Chapter 195: Chapter 195: The Extraordinary Horse Touches People’s Hearts
The Positive Pole Sect was located in Sea View City in Yunfeng Domain, thousands of miles away from the Purple Beauty City area.
Normally, Shi Xiaole, even on a fast horse, would need at least half a month to arrive, but the speed of Qingfeng was so fast, disregarding any environment. After running for few 2-hour periods each day, it arrived near Sea View City after three days.
Yanping Town, one of the small towns under Sea View City.
As Shi Xiaole led Qingfeng into the town, he immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
Ordinary people were merely curious and amazed. But in the eyes of many martial artists, endless greed surfaced.
In the Martial World, a horse is indeed a crucial asset.
Most martial artists rode the most average horses from the market, which they often needed to replace. If a great event occurred and a thousand-mile journey was required, they might need to switch horses halfway.
The top martial arts schools were slightly better. The horses they used were meticulously selected, having excellent speed, endurance, and physical strength.
But, who had ever seen a horse with a body as shiny green as a jade?
Even the most clueless layman knew this was an incredibly rare horse, a world-renowned anomaly.
"Young man, my young master is willing to buy your horse with a hundred taels of gold, would you consider parting with it?"
A hale and hearty elder approached with a smile on his face.
"I’m sorry."
Shi Xiaole laughed and shook his head.
"A hundred taels are not enough, what about five hundred taels?"
The elder raised five fingers.
"Old man, no matter how much money you offer, I’m not going to sell the horse."
Shi Xiaole moved on.
The elder quickly blocked his way, saying, "Don’t be rash to refuse, young man. My young master is the junior gang leader of the Gown Gang in Sea View City. If you agree to this deal, you’ll become a friend of my young master."
The elder didn’t finish his sentence, but Shi Xiaole caught the veiled threat in his words.
Completing the deal makes one a friend, does refusing make one an enemy?
Without looking at the elder, Shi Xiaole looked at a young man in a gown sitting by the window on the second floor of the inn. Seeing Shi Xiaole look up, the man smirked.
"It turns out to be people from the Gown Gang, a top power in Sea View City. It’s said that the head of the first generation of the Gown Gang was an Elder from Qiongjia Gang, one of the three major gangs in Qingxue State. They still maintain a good relationship with the Qiongjia Gang."
"Setting aside their relationship with the Qiongjia Gang, the contemporary leader of the Gown gang, ’Smiling Gown’ Lai Qianyong, is a master of the second tier of Xuan Qi. His two Protectors are both of the first tier of Xuan Qi. Apart from these, the gang has ten masters of the ninth tier of Qi Absorption. Who within a five hundred mile radius would dare to disrespect the Gown Gang?"
People nearby whispered. Those who originally had their eyes on Qingfeng stopped reluctantly as they saw the Gown Gang making their move.
"Gown Gang?"
Shi Xiaole secretly shuddered.
If these people weren’t lying, then the strength of the Gown Gang was almost comparable to those top-level clans in the Floating River Area. Even if it was only counted as a second-rate force in Yunfeng Domain, it was still not something Shi Xiaole could handle at the moment.
But if they thought they could make him sell Qingfeng just like that, they were underestimating him.
Since the other party made threats, Shi Xiaole didn’t bother to be polite and directly walked past the elder.
"Stubborn fool!"
The elder’s smile disappeared, and he looked up at Lai Lingyao.
Lai Lingyao was expressionless, and her eyes were equally cold. She messaged, "Come back first."
After all, the Gown Gang was a famed and upright faction, they couldn’t blatantly engage in forced buying and selling. However, since the other party did not know what was good for him, they couldn’t blame her for acting unjustly.
Lai Lingyao was indeed intrigued by the horse. More importantly, the sixtieth birthday of the leader of the Qiongjia Gang was in a month. If she could give this green horse as a birthday gift, the Qiongjia Gang leader, who was a horse fanatic, would definitely remember her kindness.
He might even reward a rare martial arts technique to the Gown Gang when he was happy, that would be a huge gain.
"Little guy, you think you can hold onto this treasure of a horse, you’re deluding yourself."
The wine glass shattered, and Lai Lingyao laughed unrestrainedly.
Standing in front of the most luxurious inn in Yanping town, a waiter immediately came out to greet them. When he saw Qingfeng, he was amazed. It wasn’t until Shi Xiaole reminded him that he led Qingfeng to the stable in the backyard.
Shi Xiaole wasn’t worried about someone stealing Qingfeng.
His current Flying Skill prowess was even higher than many masters of the first tier of Xuan Qi, though he lacked in endurance. But Qingfeng’s speed was several times his. And this was when Qingfeng was not even at its full speed.
Those who wished to steal it would only reap their just desserts.
After paying the deposit for one night, Shi Xiaole entered the guest room, took a refreshing bath, and then headed to the dining hall to eat his fill.
During this time, sounds of energy clashing, hooves clattering, and screams erupted from the backyard.
Many people ran over, only to find, to their horror, several high-level Qi Absorption warriors trying to encircle Qingfeng. They were toyed with by Qingfeng. Their attacks didn’t land on Qingfeng, instead, they were kicked and spat out blood and found themselves unable to escape in the end.
What kind of horse was this anyway?
"Sir, please control your horse."
Two men hurried over, looking gloomy, presumably the companions of the horse thieves.
"They brought it upon themselves, a little teaching is good."
Shi Xiaole leisurely took a sip of his wine.
"You’re asking for it!"
One of them reached out to grab Shi Xiaole’s head, revealing an aura of Qi Absorption at the peak of the sixth tier.
