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Whenever it comes to competitions, there would be an organization that would never see the light of day but would always exist. If the organization wasn't uniform in its rules, it could have a huge impact ? Gambling.

Yan People was rough, good wine was good for gambling. Furthermore, betting on this kind of thing, was not just a small game like rolling dice and pushing cards to Yan People. In some of the larger cities in Yan Kingdom, horse racing was held regularly every year. On the surface, they had already placed a large bet, but the stakes were frightening. That was why someone once said that if one day they suddenly collected all the money they had earned from the bet with the Yan People, they could create a strong army that could sweep across all the countries.

On one hand, it was Ministry of War and Household that were out of money to raise their military expenditures, and on the other hand, it was the underground gambling house with countless gold and silver coming in and out.

Yan People's gamble had involved all sorts of things.

For example, any internal competition between academies or sects might result in a gamble with many participants." For a major event like the Martial Arts Academy's entrance exam, it was impossible for there to be a lack of people secretly opening a trap. And this year, the Martial Arts Academy's entrance exam was open to a great extent; it was far beyond anyone's imagination. This year, many major events had occurred in the Martial Arts Academy. Some people even set up a private bet to decide whether or not this competition would end in a violent death.

The competition for the Martial Arts Academy's recruitment examination was already this big. After a period of time, the Grand Autumn Ceremony would have countless of people putting their lives in this gamble.

However, An Zheng always made people puzzled. His way of doing things also caused the most experienced gamblers to fail their deductions again and again. During the competition with Lang Jing, there were people who made a bet on who would win, but in the end, they received a lot of money, but the result exceeded everyone's expectations. An Zheng actually hired Lang Jing to become the instructor of the Heavenly Awakening Sect, and was also the first official instructor of the Heavenly Awakening Sect.

When An Zheng walked into the Martial Arts Academy, a new bet was set.

Would An Zheng be at the top?

In just half a day's time, the gambling stakes involved were so high that it left everyone tongue-tied. Regardless of whether they liked or hated An Zheng, when they placed their bets, they would all become crazy.

How gambling is Yan People? Even the military did not explicitly forbid soldiers from gambling. In other words, the Yan People was probably the best gambling group in the world. Soldiers gambled, but the losers would never admit their loss, and the winners would never be arrogant. In their opinion, this gamble was a part of the life of the Yan People and could never be eliminated.

An Zheng waited for the people from the Martial Arts Academy to finish arranging everything before he entered Martial Arts Practice Field to wait for the assessment.

The Yan People was the only country in the sixteen northern kingdoms that did not lack war horses. Even in the weakest and most impoverished times, the nomads of the northern kingdoms did not experience any cracks with the Yan Kingdom. And in order to maintain their relationship with prairie man, Yan People had to deliver a large amount of iron grade equipment to the grassland every year. Using iron grade equipment to exchange for a Steel Cavalry was a strategy formulated during the period of the Wise King of the Yan Kingdom. Until now, no one had dared to oppose it.

Thus, the current Yan People's army of about six hundred thousand could maintain the size of fifty thousand cavalrymen. The majority of the cavalry soldiers were light riders, and their equipment wasn't very good. In the pursuit of speed, they had almost given up on defending themselves. Dressed in cotton armour and holding onto long knife, the cavalry soldiers came and went like the wind.

Amongst the cavalrymen, of course, Yan Jun, Tie Liuhuo, was the one who made people most afraid of him.

This was also the only heavily armored cavalry unit of the sixteen kingdoms. They were like war machines, and once Tie Liuhuo took them out, they would be able to crush him on the battlefield.

Therefore, riding a horse was a must in the Martial Arts Academy exam.

Each group had ten people, and ten people were taking the exam at the same time. Riding weapons were divided into two parts, one part being fixed archery. Standing at a certain distance from the target, each person had five arrows, waiting to see who would score the highest. The second was the movement skill, which was to ride a horse and shoot arrows at the target, which was also five arrows per person.

