Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 591 - 590: Dimensional Reduction Strike

Afterward came the mounted archery; Tian Peng was somewhat surprised when he heard about it.

Wasn’t mounted archery a recreational activity? How did it become a test event? He understood after some inquiry.

Though the hunting ground’s archery was similar to hunting, it wasn’t about shooting animals in the forest.

At that time, various human-shaped targets would be set up in the forest, and each examinee’s arrows would have a number on them, a total of three hours, and there would be specialized personnel to tally the results.

These human targets would be placed in every corner of the forest, and it wouldn’t be easy to hit them unless one’s mounted archery was superb.

Such an examination was quite to Tian Peng’s taste.

The competition was about to begin, and Tian Peng casually took an arrow out of the quiver and held it in his hand.

"This is quite interesting; I’ll just treat it as a game. You all put in some effort. If your movements aren’t fast enough, I’m afraid I won’t leave much for you," he said.

Tian Peng’s voice wasn’t loud, but the judge was about to beat the drum, and almost no one was talking around them.

Even though his voice was not loud, the group of noble sons heard it.

"Kid, are you spouting boasts before the competition has even started?"

"Exactly, you may be strong, but mounted archery doesn’t rely on strength. You managed to tie with the young master for first place before just out of luck. The young master is the best at mounted archery in Chang’an City. You should be careful about what you say now; don’t go back crying!"

Tian Peng didn’t listen closely to their words, merely digging his ear and leisurely looking towards the nobles who had just spoken, "Ah? Were you talking about me just now?"

Tian Peng was insulting them. One noble son couldn’t stand it and prepared to settle the score with Tian Peng, but he was stopped by someone next to him.

These people then noticed Chai Wei’s glare. They had just wanted to boost the young master’s morale, but instead of appreciating their efforts, the young master glared at them.

"Young master, why are you looking at me like that? I was just speaking up for you," one noble son said with a smile.

Chai Wei snorted coldly, "What? Just because you carry my name, you can say whatever you please? If you commit murder under my name, am I to bear the blame for that, too?"

"No, that’s not what I meant."

The noble son was speechless. How could the young master be so unperceptive? He was clearly being helpful, yet the young master wasn’t grateful, and he even put him down in front of everyone.

God knows what he was thinking; ignoring those who spoke well of him and instead cozying up to this brute.

Although the noble son cursed the young master inwardly, he still had to butter him up verbally.

His father seemed to have matters that required Lord Chai Shao’s help recently, instructing him to say nice things to the young master during the examination. If it weren’t for that, he couldn’t be bothered to talk to the young master at all.

"About that, young..."

Before he could finish speaking, the examiner struck the gong and drum, and the forest hunting exam officially began.

With the sound of the gong and drum, Tian Peng clamped his legs against the horse’s belly and headed into the forest.

Chai Wei, not wanting to be outdone, followed Tian Peng into the forest.

The others were a bit slower to react but managed to follow the young master into the woods.

Tian Peng originally thought forest hunting sounded fun based on the description, but upon entering, he found that it wasn’t what he had expected at all.

The human-shaped targets in the forest were densely packed; there was no need to search, as they were just there in front of him.

This was nothing like a hunting competition; it was almost no different from the first day’s archery contest!

Although that’s what he thought, Tian Peng quickly realized he had been hasty, having taken out too few arrows. He pulled out three more from his quiver, placing them all on the bowstring...

Chai Wei turned his head toward Tian Peng, "Are you going to shoot three arrows at once?"

"No," Tian Peng took out the arrow he had tucked at his waist, "it’s four."

When the young noblemen behind entered, they noticed something seemed different. Was Zhu Ganglie really that abnormal?

The targets had been densely arranged precisely for them to cheat with ease, only a few were casually placed deep within the woods. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But now, arrows filled every board in the front, and each arrow had hit the dead center of the human-shaped targets, showing the archer’s exceptional accuracy.

A young master noticed Chai Wei, who hadn’t left yet and hurried to flatter him, "Young master, you are too skilled. Were these arrows shot by you? It seems we still have a lot to learn from you."

"These weren’t shot by me."

Just as the other young masters were about to react and offer their praise, Chai Wei spoke up.

The mouths of the people behind snapped shut. There were only two people who had gone in, the young master and Zhu Ganglie.

If these arrows weren’t shot by the young master, then there was only one answer left, who that archer was.

Seeing each arrow that had hit the bullseye, someone inhaled sharply.

"My God, is Zhu Ganglie really just a commoner? To shoot so many arrows in such a short time, all hitting the bullseye, what kind of speed and accuracy is required for that?"

"Right, and with so many arrows, he couldn’t have shot them one by one, could he?"

Chai Wei had been ready to leave, but hearing this sentence, he stopped his horse, "One shot, four arrows."

"My heavens, one shot with four arrows?!"

"That’s too abnormal, is he even human?"

"Right, and it’s not just about shooting four arrows at once. The most important thing is all his targets are dead center. Is he human or a demon? Can a normal person even do this?"

"I think, it might be possible, but I haven’t seen it since I was born. Now it’s the first time and might be the last."

As these people discussed Tian Peng’s incredible skill, he already emerged from the woods and paused upon seeing them still at the entrance.

"What’s the matter, gentlemen? Why are you all standing here? Aren’t you here to take the test? How can you take the test by standing here?"

"Zhu, how come you’ve come out?" Chai Wei asked.

"Oh, I’ve finished shooting at the back already; there’s nothing left to shoot," Tian Peng said.

"This, finished?" A young master took notice and was shocked. My gosh, in the duration of burning an incense stick, Zhu Ganglie had finished shooting everything inside.

"Yes, finished," Tian Peng replied nonchalantly. "Didn’t I just tell you to hurry up, otherwise there would be no targets left? And didn’t you mock me as well?"

They had not expected Zhu Ganglie to be so extreme and thought he was just boasting; little did they know, he was speaking the truth.

"How did you do it?" A humble and willing-to-learn young master asked, "Where do you come from? Were you born to practice mounted archery?"

"Haha." Tian Peng couldn’t help but laugh out loud. They really grew up coddled in honey, to be asking such naive questions.

"I’m from Bianjing. Where we come from, let alone mounted archery, we don’t even have enough food to eat."

"Then how did you...?"