The Golden Age - Chapter 101: Beyond Incredible
Qin Xiao chose Geng Shao and was ready to replace him. This made everyone else present extremely surprised.
“I think you misunderstood. I never wanted to be a lieutenant,” replied Qin Xiao, “I just chose him by chance. Since I already chose him, I can’t change my decision anymore.”
“If you insist, I won’t stop you. But I must remind you, since you picked up that Tiger Stone, you can choose to challenge anyone except for the commander. Even me, if you can beat me, you can replace me as well. But be careful, you can only replace him if you win. But if you lose, that’s considered disrespect and you’ll receive twenty staffs as punishment. Of course, if you lose, you can continue to choose someone else to replace, it’s just the twenty staffs that you’ll have to take,” said Su Chao coldly.
Yuan Shangyu smiled and said, “Wang Xiao, I’ll give you another chance to choose again.” He pointed to the soldiers, “The number of people here you can replace is like the number of hairs on a cattle. You don’t have to choose Geng Shao.”
Qin Xiao turned toward Yuan Shangyu and bowed, “Sir, if one regrets their decisions so easily, can the person still be trusted?”
“Haha! You’re right!” Yuan Shangyu laughed and said, “Geng Shao, since Wang Xiao chose you, then whether you can stay in your lieutenant position will depend on your own ability.”
Geng Shao slowly walked forward and stared coldly at Qin Xiao. “Do you want to fight or compete? Riding or archery?”
 I haven’t even ridden on a horse much yet, if I compete you with that, how can I win?
“I just entered the camp, my riding and archery skills aren’t very good. If Lieutenant Geng insists on riding and archery, then I’ll have to surrender.”
The soldiers around not only admired Qin Xiao’s strength for being able to pick up the Tiger Stone, but also how Qin Xiao didn’t choose an ordinary cavalry to replace, but instead went straight for a lieutenant. Everyone felt a little sense of gratitude for not being picked.
Everyone knew that Qin Xiao just came today, and just like any other new cavalry, his riding and archery skills wouldn’t be very good.
If Geng Shao insisted on competing with Qin Xiao on horseback and archery, then it would be clear that he just wanted an advantage.
Since he was able to lift the Tiger Stone, the strength of this young man was clearly incredible. The best way for Qin Xiao to win would be to have a fight with bare hands. With such strengths, even if he didn’t win, he still wouldn’t be defeated easily.
Su Chao coughed and said, “Wang Xiao, do you want to have a one-on-one fight with bare fists?”
“Can I?”
“No.” Su Chao shook his head. “Riding, archery, and weapons. You can choose between the three, but you can’t fight with only fists.” He looked at Geng Shao, and then turned to Qin Xiao. “Since you’re not good enough in archery and riding, then you’d have to choose a weapon.”
Commander Yuan Shangyu just gently brushed his beard on the side and smiled without saying anything.
Although Yuan Shangyu was the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, and he looked strong and brave as well, his personality seemed to be very soft and friendly. Nothing like an inspiring commander who was ready to lead an army into battle.
“In this case, then I can only follow the rules,” said Qin Xiao.
“Give me a sword!” Geng Shao yelled.
A soldier beside him immediately passed him a big sword. Geng Shao held not the handle of the case and pulled out the sword. He looked at Qin Xiao. “You don’t have to use a sword. You can use any weapon in the battalion.”
Qin Xiao looked around as all the soldiers looked at each other. Although they admired Qin Xiao, they weren’t very certain whether Qin Xiao could win against Geng Shao or not.
If someone lent a sword to Qin Xiao, then if Geng Shao won, they would be disliked by the lieutenant in the future. Qin Xiao knew that this was what everyone was thinking. No matter who he asked for a sword from, it will make the person very uneasy.
Yuan Shangyu still didn’t speak. He just looked at Qin Xiao with interest.
“Just get me a wooden stick,” Qin Xiao finally spoke. “I’m not used to swords, and I’m just doing a casual competition with Lieutenant Geng. A stick will be enough.”
Geng Shao’s face changed suddenly and asked sharply, “What? You want to fight me with a stick?” His voice was full of anger.
Although Qin Xiao did want to teach him a lesson and make him less arrogant, he didn’t try to insult him at all. But seeing his reaction, he finally realized that using a stick against a sword was the biggest insult to Geng Shao.
But Qin Xiao didn’t mind either.
When he picked Geng Shao, he had already offended him. There was no going back. If he felt insulted, then let him think that way.
“Get two sticks!” Geng Shao yelled.
With his orders, someone soon brought two wooden sticks. Geng Shao took one and threw one to Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao caught it in the air and held it in his hand.
Strangely, when Qin Xiao held onto the stick, he suddenly felt a sense of security that he never felt before.
The scene of training with the giant ape suddenly appeared in his mind.