Every single Yan People in An Zheng's group seemed to be very confident in their shooting skills. Even those who were born in a poor family had a certain level of confidence in their shooting skills.

An Zheng was given a stone and a half worth of longbow. After weighing it, he walked in front of the main examiner and asked, "Sir, can you change to a bow?"

The main examiner in charge of the riders' shooting competition was Chang Huan. He frowned: "This is the standard configuration, every examinee's bow is the same."

An Zheng casually pulled on the bow and snapped it: "It's too light."

The one in charge of overseeing the examination was Ministry of War's fourth rank. Seeing that An Zheng had easily snapped a stone and a half from the rigid arch, he could not help but shout out loud: "Good! He is worthy of being called a good man from my side army! An Zheng, you did well. Remember to pay the money for the damaged bow and arrow later. "

An Zheng: "..."

The assistant examiner Xu Luan smiled and chose an iron bow that was three stones and handed it over to An Zheng: "Use this."

The longbow that Yan Jun used were usually composite materials, not wooden bows. With bamboo and net cloth layer after layer of adhesion, flexibility is excellent. There were not many wood that were naturally suitable for longbow s to make, only some yellow poplar trees could be made on the grassland. For soldiers with astonishing arm strength, the one they liked the most was the iron bow, which was heavy and powerful. With the three stone iron bow, he could easily send feather arrow s that were heavier out more than three hundred meters.

An Zheng received the iron bow and reached out his hand to measure it. It was still a little light, so he casually pulled it ? With a "pa" sound, he snapped the bowstring, causing the iron bow to bend into a shocking arc.

An Zheng shook his head. "Is there anything heavier?"

All the examiners couldn't help but look over, thinking that this guy was just showing off. However, soldiers loved young people like this, so most of them didn't have any antipathy towards him.

Wang Kaitai waved his hand: "Bring my bow over to him and let him use it. Also..."

An Zheng said, "I will pay for the iron bow later too..."

Wang Kaitai nodded his head in approval: "Mn, I can give you a discount."

Before long, two robust janitor came over with Wang Kaitai's longbow. The bow was around 1.5 meters long, and the bowstring was as thick as a finger. An Zheng took the bow and weighed it. The bow was at least one hundred and twenty kilograms. If one did not have an ordinary cultivator, it would be extremely difficult for one arm to balance the bow. This bow was not made of iron or iron, but wood. An Zheng could tell at a glance that this was made from iron and pear wood.

The iron and pear trees on the cliff were extremely rare, even wood that was more than a hundred years old would have to be worth ten thousand gold for a bead bracelet. To be able to create such a large longbow, its value in the world was already incalculable.

An Zheng thanked him while lifting the longbow up. Wang Kaitai himself had used that arrow, every arrow shaft was thicker than his thumb, and the arrowhead shaft was made from fine steel s, with sharp tail feathers.

The ten of them lined up in a row. According to the rules, the most basic distance was fifty meters. Fifty meters away, each person had five arrows. After firing, they would score based on their accuracy. In order to judge the quality of an arrow, those who consider themselves capable of shooting from a further distance can suggest it.

Other than An Zheng, the other nine people had already given up on fighting for first place. They felt that they were unlucky to actually be in the same group as An Zheng. All they had to do was to fight with the other eight. It had to be said that all of the archery skills of the Yan People were extraordinary. The nine people who shot out the arrows almost didn't have any time to aim or pause. The slowest of the nine shot the fifth arrow in two minutes.

As for An Zheng, he did not shoot an arrow.

Chang Huan was slightly angered: "You said to change the bow, and I did. You used General Wang's bow, and now you do not even shoot an arrow.

An Zheng shook his head: "It's too close, I'm afraid I might hurt the person behind the target. "Therefore, I would like to request for your permission to step back a bit."

Before Chang Huan could reply, Wang Kaitai said: "As long as I pull the bow open, sending the arrow out five hundred meters is not a difficult matter, so tell him to back off."

Chang Huan could only nod his head: "You can go. Other people may think that you can hit from a further distance, but you can also retreat."

