"Pop!" Gu Yanfei smiled and applauded his arrow.

Gu Yuan handed the bow to Gu Yanfei and explained with a smile: "Sister, this bow of yours is a stone bow. It is a bit light for those who practice martial arts. However, for most women, this bow is a stone bow.

The one-stone bow is still a bit difficult."

"Have you ever tried a bow?"

"I tried it." Gu Yanfei nodded, "It's pretty light."

"Sister is indeed a daughter of our Gu family!" Gu Yuan smiled happily, "Several aunts in the family are also good at riding and shooting."

Gu Jian, who was standing next to him, realized that the bow actually belonged to Gu Yanfei. His expression froze, and he felt as if the brother and sister were mocking his uncle who couldn't even draw a stone bow.

Gu Yuan turned his back to Gu Jian and only focused on talking to Gu Yanfei: "Sister, although my shooting skills are not as good as when my father was alive, I am still seven or eight times as good as his. In the army, I am the leader in shooting every year. Do you think?

Learn, I can teach you."

When he said these words, he was high-spirited, and his description revealed a complacency and showoff.

Not far away, when Gu Jian heard him mention Gu Ce, the tea cup in her hand shook slightly.

Gu Yanfei was amused by Gu Yuan, smiled, and was about to say yes when she glanced at the hair tie on the back of Gu Yuan's head that was a little loose, so she waved to him: "Sit down, lower your head."

With one command and one movement, Gu Yuan sat down on a chair and lowered his head slightly.

Gu Yanfei helped him straighten his slightly loose hair, and then tied the hair tie tightly again.

Gu Yuan remained motionless and allowed Gu Yanfei to tie his hair, staring at the girl who was close at hand.

There was a voice deep in his heart saying, this is his biological sister, she is different.

Since childhood, Gu Yuan has been very good to his only sister Gu Yunchun, and Gu Yunchun is also close to him. But for some reason, there is always an invisible gap between him and Gu Yunchun deep in his heart, which seems to be gone.

The fog surrounding the scene is difficult to describe in words.

Sometimes, he felt that there was something wrong with him. He and Gu Yunkuang's parents were dead and they were each other's only relatives. He should be better to her. He also blamed himself for this and was confused.

It was only now that he found his real sister that the fog in his heart was cleared.

When he and Gu Yanfei were together, there was no such strange sense of estrangement. Instead, there was an inexplicable sense of tacit understanding and intimacy between them.

It was obvious that they had only known each other for a short time, and the time they had spent together was so short. It was as if there was an invisible tie connecting him to his sister deep in the blood.

This is his sister!

The person closest to him by blood in the world.

The dust settled in Gu Yuan's heart, like a traveler who has been wandering for many years and finally found his home, and his heart felt warm.

Gu Yanfei tied the hair tie slowly and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a young man in green running towards him holding two heavy bows and panting.

Gu Yanfei's eyes were fixed on one of the bows for a moment, and a faint sneer escaped from his mouth.

She calmly raised her hand and drew a weird, winding curve on his forehead, one stroke at a time, and when she finished, she lightly tapped his forehead with her fingertips.

A faint white light flashed past.

Gu Yanfei retracted his hand with satisfaction, and then said: "Okay."

Gu Yuan then stood up from the chair, and touched the hair tie that Gu Yanfei had retied with some fondness, feeling full of energy.

While the brother and sister were talking, the boy in Tsing Yi, sweating profusely, carried the two bows to the long desk and carefully put down the bows.

These two large bows are heavier than the other, far from being comparable to Gu Yanfei's stone bow.

Gu Jian put down the tea cup, cleared her throat again, and then said: "Brother Yuan, I remember you were able to draw the two-stone bow a year ago. You can now draw the stone bow with ease just now. Let the second uncle see how you are now.

How many stones can it be pulled apart?"

The boy just brought two bows, one is a three-stone bow and the other is a five-stone bow.

Gu Yuan picked up the three-stone bow without saying a word and shook it.

The three-stone bow was obviously heavier than the one-stone bow, and the bowstring was thicker. It shone with a faint cold light in the sun.

Gu Yuan was still calm and unhurried, nodding the arrow unhurriedly, and fully pulling the bow string in one go. His movements were as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, and it seemed to be a reflex action of his body.

In the past two years, the bow he commonly used in the army was the three-stone bow, which was no longer a problem for him.

The feathered arrow shot out rapidly, faster and sharper than the first arrow, falling like a meteor to the ground.

The second arrow hit the red heart again.

The archery target in the distance trembled violently and rustled due to the impact of the arrow, as if applauding Gu Yuan.

"Pa bang bang..." Gu Yanfei clapped happily again, her eyes bright.

"Good!" Gu Jian also touched her palms and praised loudly and energetically, "Brother Yuan has really made great progress this year."

"This third one is a five-stone bow. Your father also used it when he was young..."

Gu Jian spoke in an understatement, curling up the corners of her mouth with a bit of complacency.

This rhinoceros horn bow is of extraordinary significance to the Dingyuan Hou Mansion, representing the former glory and glory of the Hou Mansion.

