Chapter 44: The Covenant of One Arrow
On the mountain road of Langsleeve Mountain, Chen Mingye was still not in a hurry. Meng Che looked at Chen Mingye's archery skills before, and seemed to be quite interested, and tried a few arrows along the way, but unfortunately there was no gain.
Chen Mingye glanced back at him and asked, "Brother Meng seems to be quite interested in archery?"
Meng Che scratched his head: "Seeing Brother Chen's heroic posture, Meng couldn't help but yearn for it." ”
Chen Mingye said with a smile: "Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, if Brother Meng has the heart, he will practice slowly in the future, and there is no need to rush for a while." ”
Meng Che smiled: "I still have points for myself." It's just a fun time here. ”
The two of them walked all the way, but halfway they met Zuo Qiu, who was the first to go out, and came towards him.
"Two, how is the harvest?" Zuo Qiu glanced at the harvest behind the two of them, and his heart suddenly became clear, and he couldn't help but feel a little complacent for a while, and said loudly.
When Meng Che saw him like this, he was immediately unhappy, and couldn't help but say: "We just traveled here, where is the eldest son of Shangzuo." ”
"Brother Meng, I'm just having fun, the one next to you vows to fight with Brother Yan. Zuo Qiu pulled the reins lightly and came to the two of them with a smile.
Chen Mingye didn't care at all and said: "Don't worry, the sunset is set, it's still early." ”
"It's really early, but I see that there are a little few arrows left in Brother Chen's quiver. Zuo Qiu said this, with a look of ridicule on his face.
Chen Mingye shrugged: "It's okay, don't you have two arrows left." ”
"Hahahaha......" Zuo Qiu seemed to have heard some big joke, and he was almost happy to laugh, "I said brother, you are almost running out of arrows, and you have found nothing so far, what kind of wind and waves do you expect two arrows to overturn?" Do you really think that our Brother Yan is a vegetarian?"
Meng Che's face turned dark, and he was about to speak, but he saw Chen Mingye waving his hand at him quietly.
Xiaohong grinned and blinked at Zuo Qiu's big eyes.
"Why don't you speak?" Zuo Qiu is a teenager after all, and he is quick to speak at the moment, and when he saw that neither of them answered, he couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.
Chen Mingye said lightly: "Brother Zuo has already said so, Chen is naturally indistinguishable, and naturally has to use the results to speak when the time comes." ”
Seeing this, Zuo Qiu snorted coldly: "It's really not the heart of the Yellow River that doesn't die, if you have some ability, I can still look up to you, and I'm happy to call you Brother Chen." If you only talk so fast just to get eyeballs in front of us, don't blame me Zuo Qiu for turning his face and not recognizing people. ”
"Hey, you speak politely!" Meng Che couldn't hold back any longer.
Zuo Qiu didn't bother to say another word to him, so he passed by them and went all the way to the other side.
"This kid ......," Meng Che scolded in a low voice, "He has always had this stinky temper, Brother Chen don't mind." ”
Chen Mingye smiled: "What's this, it's just a battle of words, just use the results to speak." ”
Meng Che nodded: "I believe in your strength." ”
Chen Mingye touched his nose and smiled faintly: "I also believe it." ”
At this moment, on the mountainside of Lang Sleeve Mountain, a group of people are galloping on horseback.
Yan Wendao took the lead, followed by several well-equipped escorts.
His archery skills are indeed excellent, judging from the prey dragged by the guards behind, almost all the arrows are killed in one hit, and not a single arrow is wasted.
The guards who followed behind dragged a bunch of prey, and they were all complacent, and they all thought that their sons were invincible.
Yan Wendao seems to have competed with his peers in martial arts over the years, and he really hasn't lost much.
"San'er, do you see the signal from their side?" Yan Wendao asked, glancing at the guards who were following closely behind him.
"The young master of the Tian family has not gone far with us, and I think they are almost the same. The guard hurriedly responded, "Young Master Zuo Qiu seems to have rushed to the mountain pass early in the morning, and as for the one from the Sincerity Uncle's Mansion, it seems that he has never followed the mountain pass all the time." ”
Yan Wendao smiled slightly: "It's all expected, what about Meng Che?"
The ...... guard hesitated slightly.
"What's wrong?" Yan Wendao frowned when he saw that he didn't speak.
"They don't seem to have a few arrows left, but they still haven't seen anything. The guard replied.
"Bluff?" Yan Wendao shrugged, "No matter what, I won't keep my hand this time." ”
The guard nodded: "We all know the strength of Childe. ”
Yan Wendao squinted and looked into the distance: "The hour is almost up, we should go back." ”
"Wow!" A birdsong pierced through the sky, and Yan Wendao raised his eyes to see that it was a winter gymstick carving, soaring above the nine skies, extremely handsome.
