For some reason, Xiaoyun has not come to see Li Xiuyuan in the past two days.
Li Xiuyuan was also happy to enjoy this rare moment of tranquility. Later, out of boredom, he actually took off the sign on the door of the small courtyard and wrote in ink on it: Clouds Rise.
This is not a Taoist temple, this is your own place of practice.
After waking up that day, just after washing up and holding the breakfast brought by the palace maid, Xiaoyun's shouts came from outside the door.
"Little Taoist priest, are you still lingering here? Your Majesty has already gone to the martial arts arena. Are you asking the Emperor and Your Majesty to wait for you?"
Xiaoyun ran in the door and was very rude. She pulled him and ran outside.
Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to grab the pancakes on the plate and shouted: "This emperor cannot send hungry soldiers!"
However, Li Xiuyuan had just entered the palace and had not found everything here yet, so he did not dare to be careless. He let Xiaoyun pull him forward and stuffed the pancakes in his hands into his mouth.
You can't eat pancakes in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, right? That would probably make the envoys of the Silver Moon Kingdom laugh to death.
"Today is a martial arts competition, why did you call me?" Li Xiuyuan shouted.
Although he solved the competition with the Silver Moon Kingdom once, in his opinion, he was just a spectator in today's martial arts test. Is there any need to be so panicked? If you capture just any soldier guarding the city, your level will be higher than his?
"How did I know? The Queen asked me to come and take you there, so just be obedient."
Xiaoyun turned her head to look at him and replied calmly.
Li Xiuyuan was startled, thinking that he wouldn't catch me again and go up to chop me up with that person from the Silver Moon Kingdom, right? If that's the case, it's better to stay in the military camp with Overlord Chen.
On the night he moved into the palace, Overlord Chen moved Li Xiuyuan's few luggage over.
The two chatted for a long time, and Bawang Chen brought him a lot of food. He said that there were many rules in the palace and he was afraid that he would be hungry at night.
"Hurry up, little Taoist priest, don't keep me waiting." Xiaoyun said loudly, without slowing down her feet.
The two of them ran towards the martial arts field one after the other. Xiaoyun despised Li Xiuyuan while running, saying that he didn't know how to get up early even though he knew there was something big going on today.
Li Xiuyuan thought to himself: On Luoxia Mountain, I slept until I woke up naturally every day.
The martial arts arena was already crowded with people. Even the city guards from the Tianfeng Kingdom got the news and came to cheer up their companions who were about to take part in the competition.
"Hurry up, Xiaoyun!" At this moment, Queen Changsun's voice came to Li Xiuyuan's ears.
Looking up, I saw King Qin and the Queen already sitting in the stands, and the Queen was waving to Xiaoyun.
"My dear, this guy is very lazy. When I passed by, he was still eating like a starving man."
Standing behind the Queen, Xiaoyun whispered back.
Li Xiuyuan, who stood looking at the above, took a closer look. The envoys from the Silver Moon Kingdom still brought the same people as before, except that there was a young monk behind the monk Yuanzhen, who looked much older than himself.
"Mother, they won't send that little monk out, will they?" Li Xiuyuan saw something was wrong and thought that the little monk wouldn't appear on the martial arts field for no reason. After all, no one was around for the literary test that day.
Queen Changsun was in a good mood and said with a smile, "What are you afraid of? If they send the young monk to fight, I will send you to give you a chance to make meritorious deeds again."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but take two steps back, thinking how could he bite someone and fight? At most, I have fought wild beasts in the mountains.
"Stand still, don't be afraid!" Empress Changsun felt the fear in Li Xiuyuan's heart and comforted her.
Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly, turned his head and glanced at Xiaoyun, thinking that this was really not a good idea.
While waiting, Li Xiuyuan was bored and glanced around. I couldn't help but smack my lips. This lineup was too huge. The surroundings of the martial arts arena were crowded with soldiers from the Tianfeng Kingdom.
If you send yourself to fight, if you can't defeat the opponent, you probably won't be able to get out of here without the queen's voice.
"Excuse me, King Qin, can the competition proceed?" The envoy from the Silver Moon Kingdom stood up and asked King Qin in the stands.
King Qin glanced at Queen Changsun beside him and replied calmly, "Let's start somewhere. I wonder who you will send out to participate in the second competition today?"
