Chapter 4: The Secrets of the Tianzhu Master (Part 2)
"Zhou Xiaopang, the remaining nine lashes will be recorded for now. With your physical condition, how can you become a qualified soldier? Before the new recruit training begins, the camp commander will conduct a series of intensive training on you. If you can't complete it, get out of my sight early and don't embarrass the Third Battalion. I'll come to find you after lunch."
He watched as the figure of Guan Ice disappeared into the distance, before slowly getting up from the ground. The slyness in his eyes dissipated a bit, "People are really different. It seems that I won't be able to anger this Camp Commander again in the future. Compared to Empress Yu, she is much kinder." Even he himself didn't expect that Guan Ice would be so easy to deceive. If it were Empress Yu instead, perhaps not even one of the remaining nine whips would have been spared. Zhou Weiqing clearly noticed that when Guan Ice was saying her last words, a hint of reluctance flashed in her eyes. This made him feel more affectionate towards Guan Ice, but as a result, this sly guy started recalling the elastic touch from yesterday and drooled shamelessly.
Before long, noon arrived, and the lunch in the army was nothing special, simple and filling. When Zhou Weiqing was at home, he didn't eat any delicacies, as long as he could eat his fill, he had no complaints. Of course, the dining hall where he ate was only for ordinary soldiers, while the officers had their own place to eat. When he returned after lunch, he saw that Shangguan Xue'er was already standing in front of his tent waiting for him. Her attire was exactly the same as when she came this morning. Zhou Weiqing thought to himself, if she were my girlfriend, it would be great if she waited for me like this! However, he only thought about it briefly, Zhou Weiqing's greatest strength was that he had self-awareness, and he didn't think that the number one genius beauty of the Heavenly Bow Empire would take a liking to him, a useless person who couldn't cultivate.
"Good job." Zhou Weiqing quickly walked up to Shangguan Bing'er and stood at attention, giving her a formal salute.
Shangguan Bing'er was indeed kind-hearted, but she was also extremely intelligent. After whipping Zhou Weiqing in the morning and returning, she realized that she had been deceived. The whip she used wasn't even heavy enough to cause such pain? This little brat was clearly pretending. This seemingly silly and foolish-looking Zhou Xiaobao was definitely not a good person. If she didn't punish him properly, it would be hard to dispel the hatred in her heart. Just thinking about how the first man to touch her body was such a scoundrel made Shangguan Bing'er furious.
"Zhou Xiaopang, I'm asking you, what is the most important ability for an archer?" Shangguan Bing'er asked in a low voice.
"Speed, power and accuracy."
Shangguan Bing'er was surprised by his quick and correct answer, "Very good, you're absolutely right. Judging from your performance this morning, your physical condition is not good enough to be a qualified longbowman. Therefore, starting now, I will give you a series of special training."
Zhou Weiqing's face fell as soon as he heard this, "Captain, can't we start a bit later? I just finished eating and need to take a nap."
"Who are you to negotiate with me? Obeying orders is a soldier's duty, I hope you remember that. Otherwise, you'll never become an excellent soldier, let alone an officer. I'm going to prepare, special training starts in half an hour."
Watching Xue Bing'er leave, Zhou Weiqing immediately laughed and said, "This girl is fierce, but her heart is too soft. She's still given me half an hour of rest time. In front of this young master, pretending is useless. Take a nap. Afternoon naps are a good habit, they're also good for beauty and skin care."
When Shangguan Bing'er returned with a military package half an hour later, what she heard was the even snoring of Zhou Xiaopang's longbow hand.
Shangguan Bing'er is so angry and amused, Zhou Xiaopang this scoundrel really eats well and sleeps soundly, can't he see that he's taking revenge on himself by pretending to be kind? It's also amazing that he can sleep so soundly.
"Zhou Xiaopang, get up for me." Shang Guan Bing'er shouted from outside the tent. She naturally wouldn't enter his tent, what if this guy was sleeping naked?
The snoring continues.
Shangguan Bing'er's beautiful eyes flashed with a sly light, and she suddenly shouted "It's on fire!"
"Ah——" a miserable cry came from inside the tent, and Zhou Weiqing rolled out of it in a flurry. Fortunately, although he was a bit disheveled, he was still wearing his clothes.
"Where? Where?" Zhou Weiqing rushed out with a panicked face.
Shangguan Bing'er said in a bad tone: "Are you so afraid of death?"
Zhou Weiqing looked around, and by now he had gradually come to his senses. Seeing that there wasn't even a spark of fire around him, he suddenly understood that he had been deceived. With an unsatisfied expression, he said: "Fear of death is human nature, not fearing death is foolishness. Nothing's wrong, I'll go back and continue sleeping." As he spoke, he turned around to head back.
"Bastard, stop right there." Shangguan Bing'er found that for some reason, every time she faced Zhou Xiaopang, he would infuriate her to death.
"Is there anything else, Captain?" Zhou Weiqing asked somewhat impatiently.
"Special training." Officer Bing'er gritted her teeth, staring at the guy, and with a swift motion, she stuffed the military backpack into Zhou Weiqing's arms. She had already made up her mind that no matter what, today she would thoroughly deal with this guy, otherwise it would be hard to dispel the hatred in her heart.
Zhou Weiqing felt a sudden weight in his hand, and upon opening it, he found that it was filled with heavy stones weighing at least 20 kilograms. He immediately stopped pretending and said with a bitter face: "Captain, isn't this a bit too much?"
Shangguan Bing'er let out a cold snort, "As an archer, your speed and strength are far from enough. How can you not engage in intense physical training?"
"But I'm accurate with my archery, isn't that enough?"
"Are you good at archery?" Shangguan Bing'er asked in doubt.
Zhou Weiqing still had some confidence in his archery skills, and he immediately nodded.
Shangguan Bing'er said, "Alright, as long as your archery is more accurate than mine, or at least similar to mine, you won't have to undergo my training. Bring your bow and arrows and follow me."
Zhou Weiqing slung his longbow over his back, strapped on his quiver, and followed Shangguan Bing'er out of the military camp through a side gate.
As soon as they left the camp, Officer Bing stopped and pointed to a tree about 200 paces away, roughly the thickness of a human body: "Do you see that tree? As a qualified longbowman, you should be able to hit a target at a distance of 200 paces. Your goal now is the center of that big tree, start!"
Zhou Weiqing took down his longbow and pulled out a 0.9-meter-long feathered arrow from the quiver, drew the bowstring back to his ear, aimed at a tree trunk about 200 meters away that was as thick as a human body, which looked like just a thin line in the distance, carefully sighted it, then released the arrow.
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It wasn't until after last night's update that we discovered we already have our sixth Alliance Master, thank you roddick1 and also thanks to all the book friends who rewarded us, such as Ai Ke Nan Yi, I won't list them out here.
Today is still a guaranteed two updates, suddenly found that the distance between us and the fifth recommended ticket is not far, everyone uses force to rush, if we rushed to the fifth place, today will be three more. These two days, the old waist disease relapsed again, today can only write while lying down, it's really tragic, I estimate it will be slow for a long time, and lying down with a laptop can't go online, so maybe temporarily can't reply to book reviews, tonight I'll reply together.
Thank you every book friend who supports Xiao San, thank you everyone. The second update will be around 5 o'clock in the evening.
