At dawn, the west gate of Bianliang City was crowded with people. It was a hundred times livelier than usual.
Today was not a big day, nor was it the day the emperor went on an inspection tour or the triumphant return of the army. Surrounded by the crowd was a very ordinary carriage.
The person in the carriage was even more ordinary. He was a drunkard who did not even know how he got on the carriage. Next to the carriage stood a man with a hunched back and a flattering face. He was being instructed by a young man.
This young man was the focus of everyone's attention.
"Be careful on the way. Take good care of Boss Jia. Settle down in Xuanjiu City first. If I don't come, follow the caravan through the Hexi Corridor."
Xie Tian paused, then leaned close to Brother Ma and whispered, "Boss Jia likes to show off. Don't let him reveal his wealth. He values money as much as his life. If he encountered a robber, he would rather die than hand over the money. You have to take the initiative …"
Brother Ma blinked. "I, how can I take the initiative?"
"You're at the third level of the Brute Force State. Even if you can't beat the robber, you can beat Boss Jia." Xie Tian explained seriously, "If Boss Jia doesn't want to, you can knock him out and hand over the money to save your life."
"Yes, yes, yes, I …" Brother Ma was about to agree, but he frowned and said, "Then when the boss wakes up, I'll be dead …"
"Just say what I said," Xie Tian patted Brother Ma's shoulder and said seriously, "Protect Boss Jia for me. Take care!"
After a series of instructions, Xie Tian watched the carriage slowly leave. There was a rare trace of worry between his brows. Wen Shui comforted him, "Don't worry. I've arranged several disciples to protect you in secret. Even if you're not here, they'll arrive safely."
"Mmm." Xie Tian responded and glanced at the people around him who were pointing and discussing him. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Boss Jia, who had been jolted awake, poke his head out of the carriage. He could not help but smile and wave goodbye.
"This kid is Xie Tian?"
"Little? Hehe, Lin Shahu was killed by him with one punch! "
"Oh my god. Why, why is he waving his hand? Could it be that he is cultivating a cultivation technique? "
"Oh, when he waved his hand, I felt as if the entire world was trembling!"
"Holy sh * t, look, he just waved his hand and a huge chunk of the sun suddenly appeared …"
"Is it that strange? Let me try … "
"I'll give it a try too …"
…
"Oh my, so many people are sending me off?"
Mr. Jia, who had just woken up, poked his head out of the window and blinked his drunken eyes. He saw more than a thousand hands waving at him outside the West City Gate under the leadership of Xie Tian. He was immediately moved to tears. If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't wearing pants, he would have gotten out of the carriage and interacted with more than a thousand people.
"I say, Xiao Ma, I feel bad that so many people are seeing me off. Why don't we leave tomorrow?"
Xiao Ma was startled and quickly asked, "Boss, why?"
"Sigh." The carriage went far away and the more than a thousand hands could no longer be seen. Mr. Jia reluctantly retreated back into the carriage and murmured, "I'm so touched. I'm going to give each of them a tael of gold as a token of my sincerity towards my fellow villagers …"
Xiao Ma's face was full of tears. Without saying anything, he whipped the horse's butt hard. He already had a premonition that the road ahead would be difficult and bumpy.
"I didn't expect Mr. Jia to be so popular." Wen Shui sighed with some emotion and said to Xie Tian, "You have to learn from Mr. Jia. In life, one more friend means one more kindness and warmth in your heart."
Xie Tian looked around at the strange expressions of the people around him and nodded in confusion. Just as he was about to turn around and enter the city, he heard the deafening sound of horse hooves coming from inside the city.
The onlookers were shocked and hurriedly rushed to the sides. As soon as they got out of the way of the city gate, the team of horses had already rushed out of the city gate and rushed straight towards Xie Tian and Xiao Ma.
Wen Shui was shocked and subconsciously wanted to block Xie Tian behind him. Unexpectedly, Xie Tian said, "It's Xu Zhantang."
"Neigh!"