As the Martial Arts Academy was in the process of examination, people continued to spread the latest news. In the gambling house outside the academy, the odds were changed according to the latest news. The result of the competition regarding An Zheng had always been the focus of attention of the people gambling outside. Therefore, there were at least a few dozen people observing the outside of the arena.

Everyone knew that they could not beat An Zheng, but they did not want to easily admit defeat to others, so the other nine people all started to pull back to increase the distance between them. Some retreated seventy meters away, some eighty meters away, some a hundred meters away, some more than a hundred and fifty meters away. After everyone stopped, they all went to find An Zheng, wanting to see how far he would go. Then, everyone saw An Zheng standing there without moving, and only looked at his target that looked like they were facing off against each other.

Chang Huan could not help but ask: "What are you doing?"

An Zheng laughed: "Remember the location, it's good now."

Then he began to step back, step by step, farther and farther away. As he walked back, those responsible for observing had to walk back. The person in charge of overseeing the Martial Arts Academy had no choice but to follow An Zheng. They passed through a field of flowers, walked along a long corridor, and went around a row of houses ? Finally, he climbed over the wall and left the Martial Arts Academy.

An Zheng jumped over the wall, and like dumplings, dozens of people followed him and jumped over the wall, while the overseer had no choice but to jump over the wall without caring about his personal appearance. An Zheng muttered to himself as he walked along, counting the number of steps he took. Following behind him was a large group of people who were becoming more and more shocked.

The target was at least one thousand meters away from the outer wall of the Martial Arts Academy. An Zheng jumped over the wall and walked past another street, then arrived at the Jun Xin Lou that was over one hundred metres away from the entrance of the Martial Arts Academy. He actually carried his iron pear bow and entered this brothel, and under the astonished gazes of a group of customers and girls, went up to the second floor and then the third floor.

As if he had randomly chosen a room and pushed open the door, a young girl in thin clothes immediately exclaimed and subconsciously covered the whiteness of her chest.

An Zheng smiled apologetically: "Sorry elder sister, I'm sorry to intrude, but I am currently participating in the Martial Arts Academy's assessment, I hope elder sister can help."

The woman was around twenty years old and as beautiful as a flower. Perhaps because she had slept late last night, she still had a slightly lazy and beautiful appearance. She subconsciously nodded her head, although she didn't know what An Zheng meant at all. Without waiting for her to react, more than a dozen people followed in, and all stood there staring at An Zheng without blinking.

An Zheng picked up the kettle from the table and poured a cup of water. After drinking a mouthful of water, he turned around and smiled at the woman: "It smells so good."

The woman's face immediately turned red, and she was overjoyed.

An Zheng drank a mouthful of water and then pushed open the rear window. The distance from this place to the target in the Martial Arts Practice Field s in the Martial Academy was at least 1500 meters.

An Zheng raised the iron pear bow in his left hand and used his right hand to pull the Steel feather arrow behind him. After slightly adjusting his breathing, he let go of the Steel feather arrow and shot it out. The steel feather arrow flew up diagonally, and then slowly descended in a beautiful arc.

An Zheng turned around and said to the invigilator: "Can I trouble you to run over and help me take a look?"

That person could only run out of the Jun Xin Lou as he gasped for breath. He had actually forgotten to walk through the entrance of the Martial Arts Academy, climbed over the wall, and ran back to check. Pointing to the left, it pierced through. "

An Zheng nodded slightly: "Thank you."

He once again raised the iron pear bow, and shot out four steel feather arrow. In less than a second, all four steel feather arrow flew out in a straight line.

Then, An Zheng smiled at the woman and said: "Thank you elder sister, for buying rouge for me here."

He placed a silver ingot on the table and left in large strides. The woman stared at the back of the youth in a daze.

The group of people followed An Zheng back to the martial institute, then they were all stunned, all of them confused.

Except for the first arrow that pierced the left side of the heart, the last four arrows all hit the center of the heart, leaving behind a round hole. As for everyone else, including Chang Huan, they still had not recovered from the shock.