The Flower Of War

Chapter 32: Hate and Respect

Yiu tidied his clothes for a while before rushing forward into the archery match arena with one soldier carrying Yiu's archery equipment behind him.

Followed by Prince Lin Yun who was walking leisurely but filled with an aura of arrogance and a look of disdain.

The nobles who were watching also seemed lazy to look at their matches as it was clear who would win the match between the two of them.

However, unlike some royal princesses who looked very enthusiastic about seeing the first round match between Princess Ying and Prince Lin Yun whether it was because they were supporters of Prince Lin Yun or because they wanted to seeing the failure of Princess Ying.

"Let's just not be serious about pulling my bow so you won't have too much to lose." Prince Lin Yun who was a few steps away from him spoke before taking his bow and arrow.

"Thank you .. But I don't need your mercy, Prince. Take care of yourself!" Yiu let out a cold snort and shook his head slowly before following Prince Lin Yun's actions that took his bow and arrows.

"The first half is to shoot the target with a chance of three shots and the most total points will advance to the next round. The team is ready to shoot!" general Meng Yao's voice started the match, followed by Yiu and Prince Lin Yun who were already preparing to draw a bow each started aiming at a target that was about 300 feet away.

"Prepare .. fire!"

The two arrows shot rapidly simultaneously piercing through the wind splitting the air and charging at the target.

Yiu's arrow was right in the center of the target while Prince Lin Yun's arrow was in the outermost circle of the target.

Lin Yun, What?! It's impossible this must be just a coincidence!

Everyone stared rapidly at Yiu twice and at the target where Yiu's arrow was striking as if they felt that this was just their illusion.

"Prepare for the second arrow!"

Yiu and Prince Lin Yun again took the bow and started aiming.

"Don't have fun it was just a coincidence and I was just warming up so be prepared to lose!" Prince Lin Yun returned slowly towards Yiu. But Yiu himself did not even touch Prince Lin Yun and continued to focus on aiming at the target.

"Prepare .. fire!!"

The first dart shot out from Prince Lin Yun's bow followed by Yiu's arrow.

Gushh ...

Yiu's arrow again managed to stick in the center of the target of the red circle while Prince Lin Yun's arrow was in the number two circle.

All the participants and nobles who were watching back chuckled in admiration and some who initially seemed indifferent now began to pay attention towards Yiu.

Prince Lin Yun's face seemed to start to blush between holding in shame and also anger, he also threw a sharp gaze towards Yiu who was greeted with a friendly smile like sinless and a short wave from Yiu that increasingly made Prince Lin Yun's face as red as a boiled crab.

"Prepare for the last arrow!" General Meng Yao again shouted his aba, both of them returned to pick up the arrows and started aiming sharply.

"Prepare .. fire!!"

Yiu closed his eyes while exhaling a quiet breath from his mouth and released the arrow that was on his bow which then shot rapidly towards the target board.

With eyes still closed Yiu continued to wait for the reaction from the people around him to confirm the final result of his arrows.

One second ... two seconds .. three seconds ...

The atmosphere was still so quiet as no one was around Yiu it was likely that if a small coin fell down his voice would echo like a palace gong and eventually Yiu opened his brown bead.

Right after Yiu opened his eyes, cheers of applause and voices of admiration sounded so loud and boisterous like thunder that was earthy to each other.

Yiu's last arrow was in the same place as Yiu's previous arrows, though, what is different is that the last arrow of Yiu split one of the arrows from the previous two arrows into two parts until the arrow bar fell to the ground.

"This match won by Princess Ying and Princess Ying will advance to the next kebabak." Hearing General Meng Yao's statement, Yiu looked towards the target belonging to Prince Lin Yun and indeed the arrow stuck at the halfway point but when compared the score was still far below Yiu.

"Are the rumors about Princess Ying defeating Tian Lu's forces true? It's likely that I'll believe those rumors after this friendly is over."

"Is he a level 9 arrow master? His archery talent was too terrifying!"

"Too astonishing!! It's impossible!"

Regardless of the praise from his surroundings, Yiu immediately returned to Qiu Wang's line and stood between the two Princes.

Prince Huang, "You are probably my second toughest opponent after Prince Ming ZiJing this time Princess Ying."

