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Wang Ping was sweating profusely. He had great confidence in his poems and military strategies, but Wang Ping had never learned martial arts. He was also too stiff, and had never studied politics before. At this moment, facing the wooden target fifty steps away and thinking of the next battle with the government, he was extremely anxious.

"Duo!"

This was the target's seventh arrow. Each of them had a total of ten arrows. This man had four arrows that had already hit the target, which was enough to stabilize the battle.

Wang Ping became even more agitated. When the man shot the eighth arrow, Wang Ping finally drew back his bow, took a deep breath, and stared at the target in front of him.

"Yes!"

The arrow shot out in a flash. Wang Ping seemed to be cheering for himself as he kept mumbling, "Mid, medium …"

However, things went against his wishes. Wang Ping's first arrow missed its target.

Compared to Wang Ping, Xu Qingzhi's situation was a bit better. It was also because he had learned some sword skills from Wang Jing in the past few days, and also because he had heard Xu Dazhi and Xu Dazhi talk about hunting since he was young. This time, he could barely shoot ten arrows on a target, but it was only on a target.

"Haha, Xu Qingzhi, just watch me!"

The one who spoke was Su Dingfang. Most of the people had already finished shooting ten arrows, or were about to finish. Only Su Dingfang remained unmoving.

Xu Qingzhi couldn't help but feel curious. However, the scene that followed truly shocked him.

Su Dingfang's eyes narrowed as he drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot it out. His movements were as smooth as the clouds and flowing water. "Struggle, Scram, Scram …" Four sounds rang out without the slightest pause. Even the four arrows had hit the target, and the small red heart was filled with the four arrows.

Su Dingfang nocked another arrow. This time, he took a deep breath and pulled the bowstring full. With a low growl, he fired at an even faster speed than the first four arrows.

"Pah!"

Su Dingfang had actually managed to pierce through the wood target's red heart! As a result, Su Dingfang had already hit the target with five arrows. Currently, no one could stand shoulder to shoulder with him on Exam 1. But Su Dingfang did not stop. He took out two arrows and separated the bowstring slightly with his middle finger.

"Swoosh swoosh."

Another two shots, with Su Dingfang's target as the center, next to Xu Qingzhi and the other target each had a new arrow. Although it didn't hit the target, this method was already exceptionally brilliant.

Because there were so many examinees, the official in charge of inspecting the examinees did not notice this scene. However, Chu Huainan, who had been watching Xu Qingzhi from the tall building, saw it.

"This child has good methods. In terms of hand archery, there are very few people in the military who can fight against him. If he can use martial skills and hone his carving, he will definitely be a general."

When Chu Yinan saw Su Dingfang's archery, he was shocked. In the current world, martial artists mostly fought in close quarters, and there were many martial arts techniques. When cultivated to a higher level, one would be able to see various kinds of qi and intents, these kinds of mysterious existences. There were very few people who studied archery because when faced with those ranked masters, no matter how strong the martial arts were, it was useless. Not to mention that all the ranked masters had many martial arts techniques on their bodies, so it was not difficult to get close to the enemy.

However, Xu Qingzhi would not consider this much. Towards Su Dingfang, his greatest shock was not just his youth and martial arts, but also his unruly personality. This youth was truly relaxed and unrestrained.

On the other side, Liu Yan'er was also worried about this shot. Fortunately, her luck was not bad and one of her arrows actually hit the target, which gave her quite a bit of points for her result. However, she turned her head to look at that young master who had not shot an arrow yet. She didn't understand why he was so confident.

If Xu Qingzhi was here, he would recognize this young master. He was the one who claimed to be Xue Guozhou during the Lantern Festival. Honestly speaking, to him, the three tests in the first stage were just a formality. He was very clear on the fact that his great-grandfather had already helped him establish a relationship; although this was a little unfair, as long as he could win the first round in the second stage, the others would not say anything.

He had this kind of confidence, not only because of the wolf cub in his hands, but more importantly, the difference between a ranked martial arts man and a mortal martial artist was not small at all. Xue Guozhou pursed his lips into a smile.

Xu Shiji had been hunting with Xu Dazhi since childhood, and of course, he had learnt a good archery skill. Having three of the ten arrows aim at the heart of the target made Xu Hong even more frustrated. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad. There were two of them, so it wasn't too bad, Xu Hong thought to himself.

However, Chen Zixi and Li Han were almost the same as Xu Qingzhi. They hadn't missed their target yet, not to mention the bull's-eye, even three rings were rare. This made the faces of the youths turn red, especially when they heard that even Liu Yan'er was hit by the arrow, causing the three of them to be even more embarrassed and at a loss for words.

Due to time constraints, the political and legal debate in the third round continued until the afternoon. The group of youths temporarily returned to the inn to rest.

In the tavern, Mo YunChang was already bored to death. She repeatedly begged Wang Jing to bring her to the center plaza to watch, but Wang Jing simply ignored her. One had to know that this was not just sneaking into the Duke Huai Palace, this was a matter of the Chu Country. Not to mention that they were heavily guarded in broad daylight, who knew how many martial arts masters were hiding in the dark? Even if Wang Mingyang came, he would not want to break off all decorum with the Chu Country's officials, not to mention Wang Jing who was sealed in Great Ravine. Whether or not he could ensure a safe retreat after being discovered was questionable.

Mo Yunchang opened her window and saw Xu Qing from a distance. The little girl ran down the stairs in high spirits. She could not wait to reveal her new sword art to Xu Qing.

"Xu Qingzhi, how did you do? How did you do?"

On the way here, everyone learned about their performance. The most surprising thing was Xu Shiji and Wang Ping. The crowd didn't expect Xu Zhen to have a flash of inspiration, changing the words "Li Han" and "Wang Ping" on his back. As for Wang Ping, it was a pity. Looking at Wang Ping's downcast expression, everyone had comforted him for a long time.

"It's okay, it's okay. Let's go in first. Eat something first."

Xu Qingrui pulled over the elated Mo Yunchang, afraid that the depressed Wang Ping would suffer another blow.

"Xu Qingzhi, how about you break it off for me later? I've just learned a new sword style."

Seeing Mo Yunchang's look of anticipation, Xu Qing could not bear to refuse and could only nod his head. He thought, sigh, I'm going to be bullied again.

It was only during the autumn, and he and Wang Jing had only asked for some advice. Their learning speed was not comparable to Mo Yunchang, who had been soaked in sweat since she was young and had a lot of time to ask for advice from Wang Jing. Moreover, even though Mo YunChang had only just started learning the sword techniques, she had already started to build her foundation since then. Although she had not learnt any martial skills, Mo YunChang was already a seventh grade martial artist, as long as she did not get scared by others and wait for death, she would be able to protect herself with her fists and legs.