"What a handsome carving!" the guards on one side suddenly exclaimed.
Yan Wendao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at it for a while, and quietly pulled out an arrow engraved with his mark from the quiver.
"Childe!" The guards on the side were overjoyed when they saw it, knowing that their son was about to make a move.
"Don't disturb Childe!" another guard hurriedly poked him with his hand, and the guard quickly shut up.
Yan Wendao took the arrow and aimed carefully, his hands firmly clasped the bow, and the whole person seemed to have turned into a tight string, just waiting for the moment when the arrow came out.
One breath is stagnant, the other is quiet.
Yan Wendao's eyes tightened suddenly, and the sharp arrow that he had been waiting for for a long time had already come out of the string.
The eyes of all the guards followed the arrow into the air.
And the hovering winter owl eagle in the air seemed to have already foreseen the crisis, and with a hurried turn, it was almost impossible to avoid the arrow that Yan Wendao was bound to get.
"It's a pity!" a few of the guards who were waiting for him let out a long sigh when they saw this.
Yan Wendao never expected that the eagle's reaction speed was so fast, in addition to being surprised, he was even more happy to see the hunt, glanced at the remaining two arrows in the quiver, hesitated slightly, and reached out and took out another one.
Seeing this, several guards next to him immediately looked at him with anticipation.
After all, in their hearts, the results of the previous few arrows are more than enough, and the remaining arrows are insignificant to the overall situation of the competition, not to mention, in their news, that kid who doesn't know the height of the sky is really an embroidered pillow that can only magnify words, which is unbearable.
Yan Wendao bent his bow and arrows again, this time his expression was obviously more focused, this handsome winter owl eagle was able to dodge one of his arrows, which had already aroused his competitive spirit.
Waiting quietly, the wind in his ears seemed to have calmed down in an instant, and at this moment, there was no factor that could stop his arrow.
"Boom!" the arrow flew out like a meteor, and there was a muffled sound from the bow, and even a long phantom shadow seemed to pass through the air.
The winter owl seemed to have realized that it was in danger, and at this moment it was on guard, and when the arrow rang out, it actually spread its wings violently, and pulled up a little higher, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
Yan Wendao returned again in vain.
"Awesome!" Yan Wendao looked at the sky, his face was not gloomy, but he slowly spit out two words.
The guards on one side saw that he missed one after another, and they all looked at him with some concern: "Childe?"
"The last arrow!" Yan Wendao's eyes condensed into a line, the two arrows had passed, he was confident that no matter what his arrow, it would be impossible to miss again, so he slowly pulled the last arrow out of the quiver.
The guards were all stunned for a while, not daring to disturb in the slightest, for fear that the slightest sound would affect the accuracy of their son-in-law.
Yan Wendao's gaze was firmly locked on the winter owl eagle in the sky, and at this moment, the power of qi and blood in his chest was churning, and the momentum of the whole person had reached its peak.
It was at this moment that Yan Wendao, who had been gathering momentum for a long time, suddenly looked sharp, and just as he was about to make a move in his hand, he heard a "boom".
A rainbow light shone across the sky like lightning.
The winter owl eagle, which had been aiming at it for a long time, let out another mournful roar, and then fell weakly from the sky.
"Awesome, Childe!"
The guards who had been staring at the sky were overjoyed when they saw the winter owl eagle falling, and they all looked at Yan Wendao with joy on their faces.
Then they saw their own son-in-law, who was completely frozen there, and the arrow that was still in his hand and had not yet been fired.
"This arrow ......" Yan Wendao looked at the sky, stunned for a long time, and finally muttered a few words.
"Childe?" the guard on the side looked at him with some concern and shouted.
Yan Wendao did not answer.
What had been a moment before was a joyful atmosphere, but it suddenly fell silent.
"Let's go back. ”
For a long time, there was a helpless sigh, Yan Wendao turned his horse back, and he was happy.
The guards looked at each other, all of them were silent, and they didn't dare to say a word.
In another part of Lang Sleeve Mountain, Chen Mingye slowly withdrew the longbow in his hand and rode forward.
Xiao Hong, who was leaning on his arms, clapped her hands again and again, her eyes were shining: "Little junior brother, you are so powerful, you can shoot this." ”
Chen Mingye smiled: "It's just lucky." ”
"It's really blowing. Xiaohong pursed her mouth, but her eyes were still firmly fixed on Chen Mingye's face, "Did you see it, there were other people shooting that eagle just now, but you took the lead." ”
Chen Mingye coughed dryly: "He can't shoot accurately, but he can't blame me." ”
Meng Che on the side smiled bitterly: "Brother Chen's archery is really powerful, I'm afraid it was shot by the Tian family brothers over there, and Brother Chen took the lead if he missed the shot, I'm afraid they will be annoyed and angry." ”
Chen Mingye shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal.
