First Volume: Eight Desolate Martial Veins Chapter 26: Full Bow!
"I still remember the first time I held the bow and pulled the string, I was curious, excited, and uneasy......
"The ten-meter target, I desperately wanted to prove my talent, I tried my best, but the result was that the arrow missed the target, and my finger was injured by the bowstring because there was no protection, but I was still young at that time, and I didn't know what it meant to give up, I only knew that if I couldn't do it once, I would do it again, and if I couldn't do it twice, I would come back for the third time, and so ......on."
"The first time I hit the target was the seventh draw, and the first time I hit the ten rings was the eighty-third draw, but that time was actually just a coincidence, and I was really confident that I hit the ten rings and did hit the bow on the 1,276th draw, and since then, the arrow I shoot will not deviate by more than a millimeter within 100 meters. ”
"The four thousand three hundred and eleventh draws, I hit the moving target for the first time. ”
"Nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-two draws, I won the first championship of my life. ”
“...... There are too many firsts, but these first memories are not the highlight moments for me, but those failures again and again, which make me feel more real, and that is my highlight moment!"
"All the honor of success is for the world to see, only failure is your own glory!"
"And now you're just getting started, and it's hard, but it's only a setback! You lose confidence, partly because of your inferiority, and partly because of your reverence for the way of the bow and arrow, and that's not a bad thing. ”
"Now you only lack a fearless and courageous heart, don't treat the cultivation of the bow and arrow as a task, as a game, take it seriously, try to get close to it, understand it, master it, until you ......"
"Be it!"
Zhao Feng was fascinated by what he heard, and his originally depressed heart gradually regained his enthusiasm for the way of bows and arrows, although he did not learn any substantive skills from Tantai Kongzhu, he was already able to comprehend an attitude and awareness.
"My way of archery is self-taught, and it's more of a spiritual feeling, so I can't teach you much in theory, but I dare say that compared to today's mainstream archery, my stream of consciousness archery has a more far-reaching future!"
He pointed to the six bamboo arrows on the wooden board on the left and continued:
"These people think that they have learned archery, so they stop the perception and exploration of the way of bow and arrow, and instead use their energy on the improvement of equipment, so they are complacent, but they have long been contrary to their original intention, archery is just a technology in their hands, and my school of consciousness can cultivate archery skills!"
"Intention and bow, carry the arrow!"
"The three of them are all over the world!"
At this time, Zhao Feng was very sure of one thing: the bow and arrow technique of the Tai Kong Bamboo definitely reached the standard of cultivating the true Tao!
"Just the sixteen simple words have made me feel the artistic conception of the way of the bow and arrow, and even ...... This kind of artistic conception is not under the Eight Desolation Martial Arts!"
Yutai Kongzhu put a stone bow back into Zhao Feng's hands and motioned for him to try again.
"It's probably too early to tell you about the meaning and bow union now...... When drawing the bow, don't think about resisting the force of the bowstring, focus on the matter of shooting the arrow, you have to follow the trend, after all, the meaning of the bow's existence is to shoot the arrow, as long as you are in the same idea as the bow, you can sense that the bow is also responding to you and cooperating with you. ”
Zhao Feng nodded, he didn't pull the bow in a hurry, but raised the bow and closed his eyes, expelling all the distracting thoughts in his heart, this time, he actually directly entered the consciousness space, and appeared on the Black Sea for the first time!
In the consciousness space, Zhao Feng's hands were empty, and suddenly, his left hand was raised, and he shook it violently towards the air in front of him, and a stone bow appeared, and the two fingers of his right hand hooked and pulled, and scattered-
For!
Hook again, pull full, scatter -
For!
After repeating this, Zhao Feng did not sense any resistance on the bowstring, but after all, this was only a situation within the world of consciousness, and Zhao Feng's purpose was not just that.
Whoosh——!
For the twenty-seventh time, Zhao Feng clearly felt that something was ejected by the bowstring!
For!
For!
Whoosh——!
......
After experiencing seven more archery with real senses, Zhao Feng suddenly opened his eyes, and the object in front of him coincided with the illusion of shooting an arrow in the consciousness space, and there was only one thought left in his mind - archery!
Two fingers hook the string, without deliberately controlling the force, at a gentle speed to the half string, the slightest moment of obstacle, then break through the shackles, continue to progress in the direction of perfection.
Zhao Feng's actions in reality completely coincide with those in the consciousness space, and there is even an illusion in his field of vision, as if there is an arrow between the bowstrings, ready to go!
"Full bow!"
When Zhao Feng came back to his senses, he noticed that he had completely pulled the one-stone bow, and even had surplus strength in his arms, which was not because his strength had increased, but because he had a deeper understanding of the way of bows and arrows!
Also at this moment, Zhao Feng had an inexplicable impulse in his heart, and he desperately wanted to shoot an arrow in person, not in the consciousness space, but in reality, and really shot an arrow with a stone bow in his hand, not caring if he hit the target or not.
"Put it down, but don't just spread it, slowly let the bowstring return to its original shape, feel where the power comes from and where it disappears......"
Following the instructions of the empty bamboo, Zhao Feng began to play the strings, but when the strings were played, more energy was consumed, causing the muscles of the right arm to tense instantly, and the elbows even trembled slightly because the force reached the limit, Zhao Feng didn't even have time to feel where the power went, so he was brought to the position of the half-string by the bowstring, and then returned to the initial state.
