Chapter 984: Still so bad tempered
Since he had to leave early the next morning, Zhou Xu took the initiative to work overtime today and notified all departments below to send over any important documents that needed his personal review.
On this day, almost all departments in Black Moon City worked overtime.
The next morning, Zhou Xu woke up on time thanks to his precise biological clock. Yesterday's overtime work did not affect his mental state today.
This is one of the advantages of having strong spiritual attributes.
As long as the power of mantra in Zhou Xu's body is not seriously consumed, and as long as he does not work overtime too much the day before, his mental state will not be bad and his mind will be clear the next day.
After having breakfast with Jie Liancheng, Zhou Xu did not take the carriage for the sake of efficiency. Instead, he led the elven knights led by Silk and rode all the way to the grassland city at full speed.
In the past, when Zhou Xu arrived in Caoyuan City, he would definitely conduct an inspection first, but he was not in that mood today.
Basically, as soon as he arrived in Caoyuan City, he brought Jie Liancheng and Lord Ma to the horse farm outside the city.
Among all the horses trained by Ma Guotao, Ma Wangye's bad temper is the best.
Normally speaking, a horse with a bad temper like this does not meet the requirements in terms of personality.
During the breeding optimization process, they will be directly screened out.
Even as a war horse, it is unqualified because it has poor obedience and is not friendly to humans.
But this guy's physical fitness is surprisingly strong.
This made Ma Guotao extremely conflicted at the time.
He even asked Zhou Xu for his opinion on this.
As one of the rewards he gave to his generals, a batch of Ferghana horses happened to be delivered to him.
At that time, Zhou Xu asked Ma Guotao to send Lord Horse over for him to have a look. As a result, the horse was chosen by Jie Liancheng and became Jie Liancheng's mount.
Calculating the time, it’s been a while since we last saw each other.
Although from Ma Guotao's perspective at the time, Lord Ma was a typical problematic brat, but when he sees him now, he still feels a bit of emotion and intimacy.
Subconsciously, I wanted to go up and touch it, thinking that since I was its 'adoptive father' after all, it shouldn't be a problem.
Who would have thought that just as he approached, the Horse King let out a warning snort, and at the same time, his front hooves dug the ground threateningly, with a look of hostility in his eyes.
Ma Guotao stopped immediately after noticing the movement.
"Wow! This guy still has such a bad temper!"
Facing Lord Ma's warning, Ma Guotao gave two dry laughs, but he was not annoyed in his heart.
After all, he had long known that this guy had such a bad temper.
But he did not forget to say a few words to Zhou Xu.
"Your Majesty, you have seen that this guy has a bad temper. Even if he succeeds, when he is bred later, his offspring will most likely inherit his bad temper. As a war horse, this is not a good thing."
It was because of this bad temper that the Horse King was completely unqualified to be a war horse. If Jie Liancheng had not been strong enough to subdue it, its fate would most likely be to spend the rest of its life idle in the horse farm.
To be even more cold-blooded, considering the subsequent feeding costs, killing it directly is the most reasonable approach.
Zhou Xu had to admit that Ma Guotao's concerns were justified.
But the problem is that he has no choice now.
"Then we can slowly adjust the genes through later breeding."
After all, Zhou Xu was the one who led the breeding of domestic wolves in the early years, so he could really chat with Ma Guotao about this kind of things.
During this period, Ma Guotao, who was a breeder, was able to understand what Zhou Xu meant.
According to their Majesty's thinking, the premise should be that Lord Horse will be successful. When several batches of offspring are born, there should be some foals with good personalities among the group of foals.
At that time, they will focus on breeding those with good personalities, and then use those with good personalities for breeding. In this way, they can eliminate the bad genes and keep the good genes.
"This method is not impossible, but the cultivation cycle may take longer."
Just think about it, this is not something that can be accomplished with just one or two rounds of breeding.
Zhou Xu nodded, indicating that he was mentally prepared.
"Anyway, let's see if Lord Horse is willing to consume this drop of blood."
If Lord Horse doesn't eat, then nothing you say will work.
As Zhou Xu spoke, he took out the porcelain bottle containing his essence and blood.
The moment he pulled out the cork, Zhou Xu could clearly feel that Lord Ma was becoming a little agitated, with his eyes fixed on the porcelain bottle in his hand.
Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows slightly when he noticed this situation.
【There is a play.】
Looking back, the other horses in the stable did not have this reaction when they smelled the scent of blood.
Each of them wanted to run as far as possible.
But the bad-tempered Horse King in front of him made him want to rush up and fight.
This strong fighting spirit gave Zhou Xu some hope.
With this thought in mind, he approached with the porcelain bottle in hand.
I don’t know if it’s because Lord Horse’s energy is now all focused on the porcelain bottle, which allowed Zhou Xu to approach it easily and put the porcelain bottle in front of its nose.
At that moment, the horse king's animal instinct seemed to have made it realize what was in the porcelain bottle. Then it opened its mouth and actually tried to bite the porcelain bottle into its mouth.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu did not stop it. He raised his hand and poured the drop of blood in the porcelain bottle into Lord Ma's mouth.
After the essence and blood entered the mouth, they slid directly down the horse king's throat.
At the same time, Lord Ma took two steps back.
Zhou Xu also pulled away from the horse and observed the horse king's every move. Once something unusual happened, he would immediately activate the mantra of "beast soldier control" and control it forcibly! During this process, the blood essence that entered the abdomen should have begun to take effect. The horse king was obviously irritable and stepped on the steps.
Then, waves of heat visible to the naked eye rose from its body.
This was the first time Zhou Xu had seen this scene, and it quickly made him excited.
"It's done, it should be done!"
The Ferghana horse that had failed to absorb the essence and blood before, after eating the essence and blood, began to convulse all over, and then died suddenly with blood coming out of all his orifices. There had never been such a scene before.
Xie Liancheng and Ma Guotao, who heard this, were both very nervous. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
Just as they were at a loss, along with the heat rising from their bodies, gradually, some mud-like substance began to overflow from the pores of Lord Horse King.
No one knew how long this state lasted. Halfway through, Lord Ma could no longer stand and fell directly to the ground.
Xie Liancheng was nervous and anxious, but he didn't dare to get close easily.
Only when the heat stopped rising did he rush up to confirm the situation.
Perhaps sensing Liancheng's concern, the Horse King moved his head and wanted to rub against him, but he really didn't have the strength.
In the end, he completely collapsed and fell into a deep sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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