Chapter 119 January Assessment
The next day, when Ye Qiongying arrived at the martial arts arena, she found that almost everyone else had arrived.
Unlike before, now when she walks along the way, people will greet her enthusiastically from time to time.
Ye Qiongying walked through the crowd, approached Yao Dachuan and the others, and asked:
"Why are you all here so early today?"
Yao Manfu said quickly:
"Of course I'm excited! Hey, today we can switch to bows and arrows!"
Ye Qiongying looked at him and said jokingly:
"Why, are you tired of learning sword skills from me?"
Yao Manfu quickly shook his head:
"No, no, I didn't say that! Sister Qiongying, you can't say that. If it gets out, I'll be beaten to death. You have a lot of fans now!"
Unlike their cheerful appearance, the atmosphere among the soldiers who were practicing archery this month was obviously more depressed than theirs.
It is not difficult to learn the movements of drawing the bow and shooting arrows, but it is not so easy to hit the target every time.
Not to mention hitting the target every time, there are still some soldiers who miss the target several times out of ten times!
Thinking about today's assessment, I naturally can't be happy.
Instructor Ren arrived at the training ground on time.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, they quickly separated the team and began checking the results.
The first is Mu Jian’s team.
One team after another advanced.
First, everyone will demonstrate sword moves together, and then they will be asked to fight with Instructor Ren in turn.
When facing these new recruits, Instructor Ren naturally would not use any overly complicated moves, and only practiced basic sword moves.
Unexpectedly, the strength of this group of young people was far beyond his expectations, and they could actually fight with him on equal terms.
Although he did not give his all, every batch of recruits goes through this, and only a very few people can achieve this level.
Nowadays, it seems to have become a common phenomenon.
But when it comes to Ye Qiongying, she can actually defeat him just by relying on her swordsmanship.
But this girl was very good at dealing with people. She did not really take advantage of this opportunity to show off and defeat him. In the end, she deliberately gave in and admitted defeat, allowing him, the instructor, to maintain his dignity in front of the soldiers so as not to affect the subsequent training.
Instructor Ren watched Ye Qiongying return to the team.
Although she "lost", other people did not have any bad opinions towards Ye Qiongying. Instead, they gathered around her to comfort her. Obviously, they did not question her ability. This shows how solid her position is in the hearts of these recruits.
After the five teams on Mu Jian's side finished the test, Instructor Ren couldn't help but smile even though he was pretending to be serious.
With such a happy mood, he began to assess the training results of the other five teams.
The good mood just now was gone instantly.
Unlike the wooden sword team, the difference in the bow and arrow team is obvious.
There were a few good candidates, but most of them performed mediocrely, and many of them didn't even meet the basic passing line, which made Instructor Ren look very depressed.
The archery team is also divided into two steps.
First, they demonstrate the action of drawing a bow, and then they practice shooting at targets.
This is just the fixed target, there's not even the moving target yet, and quite a few arrows have already fallen to the ground.
What use would it be if it were really put on the battlefield?
Not only would he die, but he would also cause injuries to his teammates.
Those few promising youngsters who have already figured out the tricks obviously did not take the initiative to pass on their experience to others. Some even deliberately kept it secret for fear that others would learn from them and their own strengths would not be shown.
However, the guy named Li Yunwei had pretty good skills, and their team was the only one whose entire team passed the finish line.
Although it is still not satisfactory, it is not too bad after all.
This person has a lot of conflicts with Ye Qiongying and her team...
It would be nice if we could transform this contradictory relationship into one that promotes and enhances each other.
Instructor Ren saw this and quickly gathered everyone together again and announced the result this time:
"Archery Team, Team 5 and Team 8, starting today, you will not have dinner for three consecutive days. After these three days of normal training, you will also need to run three more laps of obstacles!"
The two teams that were called looked dejected.
Their training results were not very good to begin with, and the more uncertain they were during today's assessment, the more nervous they became, and the worse their performance was.
Being called by name and punished was also expected.
After Instructor Ren finished speaking, he actually skipped the Wooden Sword Team and went straight to the next step:
"Now, we can start exchanging..."
"Wait," Li Yunwei spoke again, "Instructor, you haven't announced which wooden sword team is the worst. Maybe you forgot?"
Asking this question was not an act that violated military regulations, such as gang fighting, and he believed that he was definitely not the only one who wanted an answer, so he was not worried about what the instructor would do if he asked.
Instructor Ren didn't do anything to him, but his tone was definitely not good:
"Of course not. The reason why I didn't mention it is because all five teams performed very well, even far exceeding expectations.
The purpose of punishment is to motivate you to do better, not that I deliberately want to torture you.
Now that the effect has been achieved, why impose unnecessary punishment?
As for your archery team, the training results are really ugly! If possible, I would like to punish each of your teams and reflect on the mistakes. I am already giving you face by only punishing two teams!"
The five teams from the Archery Team all lowered their heads, feeling somewhat ashamed.
The five teams on the wooden sword side straightened their chests.
Since the start of the camp training, I have never seen Instructor Ren not punish the last team. Today, he actually skipped them and even praised them!
A group of people couldn't help but reveal happy smiles on their faces, but in their hearts they became more grateful to Ye Qiongying.
They knew very well that if it weren't for Ye Qiongying's selfless teaching, they might have passed the assessment, but they definitely wouldn't have achieved such a great result today, causing Instructor Ren to praise them in public.
Li Yunwei felt somewhat dissatisfied.
I always feel that Instructor Ren is deliberately biased.
But asking just now could be considered a reminder, but if I continue to pester him now, it would be like deliberately going against the instructor.
He could only shut up and say nothing.
How could Instructor Ren not see what he was thinking?
His mind turned, and he immediately came up with an idea. He didn't mention the matter of exchanging weapons for the time being, and said slowly:
"I know that some of you may not be convinced, so...
I will pick a team, and you can test your weapons and then you will know the result.
I won’t pick the worst ones, I will just choose the two teams with the best performance in your two formations to compete.
Team three, team seven, step out!"