Chapter 42: Archery

The sunset, the back, the quiver, the messy hair.

The red-hot sunset on the horizon vigorously outlined his outline, but unfortunately, the remnant sun was weak, his back was blurred, but the shadow on the ground was surprisingly clear, and the shadow was stretched extremely long.

His whole being was embedded in the blood-red remnant sun, and his long thick hair twisted and fell and burned with red waves.

He stood there, just standing there quietly, and his not very strong body became a mountain, a deep-rooted mountain, calm as a mountain, immobile as a mountain.

This is a very reliable man, even if he only sees a back.

Ishiki stepped forward, and a clear and vague picture appeared in her mind.

As the sun set, the forest was dyed, and a handsome man came from the sky, he carried an arrow bag and held a longbow, his thick long hair danced in the evening breeze like a wave and burned unrestrainedly, her face she couldn't see clearly, maybe it was really too long.

One hundred and fifty years, a century and a half, too long, she has almost forgotten this old painting that she cherished in the depths of her memory, and time has gradually worn away the superficial things that she has seen, leaving behind the most brilliant colors, the meaning of the painting, red, arrows, and long wild hair in the wind.

The two paintings are slowly overlapping, and she can't tell whether the old painting covers the new painting or the new painting covers the old painting...... If you can't tell the difference, you won't be able to distinguish it.

"Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud. ”

Shi Ji stood outside the painting quietly admiring the sunset, she had never entered the sea, nor had she been to Wushan, she may be a grain of green sand by the sea, a stone at the foot of Wushan, her existence is not important, because she has been standing outside the painting.

......

The evening breeze stirred the picture, he moved, his strong arm instantly passed through the burning messy hair and took out a long arrow from the animal skin quiver on his back, a long, long arrow, and his slender and powerful fingers firmly grasped the long arrow.

Shi Ji's eyes followed the hand and the arrow pierced out.

An arrow pierced the remnant sun, the sun disappeared, and it was dark.

Shi Ji looked blankly at the man's dim back, the man was missing the arrow in his hand, she didn't know if the arrow pierced the sun, or if she withdrew the quiver.

"I'll start practicing with me tomorrow morning. The man's deep voice rang in her ears.

"Oh. Shi Ji nodded stunnedly.

"Let's go back. ”

"Oh. ”

Shi Ji followed Hou Yi back to the courtyard in a daze, Hou Yi entered the stone house, and she entered the stone circle.

The night breeze blew gently, the laurel branches shook gently, a small petal fluttered and fell, Shi Ji stretched out his hand and picked up the petals and stinked gently, "Battle skills, it turns out that this is the battle skills of the dead witch clan." She blew lightly again, and the petals flew up the branches.

She looked at the flying flowers and falling branches, and whispered: "The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and it blows down even more, and the stars are like rain." BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was there, and the lights were dim. ”

She softened and let the petals fall on her head, her eyes closed, and she fell asleep, her faint breath dissipating into the Radius.

One night of stars and one night of wind, before dawn, Shi Ji woke up, she quickly finished freshening up, then stood reverently outside the stone circle and waited, one night she seemed to return to the state of following Lao Tzu to learn the Tao.

When Hou Yi came out, she saw Shi Ji bowing down and saluting him, her neatly combed hair was stained with morning dew, and there were a few white osmanthus flowers on her elegant green robe, she should have stood for a long time.

Hou Yi was slightly moved, he didn't walk towards Shi Ji, but picked up a broom and began to clean the courtyard, Shi Ji stood there quietly as calm as the stone behind her.

She didn't plan to come forward to help, because she knew that it was Hou Yi's housework, she watched quietly, quietly observed Hou Yi's every movement, watched his actions, watched his feet, watched his movements, and watched his hands......

She had followed the old man for four years, and her harvest was definitely not just that Taiqing mantra, she had been observing the Tao for four years, she had been serving tea devoutly for forty-nine months in a row for four years, and she had been quietly guarding a sincere and true heart of seeking the Tao.

Shi Ji's waist straightened up, straighter than ever, her legs were tense, her feet were rooted, her spine was unyielding, her head was slightly raised, she was in the void above her head, her feet were on the earth, and a breath of heaven and earth emanated from her.

