Xuanxia

Chapter 469 Have You Seen This?
"Oh?"

Listening to Fu Qingzhou's words, Yuan Xiang was clearly a little surprised.

But soon, he laughed: "Yes... I have heard that Qianlong Fu Qingzhou has superb cultivation and is not inferior to others even when fighting against enemies of higher levels. It seems that I underestimated you."

After that, he turned around and pointed at the rows of weapon racks: "Come on, take your pick."

Fu Qingzhou smiled calmly, walked slowly to the weapon rack, and pulled out the longbow from the weapon rack without hesitation.

"A big bow..."

Yuan Xiang raised his lips and said, "As expected... huh? Uh, have you finished choosing?"

Before the corners of his mouth could even rise, they were suppressed in surprise.

It was because Fu Qingzhou took out the longbow and did not touch the quiver hanging beside him at all, and just walked over.

"I've finished picking." Fu Qingzhou held the bow in his left hand: "Isn't this enough?"

"You took the bow but not the arrow?" Yuan Xiang asked puzzledly.

"What do you need arrows for?"

Fu Qingzhou laughed and said, "Does a bow only have to be used with arrows?"

Yuan Xiang: “?”

"Never mind... We're going to have a competition, right? Since I chose the weapon, how about I draw the line?" Fu Qingzhou blinked.

The circle clearly has a bad feeling...

Of course, he also knew how his two fellow disciples had been defeated before.

Not to mention Yuanguan who was playing chess, it was obvious that Yuanjie was tricked and lost before he could even use all his skills.

But since it’s a competition of bows and arrows, what other tricks can be used?
After thinking for a moment, Yuan Xiang said in a deep voice: "Donor Fu, please speak."

"Okay! With our abilities, it's boring to just compete to see who can shoot more accurately." Fu Qingzhou said with a smile, "Why not compete to see who can shoot more accurately and inaccurately?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled, walked to the weapons rack and raised his hand.

As he waved his hand, the weapons on the shelf were picked up one by one, flew into the air, and then fell down one by one.

Ding, ding, ding...

After a series of crisp sounds, the square was filled with various long-handled weapons, including sticks, guns, halberds, spears, forks, halberds... more than a dozen kinds of long weapons were all accurately inserted into the gaps between the floor tiles.

Of course, they were not firmly inserted, and a gust of wind blew and they began to shake.

The colors of these long weapons are also staggered. Some of the poles are red, and some are black... There is no special meaning in painting these weapons used for practice in such colors, but Fu Qingzhou paid special attention to it when choosing them.

"Master Yuanxiang."

Fu Qingzhou pointed at the long weapons and said, "We each shoot arrows from a distance of fifty steps. We only shoot one arrow and try to shoot down the red-shafted long weapons, but we must not knock down the black-shafted long weapons... Once a black-shafted long weapon falls to the ground, we lose. How do you think?"

Yuan Xiang's eyes widened.

"Only one arrow..."

He murmured, "One arrow, bypassing those black-pole soldiers, but shooting down as many red-pole soldiers as possible?"

These long weapons were stuck into the ground at intervals that were neither too big nor too small, with just enough space for a person to pass through sideways. Moreover, they were not firmly inserted and would surely fall over if touched with the slightest force.

"Is this what you said...both accurate and inaccurate?" he asked calmly.

Fu Qingzhou laughed and said, "Why, Master Yuanxiang... can't you shoot an arrow that turns?"

"Humph, it's just a trifling trick. I don't even bother to use it." Yuan Xiang smiled coldly: "And you said you can use your true energy?"

"good."

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "Master, if you have any special skills, you can display them to your heart's content."

"Okay!" Yuan Xiang smiled fiercely, strode to the weapon rack, took down a large bow, and then took an arrow from the quiver hanging on the rack.

He came to the distance of fifty steps, slowly drew the bow, the true energy in his body flowed, and his monk robe fluttered without wind.

The powerful true energy gradually gathered in his hands. The bowstring creaked as he pulled it, and the entire bow bent to an abnormal angle.

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes.

He could roughly sense the trajectory of the flow of the true energy...it was a type of archery technique that he was not familiar with.

And... this bow is not that good. When the bow is pulled to this extent, the bowstring is about to break. Is this still possible?

As he was thinking, Yuan Xiang suddenly let go of the string!

With a crisp "bang" sound, the big bow and the bowstring in his hand broke at the same time!

Not only that, even the arrow exploded instantly!

However, the arrows shattering does not mean that they were not shot!

