Chapter 77 Flowing Clouds Holding the Swallow Arrow
Thirty miles away from Tanlang City, the mountains are undulating.
Each mountaintop is about five hundred meters apart. At this moment, a dummy target is erected on the top of each mountaintop.
There are a total of eighteen hills, distributed in a ring, and on the hill in the middle, Gu Chen holds a long bow and follows the instructions of Huang Pingzhang beside him, pulling the bowstring into a full moon shape.
"This is where you will train for the next two weeks."
"If you want your archery skills to be strong enough to attract the interest of the heavenly examiners, you must at least practice my Liuyunzianyan Archery to a minor level."
Huang Pingzhang said, "Now, let me see your archery skills first."
Gu Chen nodded and glanced over the farthest mountain, aiming at the dummy target on the top of the mountain.
When he draws the bow or shoots the arrow, his movements are not smooth.
Boom whoosh——
The shadow of the arrow shot through the air as fast as thunder.
With Gu Chen's strong arm strength, even if they were several miles apart, the arrow's speed would not slow down at all when it reached the target hilltop.
However, it flew past dozens of meters away from the dummy target and finally disappeared.
When Huang Pingzhang saw this, he couldn't help but cover his face.
What a difference!
A mortal archer can even pierce a tree with a hundred steps, but Gu Chen's archery skills are not even as good as those of a mortal. Just by looking at his movements, you can tell that he is a pure novice!
His arm strength is quite strong. If he practices well, he will probably shoot a very long range. But archery is all about accuracy. If it is not accurate, what is the use of shooting farther?
He originally thought it would be unreliable to spend two weeks practicing archery, but after seeing Gu Chen's performance, he completely rejected this possibility.
"Ahem, let me try again."
Gu Chen was a little embarrassed, but also knew that he was very bad, so he became familiar with the bow and arrow again.
"Remember, body coordination is very important when drawing a bow. In addition, many external factors such as wind direction must be taken into account when shooting. This is the most difficult thing to master."
Huang Pingzhang taught carefully, corrected Gu Chen's every move, and instilled his own experience without reservation.
Gu Chen listened carefully and followed suit.
Half a day passed.
Gu Chen shot thirty arrows in a row, but only two missed the target, and one of them missed the mark.
Huang Pingzhang was full of enthusiasm from the beginning, but became a little less interested.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, you can continue to practice here. From now on, I will come to guide you for an hour every day, and you can practice more by yourself the rest of the time."
"This is the secret book of Liu Yun Xian Yan's archery. Take it and read it yourself."
Huang Pingzhang found an excuse and left, while Gu Chen continued to stay and practice.
After he left, Gu Chen thought hard and didn't take any rest.
When Huang Pingzhang came over the next day, Gu Chen was already familiar with all the essentials of Liu Yun Ti Yan's archery, and he could draw the bow and shoot arrows as if he was in command of his arm.
My only regret is that I never got it right.
In front of Huang Pingzhang, Gu Chen missed three more arrows in succession.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, practicing archery well requires hard work. Looking at it now, it is difficult for it to help you."
Huang Pingzhang said tactfully.
This day has proven that Gu Chen has no talent in archery. Instead of wasting time on this, it would be better to spend it on other things, which may be more helpful to his assessment.
"Let me try again."
Gu Chen pondered, picked up the bow again, and aimed at the farthest mountain.
There is about five miles away.
The mountain wind is fierce, and the farther away you are, the harder it is for the arrow to hit the target.
Huang Pingzhang remained silent.
Gu Chen took a deep breath.
Through this day's practice, he has found the feeling of archery.
In fact, he had never deliberately aimed at an archery target before. Rather, he had developed the habit of drawing the bow and adjusted his body to the best archery posture according to Liu Yun Xian Yan Archery.
At this moment, he was highly concentrated and no longer needed to be distracted by the coordination of his body and the bow and arrow, because he was already in command of his arm.
Along with his concentration, Gu Chen's pupils turned purple.
For the first time in a day, he used the Purple Eye.
In the past few months, he had been persistently absorbing the purple energy from the east every morning, and this magical pupil technique had reached a high level of popularity.
Under his purple pupils, everything on the mountaintop five miles away was clearly visible, which was very different from his previous vision.
The tiny mark on the dummy's arrow target and the drop of morning dew on its brow became clearly visible in his eyes.
The howling mountain wind, together with the flow of air currents, were all distinct in his eyes.
At this moment, he moved his eyes with all his strength to capture the void.
Things that used to be difficult suddenly become easy.
Boom!
Drawing the bow and shooting the arrow in one go, without any hindrance, another arrow pierced the sky!
Huang Pingzhang nodded secretly. Gu Chen studied extremely hard this day, which can be seen from this standard posture.
Unfortunately, his biggest problem is that he has no arrow sense and cannot hit the target.
Whoosh——
The arrow cut through the sky in a screaming arc, reached high in the sky, and then swooped down like an eagle.
"Huh?"
He was surprised. This time, it seemed that the position had not shifted!
puff!
Without giving him time to think, the arrows flew straight past the center of the dummy's eyebrows, and the dewdrops on it splashed!
Five miles apart, the mountain wind was fierce, but an arrow shot through the center of the eyebrow!
"Coincidence?"
Huang Pingzhang took a deep breath, guessing this, and saw Gu Chen shooting arrows one after another.
He turned around frequently, put the arrow on the bowstring, pointed it at the top of the mountain, and drew the bow like a rainbow over the full moon.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Four arrows were fired in succession, all hitting the target of the dummy, and three of them were shot through the head!
"It's not a coincidence, this kid..."
Huang Pingzhang was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He couldn't understand how Gu Chen's archery skills could have such a big deviation in just a few moments.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, did your performance just passable?"
Gu Chen turned around and asked, with a bit of dissatisfaction on his brows.
With the strong assistance of Zijitong, all four arrows should have been shot through the head just now, but he was inexperienced and there was something wrong with one of the arrows.
"Qualified, barely qualified."
Huang Pingzhang came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly.
He was afraid that Gu Chen would be proud and didn't dare to praise him, but in fact, it took him three years to reach Gu Chen's level.
But Gu Chen did it in just one day. The contrast between before and after was astonishing and unbelievable.
"Is this kid an archery genius? It seems that it is really possible to achieve a small level of archery within two weeks..."
He secretly said, inexplicably looking forward to it.
Every day after that, Gu Chen worked hard to practice archery without getting tired of it.
In three days, he could accurately hit the bullseye on every mountain with every arrow.
In five days, he fired four arrows at once and was able to hit the target.
As the week passed, he set his sights on the birds passing by in the sky;
When ten days have passed, not even a fly ten miles away can escape his arrow!
He broke more than a dozen bows and shot tens of thousands of arrows, concentrating without any distractions.