As they spoke, they soon came to the place where the winter eagle had fallen. On the ground, the eagle eagle was still struggling on the ground, and it turned out that the arrow had hit one wing on one side, and it lost its balance and fell.
The guards hurriedly stepped forward to tie up his wings.
This eagle is about a few feet tall, and its wings are nearly a foot long, which is actually a large eagle. The head is white feathers, decorated with brown spots, the upper body is dark gray, the tail is pure white, the eyes are blazing, and the beak and claws are like hooks, which is really majestic.
"Chen Gongzi, this seems to be a xenomorph!" the guard turned the eagle over and over and looked at it carefully, and suddenly said with some surprise.
Chen Mingye was also a little surprised, he just saw someone shooting, and this eagle was majestic, so he shot an arrow, and he really didn't expect that this eagle would be a different species.
The so-called xenomorph is the extra protrusion in ordinary organisms, and this mutation occasionally has weakened individuals, but they tend to be prominent, and in ordinary animal populations, xenomorphs can generally become the leader of a group.
"It's kind of interesting. Chen Mingye naturally recognized this kind of winter gypit carving, which is very common in the northern frontier of the vast land of Shenzhou, and this first-born white feather is really not an ordinary appearance.
"It's rare," Meng Che on the side also exclaimed again and again, "I have accompanied them to this Langsleeve Mountain many times, and it is the first time I have seen such a carving." ”
Chen Mingye smiled: "Without me, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it if you encounter it." ”’
Meng Che was stunned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly became a little weird when he looked at Chen Mingye.
Chen Mingye laughed: "Proud for a while, arrogant words, Brother Meng must not be surprised." ”
Meng Che shook his head: "I only think it's normal for you to say this, otherwise I always feel that you are like an old monk, and you take everything to heart." ”
Chen Mingye froze suddenly.
The guards over there had already pulled out the arrows, brought the winter owl eagle firmly over, and asked Chen Mingye: "Chen Gongzi, this eagle is really good-looking, you can keep it for yourself or give it away, it's all excellent." ”
"Thank you for your hard work, take it for me first. Chen Mingye waved his hand back.
"Okay. As if he was very fond of the winter eagle, the guard hurriedly answered, and now turned his eyes back to the eagle.
Chen Mingye turned his horse and was about to move forward, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves "rumbling" in front of him, and then in the blink of an eye, a pair of people appeared in front of him.
Who else could Yan Wendao be if he didn't come quickly?
"Sure enough, it's you!" Yan Wendao glanced at Chen Mingye opposite, stopped suddenly, and then looked at him fixedly, and let out a long sigh.
"What's the matter, Brother Yan has returned from this trip?" Chen Mingye didn't understand what he meant, but naturally moved his gaze to the prey behind him, and the corners of his mouth outlined a slight arc.
Yan Wendao glanced at him deeply and asked, "I don't know what Brother Chen's harvest is?"
Chen Mingye looked at the corpses of those deer, roe deer, and yellow sheep, and shrugged: "Naturally, it can't be compared with Brother Yan's abundance." ”
Yan Wendao smiled, and there seemed to be a faint relief in his eyes: "Brother Chen's current appearance reminds me of an old man, at that time, I was also the most dissatisfied with him, and I have been following him all the time, bent on surpassing him." ”
Chen Mingye's words came to his lips slightly, and he didn't pick up the conversation.
"Now, I still don't accept him, but I also miss him the most," Yan Wendao said slowly, "So when I saw Brother Chen, some pictures of the past came to me for a while. ”
The guards on the side were a little strange, they had never seen when their son-in-law would take the initiative to talk so much to someone.
"That arrow is really wonderful. A brilliance bloomed in Yan Wendao's eyes, "But just like this, it's not enough for me Yan Wendao to be convinced, now you and I only have one arrow left, it's better to use this arrow to decide the winner?"
Meng Che was stunned for a moment, now this Yan Wendao seems to be a little different from his impression, and it seems that Yan Wendao should indeed be right. He looked at the young man opposite, and his eyes were full of strangeness for a moment.
Chen Mingye looked at Yan Wendao and smiled softly: "In this way, isn't Brother Yan too much of a loss?"
"One arrow, are you comparable?" Yan Wendao ignored his words, but just pressed again.
Chen Mingye spread his hands helplessly: "Brother Yan is invited, how can Chen retreat." ”