The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 239 - 235 Numbness

Chapter 239: Chapter 235 Numbness

Yan Jiaojiao was the daughter of the Great General. As soon as she spoke up, the children who were talking just now dared not make a sound anymore.

Although the children were young, they had long been explicitly instructed by their parents about whom they should not offend when playing with others.

The children didn’t yet know how to flatter or ingratiate themselves, but they knew whom their parents had repeatedly warned them not to offend. They knew to avoid trouble—simply by not playing with her.

Therefore, these children didn’t like to play with Yan Huan and his siblings.

Yet, strangely enough, their parents would force them to play with Yan Huan and his siblings, like it was today.

In fact, Yan Jiaojiao didn’t really enjoy playing with the underlings’ children either. Look, she only had to utter one sentence, and they all got scared as if their hearts were in their throats!

If they were discontent, they should have continued to speak up. What was with that look as if she were bullying them?

Not like Xuanbao—if someone spoke ill of her, she would prove them wrong with her capabilities.

There was nothing she dared not do!

Of course, Ruo Xuan also heard these people saying she was bragging!

Flower Fairy, having no complex thoughts and undisturbed by the emotions of mortal envy and hatred, simply considered them inexperienced small kids who had barely lived a few years. She herself had lived for a hundred years as Flower Fairy, their ancestor, and today she would allow them to broaden their horizons.

A target three meters away barely piqued her interest, so she turned to Xuanyuan Que and asked, "Brother Xuanyuan, shall I compete with you at four hundred meters?"

Xuanyuan Que nodded, and so the two little kids walked off into the distance.

Yan Heng: "..."

He suddenly regretted allowing Xuanbao and his little nephew to come to the military camp for the competition, feeling that after this event, his authority as the Great General might be compromised!

Unless he could hit a target four hundred meters away too, which he had failed to achieve despite three years of practice, reaching only three hundred and eighty meters at most.

Yan Jiaojiao wanted to compete as well, but she also wanted to watch Xuanbao and her little cousin compete. After thinking it over, she quickly asked Zhang Jie if she wanted to follow them.

Zhang Jie directly took Yan Jiaojiao’s arm: "Let’s go!"

Watching Xuanbao compete was more fun than competing herself.

Anyway, she hated how archery made her arms sore the next day.

Yan Huan and Zhang Lian also followed them.

Yan Heng was curious about the skills of his little nephew and Xuanbao as well, so he said to his subordinates, "Those two kids don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth, I’ll go take a look at them."

The other soldiers laughed upon seeing this and said, "The two kids seem to have a lot of confidence, let’s go watch too."

Then, calling their own children, they went to gain some insight and see how skilled others were.

Thus, a crowd followed them.

Some new recruits over there recognized Ruo Xuan as the little girl who had been on Ruo Hai’s shoulders.

The man standing behind Ruo Hai shared a tent with Ruo Hai and had seen how Ruo Hai had put the soldier at the registration desk in his place. Now seeing that Xuanbao knew the Great General, he was even more eager to befriend Ruo Hai and probe for some information. He couldn’t help but whisper, "Brother Ruo, is that little girl your daughter? Can your daughter really hit a target four hundred meters away?"

The nearby soldiers couldn’t help but twitch their mouths at the flattery he could muster!

Ruo Hai had never seen Xuanbao practicing archery, but it was possible that she had learned from a master at her villa, knowing there were martial arts classes, and that Xuanbao was very accurate with a slingshot when hunting rabbits.

And Xuanbao was no ordinary child; she never exaggerated. If she said she could do something, that meant she could, and if she couldn’t, she wouldn’t claim she could.

He believed in Xuanbao, but he still left himself an out by saying, "Xuanbao is my niece, closer to me than even my own son. In a little while, you’ll all see whether what she says is true. My niece is formidable, and I’m not entirely sure of the extent of her abilities."

He acknowledged it, but it was as if he hadn’t—a way to save face for her later, whether Xuanbao succeeded or not.