Without lifting his eyes, Shi Xiaole raised one hand, and with a couple of slaps, the Qi Absorption master lost his balance and fell from the second floor.
Several astonished gazes turned to him.
Another man did not dare to move, his face constantly changing, he grinded his teeth and begged, "Young Hero, we were reckless, please let us off this time."
Shi Xiaole remained unmoved.
Just as the man was sweating bullets, Shi Xiaole finally put down his wine cup and said, "Xiaofeng, stop now, don’t kill them."
An surprising scene happened.
As if the green horse in the backyard had heard him, right after Shi Xiaole’s words fell, its previously fierce attitude changed instantly and obediently stopped.
"Puff."
The injured men vomited blood in unison, their feelings a mix of anger and humiliation. They ran out without lifting their heads, shouting "demon horse" all the way.
After this incident, those who were itching to make a move no longer dared to. What a joke, you’d at least need to match the horse’s speed to catch it. But when Qingfeng runs, all they could see was a shadow.
"A one-of-a-kind horse."
Lai Lingyao’s eyes flamed with excitement, his face flushed with exhilaration.
He didn’t expect that he would encounter such a good thing while attending to matters in Yanping Town. At this moment, Lai Lingyao didn’t even want to present the green horse to the Qiongjia Gang leader and was considering keeping it for himself.
"Lai Wu, return immediately to Sea View City tonight and tell our father about the situation, and send more backup. I will hold back that boy."
Lai Lingyao said to the old man who had previously hindered Shi Xiaole.
"Yes."
Lai Wu responded and left the room hastily.
"Sister, what a great horse, it would be nice if we could get it."
Elsewhere in the room, two women’s eyes beamed.
The two women, one dressed in plain clothes, the other in green, were not as striking as the girl in black, but were just a step behind, they were considered beauties who were as pretty as flowers and as charming as the moon, attractive enough to cause geese to swoon and fish to sink.
"That young man won’t agree."
The plain clothed Yinhua Lady smiled, showing her dimples.
Yuhua Lady’s eyes lit up, she pulled Yinhua Lady’s hand and said: "Sister, you are so naughty! Every time this smile appears, I know you have a plan, come on, tell me."
Yinhua Lady said: "Now that the young man has caught Lai Lingyao’s attention, trouble will surely follow him. We simply wait until he can no longer withstand the pressure. Then, we offer to save his life in exchange for the horse, you think he’ll agree?"
Although Lai Lingyao wasn’t a good person, he has already reached the sixth stage of Qi Absorption. It was rumored that he even defeated someone in the seventh stage, therefore his strength was not ordinary.
With the help of other experts from the Gown Gang, even if it was someone in the eighth stage of Qi Absorption, they would not have an advantage.
The green clothed youth seemed extraordinary, but after all, he is only in the fourth stage of Qi Absorption. Having the strength of an ordinary seventh stage is already an exaggeration. After all, even many heroes on the young heroes list only have this level of talent.
Therefore, what they lacked was only an opportunity.
Yinhua Lady glanced at the exceedingly beautiful Yuhua Lady and said: "Young people are always full of vitality. Before that, we can strike up a good relationship with the young man, it will be easier later on. Of course, if you use your beauty as a strategy, it might work out directly."
"Sister, you’re asking for a beating!"
Yuhua lady playfully said. Gazing through the window at the young man in green robes, she didn’t think much of it.
She is a well-known beauty in the martial world of the Yunfeng Domain. Although she is already 26 years old, which qualifies her as an ’old maid’, she still has numerous suitors.
Even the ’Gentleman Yulang’ Pan Yue, who ranks 36th in the Young Heroes ranking, has expressed his feelings to her several times, and is just waiting for her acceptance.
So for ordinary people, Yuhua Lady really doesn’t care. .
The next morning, Shi Xiaole had just stepped out of his room when he came face-to-face with someone.
"Sir, just come with me to the Gown Gang. Don’t think about refusing, my patience is limited. If you really push this to a deadlock, you will have a miserable end, understand?"
Having reserved the entire floor of guest rooms, without worrying about being discovered, Lai Lingyao no longer concealed himself and directly stated his intention.
A really good horse would be spiritually aware. Lai Lingyao believed that as long as Shi Xiaole followed him, the green horse would also follow, and then wouldn’t there be plenty of opportunities to tame it?
As for whether Shi Xiaole would refuse, he didn’t care at all.
After all, the people by his side, two were at the early stages of the eighth stage of Qi Absorption, three at the middle stage of the seventh phase, and the remaining six were at the late stage of the sixth phase. His own strength was equivalent to a person at the seventh stage of Qi Absorption.
With so many people blocking him, Lai Lingyao didn’t believe that Shi Xiaole would still dare to refuse.
In fact, if this time he had brought more experts to Yanping Town, Lai Lingyao would not waste his breath with Shi Xiaole, he would directly order someone to catch the horse.
"If I refuse, will you kill me?"
Shi Xiaole asked.
"No, because I have a thousand ways to make your life worse than death."
Lai Lingyao laughed chillingly.
The Gown Gang experts around him were also laughing. The young gang leader’s ways of torturing people weren’t something an ordinary person can handle. This clean-cut young man probably couldn’t withstand even the first method.
"Kid, I’ll give you one last chance."
Lai Lingyao, clearly unwilling to wait any longer, grinned and started counting.
"One."
"Two."
Just then, Shi Xiaole said: "No need to count."
"Hahaha."
Lai Lingyao and his men burst into uproarious laughter. This was typical of a coward, he won’t be able to bear to be threatened.
"For the last time, clear off, or don’t blame me for being ruthless."
In the midst of laughter, Shi Xiaole said calmly.
