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Du Fei didn’t say anything at first, but when she saw Zhushi Jiu transfer 2,000 yuan to her without hesitation, she knew she had misjudged him.
Familiar? How could they not be familiar? If they spent more time together, they would become even closer!
Du Fei had viewed the 2,000 yuan in her account multiple times, feeling a little dizzy, and it took Zhushi Jiu calling her several times to snap her back to reality.
“Coach Du, you’ve received the money, so let’s get started, okay?”
Zhushi Jiu looked at the 2,000 yuan he had spent, without any signs of regret.
This week, as soon as he left university, he went to the lottery store and spent 2,000 yuan, leaving him with another 2,000 yuan.
“I’m still working right now…” Du Fei looked around.
“How about I treat you to a day off today?”
Zhushi Jiu’s generosity left Du Fei stunned, and it took her half a day to respond, “Just archery?”
“Of course, it’s just archery. What else would I learn?”
Du Fei sighed and nodded, “Fine, although most fancy shooting techniques in archery circles have a bad reputation, learning multiple-shooting techniques does require some skill, so it’s not a waste of your talent.”
Du Fei took the Dark Shadow Bow from Zhushi Jiu.
“By the way, don’t forget to bring the Dark Shadow Bow this afternoon.”
Du Fei was surprised that Zhushi Jiu knew about the Dark Shadow Bow.
…
Last week was already the ninth week, which meant he had died nine times.
Zhushi Jiu was not one to sit and wait for death. He knew that if he could die and revive infinitely, he could use his numerous deaths to improve his archery skills to the max, and then try to achieve perfection through repeated attempts.
But even just successfully killing the black-clothed man A in the first shot – he had used two lives to prove it was difficult to do.
The eighth and ninth weeks had already revealed some results, but he still couldn’t kill the black-clothed man A. He wouldn’t wait until he could do it before planning everything.
He had to try his best to survive each time, using all methods he could think of, whether it was mastering new skills or using cunning tricks. As long as he could anticipate all possibilities, it would be enough.
Now, he took the condition of being able to survive under the threat of the black-clothed man A as a prerequisite to consider his next battle strategy.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that his current self was unable to handle two black-clothed men at the same time.
Therefore, he had to master new skills.
At this moment.
In the outskirts of the city.
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Du Fei asked Zhushi Jiu to try shooting a few arrows to test his archery level.
“You’ve only learned archery for a short time, right?” Du Fei asked after viewing the results.
“Yes, I’ve only learned for less than a week.”
Du Fei was shocked and shook her head.
“Aren’t you being a bit too ambitious? You’ve only just learned archery, and you want to learn fancy shooting techniques. Do you know you’re wasting your talent?”
Zhushi Jiu twitched the corner of his eyebrow.
Talent? No, that referred to the talent he had gained through repeated deaths.
“I have my reasons for learning multiple-shooting techniques. Just teach me or not.”
If he could, he would also like to practice archery every day. However, his resurrection ability didn’t come with an instruction manual, and who knew when he might suddenly lose this ability?
He just wanted to find a faster strategy.
…
Du Fei let out a sigh and said, “Fine, although most fancy shooting techniques in archery circles have a bad reputation, learning multiple-shooting techniques does require some skill, so it’s not a waste of your talent.”
Du Fei took the Dark Shadow Bow from Zhushi Jiu.
“I’ll demonstrate the effect of multiple-shooting techniques. Do you see the three water balloons hanging on the trees in front of us?”
Zhushi Jiu followed Du Fei’s gaze towards the front.
In front of them, three trees had water balloons tied to them with ropes, each about one meter apart, and each balloon was only about half the size of a human head.
He, of course, saw them – he had even personally filled the balloons with water under Du Fei’s instruction.
Du Fei chose a distance of 20 meters – also Zhushi Jiu’s request.
“I see them.”
“I’ll try to hit all three with one shot.”
Du Fei said it very seriously, and her determination was palpable to Zhushi Jiu.
Under Zhushi Jiu’s expectant gaze, Du Fei pulled out three arrows and began her operation.
…
Zhushi Jiu didn’t disturb Du Fei.
After a few minutes, just when Zhushi Jiu was about to ask, Du Fei finally moved.
