Chapter 110 Archery Competition
"Mu'er, is this really a college?"
Murong Jing looked at the bustling scene of the club recruiting new members in front of her and suspected that she had come to the wrong place.
Aren’t academies supposed to be filled with sour scholars who shake their heads, have dull eyes, and can only say “Confucius said”?
Shouldn't everyone sit in the study, like an old monk in meditation, reading all day long?
It's like a market now, what's going on?
"Miss, look over there!" Mu'er pointed in a direction excitedly.
Liang Zhou drew his bow and shot the target on the shooting range, with the aim only slightly off the bull's eye.
This level was already quite good among the students in the academy, and there was immediate applause from the surroundings.
Liang Zhou raised the bow in his hand with some pride and asked everyone:
"Whoever shoots more accurately than me will get this bow!"
He specially hired a craftsman to make this, which was a replica of a precious bow that was treasured by his father, the emperor's uncle. The quality is absolutely top-notch.
Students around were immediately excited and raised their hands to sign up, but in the end, they either shot their arrows away or simply couldn't even lift the bow.
This made Liang Zhou feel a little embarrassed. If he had known earlier, he would not have used such good material and made the bow lighter.
His eyes fell on Gu Chaoyang, who was pretending to be Hou Yi. The prop bow in his hand was quite light.
"Why is that so difficult?"
A clear female voice sounded, and at the same time, a not so weak and slender hand pressed on Liang Zhou's bow.
Liang Zhou looked up and found that it was a girl.
Women are always weaker than men. Liang Zhou smiled and said kindly:
"This bow is too heavy. I'll change it for you."
Murong Jing smiled contemptuously, raised her arm, and easily lifted the bow that was half a person's height with one hand!
The corner of Liang Zhou's mouth twitched. Oh my god, is this Mulan?
The muscle lines on Murong Jing's forearms were very obvious. At this moment, she held the bow with one hand, so steadily that it seemed as if she was holding not a bow but a chopstick, without any shaking at all.
Murong Jing glanced at Liang Zhou and stretched out her hand.
After careful calculation and analysis, Liang Zhou was sure that the girl in front of him could beat ten of him, so he immediately put the white feather arrow in her hand in a very servile manner.
Murong Jing neatly nocked the arrow and shot it, the arrow hitting the center of the bull's eye.
The cheers around became louder, and the students looked at Murong Jing as if they were seeing a god descending to earth.
Liang Zhou also clapped his hands enthusiastically and said, "My classmate, this bow is yours from now on!
Do you want to join our archery club? It’s worth investing in it!”
Unexpectedly, Murong Jing threw the bow back on the table without even bothering to take a second look at it.
"This kind of stuff is not even enough for me to practice with."
Murong Jing raised her chin slightly, clapped her hands, and prepared to take Mu'er away.
Suddenly, Mu'er saw the dummy next to her move!
What?
Oh no, someone is going to attack us, protect the lady!
Without thinking, he kicked him.
Then came Gu Chaoyang's scream.
He just maintained Houyi's sun-shooting posture for too long, and his whole body was stiff and his movements were a little slow.
No need to get beaten, right?
Mu'er stood in front of Murong Jing with a serious look on her face, staring at Gu Chaoyang lying on the ground.
Murong Jing: ...This turns out to be a living person. He was motionless just now and I didn’t notice him.
Gu Chaoyang was helped up by Liang Zhou and pointed at Murong Jing:
"Don't...don't go!"
Mu'er raised her eyebrows, "Why, you don't accept it?"
Gu Chaoyang: "I want to compete with her!"
Murong Jing raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Chaoyang out of the corner of her eye, her disdain evident in her words.
But this academy is really boring and there is nothing else to do.
"What do you want to compete in?" She didn't care about swordplay, spearmanship, horseback riding or archery.
"Just compare this!" Gu Chaoyang raised the bow in his hand.
"Okay, what's the bet?"
"What do you want to bet on?"
Murong Jing thought for a moment, pointed at Mu'er and said, "If I lose, ask her to apologize to you."
Muer nodded in agreement, saying that the lady would not lose anyway.
"If I win..." Murong Jing's eyes rolled.
"You take me as your master!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Gu Chaoyang's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. He stretched his stiff arms and raised the bow in his hand.
Liang Zhou's archery level can only be said to be a last-minute effort, as he had only practiced for a few days in order to recruit new members for the archery club, while Gu Chaoyang had really put in the effort.
However, the two of them had discussed this morning and decided that Liang Zhou would be responsible for recruiting new members because he has good eloquence, while Gu Chaoyang would be the finale and take action at the critical moment.
Liang Zhou set up another target in the shooting range, and Gu Chaoyang and Murong Jing stood in front of the two targets respectively, with ten arrows each.
"Three, two, one, start!" Liang Zhou ordered.
Gu Chaoyang closed one eye, aimed, shot, watched the white feather arrow hit the bull's eye, and then went to draw the next arrow.
Murong Jing was even faster than him. After each arrow was shot, she would draw the next one without even checking whether she had hit the target.
The competition between the two attracted more curious students.
"Hey, this female student looks unfamiliar. Have you seen her before?" someone in the crowd asked.
The people around him shook their heads, "No, maybe he's new here?"
Someone else shouted, "Oh, I remember now! She, she, she... I saw her on the day the college entrance examination results were announced!
She was the one who smashed the carriage of Minister Hu's nephew!"
"Hiss——" Everyone gasped. They smashed the Hu family's carriage, but now they can still stand here safely.
The background should definitely not be underestimated!
All of a sudden, many people wanted to get closer.
"Although this junior sister is not fair-skinned and beautiful, if I could marry her..."
"Haha, marrying a woman with such amazing archery skills, I'm afraid you, Brother Li, will have a hard time!"
I don’t know if the discussion reached Murong Jing’s ears, but when she glanced over here, there seemed to be an invisible murderous aura in her eyes.
Those students who were good at talking immediately felt a chill on their backs. They shrank their heads and dared not speak nonsense anymore.
After Gu Chaoyang shot the last arrow, he found that Murong Jing had been waiting for him leisurely, and he felt a little surprised.
Liang Zhou walked forward, and the ten arrows on the two targets filled the red circle in the center.
This time, it's a draw.
Murong Jing no longer looked at Gu Chaoyang with contempt as before. With his archery skills, he was qualified to join the Shenyu Camp in the military camp.
Liang Zhou suddenly had an idea, and while there were many people around, he immediately shouted:
"My fellow students, to know what will happen after the competition, just sign up for the Archery Club and you will find out!"
The students who watched the archery competition were very enthusiastic. They were curious about who was better between the new junior sister and the senior brother Gu who was proficient in various sports, so they signed up one after another.
Liang Zhou winked at Gu Chaoyang proudly, and brought the students who had signed up to join the archery club to another sparsely populated area.
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