Liu Guiqiong and Guan Lingyun continued to increase the difficulty of the "game", and just listening to it shocked the audience. It was difficult for them to make out the handwriting on a fast-spinning turntable, let alone so many words that looked so similar. Judging from the speed of the arrows of the two archery masters, they both saw all the words on the turntable the moment they turned around and saw the turntable, and they also had to shoot a certain point accurately. In short, a master deserves to be a master.

Those twelve words, if you are not careful, you may admit mistakes and write them wrongly. Will the two masters split the game in this set?

"Let's start!" Zhu Tianchang, who was in charge of turning the disc, gave the order.

Maybe the twelve characters were too similar, or maybe the disc was divided into twelve pieces, causing each character to be much smaller, but this time, the two turned around together, but neither immediately shot the arrow.

Everyone's eyes shifted from the turntable to the faces of the two. Whether it is the people on the side of Tai'an Palace or Xiao Tianhe, they have never seen Liu Guiqiong and Guan Lingyun have such serious and solemn expressions as at this moment, both of them are frowning, but their eyes are wider than when they are angry, they have never blinked, the projected eyes are extremely sharp, the chest does not rise and fall without breathing, the arms of the bow and crossbow do not move at all, they are all waiting for the most perfect time to shoot arrows.

"Go!" Liu Guiqiong shot the bow and arrow first, and then Guan Lingyun's crossbow arrow also chased out. After the two consecutive hit target sounds, Zhu Tianchang stabilized the turntable to check the results. Because Guan Lingyun came out a little late, he was already at a disadvantage.

Everyone was slightly nervous and waited for Zhu Tianchang to announce the verdict, but he kept looking at the two turntables and didn't say a word.

"Tianchang, what's the matter?" asked the Tai'an Palace Master.

"It's not easy to do now," Zhu Tianchang turned back to the crowd, "Both of them shot at the point on the word 'Cheng', but Guiqiong shot the arrow before Miss Guan." I wanted to declare Gui Qiong the winner, but if I looked closely, Gui Qiong's arrow only pressed half of that point, and Miss Guan's arrow was all on the middle point. Tell me, how should it be judged?"

"Miss Liu wins. Guan Lingyun said first, "This round of competition is a test of eyesight, as long as you recognize the correct words, half of them are considered to be shot." Miss Liu's arrows are faster than mine, and according to the rules, I lost. ”

Although I could see the glyph clearly, I was afraid that I would fall behind Miss Guan's shot, so I hurriedly released the arrow after a little estimate, so there was a deviation. But Miss Guan was not in a hurry or impatient, and only released the arrow after estimating and aiming properly. This calmness, I can't do it. So this round is right for me to lose. "This Liu Guiqiong is also real.

In the end, it was the master of Tai'an Palace who played the round: "Okay, the two of you are really good at it, and they have made me extremely admired." Gui Qiong was slightly off, but it was also a hit, and Miss Guan's arrow was a little slow, but she was a careful Quanzhong. I think this round is a draw. ”

This is indeed the most desirable outcome, and no one else disagrees.

Liu Guiqiong and Guan Lingyun looked at each other and smiled, nodding slightly to each other.

The second round was about the rate of fire. When Zhu Tianchang was hesitating where to find the copper ring, Du Huairou walked over and lit up the jade circle: "Use this, I will use my demonic power to control it to float and rotate in the air, and you can count it." ”

Zhu Tianchang was overjoyed: "This is very good." "The size of the Yuluo ring is very appropriate, and it also saves the trouble of hanging wires.

Du Huairou stood thirty feet away. Looking at the Yuluo circle from this distance, it is even smaller than the nose of a needle, and you can't see it if you don't look carefully. Zhu Yuanlai and Lu Shengying, who had been feasting for a long time, volunteered to recover the arrows for the two archers, which required considerable courage and trust in the superb archery skills of his companions.

Liu Guiqiong started archery first. At the same time that Du Huairou threw the jade Luo ring out of his hand, Zhu Tianchang lit a stick of incense.

Drawing arrows, stringing, pulling bows, and releasing arrows, Liu Guiqiong's series of movements were repeated like flowing water, and one arrow after another flew towards the almost invisible white circle in the distance as if they were connected from end to end. Zhu Tianchang tried to keep his eyes open, carefully counting the number of arrows that passed through the jade circle, and he was already ready to extinguish the incense with one hand.

