Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

Yang Kai frowned. "In the past, when your Mao'er Village had the advantage, you blocked the river channel completely, and our village could only rely on the old well to survive."

Now that you are at a disadvantage, do you really think you can share the river with us?

Lu Fengnian shook his head. "It is indeed unreasonable, but if you don't divide it equally, our Mao'er Village will have no way to survive and will have no choice but to fight you to the death."

Yang Kai raised his eyes slightly, "In the end, we still have to solve problems with our fists."

At this point, he turned his gaze to Zhao Tianming below the riverbank, "Zhao Tianming is waiting down here, which proves that your Mao'er Village is now counting on you."

Come on, let me see your archery skills.

If you can beat me, there's still room for negotiation between our two villages.

If you can't beat me, what will you use to fight us?

Lu Fengnian nodded. "In that case, let's have a competition. But before we start, we need to agree on the stakes."

If I win, you release the prisoners, then breach the riverbank, and our two villages will divide the river water equally.

Yang Kai shook his head. "If you win, we can continue to discuss the river issue. As for how to resolve it, that depends on the outcome of our discussions."

As for releasing the person, Zhao Gang lost the archery contest, not only refusing to admit defeat but also launching a sneak attack. If I hadn't dodged quickly, I probably would have already fallen victim to their cruelty.

This is a personal matter between me and them, and has nothing to do with the river. Don't drag it into this.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianming hurriedly said, "Fengnian, Gang'er did this for the sake of our Mao'er Village. You can't just ignore him."

Lu Fengnian ignored him, staring at Yang Kai. "Alright, how do we compete?"

Yang Kai shook his head. "Don't rush things. What if you lose?"

Lu Fengnian added, "Go on."

Yang Kai pondered for a moment, then pointed to the burly man who had been shot by Lu Fengnian, "He is the only male in the family. You shot him, so there's no one to do the work at home, and we have no income."

If you lose, you either have to pay his family one or two taels of silver, or I'll shoot a hole in you.

Furthermore, no one from Mao'er Village is allowed to appear on this riverbank again.

Upon hearing these words, Zhao Dagui, Zhao Tianming, and the others all changed their expressions and gathered together to discuss something.

Yang Kai's lips curled slightly. "It seems that the people in your village don't have much faith in you."

Lu Fengnian turned his gaze to Zhao Dagui and Zhao Tianming, "If you don't have confidence in me, then you can find someone else."

Hearing this, Zhao Dagui gritted his teeth and said, "Fengnian, go all out and compete with him. I believe in you!"

At this point, Lu Fengnian was the last hope for Mao'er Village, and he had no choice but to believe it.

The villagers of Mao'er Village also spoke up one after another:

"A bumper harvest! Promise him, compete with him!"

"Say yes, do you think our Mao'er Village is afraid of Shangjie Village?"

……

Lu Fengnian smiled slightly, "Our village has already agreed, what about your village? Will your words carry any weight in Shangjie Village?"

Yang Kai turned his gaze to the group of villagers from Shangjie Village.

The villagers of Shangjie Village immediately spoke up:

"Kai-ge'er's words will definitely be useful in our Shangjie Village."

"Kid, stop pretending. You think you can beat Kai-ge'er?"

……

Yang Kai raised his hand again, and after the villagers of Shangjie Village quieted down, he asked in a low voice, "What is your name?"

Lu Fengnian raised his voice slightly, "My surname is Lu, and my given name is Fengnian."

"Lu Fengnian, a good omen."

Yang Kai raised his head slightly, "You're a bit different from the people in your village, quite interesting. I don't want to hurt you."

We won't be shooting arrows at each other in our archery contest.

How about we have a shooting contest?

Lu Fengnian nodded. "No problem. How should we compete?"

Yang Kai turned his gaze to the distance and said in a deep voice, "The target is fifty feet high. Within ten breaths, you and I will each fire ten arrows. Whoever hits the target more times wins."

Upon hearing these words, the hunters from the two villages present all looked shocked.

For ordinary hunters like them, hitting a target twenty feet away is already a remarkable achievement.

Even Zhao Tianming, who had been using a hunting bow for over forty years, could only barely hit a target thirty feet away.

Fifty zhang (approximately 33 meters) away—in their view, only the best archers in the Daqing Army could achieve that.

Moreover, Yang Kai had just said that he would shoot ten arrows within ten breaths.

In such a short time, there wasn't even a chance to aim.

Since Yang Kai dared to propose such conditions for an archery contest, it proves one thing: he has the ability to hit a target fifty feet long.

Zhao Tianming's face was pale, and the arrow wound on his arm throbbed with pain.

Previously, he had lost to Yang Kai and was somewhat unconvinced, feeling that Yang Kai had only gained an advantage in technique by learning a series of rapid-fire arrows.

Only then did he realize that his archery skills were far inferior to Yang Kai's.

The villagers of Mao'er Village also looked grim; they hadn't expected Yang Kai's archery skills to have reached such a level.

In their view, Lu Fengnian probably had no chance of winning.

"Is it too far?"

Seeing that Lu Fengnian did not respond immediately, Yang Kai said with a slight smile:

"If fifty zhang is too far, then forty zhang will do. If you still think forty zhang is too far, then there's no need for us to compete."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianming hurriedly said, "Fengnian, quickly agree to it, forty zhang."

He had practiced archery with Lu Fengnian and had confidence in Lu Fengnian's accuracy.

Within forty feet, Lu Fengnian has a chance of winning.

However, to everyone's surprise, Lu Feng chuckled softly, "Since we're going to compete, let's all give it our all. Fifty zhang is a bit too short, how about sixty zhang?"

These words shocked the entire audience.

Whether they were from Shangjie Village or Mao'er Village, they all exclaimed in surprise:

"Has this kid gone mad?"

"What is Lu Fengnian trying to do? This is a matter of life and death for our Mao'er Village, and he's treating it like a child's game!"

"Sixty zhang (approximately 33 meters) – you can barely see the target, how could you possibly hit it?"

"I think Lu Fengnian can't hit the target at fifty feet, so he might as well just go all out and increase the distance so that even Kai-ge can't hit it."

"You're completely wrong. This kid isn't just throwing caution to the wind; he's clearly scheming and plotting. He's widening the distance so that no one can hit him, and Kai-ge won't be able to beat him."

……

Lu Fengnian stood against the wind on the riverbank, listening to the conversation between the people on and below the bank, but his expression remained unchanged.

Is sixty zhang a long distance?

With his current archery skills, he can hit the target every time he shoots at a distance of eighty zhang.

The requirement of only sixty feet was simply because they didn't want to be too sensational; they just wanted to defeat Yang Kai.

Yang Kai turned his gaze to Lu Fengnian, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Lu Fengnian, are you serious?"

Lu Fengnian's lips curled up as he returned the favor, "If you think sixty zhang is too far, then I'll do as you say and keep it at fifty zhang, how about that?"