"God! I forgot that in this race Prince Huang also participated. Ah well I will surrender to you Prince Hihi." Yiu showed his horse a whin and Prince Huang immediately gave a small pinch in Yiu's arm making Yiu grimace.

"No need to worry about Princess Ying, whether you surrender or not you won't be able to win against me and my bow." Prince Huang showed his smile and raised his eyebrows twice towards Yiu which Yiu replied with a tone made as cold as possible.

"Well, you underestimate me, Prince. Let's see who wins." Yiu and Prince Huang looked at each other with horror gazes for quite a long time like the one in front of them was an enemy who was in front of them.

"Consider your attitude!" The sound was quite firm and not so loud but it could make Yiu and Prince Huang stop looking at each other and return to their original positions.

The game continues and the fewer participants left the harder the obstacles must be passed.

Yiu continued to win the match with such a satisfactory score as he should and finally advanced to the final round after defeating Prince Lin Yang.

But the unfortunate fate must be experienced by Prince Huang who was stopped in the semifinals after being defeated by Prince Ming ZiJing with a final result so thin that automatically was the last opponent for Yiu.

The total score from the initial round to the semi-finals between Yiu and Prince Ming ZiJing is a series so it is certain that the final this time will be very thrilling.

The nobles who were watching were getting excited at the course of the match especially the female nobles who were secretly admiring as well as fearing Princess Ying's outstanding talent.

And after the semi-final round they are increasingly distrustful of the talent belonging to Princess Ying who is very rare even arguably she is the only royal woman who can play a weapon even defeat the princes who famous very proficient.

"The match-winning decider of this year's archery match will soon begin between Prince Ming ZiJing of Ming Guang Kingdom and Princess Wang YingMei of Qiu Wang Kingdom"

General Meng Yao's voice made the soldiers of Ming Guang Kingdom and Qiu Wang cheered encouragingly for the two.

Nobles do not want to lose by continuing to discuss or make bets to guess who the winner of this game.

Yiu advanced from the ranks and stepped towards the arena together with Prince Ming ZiJing who was not too far away from Yiu and glanced at him a little for a while.

"The challenge this time is to shoot the target with the obstacle of three rings of fire in front of the target and each only has one chance. The first opportunity belonged to Prince Ming Zingji of Ming Guang Kingdom."

Prince Ming Zingji took his bow and arrow then advanced towards the boundary of archery which was extended to 1 li.

The three rings of fire swung from right to left and in opposite directions so it must take time and precise and accurate calculations to reach the target.

The face of Prince Ming ZiJing who was as bright as the sun and as white as snow with a bead that stared intently like an eagle that made almost all women look at him with astonished gazes.

Coupled with his talent that is quite extraordinary in terms of archery and there has never been a prince or general who can defeat his heavenly talent, it makes him have a reputation and honor as high as the sky, no wonder if he it has many supporters of which half are women.

Every time he drew his bow all pairs of eyes whether the servant or the noblewoman looked at him without blinking. This time he pulled his bow once again waiting for a while and ....

Gushh ....

His arrow shot past the three rings of fire smoothly and stuck right into the target. Great Precise and Accurate as always.

Many royal princesses and servants clapped their hands while shouting the words "good" and "exceptional" to Prince Ming ZiJing as usual.

As if not hearing anything, Prince Ming ZiJing did not express himself in the slightest and retreated back to his place to let Yiu take his turn.

Yiu stepped slowly and again could not help but glance towards the Ming ZiJing Prince who was standing upright with his ice-cold face before then preparing to pull the bow.

This challenge was relatively easy for Yiu, he had often trained with Prince Huang with this obstacle.

Yiu pulled his bow and tried to focus towards the target and in a single breath Yiu released his fast-flowing arrow.

Gushh ....

Yiu arrow stuck right in the middle of the target and no less inviting admiration from the nobles of men and women.

"Since the result of the match is a draw between two competitors then there will be an additional round with even more difficult obstacles" General Meng Yao intruded in a loud voice.

Yiu turned around and walked back towards his place and this time took the time to look towards Prince Ming ZiJing who he thought was very mysterious and questionable whether he had a facial expression or not.

The two Yiu beads collided with Prince Ming ZiJing's frozen eagle bead for a while before reaching where he had originally stood but quickly severed eye contact between them.

Does he hate me or does his gaze never wear such a heart?

TB