The rotation speed of the Yuluo circle is about two breaths and it turns around, except when the angle is so small that the arrow is not allowed to pass through, Liu Guiqiong will pause slightly, and the rest of the time it is a series of arrows. A hundred arrows were shot quickly, and Zhu Tianchang extinguished the incense and reported the number loudly: "Ninety-nine!"

In the process of Liu Guiqiong's almost one-stop archery, only one arrow was deflected by the Yuluo circle, so amazing accuracy! Even Zhu Yuanlai, who was not accustomed to her at first, couldn't help but cheer for her, such an archer can be described as a good helper in wartime, when fighting in close combat, the enemy and us are constantly moving, in order to avoid accidental injury, in most cases it is impossible to use a bow and arrow as a help, but if there is this kind of almost "100 shots and 100 hits" archer for assistance, the enemy will be unlucky.

Next it was Guan Lingyun's turn. Du Huairou gave her an encouraging look and lifted the Yuluo circle into the air again.

Compared with Liu Guiqiong's longbow, the speed of the arrows was slightly faster, and the crossbow arrows also left the strings in the tense sound of breaking strings, passing through the Yuluo ring accurately. The count quickly accumulated to ninety-nine, and Guan Lingyun could be said to have no false arrows. With the last arrow, Guan Lingyun paused slightly. If the arrow misses, the two will be tied again.

Liu Guiqiong glanced at her with a complicated look. Guan Lingyun exhaled lightly, calmly aimed, and released the arrow.

"One hundred!" Zhu Tianchang announced the result loudly.

"Okay!" Liu Guiqiong took the lead in applauding, and everyone sighed. Especially the people of Tai'an Palace, Liu Guiqiong's archery skills are very clear to them, but today she has encountered a stronger opponent. Guan Lingyun retracted her momentum and smiled faintly at Liu Guiqiong: "Accept." ”

"If you deliberately missed that arrow just now, I wouldn't have competed with you in the third round. Liu Guiqiong also smiled. At this level, I am afraid that no one is willing to accept the opponent's deliberate release, in their eyes, it is not humility, but humiliation. Guan Lingyun thought of this and shot the last arrow seriously.

"However, the rules of this game are biased, and I only found out last. Guan Lingyun said, "The bow and arrow are slightly longer than the crossbow arrow, in other words, it is more difficult to pass through the rotating ring. In this game, although I won, I was not very happy in my heart. ”

"Haha! Miss Guan doesn't have to worry about it. Even if I'm a hundred arrows piercing the ring, I'm far inferior to yours in terms of speed. I lost this game convincingly. Although Liu Guiqiong is competitive, he is also an open-minded person.

"Both of you are too modest, it's us who are really convinced!" Zhu Yuanlai sighed, "Sister Lingyun, I haven't seen you for many years, and your archery skills have simply improved too much." Thinking that he is still roaming the rivers and lakes with his old skills, he is really ashamed. Miss Liu, you too, I have rarely been convinced in my life, and today is an eye-opener, and I can be described as a five-body surrender to the outstanding skills of the two. ”

Liu Guiqiong said a "false praise", and he was already gearing up, and he couldn't wait to prepare for the third competition.

This time, it's more accurate.

The two identical ink dot drawings were drawn by the Tai'an Palace Lord when he returned to the main hall and painted them himself. After the roll was finished, Zhu Tianchang got the target. He clamped the top end of the drawing paper with two long sticks, hung it horizontally on the handle of his halberd, and poked the head of the halberd on the ground. With the command of "start", Zhu Tianchang ripped open the rope of the scroll, and the two scrolls unfolded with a "swish".

Everyone stood up and looked up into the distance. Although the scroll was large, it was seen from a distance of twenty zhang. Xiao Tianhe's eyesight was good, he struggled to look at it, but he could only see the patterns drawn on the scroll, and he couldn't distinguish the ink spots that made up the pictures at all.

Liu Guiqiong and Guan Lingyun did not immediately shoot arrows, and they were also trying their best to distinguish the points on the picture. The content of the painting is very peculiar, it is a picture of silkworms spinning silk and binding cocoons. The two noticed that in the lower part of the scroll, the Tai'an Palace Master also improvised a small poem, which said:

"The golden thread is wrapped around the green pig,

It's never too late to bind the silver cocoon.

The silkworm mouth silk is a chrysalis,

There will be a time for the king moth to form. ”

The large picture scroll is almost a zhang square, and the picture accounts for six points, and there is only a leaf, a silkworm, a cocoon, and a moth ear in the painting.

