The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 238 - 234 Bragging to the Skies

Chapter 238: Chapter 234 Bragging to the Skies

Ruo Xuan and Xuanyuan Que’s horsemanship truly amazed all the soldiers and generals present.

Even if the horses were excellent, the two children had to be able to control them, making the horses run well.

The soldiers were too embarrassed to surround the two children with questions, and moreover, they could tell at a glance that these children were of noble identity, so they all gathered around the two horses instead, studying why those horses were so exceptional.

That speed, that explosive power was simply incredible!

Including Yan Heng’s horse, named Chaser, it also came to the sides of the two horses, seeming as though the three horses were communicating something.

The other children also reached the finish line one after another.

Wu Junyan dismounted and immediately ran to Ruo Xuan’s side, his eyes full of stars, "Xuanbao, your riding is so skillful! How many years have you been practicing? Do you practice every day?"

Ruo Xuan smiled beamingly, "Mhm, I practice every day. I’ve been practicing for over half a year now!"

Yan Huan squeezed past Wu Junyan and said, "Xuanbao, Xuanbao, how are you so talented, even beating our little cousin!"

Yan Jiaojiao threw herself onto Ruo Xuan, "Xuanbao, you’re amazing! I admire you so much!!"

Wu Junyan pushed forward again, his eyes filled with even greater admiration, "Xuanbao, you’re too amazing. To be this good after only half a year of practice! Is there some secret? I’ve practiced riding for four years and still am not as good as you. Xuanbao, could you teach me?"

Most of the children also wanted to know, looking at Ruo Xuan expectantly.

Everyone pushed and shoved to get closer to Ruo Xuan.

Of course, there were some who were not convinced, pouting and standing aside, reluctant to approach, yet their ears were perked up, wanting to hear Ruo Xuan’s method.

Compared to reading and training in martial arts, the children all preferred riding and horse racing; this was considered one of the major entertainment activities in a world with not many of them, and the children all especially loved it.

How could Ruo Xuan teach them her method? She wouldn’t even be able to, let alone them! Just as she was wondering how to respond, Xuanyuan Que spoke indifferently, "Are we still comparing archery skills or not?"

Ruo Xuan blurted out, "Riding is just about understanding the horses better and practicing more. Let’s hurry up and go test our archery skills!"

She couldn’t wait to receive another round of praise, to see everyone’s admiring gazes!

Ruo Xuan struggled out of the encirclement of children and went to Xuanyuan Que’s side, taking his hand and asking, "Brother Xuanyuan, where is the archery range? Let’s go quick!"

Yan Huan was one step ahead and grabbed Ruo Xuan’s hand, "Xuanbao, I’ll take you, I know the place!"

Yan Jiaojiao also took Ruo Xuan’s hand, which had been holding Xuanyuan Que’s, and said, "I know too! Let’s hurry up and get a good spot!"

And so Ruo Xuan was led away by the Yan siblings.

A group of children followed them in a flurry.

Xuanyuan Que, left behind, followed with an expressionless face.

Soon, the group of children arrived at the archery range.

At the range, a few soldiers were practicing archery; no matter which world, there would always be people making up for lack of talent with hard work, as well as talented people who worked even harder.

Yan Heng watched the group of children with bows and arrows lining up. Thinking that Xiaojiu and Xuanbao were so impressive, he wanted to get the other soldiers involved in the competition too, to stimulate them a bit. He wanted them to know that they weren’t even as good as a child!

But after thinking it over, Yan Heng decided not to do so. He was afraid it would be too much of a shock, with the soldiers doubting themselves.

Moreover, adults need to save face, so he decided to leave them some dignity!

Therefore, Yan Heng said to one of his generals, "Inform everyone to come to the training ground to watch the competition! Including the soldiers who just reported today."

The general, upon hearing this, immediately arranged for his subordinates to do so.

The military camp had a special bugle call for assembling all troops. Once the lookout tower sounded the bugle three times, all the soldiers assembled in less than a quarter of an hour and came to the outside of the archery range.

