After entering the archery field, the other 15 students were already in place. There were nine women and six men.
When Li Nianzhen saw that Søren was being held by Ye Jingyu, she shouted coldly, "This is the examination hall. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."
Ye Jingyu ignored her and led Søren to the archery field.
"Alright, I'm ready. Wait for me outside," Søren said.
Ye Jingyu held back her tears and suddenly cupped Søren's face. She kissed his eyes and said, "If it's possible, I'm willing to give my eyes to you right now, even if I have to be blind for the rest of my life."
Then, Ye Jingyu endured the pain and left the archery field. She watched from afar.
Li Nianzhen said, "Before the exam, I'd like to reiterate the rules and regulations of this archery exam. This exam will still be divided into three levels. "
"The first level, full score of 70 points, with a 180 kilogram bow, a fixed target distance of 90 meters, and a moving target distance of 50 meters."
"The second level, full score of 90 points, with a 250 kilogram bow, a fixed target distance of 150 meters, and a moving target distance of 100 meters."
"The third level, full score of 100 points, with a 180 kilogram bow, a fixed target distance of 250 meters, and a moving target distance of 180 meters."
The full score of each level was actually multiplied by two. This was because the archery exam was divided into fixed and moving targets, and the first and second halves were scored independently.
The first level was set for students who only wanted to pass the graduation exam. The second and third levels were set for those who wanted to score high.
Most people would choose the second level because the difficulty and score were moderate. The full score of the third level was only ten points higher than the second level, but it was more than three or four times more difficult.
The third level required only Level Four Samurai archers to score high.
On the other hand, Soran's arm strength was only at the level of a Level 3 Samurai Archer. He could barely draw a bow that weighed 180 kilograms, but it was difficult for him to aim steadily without moving.
Therefore, it was the most rational choice for him to choose the second level.
A quarter of an hour later, the examiners and six supervisors of the archery course all entered the field.
There were only sixteen examinees and sixteen examiners in this round of examinations. There were also six supervisors, which was more than the number of examinees.
Among the supervisors, two of them were Søren's acquaintances. They were Princess Zhi Ning and Jian Ning.
The other four were all from the Dragon Temple's Heavenly Star Temple. They were all Dragon Archers.
The leader of the supervisors was called Batu. Thirty-nine years old this year, he was a skinny man with a gloomy gaze and long arms. He was a natural archer and was one of the most outstanding Dragon Archers in the Heavenly Astral Hall.
"Archers, please salute the supervisor and the examiners," Li Nianzhen shouted.
Søren and the other fifteen students bowed in unison towards the stage.
"Return to your seats," Li Nianzhen shouted.
Immediately, the fifteen students stepped forward and walked towards their exam seats.
The so-called test position was a circle drawn on the ground. Søren could barely see anything, let alone the circle on the ground.
"Søren, why aren't you moving?" Li Nianzhen asked coldly.
Søren said, "Tutor, I can't see. Please bring me to my exam seat."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The surrounding examinees all looked at him in unison.
Li Nianzhen looked at Søren's bright peach blossom eyes and said coldly, "Søren, what are you playing at?"
Seeing this, Jian Ning finally understood what Princess Zhi Ning meant when she said it was foolproof. It was foolproof indeed. If he was blinded, how could he shoot arrows?
Jian Ning could not help but look at Princess Zhi Ning. All he saw was that her beautiful face was completely expressionless.
It was time for him to show up. Jian Ning stood up and said, "Sir Søren, if you think you're not up for this examination, you can withdraw. There's no need to use such a lowly trick. Do you look like you can't see?"
As soon as she said this, all the examinees showed doubtful expressions.
Although these aristocratic girls had become Søren's fans again, they definitely did not believe that Søren could not see. They thought that he was a sore loser and was deliberately finding an excuse.
Li Nianzhen said coldly, "Søren, if you can't afford to lose, withdraw immediately. Don't waste everyone's time."
Sauron ignored her. Instead, he looked at Countess Jinning on the high platform and said, "Your Excellency, you should be well aware of whether my eyes are really blind or not."
Princess Zhi Ning said coldly, "Søren, I know you're under a lot of pressure. This examination concerns your fate. However, there's a price to pay for slandering the royal family. You said that you can't see. Sir Batu from the Dragon Temple is the most outstanding Dragon Archer. He has done the most in-depth research on the human eye. You can ask him to check if there's anything wrong with your eyes. "
Batu walked down the high platform and came in front of Søren. He opened his eyelids and checked them three times. Then he said, "This examinee's pupils are normal. His eyesight is normal. His eyesight is normal."
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him with disdain. Although this Søren had extraordinary talent in art, his character was really terrible. Because he was weak in martial arts, he was afraid of making a fool of himself in the last examination. He actually pretended to be blind. Only he could think of this.
Moreover, even if he wanted to pretend to be blind, he should have acted more realistically. His eyes were so bright that even a fool could see that there was nothing wrong with his eyes.
Sauron smiled and said, "I don't have the intention to make a statement, nor do I have the intention to make anyone cry out for injustice. I just want someone to lead me to my seat, that's all!"
Then, he stretched out his hand and waited for someone to lead him to his examination position.