Liu Guiqiong and Guan Lingyun finished watching and shot the first arrow almost at the same time. The arrow pierced through the paper, leaving a hole and swaying from side to side, a swing that was not as regular as the rotation of the first two rounds of the wheel and the ring, and it would be unwise to shoot a series of arrows. Luckily, precision is the top priority, followed by speed. So this time, both of them waited for the picture scroll to gradually stabilize before shooting the next arrow, which was much slower than the previous two games.

The audience only heard the monotonous sound of strings and broken paper, and with their eyesight, they couldn't see the reason at all, so they could only continue to taste the fragrant tea and delicacies, waiting for the result. It is precisely because of this competition that the people on both sides of Tai'an Palace and Xiao Tianhe have seen the true skills of each other's masters, but they admire each other and become familiar with each other. And the eye-opening "third party" - the two brothers Huangya Ancestor and Lao Zong, can only be amazed again and again.

After a long time, with a confident "Done!", Liu Guiqiong put down his bow and arrows, gently shook his slightly tired hands, and looked at the opponent a few steps away with a smile.

Guan Lingyun fell behind, and after Liu Guiqiong stopped, she shot three more arrows before she finished all the ink dots of the picture.

Just when Liu Guiqiong was happy and thought that there was no suspense about winning, Guan Lingyun did not close the momentum, but continued to maintain an aiming posture, waiting for the scroll to return to stability. Liu Guiqiong was puzzled, the whole picture of silkworms was a total of 374 ink dots, that is, 374 arrows were to be shot. When she finished shooting the last arrow just now, she deliberately looked at Guan Lingyun's picture, and it was clearly only three points away, so where is Guan Lingyun aiming now?

Could it be that he was dazzled by the wrong number? "No, it can't be!" Liu Guiqiong has absolute confidence in her eyesight. Could it be that the two pictures drawn by the Tai'an Palace Lord are not exactly the same, but one has more ink spots and the other has fewer ink spots? Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked back at the Tai'an Palace Master. The Tai'an Palace Lord seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Guiqiong, it seems that you are still slightly inferior." ”

At this time, the crossbow string sounded, followed by the crisp sound of arrows breaking through the paper - "pop"! Liu Guiqiong followed the prestige, she wanted to take a good look at where Guan Lingyun's inexplicable arrow was shooting.

"Huh?" When she saw the picture, Liu Guiqiong was puzzled at first, then surprised "ah", and finally sighed: "Alas......" She knew that she had lost, and she had lost.

Guan Lingyun's mysterious arrow was shot at the very top of the first word of the poem under the picture, the word "gold". It turned out that the five-character poem, like the pictures, was also composed of ink dots! However, the ink dots on the characters were more closely arranged than those on the paintings, and according to the thickness of the strokes, the ink dots also differed in size! Liu Guiqiong did not even notice this point at the distance of 20 zhang!

This is a test deliberately set by the Tai'an Palace Lord for the two of them, no wonder she would say that Liu Guiqiong is slightly inferior.

Now, Guan Lingyun has no need to continue archery. As a result of the three competitions, Guan Lingyun drew one and won two, completely defeating Liu Guiqiong.

Liu Guiqiong is still in remorse for failure. It's not that she can't see Guan Lingyun, and if she looks closely, she can see that the poem is also made up of ink dots. Think about it, why did the Tai'an Palace Lord inscribe poems under the painting for no reason? In terms of details, she really didn't do as well as Guan Lingyun.

"Okay, Gui Joan, don't be upset. Although you lose, it's just that you're not calm, not that your archery skills are inferior. The lesson of this failure also has the advantage of reining in your impetuous temperament. The Tai'an Palace Lord comforted.

"What the adults teach is that Gui Qiong should be remembered. Liu Guiqiong bowed to Guan Lingyun again, "Thank you Miss Guan for your advice." It was rude to return to Joan the previous time, please forgive me. ”

Guan Lingyun said happily: "Where." Eyesight, rate of fire, and accuracy are not the only three key points, but strength, range, skill, and actual combat experience are all indispensable keys. There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are heavens outside the sky, and you must practice hard all the time. For me, it is a great pleasure to make friends with archery, and it is also a good way to learn from each other. I also have some insights for today's competition, and I would like to say thank you to you. ”

"Tsk, the two girls just confirmed the sentence, 'victory is not arrogant, defeat is not discouraged', Lu sincerely admires. We've had a great time, you must be tired, come and rest. Well, I've almost eaten everything, and all that's left is tea!"

Everyone laughed.

Zhu Tianchang brought the two paintings to the table, so that everyone could see the content of the pictures and the little poem.