When Emperor Taizu conferred the title of Marquis of Dingyuan on his grandfather Gu Qin, he personally gave his grandfather this rhinoceros horn bow. He praised his grandfather as a naturally powerful marksman and no one could match him for hundreds of years. He said that good bows are given to heroes.

My grandfather was grateful for Emperor Taizu's appreciation and swore an oath to the court that this rhinoceros horn bow would be passed down to the descendants of the Gu family along with the iron certificate of the alchemy book to open up territory for the great scenery.

Gu Yuan looked at the five-stone bow with burning eyes, and picked it up eagerly, his eyes shining brightly.

He still remembered that it was his grandfather who passed this bow to his father. He watched his father draw the bow with his own eyes and shoot through the poplars with a hundred steps. At that time, his father laughed and said that he would pass the bow to him again in the future so that he could practice riding and archery.

Only a man can draw this bow.

He was weak and small at that time, but he always secretly went to his father's study to play with the bowstring secretly.

Later, when his father left, his second uncle took away the rhinoceros horn bow.

Gu Yuan held the heavy rhinoceros horn bow in his hand and couldn't put it down.

Gradually, a trace of sadness and reluctance appeared in his eyes.

This emotion was quickly replaced by another kind of excitement that was eager to try.

He held the rhinoceros horn bow tightly and gradually pulled the string, increasing the strength again and again. After testing the feel, he slowly but firmly drew the heavy empty bow to full capacity the third time.

The muscles of the shoulders and arms tightened with the action of drawing the bow. The strong muscles bulged slightly under the robe, and the posture of drawing the bow was heroic.

But anyone could see that it was already very difficult for him to draw the empty bow to its full capacity.

"Not bad, quite good." Gu Jian stood up from the chair, stroking her palms again and again, "It has the style of your father back then!"

After a while, Gu Yuan put the bowstring back bit by bit.

Gu Jian twirled his beard again, with a nostalgic look on his face, "I still remember that when your grandfather gave this bow to your father, your father was your age now, and this bow accompanied him on the battlefield...

"

As he spoke, his index finger brushed the corners of his eyes, and his voice was a little hoarse.

Gu Yuan still held the rhinoceros horn bow, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and temples, but his eyes were very bright, as if to say, he can do it!

He casually drew another arrow from the quiver. The meaning of this action was very clear. He planned to use this five-stone bow to shoot the third arrow.

"Brother Yuan, forget it." Gu Jian advised sadly, "You have worked very hard. You are pretty good at being able to draw this bow at your age. I'm afraid you won't be able to find anyone else of your age.

…”

"People should act according to their ability, and don't force themselves."

"I can do it." Gu Yuan said confidently, with high spirits and beads of sweat shining like crystal in the sun, making the young man even more wanton.

His archery skills were enlightened and taught by his father himself.

My father said that practicing martial arts cannot only rely on brute strength, but also requires perseverance and learning to use your brain.

His father taught him a kind of training called "meditation". In addition to practicing martial arts every day, he also had to rehearse the process of practicing martial arts during the day over and over in his mind at night when no one was around.

He has done this kind of "meditation" training thousands of times and is very good at it.

When he tried the bow just now, he had rehearsed it several times in his mind, down to every step of nocking the arrow, buckling the string, pre-drawing, drawing the bow, aiming, and releasing the string.

Although he hasn't gotten started yet, he is sure that he can do it!

Gu Jian did not persuade Gu Yuan anymore and picked up the tea cup again.

Under the half-lidded eyes, his eyes moved slightly, and a sneer appeared on his lips.

Eight years ago, the title of Marquis of Dingyuan was almost lost to his brother Gu Ce. It was he who worked hard to retain the title. It was him who kept a low profile these years and the Gu family had the stable life they have today.

He wouldn't let Gu Yuanbai take advantage of this!

Gu Jian seemed to be drinking tea, but in fact she was still paying attention to Gu Yuan's every move. She saw Gu Yuan calmly placing the third feather arrow on the five-stone rhinoceros horn bow with a solemn expression.

His phoenix eyes shot out with unusually bright light in the sunlight, as if they had traveled through the distant time and space, looking at a tall and handsome figure with a majestic and graceful figure.

His father's blood flows in his body. If his father can do it, he can do it too!

Gu Yuan took a deep breath, with a focused expression, and pulled the string again.

This time, the force he used to pull the string was just like what he had practiced in his mind before. It was stronger and faster, and he used the strength of his back to draw the bow firmly.

The bowstring being pulled apart made a slight sound.

The sound was as light as the moan of a mosquito, almost inaudible in the howling cold wind of the martial arts arena.

The tea cup in Gu Jian's hand stopped in front of her chest, her eyes widened unconsciously, staring at the five-stone bow in Gu Yuan's hand for a moment, watching the bow string being stretched bit by bit.

He knew that the string of this bow would break when stretched to the extreme.

In other words, the moment Gu Yuan releases the arrow, the bowstring will break...

He was sure that Gu Yuan couldn't escape and couldn't save his arm!

Gu Jian's eyes became more and more sinister and dark, like an evil ghost from the boundless hell.

This injury is not likely to kill Gu Yuan, but once the hand bone is broken, it will be fatal to the general, and Gu Yuan can only stop here.

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Chapter completed!