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Chapter 152: Archery Festival

The Qinghe River outside Tsinghua City originates from Tianzhu Mountain thousands of miles away and leads directly to the sea. It is more than 17,000 miles long and has abundant water. The widest part of the river reaches nearly ten miles. Since ancient times, people along the coast have taken advantage of this river. This large river is used for fishing, transportation and irrigating farmland. It can be said that this mother river has nurtured countless lives.

Every year in mid-August, a fish called the dragon scale fish will swim upstream from the sea and go thousands of miles upstream to lay eggs. The Mingzhu Lake outside Tsinghua City also lays eggs due to its gentle water flow and rocky bottom. one of the destinations.

Mingzhu Lake was formed 1,600 years ago. At that time, even Changfeng College had not yet been established. A prince from the Qian Dynasty who was entrusted to Qinghua City spent ten years and a lot of manpower and material resources to build a Qinghe River outside the city. A huge project was carried out on the river. First, two hidden dams hidden under the water were built fifteen miles apart on the river. Then the river was widened and an artificial lake with a radius of more than ten miles was opened. There is a phoenix island that looks like an eye piled up in the center of the river.

It is said to be a lake, but it is actually a wider section of the Qinghe River. However, the water level in this lake is only three to four feet on average. Compared with other places, the water depth is often tens to hundreds of feet. It can be said to be a shoal, and the water flow on the lake is relatively slow. These restrict the activities of dragon scale fish.

Because the dragon scale fish contains a trace of spiritual power, the deliciousness of its meat is spread all over the world, and its roe is even more expensive to buy. Once this fish leaves the shore, it cannot be fed with water for more than a few days. Some people will travel thousands of miles just to satisfy their appetite. Even though they are far away, they have to come to taste it, but this kind of dragon-scale fish is not an ordinary species. The fine scales on its body are green with purple in it. It is stronger than steel, and its mouth has sharper teeth, which can bite through steel wires. It cannot be caught with ordinary fishing nets. Capture.

So some people thought of using special arrows, standing on the boat, and firing arrows at the underwater dragon-scale fish according to their abilities. And after a while, the nearby spiritual birds also knew that it was easy to catch the spiritual fish here. During the two or three days of August 15th every year, the powerful dragon-scaled fish also come to have dinner together.

Over time, a custom has been formed on Mingzhu Lake. During the two or three days every year, countless people go to the Qinghe River to shoot fish or birds. Those who are capable show off by this profession, and others will also go to watch the fun. , this specific custom is the Shooting Justice Festival.

As the landlord of Tsinghua City, Changfeng College is also a place where martial arts is respected, so naturally it will not miss this opportunity. Over hundreds of thousands of years, some conventions have been formed in the college, that is, every club will participate in shooting. During the Yi Festival, rent a boat, go to the river to shoot arrows, and use the amount of harvest as one of the standards to measure the strength of a community.

Although the Seven Star Club has just been established, it already has 70 or 80 people, and its strength is firmly among the top 15 in the academy. Naturally, it will not miss this excitement.

Du Tao is a local snake, and his family runs a chamber of commerce. There are caravans by land, and of course there are merchant ships by water. He has already prepared a 500-stone ship that can carry hundreds of people, and he is just waiting for news from downstream. , the people from the Seven Star Club got on the boat and set off.

On the 15th, someone in Tsinghua City received a message from a downstream city, saying that the fish tide would arrive at Mingzhu Lake early tomorrow morning. As soon as the news spread, the entire Tsinghua City suddenly became excited, regardless of whether it was local Residents, as well as people who came from other places, are all gearing up and preparing to show off their talents tomorrow.

Early the next morning, more than 70 people from the Seven Star Society gathered at the station and set off together. There was also a special member in the team, which was Yu Xiaorou. Meng Xue and Yu Xiaoling had already joined the Women's Society, and now they were with Yue

When Ling and others were together, Yu Xiaorou saw that there was something exciting to watch, so she naturally would not miss it. However, she did not follow her sister. Instead, she approached Chen Zining and asked to accompany her.

Du Tao and Chen Zining prepared more than 70 horses at the entrance of the college for everyone to ride on. Changfeng College is still more than ten miles away from Qinghe Pier.

Not only the people from the Seven Star Society were dispatched, but almost all the students also walked together towards Mingzhu Lake. Some of these people were confident and brought their own bows and arrows, while others went to watch the excitement.

When they arrived at the dock, everyone stored their horses in the warehouse of the Guangtong Chamber of Commerce. At the docking station, they saw a three-masted ship painted with white paint, with two large blue characters "Fubo" written on the bow.

"Xiao Tao, is this your boat?" Miao Shufang asked.

Du Tao nodded and said: "Everyone, let's get on board. Everything we can use is prepared on the boat."

After everyone got on the boat one by one, Du Tao opened the door of the cabin, pointed to a row of strong bows and arrow kettles inside, and said: "There are eighty good bows in there, with bow power ranging from three to nine stones, and special ones."

Bone-penetrating arrows, triangular arrows, iron-feathered arrows and barb arrows are all prepared, so you can choose your own."

Yu Xiaorou raised her head and asked him, "Where's mine? Have you prepared it for me?"

After Du Tao heard this, a few black lines appeared on his forehead and said: "Miss, I just saw you this morning, how could I have expected that you would come? You are only the third level of martial arts, and you can't even make a one-stone bow."

It may not be possible to pull it open, and even if it can be pulled open, the dragon-scaled fish will not be able to be shot."


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