"Sha~Sha~Sha!"

The sound of the broom rubbing against the ground suddenly stopped, and Hou Yi looked at Shi Ji who stood there like a green pine in surprise, he had never seen a person change so much in an instant.

One moment she was a respectful seeker, this moment she ...... She became a witch, she had the breath of a witch on her body, and the things of the witch bones were imitated.

Hou Yi suddenly felt that she, the Shiji girl, was indeed as surprised as his wife said, Hou Yi finished cleaning the courtyard, he went back to the house and got an arrow and walked out, he didn't bring a bow.

Hou Yi walked up to Shi Ji and raised the arrow, and asked with an extremely serious expression, "Do you know arrows?"

Shi Ji thought for a moment and replied, "Arrows are used in conjunction with bows, and they are mostly used for long-range hunting. ”

Hou Yi neither nodded nor shook his head, he looked up at the sky, Shi Ji followed his line of sight, blue sky and white clouds, other than that, nothing, Hou Yi kept looking at the sky, Shi Ji also looked at it, a faint small black dot.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow in Hou Yi's hand flew out instantly, and the arrow pierced through the clouds and went straight into the blue sky.

"Whew!"

With a terrible roar, a pitch-black monster fell from the sky, and the heavy object fell to the ground with a bang.

"Let's go get the arrows back. Hou Yi said.

"Good. Shi Ji nodded.

Hou Yi strode forward, Shi Ji followed closely, and they walked southwest for a quarter of an hour, and saw the long-dead two-winged black tiger, the arrow piercing its skull.

"Go and pull out the arrows. Hou Yi said.

"Good. Shi Ji stepped forward, grabbed the end of the arrow, and pulled it out with force.

"How many inches does the arrow go into?"

"Nine inches and six minutes. Shi Ji visually inspected the blood stains on the arrow and replied.

Hou Yi nodded, "Where was the tiger demon hit the arrow?"

"Eyebrows. ”

"Where?"

Shi Ji ran back to look at it, and came back and replied: "The center of the king pattern in the center of the eyebrows is one inch to the left." ”

Hou Yi nodded, "How far is this place from where I shoot arrows?"

Shi Ji closed his eyes and replied after a moment of silent calculation: "About twelve miles." ”

Hou Yi smiled and nodded: "Yes, twelve miles and thirty-three steps, I have taught many people archery, none of them can answer all the questions, you are the only one." ”

Shi Ji scratched her head embarrassedly, her Youting step was extremely even, her speed she knew in her heart, and a little calculation would naturally not deviate too much.

"Any idea why I'm asking these questions?"

Shi Ji thought carefully for a while before trying to say: "In order to sum up the experience." ”

The smile on Hou Yi's face became stronger, and he smiled: "Yes, very good, I'll tell you what an arrow is now, an arrow is a killing weapon, there is only one blow, there is no regret about the arrow, it is necessary to kill an arrow, fast, accurate, ruthless, it is an arrow." ”

"Fast, it seems to be talking about the speed of the arrow, in fact, it is talking about strength, the arrow is fast if the force is strong, the strong bow shoots the arrow fast, the bow is a tool for power, there is a bow to shoot an arrow, no bow can also shoot an arrow, I just did not use the bow for the arrow, called the arrow in the hand. ”

"Accurate, that is, to be accurate, this is a crucial point, no matter how strong the power is and how fast the speed is, if you can't shoot, it doesn't make any sense, but to be accurate, you need to see more and think more and practice, in your words, it is to accumulate experience. ”

"Every time I shoot my prey, I will take the arrow myself, not how precious the arrow is, but I have to measure the distance of the arrow I shoot, the position of the shot, and the strength of the arrow, so that I can continue to correct the slightest mistake, the smaller the mistake, the more accurate my arrow can be. ”

"Ruthless, not ruthless and unrighteous and ruthless, ruthless is a state of mind, a kind of extreme calmness, always calmly observe the enemy's every move to find the weakness of one blow to kill, remember, treat every arrow as their last arrow, the arrow is ruthless, and it must be killed. ”

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Happy Lantern Festival, everyone!!