C19 Startled bird
The VIP area of the archery field was a patch of grass surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. The customers could stand on the high platform outside of the archery field and shoot their arrows inside.
Although he had lost a gold card, Young Master Li was still very generous and immediately ordered a "Dove of the Great Swallow" project.
Young Master Li drew two arrows and stood at the front of the high platform, facing the grass.
Before Xu Qingmo could understand the situation, a burst of "hualala" sound suddenly came out from a row of bird houses by the side of the grassland and a circle of white pigeons flew out.
Xu Qingmo knew with a single glance that these were all meat pigeons raised by humans. They didn't fly high, and couldn't fly past the surrounding barbed wire; they could only become prey in the grass.
When the meat pigeon flew, Young Master Li immediately took aim and shot out an arrow, shooting into the group of pigeons with a swishing sound.
A pigeon flopped twice and then fell.
After the first arrow succeeded, Young Master Li did not stop. He quickly pulled out another arrow and shot it out once more.
This time, he was very lucky. The pigeons had already scattered, but Young Master Li actually managed to hit two pigeons with one arrow.
Seeing the staff run to pick up the pigeons, Young Master Li put down the bow in his hand in satisfaction and turned around.
"Young Master Li is too handsome! Two birds with one stone!"
"Amazing. This archery skill, I submit."
"Compared to Young Master Li, when we play archery, we are like children shooting slingshots."
Amidst the flattering voices from the crowd, Young General Li handed the bow over to Xu Qingmo. "Don't say that I didn't give you a chance, but my friend Lin Jiannan is twice as powerful as me, with two arrows and two eagles, it is common even to have three or four condors. I'll give you a chance to practice.
Lin Youxi, who was beside Xu Qingmo, tugged on her clothes.
Before, Xu Qingmo had felt that when Young Master Li had shot the pigeon, Lin Youxi had trembled. After all, she was still a girl, and facing a pigeon being used as a target, she found it hard to accept. However, this was part of the service of the archery building, so she could not say anything.
Xu Qingmo patted Lin Youxi's hands and whispered into her ear: "Don't worry, when have I ever disappointed you?"
Lin Youxi was startled, but it seemed that she was right. Xu Qingmo only needed to say the word "rest assured", what he would do next would definitely be perfect, just that this time, would it work?
Lin Youxi was not worried that Xu Qingmo's archery was not as good as Young Master Li's, it was just that she would not be happy if Xu Qingmo had shot the pigeon, but if he did not hit, then she would be unhappy too.
Xu Qingmo calmly received the bow, and then walked to the tall platform, standing straight while facing the wind.
"Arrow God Lin Jiannan's archery is even more powerful than Young Master Li. This kid wants to compete with the Arrow God, he overestimates himself."
That's right, Young Master Li is just an amateur after all. He doesn't have anything to be happy about if he wins, but the Arrow God Lin Jiannan is a professional athlete.
"I heard that last time, Lin Jiannan shot seven pigeons with two arrows and broke a record!"
Everyone was discussing, and Young Master Li nodded his head, he was looking at Xu Qingmo with his arms crossed, just to see him make a fool of himself, he also had another thought, which was to get lucky and kill two birds with one stone, no matter how powerful Xu Qingmo's archery was, it might just be one arrow at the very least.
Xu Qingmo pulled the bow to adjust its strength, and then picked up an arrow.
"Hualala!" Yet another cage of pigeons was released.
Xu Qingmo's eyes were sharp, he instantly noticed that there were a total of ten pigeons, flying much faster than the previous group, making it difficult to kill two birds with one stone.
When Young Master Li saw the flying state of the group of pigeons, he almost clapped. He often played with this Flying Swallow Pigeon and knew that it was almost impossible to kill two birds with one stone in this kind of battle. Even if Lin Jiannan came, it was impossible.
"Definitely win!" Young Master Li said excitedly in his heart.
The group of pigeons flew, but Xu Qingmo did not shoot an arrow.
The group of pigeons flew far away, but Xu Qingmo still did not shoot an arrow.
If he still didn't shoot, he wouldn't be able to shoot anymore. Young Master Li's mouth opened wide.
"Whoosh!"
At the last moment, Xu Qingmo finally shot out the arrow.
The bow was like a full moon, and the arrow was like a shooting star. It flew into the middle of the flock of pigeons, and then it brushed past the pigeons. Finally, it missed.
Young Master Li was shocked. He could tell that Xu Qingmo's arrow was very tricky to shoot through every pigeon, almost to the point that he thought Xu Qingmo could shoot one arrow at a time!
Fortunately, they passed by each other in the end and only managed to shoot down the pigeon feathers.
It was almost impossible for the first arrow to hit one arrow and the second arrow to defeat Young Master Li unless it was four arrows.
Young Master Li smiled proudly, as if he could see victory waving at him.
Lin Youxi's expression was complex, both happy but also worried.
Fortunately Xu Qingmo did not shoot the pigeon, and was worried that he would lose to a villain like Young Master Li.
