Chapter 55 An Unexpected Encounter: Who's More Patient?
The foal had bright, piercing eyes, strong, and steady limbs, and its explosive speed was astonishing. Ji Mingran wasn't an expert on horses, but the speed and power the gray horse displayed as it charged towards Chenning Manor was enough for her to conclude that it was an excellent steed.
A fine horse deserves a fine master.
She wanted to catch this little horse for Shen Qingluo.
"Don't run away! I'll take you to meet your new owner."
The more she shouted, the faster the gray horse ran, from a quick trot to a full gallop. The gray-blue colt looked back as it ran, realizing that no matter how fast it ran, the person behind it was always about ten meters away, and it couldn't shake her off no matter what.
The teleportation array's light went out and then came back on. Ji Mingran's figure darted through the forest, closely following the gray horse.
A lone rider and a horse traversed the forest, their shadows darting about, insects and birds chirping in alarm. No other animals or cultivators were seen along the way. The forest grew increasingly secluded, with ancient trees reaching for the sky, their lush greenery almost black.
The little horse was heading deeper into the forest; if it continued to entangle her, who knew where it would lead her?
The thought had barely formed when Ji Mingran, who was dozens of steps behind Xiao Ma, suddenly shone with golden light and disappeared from the spot.
The foal ahead, thinking it had successfully shaken off the rider, was excited and raised its forelegs, tilting its head back and neighing loudly.
No sooner had the foal lifted its legs than a shimmering golden light suddenly enveloped its grey-blue back, and a weight settled on its body; its ears were now firmly gripped.
"Got you!" The cheerful girl's voice reached the colt's ears.
Ji Mingran leaned over and lay on the back of the colt, pulling hard on its long ears with both hands to prevent herself from being thrown off. She had not yet learned how to ride a horse, so this was the only option she could use.
Recalling the scene of Shen Qinglu riding a horse, she pulled on the reins as if she were pulling on the colt's ears and shouted, "Stop! Stop!"
It hurts so much!
The gray horse, in pain, refused to stop. Its hooves clattered, and it swayed wildly from side to side, sometimes lunging forward and sometimes stopping abruptly, causing the person on its back to tumble from side to side and nearly fall off several times.
Even the teleportation array couldn't keep up with the gray horse, so its speed was extraordinary. Ji Mingran was jostled up and down while also having to avoid being hit by the horizontally growing branches and vines. He had no choice but to use all his strength to hold onto the horse's ears and do his best to keep his body steady.
The gray horse deliberately swerved and drifted, sending Ji Mingran flying several times. His chest and back slammed repeatedly against the trunks of ancient trees along the way, leaving deep marks on the giant trees. Even with the Vajra Formation protecting him, his limbs and bones still ached from the impacts, and the shockwaves in his mind reverberated.
But her hands held on tightly, as if welded to the horse's ears. No matter how wildly her body flew around, Ji Mingran always managed to get back onto the horse's back.
A golden light gathered above his head, and Ji Mingran's dark head slammed forward, crashing into the back of the colt's head.
"Stop or not? Stop or not? Stop or not?" With each shout, she would slam her head against the wall. With the Vajra Formation protecting her mind, she wasn't afraid of the impact.
The foal was caught off guard by the sudden impact, saw stars, its forelegs buckled, and it almost fell to the ground, but fortunately it managed to get up in time and regain its balance.
It kept raising its upper limbs, but the result was that Ji Mingran, who was trying to prevent it from falling off, pulled its ears even more painfully, and the foal could only continue to run wildly in pain.
"Thump, thump, thump!" Ji Mingran's head slammed against the back of the colt's head again and again, making a dull sound like hitting a metal plate.
Ji Mingran looked up and saw that the hair on the back of the foal's head gradually turned into patches of blue scales.
This is?
To be on the safe side, Ji Mingran only touched it lightly this time.
Clang! She heard the sound of the Vajra Formation shattering.
Ji Mingran raised an eyebrow: "You also have armor?"
Then let's see whose armor is tougher. With the triple Vajra Formation stacked on top of each other, Ji Mingran rammed the horse's head with even more force. Clang! The Vajra Formation shattered.
The formation immediately rose again, then shattered, then rose again, then shattered again.
Ji Mingran had broken through countless layers of the Vajra Formation, and her head, already dizzy from being jolted, became even more fuzzy. But without a doubt, the donkey was not much better off than her; the scales on the back of its head were cracked, and its galloping body was swaying left and right, floating unsteadily.
The only constant is its limbs, which keep running wildly.
"What's ahead?" Ji Mingran, still gripping the horse's ears tightly, rested on the foal's neck, slightly out of breath. "That's why you won't stop even now."
The scales on the foal's neck shimmered, catching Ji Mingran's eye. She looked up, the light source coming from the dense, impenetrable gaps in the tree shadows ahead. Upon seeing the gaps, the foal visibly perked up, neighing loudly, its forelegs raised again, its entire body arched at a ninety-degree angle.
The hands that should have been gripping the horse's ears suddenly released, and the body lying on the horse's back tumbled backward, the gray robes fluttering behind him. Ji Mingran completely ignored his slipping body, muttering incantations as his ten fingers interlaced and flew, rapidly condensing a complex spell.
Just as his body was about to completely detach from the foal, Ji Mingran kicked down with both feet at the same time, gathered power in his dantian, bent his upper body against the trend, and pressed his clasped hands heavily on the horse's back. A burst of white light shone from both man and horse.
The next second, nothing happened.