However, no one stepped forward. Because everyone felt that Søren's character was despicable and that he was pretending. It wasn't that they didn't have sympathy. They just didn't want to be fools.
Therefore, Søren was like a fool. He stood there motionlessly, waiting for someone to lead him to his examination position.
Li Nianzhen said sternly, "Søren, I'll count down to ten. If you don't return to your examination position by then, I'll immediately kick you out of the examination room."
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six …"
All eyes were on Søren.
Finally, a noble girl couldn't stand it anymore. She used to be deeply infatuated with Søren and was deeply hurt by him. She used to hate Søren to the core, but she really couldn't bear to see him like this.
Therefore, she stepped forward to hold Søren's hand and entered his examination circle. Even in her heart, Søren must be pretending.
When they came to their examination positions, there were three bows on the table in front of them. They were 180 catties, 250 catties, and 380 catties respectively.
Arrows, a total of thirty arrows for the official examination and three arrows for the trial.
"Test the bows." Li Nianzhen said.
Each student picked up the bow in front of them and tried to pull the string and aim.
Søren picked up the 250 catties bow in the middle. Because he wanted to compete for the noble warrior medal, he had to use at least the second grade standard.
He pulled the string and felt the balance of the bow.
There was no problem with the bow. At least the other party didn't do anything underhanded on the surface.
However, it really wasn't necessary. Zhi Ning had already blinded her eyes. Just this point alone had doomed Søren to eternal damnation in today's examination. Doing something else was completely unnecessary.
"Test the arrows!" Li Nianzhen said loudly.
Before the official examination, there were three opportunities to test the arrows. Of course, there were only three opportunities.
Søren bent the bow and opened his eyes to the limit, trying to get a little bit of light to aim at the target 50 meters away.
Right now, the target was only fifty meters away.
At a distance of 50 meters, in Søren's view, there was almost no outline of light and shadow. It was completely a dark shadow in front of him.
He used all his strength to aim at the dark shadow in front of him.
He took a deep breath, released the string and shot.
"Whoosh …" The arrow shot out.
Then, everyone burst into laughter.
Because Søren's arrow missed the target by more than 20 meters.
That's right, he missed the target by a full 20 meters. The target distance was only 50 meters.
Such a result was completely terrible. No wonder he pretended to not see it. Otherwise, if such a terrible result was spread out, it would cause countless people who supported him to tear him apart, especially those who bet on him to win in the casino.
With such a terrible skill, he could just hide at home. Why did he come out to cheat people?
Only Zhi Ning did not laugh. Because Søren could really pull a 250 kilogram bow. He was indeed pretending to be weak.
If she did not use her trump card to blind his eyes, he would have succeeded today. Then this bet, he, Søren, would have won.
Thinking of this scene, Zhi Ning could not help but tremble.
Fortunately, fortunately, he had calculated everything perfectly and blinded his eyes.
Now, he was really beyond redemption. Even if the mountains and rivers overturned and the rivers flowed in reverse, he could not reverse it.
Sauron was definitely going to lose. He was finished!
Ignoring the laughter around him, Søren picked up the second arrow to test and adjusted his position according to the previous error.
After aiming for a full two minutes, he released the string and shot.
"Hahaha …"
Suddenly, someone couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This time, it was much better. It only missed the target by fifteen meters.
The other candidates, especially the noble girls who liked Søren, could not stand it anymore. They almost shouted, "Søren, stop shooting, stop shooting, give up!"
Søren picked up the third arrow. This was the last one.
Taking a deep breath, Søren aimed again in the dark and adjusted his position.
This time, he aimed for a full three minutes.
And at this time, everyone had already stopped, all staring at his arrow, waiting to see what the result would be this time.
Finally, he aimed and adjusted.
"Whoosh …" Søren released the arrow.
"Hahahaha …" More people couldn't help but laugh.
Because this time, he missed the target by thirteen meters.
All three trial arrows were used. There was no more chance to test. Next was the real test.
"Candidates, choose your grade," Li Nianzhen said.
Then, the candidates reported their grades. Among the first fifteen students, nine chose the first grade. It was only a hundred and eighty kilogram bow. The full score was only seventy points. This group of people only wanted to pass the graduation exam.
There were also six students who chose the second grade. They wanted to get a good score.
The second grade was a hundred and fifty kilogram bow. The fixed target was a hundred and fifty meters away, and the moving target was a hundred meters away.
"Søren, choose your grade," Li Nianzhen said.
Immediately, everyone pricked up their ears, waiting for Søren's choice.
"The third grade," Søren said.
Hearing this, everyone was in disbelief and shock.
Was Søren crazy? During the test just now, he only used a hundred and fifty kilogram bow. It was only fifty meters away, but he missed the target by more than ten meters.
Now, he actually chose the third grade.
This was a three hundred and eighty kilogram bow. Moreover, he had to hit a fixed target two hundred and fifty meters away and a moving target one hundred and eighty meters away.
Søren couldn't even hit the target fifty meters away, let alone two hundred and fifty meters away.
Then, Søren did something that completely shocked everyone.
He took out a black cloth from his pocket and covered his eyes completely.
He was completely crazy, completely crazy!
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