"Haha, how amazing! Not a single one of them was hit."
"This is really something that happened within the Ten Thousand Pigeon Hair. It was just pigeon hair, hahahaha."
"Being able to shoot through so many pigeons without hitting a single one is also a skill. I'm impressed."
"A group of pigeons need to shoot two arrows. This brat only shot one arrow, and the next arrow can only hit one arrow no matter how powerful it is. It's impossible for him to be Young Master Li's match."
Everyone started to mock him. After all, Xu Qingmo no longer had any hope of winning.
Xu Qingmo did not explain himself, and did not bother to draw the second arrow, quietly watching the ten pigeons fall into the grass.
Everyone continued to ridicule, Young Master Li proudly looked at Lin Youxi, wanting to reply, but Lin Youxi simply turned her head and ignored him.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from below the platform.
A tall man ran over excitedly with a feathered arrow in his hand.
"Jian Nan." Young Master Li smiled and extended his hand to greet him.
"So this is the Arrow God, Lin Jiannan. He's so handsome."
"You can tell he's a good archer just by looking at his muscles. It's impossible for that country bumpkin to win against him."
"This time, that kid is going to make a fool of himself."
"You've come at the right time. There's a bet waiting for you. A kid who doesn't know his place wants to challenge you." Young Master Li patted Lin Jiannan's shoulder and said.
Lin Jiannan slapped Young Master Li's hand away, he looked around: "Let's not talk about other things first, I'm here to look for experts."
"Expert?" Young Master Li did not understand.
"An absolute master, an expert who is a hundred times stronger than me. There's actually such an arrow technique in this world, I must find him and properly consult him." Lin Jiannan raised the arrow in his hand, "Which expert shot this arrow?"
Everyone looked at the arrow that was covered in feathers and were all startled. Then, with a strange expression on their faces, they turned to look at Xu Qingmo.
Xu Qingmo turned and called out to Lin Youxi with the bow in hand, then walked towards the exit.
"You ran away just like that?" Young Master Li panicked and immediately shouted.
Xu Qingmo did not even turn his head, he directly reached out and pulled his bow, then shot out like an animal shooting an arrow towards the grass, but he did not have an arrow in his hand, only an empty bow!
On the grass, a pigeon had just finished eating its food and was flying towards a different place. The result was that it pulled all ten pigeons with it into the air.
"Clang!"
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Xu Qingmo loosened his hand and fiercely flicked the bowstring back, producing a violent sound.
In the next moment, Xu Qingmo dropped his bow, hugged Lin Youxi and walked straight out of the exit, leaving behind a sentence: "Remember to keep your promise."
At the same time, the group of pigeons that had just flown up into the air all fell to the ground with a thud, as if they had been shot by an arrow.
Whether it was Lin Jiannan, Young Master Li, or the others, they were all stunned as they stared dumbfoundedly at the strange scene on the grass, until the ten pigeons wobbled and crawled up, not daring to fly anymore, and could only wake up when they jumped on the ground.
"Frightening bird!" An expert! " Lin Jiannan was the first to react and wanted to go find Xu Qingmo, but Xu Qingmo's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Young Master Li shot two arrows at three pigeons. Xu Qingmo's first arrow did not hit, the second arrow did not, and all ten pigeons fell to the ground.
Xu Qingmo kept his promise last time, and was undoubtedly saying this to Young Master Li. If he lost, he wouldn't be able to get any closer to Lin Youxi.
"Frightening bird?" Zhou Yumei said blankly.
"Not a single pigeon was shot by this arrow, yet there are ten different kinds of feathers strung on its surface. It's even more difficult than ten birds with one arrow!" Lin Jiannan said.
Only then did everyone understand that Xu Qingmo's previous arrow could not have hit the pigeons, but had instead shot down 10 pigeons' feathers, leaving them with psychological trauma.
Only this way could the second arrow scare the ten pigeons to the ground.
"A frightened bird. It only exists in the stories in the books. There's actually someone who can use it in the real world. It's indeed high." Lin Jiannan muttered, "This person is way too much stronger than me, he is enough to be my master. I thought that just because I obtained the gold in the tournament, I would be able to succeed, and that I would become a frog in the well.
Lin Jiannan said, he suddenly turned his head and said to Young Master Li: "Sorry Young Master Feng, I need to rush back to train, I will not be participating in your birthday ceremony, thank you for inviting me here, and let me experience the mountains beyond the mountain, there are people out there."
Lin Jiannan hurried over, and then left behind the stupefied Young Master Li and the rest of the people.
They had clearly let Lin Jiannan strike at Xu Qingmo, but before Lin Jiannan even made his move, Xu Qingmo had already subdued them, and even gave up on participating in Young Master Li's birthday party.
Young Master Li's face was black, he did not say a word, and only now did he truly feel the stinging pain on his face.
The key thing was that after losing the bet, he would not be able to approach Lin Youxi anymore!