A pure black horse neighed loudly. Its raised front hooves brushed past the tip of Xie Tian's nose. Xie Tian didn't even blink. Silence, he looked at Xu Zhantang on the back of the black horse.
The expressions of more than a thousand people immediately changed. Of course, they knew how humiliated Xu Zhantang was in the battle outside the palace yesterday.
Putting aside Xie Tian's three realms of enlightenment, Xu Zhantang was completely defeated in the Brute Force Realm. He was also completely defeated when he used his Inner Qi Realm Level One cultivation. At first, he had the upper hand when he used his Inner Qi Realm Level Two cultivation, but in the end, after thirty moves, he was forced into a stalemate by Xie Tian.
That wasn't all. Someone spread the news that Xie Tian was about to be killed. In the end, Xu Zhantang put on a show and let Xie Tian live. Now, Xie Tian ran to the Black Tiger Gang's encampment and caused a ruckus. An hour later, he became the youngest Inner Qi Realm martial artist in history. He even killed Lin Shahu, who was at the Inner Qi Realm Level Four …
Xu Zhantang had only just broken through to the Inner Qi Realm Level Three … Just thinking about it made everyone feel that Xu Zhantang had been possessed by the God of Misfortune. A genius's life had turned into a fool because of posturing.
Looking at Xu Zhantang's current posture and the hundreds of Valiant Cavalry Battalion elites surrounding Xie Tian, it was obvious that they were going to hack Xie Tian to death at the city gates. Everyone shuddered in fear, but at the same time, they were looking forward to the bloody scene that would follow.
"My horse, Black Girl. I heard that I was bullied yesterday, so I lost my temper at you. Don't take it to heart." Xu Zhantang was not surprised at Xie Tian's calmness. He smiled and introduced his mount, then pointed to a pony behind him. "This is for you. Do you know how to ride?"
Xie Tian shifted his gaze to the pony. The pony was a foot shorter than Black Girl. Its entire body was blood-red and its frame was smaller. It was not as majestic as Black Girl, but it had a unique sense of pride that was neither servile nor overbearing.
At first glance, Xie Tian liked the pony. However, he frowned and said, "I don't know how to ride it."
"Hahahaha!" Xu Zhantang laughed out loud. His heel kicked the ground, and he and his horse flew out from Xie Tian's side. "I'll give you the horse. I'll wait for you fifty li away. In the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, everyone and the horse will be there!"
The surrounding passersby were a little dumbfounded. This scene changed too quickly. Wasn't it supposed to be a battle for revenge? Why did it seem more and more like a gay scene?
The elites of the Valiant Cavalry Battalion did not leave. They looked at the frowning Xie Tian with great interest. Sometimes they laughed, and sometimes they urged their mounts to make all kinds of wonderful movements. It was obvious that they were taking the opportunity to ridicule Xie Tian for not knowing how to ride a horse.
"Gongzi Xie Tian, I heard that your perception is very high. After watching for so long, what did you see?"
"That's right. I heard from Young Master Xu that you comprehended Xing Yi in one move. If you use this talent to ride a horse, I'm afraid you'll be able to do it in the blink of an eye …"
"Young Master Xu said that running fifty li in the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn can only be done with excellent horsemanship. Gongzi Xie Tian, is it very difficult?"
… …
The passersby looked at each other. They secretly thought that Xu Zhantang was really full of schemes. Just by riding a horse, he was able to seize the opportunity to turn the situation around. Whether it was Xie Tian turning around to return to the city or opening his mouth to ask for help, the illustrious reputation that he had just built up would instantly vanish into thin air.
As for the possibility of Xie Tian learning exquisite horsemanship within the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn and galloping fifty li to attend the meeting, let alone the passersby, even Wen Shui would not believe it.
"Sigh, it's just the temperament of a child." Wen Shui helplessly smiled and said to Xie Tian, "If you like this horse, then take it back. If you don't like it, then we'll leave. Don't pay attention to him."
Xie Tian was concentrating on admiring the horsemanship of the elites of the Valiant Cavalry Battalion. Hearing this, he looked at the pony and said seriously: "I like it."