The new recruits also arrived, only they were a bit slower than the well-trained veterans, and the lines they formed were a bit more disorganized.

Although the new recruits saw the veterans lining up so neatly, they also quietly moved their feet, trying their best to align.

Yan Heng, seeing that all the soldiers had arrived and the rules of the competition had just been finished explaining, signaled for the bugle to sound the start of the competition.

The archery contest was quite simple, which involved shooting at a fixed target. Whoever could hit the target more often and the closer to the bullseye, the better.

Because the children were quite young, a target was specially arranged only three meters away.

Ordinarily, the archery range targets started at fifty meters, with further targets set at sixty meters, seventy meters... up to one hundred and fifty meters, with a target placed every ten meters. These long-range targets were meant for beginners.

Beyond that, there were targets from one hundred and fifty meters up to four hundred meters, but no one in the military camp could hit the four hundred-meter target. Yan Heng could only hit the three hundred and fifty-meter target. Although it wasn’t dead center, it was already very impressive. Throughout the four nations, he was the only one who could achieve this feat and was known as the God of Archery.

Ruo Xuan looked at the target three meters away and felt a bit disappointed, "It’s so close?"

Yan Jiaojiao: "..." Close? Wasn’t this the distance they practiced at every day?

If Xuanbao speaks like this, can she shoot from a greater distance?

Unable to hold back her curiosity, Yan Jiaojiao asked, "Xuanbao, how far can you shoot?"

Wu Junyan immediately said excitedly, "Xuanbao, can you hit the ten-meter target? I can hit the ten-meter target too! I’ve even hit the twenty-meter one once!"

"I should be able to hit the farthest one, maybe even further," Ruo Xuan said as she looked towards the farthest four hundred-meter target—that was the real challenge!

She didn’t even want to compete anymore; she wanted to try for the furthest target against Divine Lord Xuanyuan.

The archery skills of Divine Lord Xuanyuan were extraordinary, and he possessed a divine bow that could shoot arrows through the ninth heaven.

She wondered how his archery skills were now. After practicing for so long in her dreams, could she be better than him?

After all, their cultivation levels weren’t far apart now.

Yan Jiaojiao had blind faith in Ruo Xuan, her eyes instantly filled with admiration, "Wow~ Xuanbao, you’re so amazing, even better than my dad!"

Yan Huan: "..."

Could her dad even hit the farthest target? She knew her dad practiced archery every day, hoping that one day he could hit the four-hundred-meter target!

Now even Yan Jiaojiao began to doubt Ruo Xuan’s claims.

Zhang Lian, who wanted to show off his archery skills by hitting the fifty-meter target: "..."

Really? Is that true?

The soldiers who heard Xuanbao’s words took them as the boastful claims of a child, smiled, and let it be.

Archery wasn’t like horseback riding, where a good horse could lead you to victory. In archery, you had to rely on yourself! It depended on eyesight, on arm strength!

They couldn’t do it, so how could a three or four-year-old girl possibly achieve it?

"Tsch!" A group of previously unconvinced boys gathered, and one little boy couldn’t help but laugh, whispering to his companion, "She’s blowing her own trumpet to the sky!"

The companion agreed, "It’s as if she’s blown all the cows in the world up into the sky!"

"Probably she doesn’t know how to shoot an arrow! When I first started learning archery, I was just like her, overly confident, sure I could hit the target. Then I found out I couldn’t even draw the bow!"

"Haha... she might really not know how! With her short arms and legs, she can hit the four hundred-meter target? She could become a general then!"

Zhang Jie, not pleased with the boys’ conversation, retorted, "Just because you can’t do it, doesn’t mean others can’t!"

Yan Jiaojiao nodded in agreement, "Exactly! You can’t deny someone else’s excellence just because you lack it. Xuanbao rode a horse faster and better than my dad just now! Isn’t it normal for her archery skills to be better than my dad’s?"

The Great General: "..."

Is this his own daughter?

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