After a day of rest, the second round of examinations was about to begin.
Zhang Dingguo had also heard about the new nickname of Travelling Deity.
However, he didn't think much of it. Wasn't it just stealing the nickname of a hero from Water Lake Liangshan a few hundred years in advance? There was nothing great about it. It was more important to face the new round of exams.
The second round of the exam started to have technical content, relying on archery.
As the name suggested, it was a test of archery skills while standing in place.
Although Zhang Dingguo did not get any cheats related to archery and had never practiced it before, he could not stand up to his predecessor's knowledge! Moreover, not only did he know how to do it, but he was also quite good at it. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was able to pierce through a poplar in a hundred steps.
Other than practicing martial arts, his predecessor practiced archery the most.
After all, bows and arrows were one of the few long-range attacks on the ancient battlefield. Their attack speed was much faster than crossbows. Basically, any general could shoot arrows. Therefore, how could the predecessor, who was a martial arts fanatic who dreamed of becoming a general, not practice archery?
Moreover, with his 100% accuracy in archery, his predecessor could often hunt a lot of prey in the mountains to replenish his nutrition.
Otherwise, based on his predecessor's reckless training method, he would have died a long time ago with just his family's wealth…
Because there were only around six hundred people left who had been eliminated, the second round of the exam was for everyone to compete together. There was no need to split into five examination halls like in the first round.
More than 600 examinees were divided into more than 60 groups of 10 people to compete.
As this was the martial arts examination, the head examiner had set the standard a little higher.
The examinees were required to shoot ten arrows at a target 100 steps away (about 120 to 130 meters away) within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn (about five minutes). They were not required to hit the bullseye. They would pass as long as they could hit the target with six arrows.
This requirement was not low. After all, in the general military test, it was considered first-class to be able to hit five out of ten arrows within a hundred steps.
However, if the requirements were not high, how could more people be eliminated?
Zhang Dingguo arrived at the military examination hall early in the morning. He waited until it was almost noon before it was his turn. At this time, almost half of the people had already finished the test.
Through observation, Zhang Dingguo realized that the passing rate of everyone was about one-third.
Although most of them had good archery skills, it was obvious that they were well-trained archers. However, the problem was that he was only given five minutes, which meant that he had to shoot an arrow every half a minute. The aiming time for each arrow was only ten seconds.
Zhang Dingguo could tell that it was not their archery skills that were bad, but their mental fortitude.
He didn't shoot the first few arrows well, and the next few arrows got worse and worse. In the end, his mentality collapsed, and he was eliminated without any suspense.
However, Zhang Dingguo did not have time to worry about others because he was also a little nervous.
Although his predecessor's archery skills were superb, Zhang Dingguo had not practiced much in the two months he had transmigrated. Although he had hunted quite a few times during the journey and could basically reach the standard of 100% accuracy, it was not official archery training after all. Moreover, the distance was not more than 100 meters, so it was inevitable that he was a little nervous.
"Oh, isn't this our Travelling Deity? Why do you look so nervous? Could it be that your only specialty is running fast?”
"What's not good about that? Maybe with this specialty, I can escape directly when I can't win a war in the future, and I'm sure I won't be caught.”
"Haha! These words were right, indeed, he would not be caught!”
Zhang Dingguo was taking a deep breath to adjust his condition when a few people suddenly came to his side and started to mock him for no reason.
"Brothers, we don't seem to know each other, right?”? Zhang Dingguo asked impolitely.
Although Zhang Dingguo did not like to take the initiative to cause trouble, it did not mean that he would choose to give in when trouble came knocking on his door.
In his opinion, these people who came to cause trouble were jealous of him. They were jealous that he had gotten first place in the first round of the exam.
As the saying went, there was no first in literature and no second in martial arts.
These people did not think that they would not be able to defeat Zhang Dingguo in a real fight. Zhang Dingguo was able to steal so much limelight in the first round only because he ran fast. He was not really capable at all.
In addition, one of them happened to be in the same examination hall as Zhang Dingguo in the first round. Moreover, it was fate that Zhang Dingguo stepped on his shoulder, so they were not looking for trouble.
However, Zhang Dingguo did not know about this inside story. If he knew, and if they had a better attitude, it would not be a big deal to apologize. After all, he had done something wrong. However, their attitude was obviously here to cause trouble, so he couldn't be blamed for being rude!
"Small characters like us, of course the famous Stellar Deity doesn't know us, but it's enough that we know you.”
"Oh? From what you guys are saying, it seems like you're here to find trouble with me?”
"Hey, how can you say that? We just want to spar with Travelling Deity to see whose archery skills are more accurate.”
"Oh, spar?"
"That's right. We happen to be in the same group. Why don't we take this opportunity to spar?”Perhaps it was fate, but these people were actually in the same group as Zhang Dingguo.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingguo was even more certain that these people were here to cause trouble.
Moreover, looking at their cameo faces, it was obvious that they would not have any achievements in the future. Even if they passed the martial arts examination this time, they would probably only be able to serve as low-level officers in the army.
To be honest, if it was not for the fact that they were in the middle of an exam and fighting would result in disqualification, Zhang Dingguo would not have wasted his breath and would have already attacked.
In any case, they were all martial artists. If he really wanted to make the other party convinced, the only way was to beat him into submission!
However, even if they could not fight, Zhang Dingguo had ways to teach them a lesson.
"Sure, sparring or something, of course, there's no problem! However, since it was a competition, there should be some rewards. Otherwise, how boring would it be?”
"Good, as expected of Travelling Deity, you're indeed straightforward! However, how much did Travelling Deity want?”
"This, I don't need much. I'll bet ten strings!”
Ten strings of strings was not a small amount. According to purchasing power, it was about 70,000 yuan. An ordinary family's annual total consumption was usually around three strings of coins. Ten strings of coins was the living expenses of a family for three years!
Looking at the clothes of these people, although they were not poor, taking out ten strings as a bet was not a small amount.
However, in order to earn a living, they still agreed.
"Alright, ten strings it is. However, we have so many people here. Do we need ten strings per person or a total of ten strings?”
"Of course it's ten strings per person. There's a total of five of you. As long as one of you surpasses me in archery, I'll give each of you ten strings. On the other hand, each of you will give me ten strings. How about that?”
"Alright, you're really straightforward. It's settled then!”
After saying that, Zhang Dingguo high-fived the leader of the five people to make an oath…
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