The envoy of Silver Moon Kingdom nodded, looked at a group of ministers from Tianfeng Kingdom, and said with a faint smile: "We are just competing, and naturally we cannot hurt the harmony between each other. We will send Master Yuanzhen's disciples to build Based on the seventh level of cultivation."
Hearing these words, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but let out a thump in his heart, wondering if he was going to be so deceptive? Do you know that I am only at the third level of foundation building, so you are looking for a seventh level person to disgust me?
Li Xiuyuan quietly raised his head and glanced at the Queen and King Qin in front of him, and then at the ministers present. Then he saw the annoying and proud face of the Silver Moon Kingdom envoy, and he probably understood what was going on.
If you can't find a suitable candidate, you will definitely suffer a loss in this game.
"Is there any member of the Qing family who has come out to fight?" Although King Qin did not call Li Xiuyuan to come out, Li Xiuyuan had already seen Empress Fa Changsun's malicious smile.
King Qin asked again with a sullen face.
Li Xiuyuan lowered his head, looking at his eyes, nose and heart, thinking that you can't see me, you can't see me.
But how can a group of ministers in the stands respond? Not to mention that the cultivation level is not at the same level, but just reluctantly taking action, how can it be embarrassing and a loss of identity?
The other party just sent a young monk and devoured the Tianfeng Kingdom to death.
The King of Qin and the Queen had calculated everything, but they did not expect that the other party would only send a young monk with the lowest cultivation level to participate in this competition.
Not a single minister made a sound in the huge stands. A group of courtiers stared blankly at King Qin, waiting for him to make up his mind. Chunhuang looked back at Changsun Huanghuang.
The queen was chatting with Xiaoyun. When she saw King Qin looking at her, she couldn't help blurting out: "Is there any other choice? Everyone has been brought to you."
After speaking, he looked back at Li Xiuyuan, who was bowing his head in thought.
Li Xiuyuan pretended not to see it, but Xiaoyun couldn't help but poke him.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to step forward and reply: "Back to the Emperor, Queen, I don't know how to fight?"
The queen glared at him and said with a smile: "Didn't you see what the other party said? No harm, what are you afraid of? After winning this battle, just tell the emperor what you want."
Qin Wu was stunned and took a careful look at Queen Changsun.
"That's right, don't worry and go to the competition. As long as you win this game, I will satisfy your request whatever you want."
Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, I want to leave Tianfeng Kingdom, will you agree?
Although he was unhappy in his heart, he couldn't help it now that he was under the roof.
When the Silver Moon Kingdom saw that King Qin had sent Li Xiuyuan out again, he couldn't help but said, "King Qin, are you looking down on our Silver Moon Kingdom? We sent you a cultivator of the seventh level of foundation building, but you actually found a third level cultivator." "
King Qin looked at him and smiled and said: "There is no way, haven't you seen that all those ministers have a cultivation level of Jindan or above? We can't use the big to bully the small, right?"
The envoy of the Silver Moon Kingdom was stunned, thinking that this was also the case.
Speaking of which, now that both sides have chosen candidates, the envoy of the Silver Moon Kingdom stood on the stage and loudly read out the rules of the second round of competition.
"The rules for the second round are very simple. One person from each side will use their own bows and arrows... The target is two hundred feet away. Whichever side has more arrows in it will be the winner!"
When the Queen and Emperor Qin heard this, they couldn't help but look back at Li Xiuyuan, who looked thin, and asked softly: "How about it? Do you want me to find you a bow and arrow?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at the two of them and replied, "I'll give it a try."
Queen Changsun's heart thumped, and she thought to herself, "You can't mess up. Is this a competition between countries?"
But King Qin understood, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Go ahead and compete, don't be afraid!"
Li Xiuyuan stepped forward to salute Qin Wu and the Queen, then quietly took out his bow and arrows. Fortunately, he had brought the master's wooden bow with him before going down the mountain. Otherwise, it would have been strange if he had temporarily replaced it with a bow and arrows.
When the queen saw Li Xiuyuan taking out the wooden bow, she shut her mouth. Even she did not expect that this humble little Taoist priest actually carried a bow and arrows with him.
After walking down the stand, Li Xiuyuan walked towards the arrow position on the martial arts field. After the two sides sent people to look after each other and their bows and arrows, Li Xiuyuan saw clearly that the other side used arrows made of black unknown wood, while he was the simplest. bamboo arrows.