In an instant, the arrow exploded into several pieces and flew away, whistling towards the tall soldiers.

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows and immediately understood Yuan Xiang's intention. My goodness, this is not a bow technique at all?

This is to blow up the arrows and use the flying arrows to shoot down those long weapons!

It sounds simple, but it is actually very difficult.

How do you control the arrows so that they are broken into small pieces one by one?
How can you ensure that they don't fly around in a mess, but instead shoot to where you want them to go?
The exquisite control here is in no way inferior to any other superb archery technique!
Fu Qingzhou's eyes lit up slightly.

"So there is such a trick... Interesting, this Yuan Xiang is really quite capable, I should learn from him..."

He was delighted to see the prey and had already started thinking about practicing on his own. On the other side, the flying arrow fragments were already approaching those long-handled weapons.

Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk!
Only a series of muffled sounds were heard, which were the sounds of "little arrows" hitting the red long weapon accurately.

In fact, they cannot be considered as "shot". Most of them just flew away and hit the long weapons. However, these long weapons were not standing steadily. After being hit, they quickly fell down one after another.

And Yuan Xiang is indeed quite good at it.

The small arrows he shot actually perfectly avoided the black soldiers. Until all the arrow fragments fell to the ground and all the red soldiers fell to the ground, not a single black soldier fell!

"Five."

Fu Qingzhou said leisurely: "Master, you are really amazing."

Yuan Xiang grinned, looking quite pleased, and turned to look at Fu Qingzhou: "Next, please... uh, why do you have a knife in your hand?"

Fu Qingzhou shook the long sword in his hand and blinked: "Ah, this is not a sword, this is my arrow."

"Your arrow?!" Yuan Xiang's eyes widened.

"Yes."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Why, Master... you haven't seen it before?"

After that, he shouted to Yuan Zhen: "Brother Yuan Zhen, can you help me and help those who have fallen to the ground?"

Yuan Zhen bowed from a distance, walked over quickly, and helped up all the red soldiers who had just been knocked down.

At this time, Fu Qingzhou had already placed the long sword on the bowstring and slowly pulled it open.

Yuan Xiang was shocked and said, "How can this be possible?"

"Why not?"

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "If arrows can be shot, then knives can be shot, too."

“But, but…” Yuan Xiang murmured, “In normal archery, one needs to hold the arrow feathers tightly and pull the string with one hand, and put the other hand on the bow to fix the arrow in a horizontal position. But at this time, when the long sword is on the bow, the left hand holding the bow will inevitably touch the blade…”

"If you shoot this, won't your fingers be cut off first?"

"The knife turned over, with the back of the knife facing down?"

"That's fine...but what about the guard where the handle meets the blade? Won't the knife hit the bowstring when it's shot out?"

Fu Qingzhou ignored him and continued to circulate his true energy.

What he was going to use, of course, was the trick that Ning Wushu had played at the beginning, using the Wind-Deceiving Shadow Arrow to control the long sword and perform sword techniques.

Although he has not yet trained to the level of being able to shoot out the knife and then use the knife skills perfectly like her...but it is enough for now.

With just a sound of the string, the long sword flew out in Yuan Xiang's shocked gaze!

"Grandmaster."

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "As long as you are willing to think, all problems can be solved."

The long sword whizzed away and in an instant it crossed a distance of fifty steps and arrived in front of the long weapons.

Just as it was about to hit the black weapon in front, it suddenly changed direction, drew an arc, and went around it smoothly, chopping down a red weapon behind it.

But after chopping down the long weapon, it did not stop, but continued to spin and fly towards another red long weapon.

"Chop, chop, stab, chop, sweep, pat, block, hang..."

Yuan Xiang looked at the long sword in shock: "It, it uses sword skills?!"

"Yes, the most basic sword technique." Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "If I practice for a while longer, maybe I can use it to perform the four great sword techniques of your Jinchan Temple."

As he spoke, the flying long sword had already chopped heavily into the ground and fell to the ground.

It flew all the way and chopped down all the red weapons!
In comparison, Yuan Xiang's move just now seemed extremely simple...

"Master Fu... So you said that neither side should suppress their cultivation. Is that because of this..." He said in a deep voice, "You can use such a miraculous archery skill only by circulating your true energy, right?"

"Yes."

Fu Qingzhou agreed without hesitation: "What else? You have been practicing weapons for a longer time than I have lived until now. Do you feel ashamed?"

After another moment of silence, Yuan Xiang sighed and said, "Okay, I have nothing to say... You have passed the test."

(End of this chapter)