Chapter 5: The Challenge of the Gym (Part I)
Since its establishment, another martial arts gym in the capital, Jingnan Boxing Gym, has selected three martial artists with the highest force value to come to the Jingshi Imperial Martial Arts Academy for exchange and study every year, which is to compare the difference in the size of the force value.
Due to the considerable gap in the strength of the two martial arts martial arts students, the martial arts value of the best martial arts students in the Jingnan Boxing Gym can only be ranked in the middle position in the Jingshi Imperial Martial Arts Academy, and occasionally a talented and well-trained martial artist can be ranked in the top position.
In order to promote the development of the Jingnan Boxing Gym, a former emperor of the Xurui Dynasty once issued a holy decree to reward the martial arts students of the Jingnan Boxing Gym and the content of the reward - the martial arts value of the top 20 in the Imperial Martial Arts Academy is rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, the top 10 are rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver, and the top five are directly awarded the title of seven-rank military attaché;
At the beginning of Shi Dewa's fourth year of training at the Martial Arts Academy, the martial artists of the Jingnan Martial Arts Gym brought three martial artists with the highest martial arts value to participate in the martial arts value test of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy.
The day before the test, Zhou Chi held a meeting with the four-year martial arts students of the martial arts academy and informed him of the unexpected situation he knew in advance: the martial arts values of the martial arts students from the Jingnan Boxing Gym this year in their own martial arts tests - compared with the comprehensive martial arts values of the last four years of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, the results of these three martial arts students ranked first, fourth, and eighth respectively.
If after the test, the martial arts students of the Jingnan Boxing Gym are really allowed to get such a ranking, which will make the prestige of the Imperial Martial Arts Institute discredited and the royal dignity disgraced. In order to motivate the martial arts students of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy to defeat the three martial arts students of the Jingnan Boxing Gym, Zhou Chi announced: The martial arts students of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, who ranked sixth to tenth in the comprehensive score of this test, will be rewarded with 3,000 taels of silver, the second to fifth place will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver, and the first place will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver; and the top 10 martial arts students in a single event will be rewarded with 2,000 taels, 3,000 taels, and 5,000 taels of silver.
The most tense and exciting beginning of the year force test in the history of the Jingshi Imperial Martial Arts Academy kicked off.
All the martial arts students of the martial arts academy participated in the test, and the test items were the items of the Xurui Dynasty military officer examination - drawing a hard bow, dancing a knife, lifting a stone, riding a pistol, riding archery, and foot shooting.
On the first day, the test was three events: drawing a hard bow, dancing a knife, and shooting at a foot.
The martial arts of the martial arts can only reach the level of martial arts, but on the test ground of the Imperial Martial Academy's hard bow, there are four genuine martial artists who are all dressed in black, they are Zhou Huan, the fourth prince of the Imperial Martial Academy, Shi Dewa, Feng Rui, the son of Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, and Zhao Wo of the boxing gym. At the end of the first year of the fourth prince, Zhou Tian and Shi Dewa, were at the level of the Great Martial Lord, and now they have broken through to the strength of the Great Martial Honor, surpassing all the martial artists of the Imperial Martial Academy, and the force of Feng Rui, the son of Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, has also broken through to the level of the Middle Martial Lord.
The test has been for a while, Zhao Wo firmly occupies the first place in the martial arts value list with the result of pulling out a 300-pound hard bow, the two martial arts students of the private class of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy ranked second and third, and the other two martial arts students Yang Ting and Chen Ran of the boxing gym ranked fourth and fifth.
Zhou Chi, the head of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, who was "supervising the battle" on the side, looked at the four princes of the Imperial Martial Academy, Zhou Huan, Shi Dewa, Feng Rui, the son of Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, Sun Xun, the son of Sun Han, the king of Liangjiang, Meng Ze, the son of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, Zheng Tu, the son of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, Xu Zhan, the son of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, Mo Rigen, the son of the king of the grassland, and Da Jibao, the son of the king of the forest, and then waved their fists to signal them to enter the test.
This is the pre-arranged test sequence, and these nine martial artists are the last hole cards of the Imperial Martial Academy.
The son of the Seven Kings is the son of the seven military marshals of the Xurui Dynasty, among them Xu Zhan, Zheng Tu, and Meng Ze opened a hard bow of 260 catties in turn, which ranked second, and lowered the rankings of Yang Ting and Chen Ran in the boxing gym by two places, but it could not shake the position of Zhao Wo in the boxing gym in the slightest, which was absolutely intolerable to the Imperial Martial Arts Academy.
Then on the field was Sun Xun, the son of Sun Han, the king of Liangjiang, who was even stronger, and he opened a hard bow of 260 catties in the first place, which was his guaranteed result, and the second pulled him apart from the hard bow of 280 catties in one fell swoop, and when he hit the hard bow of 300 catties in the third place, he failed.
The son of the King of the Steppe, Mozhigen, came from the nomadic people of the north, who had made horseback riding and archery their lifelong occupation for generations, and Dajibao, the son of the King of the Forest, came from the nomadic people of the north, and the bow and arrow were the tools they relied on for survival for thousands of years.
The strength of Mo Rigen and Da Ji Bao is not as good as Zhao Wo, but their ability to control the hard bow is far better than Zhao Wo, and in the end, Mo Rigen and Da Ji Bao both pulled out the hard bow of three hundred catties and ranked first in the same position as Zhao Wo of the boxing gym, and the people of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy were greatly relieved.
The next one to appear was Xiao Wuzun Feng Rui, the son of Nanling King Feng Yi, who pulled a hard bow of 300 catties on the second hand, and when he pulled a hard bow of 350 catties on the third time, like Zhao Wo in the boxing gym, he only pulled a little bit and gave up.