For months in the mountains, he was with the wooden stick almost every day. Although this stick was a different one, he felt as if he returned to the water curtain cave and was fighting the giant ape once again.
He looked up at the vast dark sky, took a deep breath, raised his arm, and pointed his stick at Geng Shao.
This was the motion that he would always do before he fought the giant ape.
But at that time, the giant ape was making him hit the copper plate on his chest. So every time Qin Xiao held up the stick, he would always point it towards where the copper plate was.
Later, he slowly discovered that although this motion looked normal, it also had a lot of advantages. He can block and attack in any motion with ease.
While the soldiers in the White Tiger Battalion compete with each other with weapons in hand, no one has ever used a stick as a weapon.
At this moment, when Qin Xiao requested to use sticks as weapons, it surprised everyone.
Geng Shao looked at Qin Xiao with sharp eyes. Suddenly, he jumped forward, and like a leopard, it charged right towards Qin Xiao.
While Qin Xiao and Geng Shao were standing there looking at each other, Qin Xiao only had one thought in mind, and that was where he should hit Geng Shao.
While he was fighting the giant ape for three months, he was always aiming at the copper plate.
With a target, he used countless tries to hit it while also guarding himself against the ape.
For Qin Xiao, without a target, he wouldn’t know how to start, let alone how to attack.
So before the fight started, he must find his target.
The moment Geng Shao leaped towards him, he figured what his target will be.
Geng Shao was incredibly strong. If he hit on Geng Shao’s body, it wouldn’t do much harm. In fact, Qin Xiao wasn’t planning to hurt Geng Shao either. Although the throat must be the most fragile part of the body, he knew that if he accidentally pressed too hard, it could kill him. If he accidentally killed him, then things would get really complicated.
So he decided that he would aim for the wrist of Geng Shao’s left hand, the one holding the stick.
He knew that if he could hit Geng Shao’s wrist, then he would involuntarily drop the stick, which would automatically make him win.
This was the simplest way to get the job done.
While he was thinking, Geng Shao had already charged in front of him. The wooden stick came for his head from the top along with the soaring sound it made in the wind. It can be seen that Geng Shao was using incredible strength and from the way he was moving, he was also using the stick to perform sword skills.
Qin Xiao was extremely calm while Geng Shao was coming for him. He wasn’t even looking at the opponent’s stick. He was staring at the wrist.
When the giant ape used to attack him, the mountain-sized ape didn’t even scare Qin Xiao a bit, let alone Geng Shao.
“Perfect chance!”
Qin Xiao gave a low yell as Geng Shao hit towards him. Qin Xiao quickly leaned back as the stick swept centimeters away from his face. Geng Shao didn’t have a follow-up move after this one. After dodging the attack, his hands were completely unguarded and the wrist was right in front of Qin Xiao’s eyes.
For Qin Xiao, Geng Shao’s wrist at this time was like a wildflower growing on the side of the road. He could pick it off just by reaching forward.
He never hesitated in his moves. With a perfect chance in front of him, there was no way he was going to miss it. While fighting with the ape, he learned that good chances rarely come again. Once missed, it would be difficult to find another one.
At that time, because of Qin Xiao’s hesitation, he missed countless opportunities to win against the ape.
It was the three months of brutal training that made him learn how to capture that opponent’s flaws, and how to win using the flaw.
Puff!
Qin Xiao’s face was cold as he thrust his hand out. The wooden stick pierced through the air and slammed onto the veins of Geng Shao’s wrist.
Not only did Qin Xiao attack with incredible speed, in order to make sure this hit would guarantee his win, he also used some internal strength. If he didn’t, he wasn’t confident whether he could win or not.
Geng Shao yelled in pain as the stick dropped from his hand.
When his wrist was hit, all five fingers suddenly felt numb and he couldn’t grab onto anything at all.
So everyone saw how Qin Xiao dodged Geng Shao’s attack and then made Geng Shao drop his stick with only one move.
Everyone was deadly silent.
No one could believe what they were witnessing. Even Yuan Shangyu showed a surprised expression.
The White Tiger Battalion was the most elite army under the Yuwen Family. Everyone here trained like there was no tomorrow because they all knew, if they didn’t, they could be replaced at any time.
Geng Shao was one of the lieutenants of the White Tiger Battalion. Other than Yuan Shangyu and the two vice commanders, he had the highest position.
In order to maintain his position as a lieutenant, he must have worked much harder than the normal soldiers.
Everyone present also knew that not only was Geng Shao very good at archery and riding, he was also excellent with swords.
Although Qin Xiao was strong enough to lift the Tiger Stone, many people did not expect him to win against Geng Shao in a fight.
However, it only took Qin Xiao one move to make Geng Shao drop his weapon.
This was beyond incredible.
Everyone stared at Qin Xiao, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.
Edited by: EyljeeÂ