"Hehe, then let's take it … Aiyo, be careful!"
Just as Xie Tian stretched out his hand, the pony let out a violent neigh. Its two front hooves were as fast as lightning, breaking the wind and attacking Xie Tian's arm. Wen Shui was startled.
"Hahahaha!"
"Gongzi Xie Tian, I forgot to tell you, this horse has never been tamed before. If you want to ride it, you must first subdue it …"
… …
Seeing that Xie Tian was forced back by it, the pony was immediately very pleased. Its horse eyes rolled around, showing endless disdain towards Xie Tian. Its nostrils flared and all that came out was ridicule.
Seeing this, the passersby were all speechless. They thought that even the horse raised by Xu Zhantang was a scheming horse. Xie Tian was even more difficult to deal with now.
Xie Tian was not angry but happy. After thinking for a while, he walked forward again. Just as the pony was about to lift its leg, his figure flashed and turned into two afterimages. The pony's eyes went blank. Before it could react, its long face was slapped.
The city gate instantly became quiet.
In the next moment, everyone saw the pony's huge nostrils spew out two feet long white smoke.
"Neigh neigh neigh!"
The corner of the pony's eyes cracked in anger. Before its raised front hooves landed, its back hooves stomped on the ground, vowing to knock the idiot who slapped it to death!
Xie Tian grinned, turned around, and stomped on the ground with his right foot. In an instant, he galloped ten zhang away. At the same time, he gave the pony a backward glance and a smile, trying to provoke it to the extreme.
In the next moment, under the dumbfounded gazes of the crowd, two streams of light, one black and one red, instantly disappeared into the distance.
When the crowd saw that the distance between the man and the horse didn't shrink, but was instead increasing rapidly, their eyeballs fell to the ground. There were even a few elites of the Valiant Cavalry Battalion that fell off their horses in fright.
"Oh my god, that's a Ferghana horse. What kind of speed is Xie Tian running at?"
"This is really strange. With Xie Tian running like this, wouldn't that horse tame itself?"
"Bullshit! The only Ferghana horse in the Song Kingdom, seeing that Xie Tian is running faster than it, isn't it like finding its own father? Why would it need to tame it? "
"Sigh, looks like this Young Master Xu can't keep it …"
…
Fifty li out of the west gate of Bianliang City was Dustless Mountain.
On horseback, Xu Zhantang glanced at the Dustless Temple at the top of the mountain, then withdrew his gaze and looked at the road he came from with a smile on his face.
His purpose of this trip was to deliver gifts, so whether or not Xie Tian could ride on horseback and arrive here within the time it took for two incense sticks to burn, he would give his most beloved horse to the other party.
He posed this problem just to see how Xie Tian would solve it. He was as curious as ever about Xie Tian.
However, when he saw the scene of a man and a horse running wildly in different directions, no matter how good his mentality was, he couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. But just when the whites of his eyes were about to roll up, his expression changed.
He found that the Ferghana horse had been left behind by Xie Tian for three li during the fifty li journey.
"It's mine." Panting, Xie Tian stroked the back of the Ferghana horse and shouted to Xu Zhantang.
Xu Zhantang glanced at the Ferghana horse that was being stroked by Xie Tian and sighed helplessly. "Give it a name."
"Let's call it Little Horse." Xie Tian thought for a while and said, "Thank you."
"This is what you deserve. This Young Master never owes favors."
Xie Tian thought for a while and asked, "That fall?"
"Haha! You're really smart! "
"I didn't mean it." Afraid that Xu Zhantang wouldn't understand, Xie Tian added, "I don't know what it means to seek favor with someone important."
Xu Zhantang was startled, but the next moment, he burst into laughter.
After laughing, the two most talented youths of the Kingdom of Song rode side by side. One rode as one with the horse, and the other rode askew. They galloped on horseback in the great world, sharing the frivolous and uninhibited glory of youth.
Xie Tian, who had never ridden a horse, did not know that ever since he went up the Dustless Mountain, there was a pair of indifferent old eyes that could not tolerate any dust in the world watching him silently.
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