She held the three arrows with her thumb, index finger, and middle finger, adopting a standard archery stance. Then, she slowly turned the bow to a horizontal position.
As she adjusted her posture, Zhushi Jiu didn’t interrupt her.
After another minute, Du Fei released the string.
The three arrows flew towards the three different directions, aiming at the water balloons hanging on the trees.
Brush! Puff! Splash!
The middle tree’s water balloon was hit, bursting into fragments under the impact of the arrow and gravity, splashing water everywhere.
However, the other two water balloons remained unaffected.
Zhushi Jiu was wondering if he should let the “bullet” fly for a while longer?
But in the next second, he heard Du Fei’s slightly embarrassed voice, “Uh… sorry about that.”
Zhushi Jiu: “……”
Du Fei pulled out three more arrows, saying helplessly, “Why don’t I want to teach you? It’s because it’s difficult, and newbies can’t even handle ordinary archery, let alone fancy shooting techniques. It won’t help your archery skills at all.”
Zhushi Jiu didn’t say anything, not thinking that Du Fei was trying to deceive him.
The previous few weeks had proven that Du Fei, despite loving money, still had a bottom line. Since she was willing to teach him, it meant she was determined to teach him multiple-shooting techniques.
He re-tied a water balloon and returned to Du Fei’s side.
…
This time, Du Fei repeated the operation, adjusting her posture and releasing the string.
Puff! Puff! Puff! The three arrows flew out, successfully hitting the targets, each one hitting a water balloon.
Du Fei had failed previously, but it only took her two attempts to succeed.
Seeing how quickly she succeeded, Zhushi Jiu couldn’t help but applaud.
Coach Du was truly a treasure. Every time he revived, he could dig out something new from her, making her seem like a human strategy guide.
After succeeding, Du Fei also let out a sigh of relief, “Did you see that? Did you notice anything?”
Zhushi Jiu thought for a moment, “Your archery stance changed from vertical to horizontal.”
“Exactly, my archery stance changed. Since the targets were in three different horizontal directions, I had to adjust my stance to hit them simultaneously. This is a big challenge for archers who have already fixed their shooting stance.”
“One of the difficulties of multiple-shooting techniques lies in the changing archery stance, which requires adjusting according to the direction of the targets. For example, horizontal targets require a horizontal stance.”
Du Fei tilted her bow to demonstrate.
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“If you don’t have a flexible spatial sense, it’s hard to hit the target, whether it’s a horizontal or diagonal shot.”
“The first difficulty of multiple-shooting techniques is the changing archery stance. Do you know what the second difficulty is?”
Zhushi Jiu was puzzled.
Du Fei explained, “The second difficulty lies in the change of the centerline. Archery has a centerline, which is the straight line formed by your hand, bow, and eyes. Archers usually aim at the target based on this centerline.”
Zhushi Jiu was surprised; Du Fei had never told him this before.
As if responding to Zhushi Jiu’s thoughts, Du Fei continued, “In our usual archery practice, we form a straight line with our hand, bow, and eyes to hit a single target. The centerline is just a theoretical concept, but archers have already applied it in practice.”
“And fancy shooting techniques are called ‘fancy’ because the target positions are varied, leading to multiple archery stances and changes in the centerline. For example, the centerline of a horizontal stance is located at the chest.”
Zhushi Jiu recalled Du Fei’s horizontal shooting operation earlier and suddenly understood.
“The centerline is at the chest, which means you can’t rely on visual aiming. This is a big challenge for most archers, and can only be overcome through extensive practice, which is the kind of intuition required for fancy shooting techniques.”
Du Fei rolled her eyes, “You know why I don’t like fancy shooting techniques? Because they rely more on intuition than technique.”
Zhushi Jiu heard the word “extensive practice” and immediately asked, “Is there a way to shortcut the process?”
Du Fei flipped her hand, as if she was fed up with Zhushi Jiu’s impatience.
However, she still responded, “Of course, and there’s a very stupid way to do it.”
“What method?”
“I’ll help you determine the centerline. I’ll watch you adjust your stance every time you shoot, and I guarantee that you’ll develop a basic sense of the centerline within an afternoon.”
“Will it really work?” Zhushi Jiu was skeptical.
Du Fei nodded, “Of course, my grandfather taught me that way.”
Again with the grandfather?
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