Fortunately, nothing happened. Ji Mingran had already lay prone on the back of the colt again, staring intently at the gray-blue scales under his palm.
The galloping foal neighed restlessly and tried several more times. The thing beneath its skin struggled for a while before finally calming down.
Finally, there was no need to stack the soul-binding array anymore. Ji Mingran made a hand seal to stabilize the array's power, gripped the horse's long ears again, and said, "Don't even think about running away. I'll find you a new master, the kind who's beautiful and kind-hearted."
The foal was already irritable, its nostrils flaring constantly. It had tried everything to get off the person on its back, but she was like a stubborn candy, clinging to it and impossible to shake her off.
Upon hearing Ji Mingran's words, the little pony trembled: it was a free-spirited wild beast and didn't want any master!
It gave it its all!
Beneath the scales, the skin and flesh rippled, and the gray-blue scales shone brightly.
Ji Mingran took a deep breath. She could already sense that the foal beneath her was still putting up a desperate resistance, struggling even harder to break free from the Soul-Binding Array.
He removed his right hand from the horse's ear and placed it back over the scales.
It seems to be more than just a horse.
Although she didn't know what was below, what she wanted to break free from must be something like a primordial spirit, otherwise the soul-binding array wouldn't work. Once she broke free, it would undoubtedly be disadvantageous for her.
She had used the teleportation array and the Vajra array repeatedly, and now with the Soul Binding Array, her spiritual power was struggling to keep up. The power of inheritance sealed in her spiritual sea had begun to fluctuate, and she was not only dizzy, but also experiencing waves of stinging pain in her spiritual consciousness.
With a resolute glint in his eyes, Ji Mingran released his hands, and a blue array appeared, the Healing Spirit Array surging, and the spiritual energy in the air continuously gathered.
Her gestures continued, and above the glowing blue light, a colorless protective array condensed, while a ten-layered Vajra Array condensed in her left and right hands.
It all comes down to who can hold out the longest.
The foal sensed movement from the person on its back, quickened its pace, and charged forward.
The glimmer of light in the gap ahead gradually became a line. As if seeing hope, the colt leaned forward and accelerated, rushing straight towards the light-filled gap. There was no path in the forest, so the colt galloped wildly in one direction, carving a path through the dense thicket of thorns. Clumps of branches and leaves scraped against Ji Mingran's face and body, but she could no longer care.
The spiritual energy condensed by the Spirit Gathering Array surged into his sea of consciousness, relieving the needle-like stinging pain in his brain. The Invisible Vajra Array, formed by multiple layers stacked on his hands, materialized. Ji Mingran raised his left hand and slammed down with a powerful punch!
The foal's head and neck were covered in grayish-blue scales, which spread down its body, and the punch had no effect on it whatsoever. But Ji Mingran had already raised his right hand and was about to deliver another punch!
Ji Mingran attacked with both hands, his fists flying down in a blur. The galloping colt, initially unaffected, began to sway slightly, then wobbled violently, its legs starting to weaken.
Her spiritual power was rapidly depleted due to the simultaneous activation of the Soul Binding and Vajra techniques. The Spirit Gathering Array replenished her spiritual power with multiple layers of reinforcements, and her temples throbbed violently due to the overuse of her spiritual consciousness.
The gap in the forest was almost within reach! Ji Mingran gritted his teeth, raised his fists, and swung the hammer down. At the same time, the colt leaped forward as if it had gone berserk.
Shattered scales flew like missiles, and bits of branches, grass, and dirt flew everywhere. Two figures emerged from the thick, dense, and intertwined green bushes.
The colt lunged and crashed to the ground, leaving deep gashes. The slender figure on the horse's back, like a kite with a broken string, was thrown into the air, swaying and tumbling helplessly before finally crashing straight to the ground with a chilling sound.
The girl in the gray robe collapsed to the ground, motionless.
The place where the man and horse fell was open, with no more dense, impenetrable trees overhead. A gentle breeze rustled the green branches, and dappled sunlight fell on the girl's gray robes and on her closed-eyed profile.
Directly in front of her, a hundred meters away, stood an ancient locust tree, its lush green shade revealing a man with indifferent eyes.
With his back to the tree trunk and his face to the bushes, he had a perfect view of the sudden change.
The man slightly raised his head, lifted his eyelids, and fixed his indifferent gaze ahead.
The animal, which had been thrown out, rolled several times and got up. It was about to raise its hooves to stomp on the person's face when it froze, as if sensing something. Its hooves stopped, and it looked up in fright, only to find the person sitting under the tree.
The animal trembled and took a few steps back, but did not leave. It paced back and forth in fear.
Yu Tianxing reached out his left hand toward the animal, clenching his five fingers. The animal's hooves dug into the ground, but its body seemed to be pulled, inching toward Yu Tianxing.
Having obtained the Qilin beast, Yu Tianxing's gaze then fell upon the girl lying motionless on the ground.
She didn't faint; she just pretended to, intending to strike the unsuspecting Qilin beast.
The Qilin beast was still struggling and resisting. Yu Tianxing curled his fingers and pulled the animal closer. The animal, with its four legs pushing against the ground, scrambled across the grass past the person lying down.
The grass and mud kicked up by the animals digging frantically splashed onto her face and body.
But she remained motionless, maintaining her feigned unconscious state remarkably well.
That's incredibly patient.
Since he had been waiting for a long time anyway and had nothing else to do, Yu Tianxing thought, bored out of his mind, that he might as well see how long she could lie there.
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