When He Daotou heard Ruo Hai speak like this, it was as if he had confirmed it, but he continued to seek the information he wanted, "So she’s your niece. Saying it like that means you’re confident she can really hit a target four hundred meters away? Her archery skills couldn’t possibly have been taught by you, could they, Brother Ruo? Your archery skills are surely incredible, considering that you entered the military camp with a recommendation letter."

Upon hearing this, someone couldn’t help but utter, "Big Head, if you want to get close to Brother Ruo, don’t drum up irrelevant topics! Even the Great General can’t hit a target at four hundred meters. A three or four-year-old girl, who knows if she can even draw the bow. If you really want to get closer to Brother Ruo, you should ask him how long his niece has been practicing archery and if she can hit a target three meters away?"

He was just speaking factually, without any intention of attacking Ruo Xuan. After all, Ruo Xuan was indeed very young, and children love to boast, just like he himself claimed he’d be a Great General when he grew up.

But when the adult said something nonsensical, he couldn’t help but retort!

Another soldier said, "Isn’t Ruo Xuan’s niece four or five years old? She shouldn’t have started practicing archery yet! At such a young age, where does she have the strength? She probably can’t even pull the bow."

As this person was speaking, Ruo Xuan had already taken the bow and arrows passed to her by Shopkeeper Gu. It was a golden short bow, carved with ancient patterns, extremely exquisite, and even adorned with a few red gems, specially crafted by Xuanyuan Que for Ruo Xuan.

Ruo Xuan liked pretty, shiny things, so Xuanyuan Que made this bow and arrows very beautifully and magnificently.

The bow was not an ordinary bow, and the arrows were not ordinary arrows.

Ruo Xuan picked up the bow, expertly notched the arrow on the string, aimed, drew the bow, and released the arrow, all in one fluid motion!

The arrow "whooshed" out,

Even they could hear the sound of it cutting through the air!

Then everyone saw an arrow hit the red center of the four hundred meter target!

The whole disc-shaped grass target shook slightly.

The soldiers: "...."

The air stood still for a moment.

Was that little girl even human?

Ruo Xuan, as if nothing had happened, looked towards Xuanyuan Que, "Brother Xuanyuan, it’s your turn!"

A tall tree catches the wind, extreme intelligence can cause harm, too clever by half—Xuanyuan Que didn’t want everyone to think Ruo Xuan was too special, too formidable, to make her seem too supernatural.

He calmly took the silver bow passed to him by Shopkeeper Gu, which was a birthday gift crafted for him by The Emperor when he was two years old.

With practiced ease, he drew the bow and released the arrow, its flight quick and powerful, like lightning, they only heard a "whoosh" as it sliced through the air, louder and longer than the one just before.

They hadn’t even caught sight of the sharp arrow before it had disappeared.

As they searched with bewildered eyes, they saw the four hundred and four-meter target shaking, an arrow piercing the bullseye, its tail still quivering.

A golden arrow lay on the grass, sparkling under the sunshine!

The crowd: "..."

So, did this young master shoot down the little girl’s arrow, leaving his own in the center of the target?

It was obvious, yes! Unable to help herself, Ruo Xuan pouted and glared at Xuanyuan Que.

He had to shoot just so, with such a large bullseye, couldn’t he aim next to it? Why did he have to knock her arrow down!

"Again!" Ruo Xuan was not convinced.

She, too, wanted to shoot down Divine Lord Xuanyuan’s arrow.

Thus, Ruo Xuan also shot down Xuanyuan Que’s silver arrow.

Xuanyuan Que then shot down Ruo Xuan’s golden arrow again!

The crowd: "..."

They suspected that these two kids were not shooting at a four-hundred-meter target, but rather at a target only four arm-lengths away.

Between Ruo Xuan and Xuanyuan Que’s exchanges, neither gave an inch, until they shot a hole through the thick center of the grass target, and the arrows flew straight out!

By then, the onlookers had become numb to the spectacle.

It turned out they had really been ignorant in the past!

It wasn’t that the two kids were amazing, it was that they were just too subpar!