Seeing that both sides had experienced weapons, the envoy from the Silver Moon Kingdom in the stands shouted loudly: "Let's get started. Let's go drink and celebrate after finishing the competition early."
"Young monk has no ego, please give me your last name, young gentleman." The young monk in front of Li Xiuyuan took the initiative to greet him.
Li Xiuyuan was startled, then he cupped his hands and replied: "I am Li Xiuyuan, from Yunqi Taoist Temple in Luoxia Mountain."
"Which one comes first, the young monk or the young gentleman..." The selfless young monk looked at Li Xiuyuan with a smile.
Li Xiuyuan looked around and saw only an arrow target two hundred feet away. He thought to himself that there was no difference between this and the arrows shot by both sides...
"Let's go together, I'm in a hurry, I haven't had breakfast yet!" Li Xiuyuan looked at Wuhebu Xiaoshang and chuckled.
"That's fine, then the young monk will show his disgrace!"
Monk Wu-Se didn't see any posture. He held the iron bow, aimed at the target in front of him, drew the bow and drew the arrow. In just two breaths, a black feather arrow flew out.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, thinking that the other party was not an economical lamp, and this battle was more difficult than memorizing scriptures.
Taking a deep breath, he quickly drew the bow and nocked the arrow without waiting for the selfless little monk to shoot the second arrow. Hearing a soft sound of "Buzz!", the string rang and the arrow flew away. Fly to the arrow target two hundred feet away.
Two hundred feet is not a short distance. Before the final result came out, none of the ministers in the stands had good eyesight and could not see the target of the arrow that was two hundred feet away.
Not to mention them, even the little monk Wuhe and Li Xiuyuan couldn't see clearly.
"Well done, I didn't expect the young gentleman's archery skills to be so exquisite! It seems Wuwo has met his match!"
The selfless little monk said to Tiansheng with a smile, but his hands were not idle, and he heard another "Buzz!" A black arrow shot out again, piercing the morning air and making a whooshing sound.
Li Xiuyuan would not be content to lag behind, so he also shot an arrow.
For a moment, the ministers in the stands held their breath, and King Qin and the Queen also watched quietly without making a sound.
The envoy of the Silver Moon Kingdom looked confident. This was the most famous young monk in the Thousand Buddha Temple. His archery skills were said to be able to pierce a tree with a hundred steps, which was legendary in the Silver Moon Kingdom.
The two of them stopped talking. They shot every arrow I shot, as if they had a tacit understanding.
The selfless little monk shoots an arrow, and Li Xiuyuan will follow up with another arrow. Judging from the expressions of the two of them, it doesn't look like a competition between the two countries at all, but more like two brothers practicing archery in their spare time.
Unknowingly, the two of them had shot nine feather arrows each.
Only then did the young monk Wuhe look at Li Xiuyuan and said quietly: "This is the last arrow. We have to decide the winner. Otherwise, we can't stop our respective kings!"
Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands and smiled: "Please!"
Wuhe looked at Li Xiuyuan seriously, raised the iron bow in his hand, aimed at the target in front, took a deep breath, and then released the fingers holding the feather arrow, only to hear a soft sound of "Buzz!" The last black arrow flew towards the target two hundred feet away!
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan actually closed his eyes, looked at the sky dully, and then laughed softly.
I saw him pulling the bow to guide the arrow, then letting go, and saw the bamboo arrow flying tenaciously into the sky.
"There is also a way of arrowing. As long as one can see it with his spiritual consciousness, the arrow in his hand can reach it."
"It's just that this requires a special bow and special arrows..."
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan suddenly heard an inexplicable voice in his mind, telling him the principles of archery.
"And right now I don't need to shoot very far..."
Li Xiuyuan murmured to himself.
Two different feather arrows, one black and one white, one in front and one behind, the back arrow screamed happily and chased away the black arrow in the air.
The back and forth were only between two breaths, and the back arrow hit the tail of the black arrow flying in front like chasing the moon and the sun.
The sharp arrow clusters broke through the arrow tail in front, and then flew to the target at the end with a tenacious attitude.
The breeze blew on Li Xiuyuan's body. He opened his eyes and looked at the black arrow falling from the air in front of him.
He smiled lightly and said, "That's it, I accept it."
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