"My God, this point is so close to the point, and the distance between the two feet is twenty zhang, how do you see it?" Zhu Yuanlai couldn't help but praise loudly.

The handwriting of the master of Tai'an Palace is very beautiful, and the painting style is relatively clear. When everyone was appreciating, Xiao Tianhe noticed something. "'Gold', 'Silver', 'Silkworm', 'King'?" he muttered in his heart, "Is this a coincidence, or is it ......"

Tai'an Palace is a mysterious place. The master of Tai'an Palace is also a mysterious figure.

After the banquet, You Xuantong and You Xuanda returned to Huangya Cave, while Xiao Tianhe and his party stayed in Tai'an Palace under Zhu Tianchang's arrangement.

......

After living in the palace for a few days, Xiao Tianhe never saw the Tai'an Palace Master again. This is indeed a good place for retreat, although it is deep in the valley and at the bottom of the lake, it is not disturbed by the lake because of the magic circle, and the whole palace seems to be shrouded in a huge bubble. Xiao Tianhe's favorite thing is to lie leisurely outside the covered bridge in front of the palace in the middle of the night every night, looking up. The glowing blue light blends into the color of the water, like the sky but not, and the layers separated by the water also reflect the bright lights in the Tai'an Palace, like the twinkling stars in the night sky.

This night, he was looking up at the "starry sky" at the bottom of the lake, and suddenly inspiration surged and he muttered a poem:

"The cold light is blue and bright,

The night sky falls in front of the lake.

Flowing clouds overhead,

The lights are starry, and the sky is under the water.

Tortoiseshell dormant forest hall,

The golden silk is gracefully embellished with black rock.

The beautiful woman is always here,

Stealing half of his life in seclusion. ”

Behind him, there was a sudden chuckle as pleasant as a silver bell: "'Beauty', I know that's what I'm talking about;

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly turned over and apologized with a red face: "Palace Master, please forgive me for blasphemy in the next moment." ”

"Hey, aren't you praising me for being beautiful, why is it too much?" Xiao Tianhe realized that the cloud on her face was gone.

Xiao Tianhe didn't know how to answer, so he had to remain silent.

"Ah...... 'stealing half a life in seclusion', what a happy sentence. The master of Tai'an Palace walked to the railing and stared at the "underwater sky" with his head raised slightly: "Thinking of my life, it is indeed worthy of the word 'Lulu', why don't I want to seek leisure for half my life? It's a pity that this Tai'an Palace is not a place of long-term tranquility after all." ”

"Why did the palace master say that?" Xiao Tianhe asked puzzledly, "This is deep at the bottom of the secluded lake, and the outside world is a secluded and uninhabited place, what will be wrong?"

The Tai'an Palace Lord looked back at him and smiled, "Do you know why I live here?"

Xiao Tianhe replied: "The palace master prefers unrestrained people. The demon clan is now in turmoil, and there is no good place to live in the borderless land, so only by finding a place where no one is, even if it is to open up the territory, can you have this leisure. ”

"The first half is right, the second half is wrong. The master of Tai'an Palace said, "The five divisions of the demon clan, and the four divisions have all produced fierce demons, but the Demon Spirit Emperor doesn't care. I feel upset when I think about all that. This is a place I stumbled upon, but the reason why I can't be at peace for long is because something big is about to happen. ”

"Is it right here?, what's the big deal?" Xiao Tianhe asked curiously.

The Tai'an Palace Lord said seriously: "If you are willing to help me, I will tell you." If you don't want to, you know it's not going to do you any good. ”

Xiao Tianhe arched his hand and said: "The predecessor sent someone to rescue my companion from danger, and then invited hospitality with kindness, and did not hesitate to spend demon power to heal my companion for days, such a great favor is beyond repayment." Since my predecessors can see my modest strength, I should do my best. ”

"Hey, don't call me 'senior', it's just two words, but it calls me old. If you call it 'palace master', it also seems too rusty. Why don't I tell you my real name, and you can call me by my name in the future. "Tai'an Palace is the main road.

Xiao Tianhe hesitated for a moment and said, "It's rude to call you by name, let's call you 'Golden Girl'." ”

"Heh, how do you know that my surname is 'Jin'?" the Tai'an Palace Lord raised his eyebrows.

"Miss Jin has made it clear in the poem with the word "hidden", if I can't guess it anymore, it is really 'rude'. "Xiao Tian Dao.

The Tai'an Palace Lord took a step closer, and asked in a whisper, "Then can you guess my identity again?"