Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Riding at Full Speed
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Dang!” The protective jade pendant lit up again and blocked the attack.
“Crack!” With a crisp sound, the jade pendant shattered.
“Pfft!” wielded his sword continuously, and before Zhou Wenting could react, he had already chopped off his head.
“Now there’s only Xu Yixian left.”
Zhang Chen canceled the Blood Ignition Technique and took out a blood storage bottle to replenish the blood essence he had consumed. Only then did he lean over and search their corpses.
The two of them were afraid of retaliation from Li Mumin, so they didn’t carry much with them to avoid giving their enemy any resources. They only brought a few months’ worth of cultivation resources.
After collecting the blood essence of the two of them, Zhang Chen took out a map to check.
The city that Xu Yixian had been assigned to was 2,400 miles away, and it was in the wrong direction.
Zhang Chen injected spiritual power into the breeding bag, and the tamed horse demon appeared in front of him with a light shake.
The horse demon that had just been released was in a comatose state. Zhang Chen waited for an incense stick to burn before it woke up.
With a light leap, he jumped onto the horse’s back and said, “Let’s go.””
The horse demon received the command and started running with its hooves pounding the ground.
Zhang Chen had never ridden a horse before, but with his physique and reflexes as a cultivator, he could ensure that he wouldn’t fall off the horse.
Although it was only at the second level of Qi Refinement, the horse demon was naturally fast, and it ran much faster than Zhang Chen could on his own.
Perhaps because it had been locked up for too long, the horse demon ran faster and faster, becoming more and more excited.
If it weren’t for Zhang Chen’s frequent use of Blood Burst Technique, which allowed him to adapt to this speed, he would probably not even be able to control the direction.
However, without a saddle, it was bumpy and very uncomfortable.
The Thousand-Mile Horse was not really able to travel a thousand miles in a day. It simply referred to a good horse that was good at running and had very good endurance. But the horse demon could really travel a thousand miles in a day.
The horse demon ran 300 miles in one go. Finally, it became a little tired, so it slowed down.
Speaking of which, the horse demon had not eaten anything for several days.
Zhang Chen was not in a hurry. With the horse demon’s speed, they would definitely arrive at the destination before Xu Yixian.
Therefore, he decided to stop and let the horse demon freely graze around.
The horse demon was also starving and lowered its head to eat grass. It quickly ate up all the grass around and unconsciously wandered a few hundred meters away to a hillside.
“Hey! Look, there’s a wild horse on the hillside.”
“This horse is so beautiful, we could definitely sell it for a good price if we catch it!”
“Ordinary horses are worth only a few dozen taels, but this one is worth at least several hundred taels.”
“Then what are we waiting for? Don’t let it escape.”
When Zhang Chen heard the voice coming from the other side of the hill, he could not help but frown and transmit his thoughts to the horse demon.
“Oh no, the horse has run away!”
“Let’s go after it quickly!”
After a while, five figures appeared on the hill, holding ropes and knives.
When they saw the horse demon stop beside Zhang Chen, they ran over quickly.
Zhang Chen did not sense any spiritual power fluctuations from them, indicating that these five were not cultivators, but ordinary people.
“Everyone, stop chasing. This is my horse Zhang Chen said calmly. The five of them ignored him and continued to run over, surrounding Zhang
Chen and the horse.
Zhang Chen said again, “This is my horse.”
“What a joke. Are you saying that what’s yours is yours? This horse doesn’t have reins or a saddle. It’s obviously a wild horse,” the five people sneered.
Zhang Chen frowned and gently stroked the horse’s body. “It’s not running away and it’s so obedient by my side, can’t you see that?”
“So what if it’s yours? I advise you to hand it over obediently. This is the wilderness. No one will know if someone dies.” Maybe because they saw that Zhang Chen was alone, the five people smirked and threatened.
A precious horse worth at least a few hundred taels was worth killing for.
“Hehe.” Zhang Chen sneered. “I can give you the horse, but it depends on whether you have the ability to catch it.”
At this moment, the horse demon moved. It raised its front hooves and stepped on someone’s head.
“Bang!”
The head exploded, with red and white matter splattering everywhere.
The remaining four people were dumbfounded and petrified.
The horse demon did not stop. Its front hooves landed on the ground, and its back hooves kicked back.
“Bang! Bang!”
Two more heads exploded from the kick.
The only remaining two screamed in terror and turned to run.
But how could they outrun a four-legged creature with just two legs? The horse demon sprinted and stamped on the back of one person.
“Crack! ”
“Bang!”
The huge impact shattered the person’s spine, causing his body to fold and fly out.
Immediately after, the horse demon charged towards the last person.
Hearing the rapid approach of the horse’s hooves from behind, the person knew he could not run anymore. With a fierce expression, he turned around and swung his knife.
The knife hit the horse demon, but it felt like hitting a hard piece of wood.
“Bang!”
He was sent flying, his chest caved in.
This was not an ordinary horse at all, but a horse demon!
With a sudden realization, the last man also died.
Zhang Chen was about to ride the horse demon and leave, but he remembered that he had to go to a town and had to have money.
So he searched the bodies of the five men and obtained a handful of copper coins and a few pieces of silver.
“Let’s go.”
“cnppety-clop…”
The sound of horse hooves faded into the distance, leaving behind five broken corpses.
Encountering ordinary people here meant he wasn’t far from where ordinary people lived.
After running another hundred miles, the demon horse finally saw a city.
Zhang Chen planned to go around and buy a saddle, and also experience the customs and habits of this world.
Even though he was a cultivator, his thighs and buttocks couldn’t take the prolonged shaking and friction.
“Candied hawthorn, candied hawthorn, sour and sweet candied hawthorn…’
“Fried cake, fried cake, freshly baked fried cake…”
“Take a look, take a look. Don’t miss it…
Although it was a small border town, it was quite lively, with people coming and going on the street, and the sound of peddling never ceased.
“Uncle, where can I buy a saddle?” Zhang Chen politely stopped a man in his forties to ask for directions.
“Cross this street and turn left. Go straight and you’ll see the horse market.”
“Thank you, Uncle.” Zhang Chen thanked him and walked in the direction the man had indicated.
Soon, Zhang Chen successfully found the horse market.
In addition to saddles, this place mainly sold horses.
With the arrival of the horse demon, the horses here became afraid and uneasy.
“Wow, what a magnificent horse!” A young man wandering in the market saw the horse demon beside Zhang Chen and his eyes lit up.
The horse demon was a demon beast. It was taller and more muscular than ordinary horses. Its fur was smooth without any impurities and it exuded an overwhelming aura.
The young master hurried over with his followers, and his eyes were fixed on the horse demon, full of excitement and joy.
“Good horse, it’s really a good horse. It’s even better looking than my father’s precious horse.” As he spoke, he reached out to touch the horse demon.
Zhang Chen ignored him. As long as he did not cause trouble, he could appease the horse demon’s desire to kick.
However, he underestimated the allure of a precious horse to ordinary people.
In his eyes, it was only a demon beast at the second level of Qi Refinement, used temporarily as a mode of transportation.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this was a precious horse that could not be bought even with money. It was a symbol of status, and a means to gallop on the battlefield.
“I’ll buy this horse of yours,” the young man declared, not wanting to let go of the horse demon.
“Not for sale,” Zhang Chen replied calmly and continued walking..