In the past, the 300-pound hard bow was only pulled by the martial artist, and it was not originally prepared for the martial arts test, as for the 350-pound strong bow was used as a sign of infinite force, and the martial artist could not pull it, and it was natural for the martial artist not to pull it.
Shi Dewa and the Fourth Prince's strength is the strongest, which is an indisputable fact in the Imperial Martial Academy, but in the face of a strong bow of three hundred and fifty catties, no one believes that they can pull it away.
The hearts of the people of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy have reluctantly accepted that the five martial artists of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy will share the honor of drawing the first place in the hard bow ranking with Zhao Wo of the Boxing Gym.
Some people began to complain about why they didn't prepare a strong bow of more than 320 catties, in that case, Shi Dewa and the fourth prince Zhou Huan could pull it open, and Zhao Wo might not be able to pull it open.
Shi Dewa came on the field, and the fourth prince Zhou Huan whispered to Shi Dewa: "Dewa! ”
Shi Dewa nodded, and he went to pull the three-hundred-pound strong bow first.
The people of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy are worried about Shi Dewa: if you don't overdo it, if you miss it, if you don't have a guaranteed score, the final total score will be over, and it would be a pity for Shi Dewa to have a strong force!
Shi Dewa slowly lifted the 300-pound hard bow, pushed the back of the bow with his left hand, held the bowstring tightly with his right hand, and used both arms to force - the bow opened like a full moon, so that Shi Dewa got two opportunities to challenge the 350-pound strong bow - the prescribed test was three chances for each martial artist.
Shi Dewa put down the 300-pound hard bow and used the 350-pound strong bow, and the test site quieted down for a while.
Shi Dewa has been practicing the internal strength of the Zhou family for two years, and the fusion with the external strength has become a bit hot, and he has been able to control the power of the fusion of internal and external forces. This internal force is like a sail, it is erected on the external force of the ship, the external force instantly increases greatly, the board is large to erect a large sail, so only the external force is large, it is possible to integrate greater internal force, Shi Dewa's external force is unmatched among his peers, and the internal force generated by his practice of internal strength is naturally unmatched.
Shi Dewa sank into the dantian, and then slowly breathed through his arms, a round force was born from his arms, and the high strong bow was pulled by Shi Dewa faintly made a "snort" sound, Shi Dewa closed his breath, and the three hundred and fifty pounds of the strong bow was pulled away little by little, until the bow opened like a full moon.
Shi Dewa pulled out the three hundred and fifty pounds of strong bow in one fell swoop.
All the people present held their breath, their eyes widened, and stared nervously at Shidewa, and the moment Shidewa pulled his strong bow, the hall erupted in long-lasting cheers.
Shi Dewa's performance, even the top master of the Xurui Dynasty martial arts level was the Great Martial Sect, and Zhou Chi, the head of the Imperial Martial Academy, was extremely shocked.
Zhou Huan, the fourth prince who appeared at the end, opened the first three hundred catties of the strong bow, although he did not open the three hundred and fifty catties of the strong bow, but one pulled it was better than Zhao Wo's two pulls, and the Imperial Martial Arts Academy finally retained the first and second positions in the force list.
The second test is the Dancing Knife, which requires the martial artist to choose a long knife of different weights and make several prescribed movements to stab the Dancing Knife Flower on the chest.
After the dance knife test, Shi Dewa and the Four Princes Zhou Huan occupied the first place in the two individual lists and the overall list of martial arts value with the same high score, Feng Rui ranked third, Zhao Wo of the boxing gym ranked fourth, and the following are Sun Xun, Mo Rigen, Da Jibao, Meng Ze, Xu Zhan, Zheng Tu, the two martial artists of the Minjia class, Yang Ting and Chen Ran of the boxing gym......
The third test is foot archery, which requires Wu Sheng to draw a 120-pound bow and shoot 12 arrows at a target 80 paces away.
After the foot archery test, Mo Rigen, Da Jibao, and Feng Rui tied for first place in this score list with 12 arrows in a row, Shi Dewa and Zhou Huan, the fourth prince in a row, and Chen Ran in the boxing gym ranked fifth with 11 arrows in a row, and the remaining sons of the Seven Kings, Zhao Wo, and the two martial artists in the Minjia class were all 10 arrows in a row.
The test of the whole day is over, on the total score list of the three force values, Shi Dewa and the Four Princes Zhou Huan are tied for first place, Feng Rui, Mo Rigen, and Da Ji Bao squeezed out the powerful Zhao Wo with the first place in foot shooting, ranking third, fourth and fifth in the overall list, and on the three individual force value lists, Shi Dewa and the Four Princes Zhou Huan each occupy the first place in one item, Mo Rigen, Da Ji Bao, Feng Rui occupies a tie for first place in the infantry shooting list, while Zhao Wo of the boxing gym is ranked sixth in the overall standings, Chen Ran is ranked tenth, and Yang Ting is ranked fifteenth, but in the individual rankings, Zhao Wo is tied for third and Chen Ran is ranked fifth.
Zhou Chi, the head of the Imperial Martial Academy, fully affirmed the outstanding performance of Shi Dewa, the Four Princes Zhou Huan, Feng Rui, Mo Rigen, Da Ji Bao and others in front of the dinner table, and then reminded everyone: Tomorrow's test will be very difficult, Chen Ran of the boxing gym has the strength to impact Mo Rigen and Da Ji Bao in the riding and archery project team, Yang Ting's horse gun also has the strength of the top three, and the most threatening is Zhao Wo. The strength of the fourth prince Zhou Huan, Zhao Wo will do his best to strive for the first place in a single event, and we must not let him succeed.