"Hoo ......"
"Hehe, it's hard...... Are you still going to give up?" said Yutai Kongzhu smiled, if Zhuang Chongyang was present, he was afraid that he would think that he had seen a hallucination, this old friend of his had not laughed since his wife passed away.
"It's really difficult, but I'm confident! Thank you seniors for your guidance!" Zhao Feng hurriedly thanked him.
"Well, since you want to continue studying, then the teacher also has to reassign your homework for you...... You're right-handed, aren't you?"
"Yes. ”
"First of all, you can only pull the bowstring with your left hand from now on!"
"The second thing, from today onwards, no matter how strong your impulse is, you are not allowed to wind up your arrows until you have obtained permission to be a teacher!" said in a stern tone, quickly recovering his former indifference.
"This ......" Zhao Feng was stunned, he was just thinking about finding a chance to experience the real feeling of archery.
"Why? You can't do it?"
"It's not...... Disciple takes orders!" Zhao Feng gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Well, the original lesson of pulling the bow 500 times a day for seven days also needs to be changed...... You should practice for a month first, and after a month, the teacher will decide whether to let you fight or not based on your results...... Let's go. Yutai Kongzhu nodded, waved his hand after speaking, and turned back to the bamboo house.
"Alas......"
Zhao Feng sighed helplessly, turned around and went down the mountain to the city......
In the bamboo house, Yutai Kongzhu lay on the bamboo chair and closed his eyes and thought, and on the bamboo table next to him was a wooden box containing fairy arrows, only to hear a mutter: "Wait a minute...... Wait...... I can't leave ...... right now."
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In the past few days, Zhao Feng has been obsessed with the way of bows and arrows, and even slowed down the cultivation of the Eight Desolation Martial Veins, he originally planned to use up the accumulated poisonous weeds in the past two days to impact the bloodline, and the flesh veins have penetrated, and they have already reached the cultivation standard of the fourth vein, but these plans have been temporarily postponed.
Now Zhao Feng spends almost all of his free time on the five hundred times of drawing the bow with his left hand every day, mainly because it is too difficult to draw the bow with his left hand, and he can't completely ignore the power of his left hand, after all, it is not a dominant hand, and many subtle operations cannot become instinctive muscle memory like the dominant hand.
It wasn't until the third day that Zhao Feng completed the homework of drawing the bow five hundred times a day for the first time, although it was still jerky, but at least he could concentrate on two things, and barely used his left hand to draw the bow.
"I'm beginning to understand why Master asked me to use my left hand to draw the bow, both to make it more difficult and to help me sense the strength of the bowstring. ”
"Because of the perennial use of the dominant hand, the use of power has long been turned into instinct, but because of this, it is difficult to sense the power that has become a habit, and it is easy to confuse their own force with the force on the bowstring, but the left hand is for me to start from the most basic force, movement, different sources of power are clearly captured, how to deal with different forces, and gradually become the habit of the left hand, and the hands are one, although not completely synchronized, but the proficiency of the left hand will also become the experience value of the right hand in a small way!"
The bow in his left hand is becoming more and more proficient, and Zhao Feng's desire for archery is also increasing......
On this day, Zhao Feng returned to his residence from Qilin Mountain, and there were still more than twenty minutes before eleven o'clock as agreed with Bai Ze.
Zhao Feng rushed to the eighteenth warehouse, and Linghugong's car was already parked at the door of the warehouse.
"Mr. Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time. Ling Hugong stood next to Lincoln's car, greeted Zhao Feng with a smile, compared with the last time in the antique street, the complexion on his face was obviously much better, his body was really tough, and the bodyguards no longer had to be equipped with crutches at any time.
"Call me Xiao Zhao, Mr. really doesn't dare to be, the old gentleman has a good complexion, it seems that he has got what he wanted, congratulations!" Zhao Feng stepped forward and bowed slightly.
Zhao Feng knew that Ling Fox Gong regarded Bai Ze as a guest, so he regarded him who was very close to Bai Ze as a guest of honor, this is not Zhao Feng's way of getting along, the relationship between Ling Fox Bow and Bai Ze is the same thing, he can communicate with Bai Ze in the tone of his peers, but it does not mean that he can ignore his seniority in front of Ling Fox Gong.
"Hehe, thanks to Mr. Bai's great ability! You are a young man with a strong backbone, if you don't dislike it, you might as well call me brother! Mr. is too angry!" Ling Fox Gong looked at this Zhao Feng's humble attitude, and for the first time formally looked at the young man in front of him.
Before this, the title of "Mr. Zhao" was seen in Bai Ze's face, but now, Ling Fox Gong really appreciated Zhao Feng, so he became friends.
"That being the case, let's follow the meaning of Brother Linghu. ”
"Haha! I see that Brother Zhao is carrying a bow on his back, is he proficient in bows and arrows?" Ling Fox Bow was overjoyed, and immediately started a new topic with a stone bow behind Zhao Feng.
"I don't dare to say that I am proficient, just because I am interested, in fact, I have only started to learn for less than half a month, and I couldn't even pull the bow a few days ago, which made my brother laugh. ”
After a brief exchange, Bai Ze also completed the handover with the people on the top shift, and the group set off for Fengfeng City......