the target is far away.
But when the target is 25 meters away, you will start to think, "Is this target too far away from me? Can I really shoot the arrow on the target?"
Not to mention the farther 30-meter target, 40-meter target, and 50-meter target.
A target 70 meters away is only 40 centimeters wide... to the human eye, it is not much bigger than a child's little finger!
At such a distance, let alone shooting through the apple on the target, just identifying the location of the apple can make people feel terrified.
In the eyes of people with poor eyesight, they can't see the apple at all, only a faint red pixel.
There are many masters of swordsmanship in martial arts schools, but there are really only a few masters of archery who are proficient in archery.
Therefore, when Oishi Jin and others saw that Qingden and Qingyin were about to shoot at such a small target, they all gasped.
Qingyin Yutian began to draw the bow.
He raised the arrow from the slope, and with his left and right hands respectively raised the bow and arrow in the position in the left front direction, and raised it over his head. Then he held the bow with his left hand, pulled the string with his right hand, and at the same time used force to pull the bow and arrow down - very standard.
Japanese shooting method.
The cluster of arrows points to the apple in the distance.
After aiming like this for a few seconds, the tight force bounced away from his arms.
As soon as the bowstring sounded, the arrow flew out quickly, piercing the atmosphere, and the apple above the target fell!
No superfluous movements...impeccable craftsmanship.
When the apple pierced by the arrow fell to the ground, the "auditorium" nearby burst into enthusiastic cheers and cheers.
Qingyin Yitian has already shot the apple. If Qingden fails to shoot the apple in his round, then he will miss the crown of victory.
Yitian Qingyin calmly released his shooting stance, turned to look at Qingdeng - it's your turn - he said with his eyes.
Qingdeng smiled slightly, then raised his eyes, looked straight ahead, took a deep breath - squeak - the sound of the bowstring being tightened immediately sounded!
He raised his bow and nocked the arrow with neat and flowing movements.
The shooting method used by Qingden is slightly different from that of Qingtian Qingyin.
The latter is to shoot the arrow on an inclined plane and draw the bow on an inclined plane.
The former is to shoot the arrow from the front and draw the bow from the front.
It is true that for ordinary people, it is not easy just to identify the location of a target 70 meters away.
But for Qingdeng, who has "Fire Eyes and Golden Eyes + 5", there is no difference between an apple 70 meters away and an apple 7 centimeters away - their lines are equally clearly visible in Qingdeng's eyes!
Use "Fire Eyes +5" to lock the target.
Use "See Through +4" to get the sense of distance.
Use "Bow Yicai" to tighten the bowstring.
At the next moment when the bow was like a full moon, Qingdeng loosened the tight string without hesitation.
The arrow flew out instantly - and then the sound of apples falling to the ground was heard in the distance.
Such a scene made Dashi Jin and others look at each other in surprise.
The winning conditions between Qingden and Qingtian Qingyin are whoever shoots the apple first will win.
Now, both of them have shot the apple.
Judging from the result, the two sides were tied.
To be continued...