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Du Fei couldn’t take Zhushi Jiu’s disdainful gaze and forced a smile, saying, “Mr. Zhushi, I can see that you’re an expert. I’m just trying to learn from you. Don’t mind me, and I’ll give you a discount.”
Zhushi Jiu responded gloomily, “I’m not an expert, I’m just a beginner.”
He now doubted whether Du Fei’s words from earlier were just tricks to deceive his emotions. What was the point of saying he wanted to find a good home for the Dark Shadow bow, only to spout nonsense?
Du Fei continued to flatter, “No, no, I can see that you’re an expert, Mr. Zhushi. I dare to guarantee that if you can win me, I’ll give you the Dark Shadow bow along with its arrows.”
…
In the afternoon, they were still at the archery range. Zhushi Jiu actually already knew that things in this world wouldn’t go as planned. This was a principle that even children understood.
However, the repetitive deaths made Zhushi Jiu have illusions.
— The world was unchanging.
— Even fate could be easily controlled once you saw through its patterns.
— The previous week’s strength could be carried over to the next week’s self.
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Unfortunately, this thinking was wrong. It was just the arrogant boasts of an arrogant person.
Du Fei used reality to slap Zhushi Jiu in the face. “Your archery skills are still completely inadequate.” Du Fei put down her bow, looking at Zhushi Jiu with a lost expression, and said, “You give me the feeling that you’re just a decoration, you’ve only learned the skin of archery but haven’t grasped its essence.”
“‘Stillness’ is useless without being able to stir your heart. If an archer doesn’t have even a bit of emotional fluctuation during a competition, or even the most basic desire to win, then how can they talk about winning?”
“Your ‘stillness’ is too exaggerated, I don’t know what kind of blow you’ve experienced, but it’s made your arrows completely lacking in passion.”
“You say you’re a hunting-style archer? No way, I think you’re completely a indoor-style archer. I don’t see any wildness in your archery that a hunting-style archer should have. If you continue like this, you’ll definitely destroy yourself.”
Zhushi Jiu was thrashed, then scolded. The Du Fei who had looked at him with admiration in the past was now criticizing him, saying he was worthless—no, there was one good point, Du Fei thought his posture was quite good.
But what’s the use of a good posture? He couldn’t even hit a 20-meter target, it was a completely beginner level. Not to mention hitting every arrow, he couldn’t even hit every target. Yet Zhushi Jiu couldn’t even do that.
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At this point, Zhushi Jiu finally felt that Du Fei was quite venomous. Earlier, he hadn’t discovered this about her, and had taken her outer appearance as her true nature.
They had a competition, using two formats.
The first format was called the “Single Arrow Competition,” also known as the “21-point competition” in archery, but it had no relation to the 21 points in poker, it just sounded more elegant.
The rules were that each person would shoot 21 arrows, and each arrow would be counted separately. If there was a tie, they would add one arrow.
The result was 21:0, with Du Fei crushing Zhushi Jiu from the first arrow. For her, the 20-meter target was not difficult at all, and her ring numbers were basically between 8-10, even if she occasionally made a mistake, it was only a small 8-ring.
But Zhushi Jiu was completely hopeless. His range was huge, from missing the target to hitting an 8-ring, and his strength was wavering. It was a pitiful sight.
When he hit an 8-ring, Du Fei would always hit a 9-ring or even a 10-ring, without leaving any face.
The second format was called the “Total Ring Competition.” The rules were even simpler: each person would shoot 20 arrows, and whoever had the highest total ring number would win.
The result was that Du Fei shot a total of 186 rings, averaging 9.3 rings per arrow.
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After finishing, Du Fei was still marveling at how she had maintained her strength for so many years.
But Zhushi Jiu noticed that when Du Fei held the Dark Shadow bow, it was like she had changed into a different person. If this were a game, it would probably say that Du Fei had picked up her inherent weapon, and her strength had increased by 120%!
As for Zhushi Jiu, he was also holding the Dark Shadow bow, but his total ring number for 20 arrows was only 120, averaging 6 rings per arrow…
It seemed like Du Fei was more like the master of the Dark Shadow bow.
After being thrashed, Zhushi Jiu couldn’t help but ask, “Why do you look so familiar with it?”
Du Fei replied matter-of-factly, “That’s because I’ve used the Dark Shadow bow for three to four years, although it’s been a while since I last used it, it’s still my old friend.”
Was this like saying that new loves couldn’t compare to old loves?
Zhushi Jiu thought to himself.
But Du Fei, aside from being venomous, also had poisonous eyes.
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She said, “However, I have to admit that your familiarity with the Dark Shadow bow exceeded my expectations.”
Zhushi Jiu raised an eyebrow, “How so?”
“I dare say that among people nowadays, few have played with old-style bows. But you displayed a high level of compatibility with the Dark Shadow bow from the start, without even needing an adaptation period. This shows that the Dark Shadow bow is really suitable for you.”
Zhushi Jiu’s gloomy mood finally had a bit of relief.
Du Fei didn’t know that Zhushi Jiu wasn’t just holding the Dark Shadow bow, he had even used it in life-or-death battles, and had long surpassed the adaptation period between an archer and their bow.
Zhushi Jiu didn’t want to discuss this topic, so he asked, “So, how much will you sell the Dark Shadow bow and its accessories to me?”
“One thousand five hundred.”
Du Fei was a realistic person. Earlier, she had said two thousand based on not understanding Zhushi Jiu’s strength, but now she had a good understanding of Zhushi Jiu’s abilities through the two competitions.
In simple terms, he was a genius-type archer.
She could see that Zhushi Jiu hadn’t been practicing archery for long, because people who practiced for a long time generally had stable strength, even if their ring numbers were a bit off, they would still be stable.
But Zhushi Jiu could even miss the target one arrow, and then suddenly hit an 8-9 ring the next arrow.
Her sharp eyes immediately judged that Zhushi Jiu lacked a basic sense of familiarity with the arrow, which meant he couldn’t construct a fundamental sense in his mind.
What was a fundamental sense?
It was the ability of an archer to instinctively judge whether their arrow was good or bad after shooting it.
This level of judgment ability could be attained with half a month of practice, even beginners could master it.
But Zhushi Jiu lacked this ability entirely, which proved that he had only practiced archery for less than half a month.
…Although this was nonsense, it was the truth.
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