When the sun sets in the west, Shigang City.

It is an ordinary small town with more than a dozen streets and hundreds of buildings of different heights. The most prosperous part of the city is Yi Bao Street. On this street, there are all kinds of shops and a variety of treasures. Some were shops, some were stalls, most of them merchants, the rest were samurai, hunters, bounty mercenaries, and other vagrants. True animal tamers, alchemists, and medicine men (with coats of arms) rarely appear, and most of them are apprentices. The occasional appearance of a person wearing a coat of arms will arouse many envious and respectful eyes.

Huo Jing, who was about sixteen years old, wore an expensive white mink robe and held his dark green flute, walking with Ye Qingcheng on Yibao Street in high spirits.

Ye Qingcheng led his short-eared horse, and Huo Jing led his dust-breaking horse, neither of them planned to stay here for a long time, thinking about going out of the city after a turn. In Huo Jing's opinion, only Shihai City, a big city in the west, was worth staying for a few more days. And Ye Qingcheng wanted to leave Zhenbei Country as soon as possible. None of them said it, but their ideas coincided.

"Brother, are you satisfied with the food in that restaurant just now?" Huo Jing greeted the afterglow of the setting sun and walked west. In the noisy streets, his tall figure looks imposing.

"Very good. Ye Qingcheng carried his black-sheathed sword on his back and said with a smile. He felt that Huo Jing was different from those gentlemen, although he was generous, his bearing was not bad.

Lihuo sat on Ye Qingcheng's shoulder, carefully licking and licking its little paws.

"Those drinks and dishes are quite exquisite in this small city, but they are far from being comparable to those big restaurants in Shihai City. Huo Jing shook his head and said.

Ye Qingcheng smiled and said nothing, these children pay more attention to one style.

On the ground, Huo Jing saw a small stall selling pets at the mouth of a small alley in front of him. On the stall, there are some things that are kept in cages of rats, snakes, insects and birds, which are not rare, but they are relatively dexterous.

"Brother, do you know how I got on the path of an apprentice beast tamer?" Huo Jing asked as he stopped in front of the small stall.

Ye Qingcheng shook his head.

"Because of a small crab. Huo Jing said with a smile. Then, he turned around and half-squatted in front of the stall, pointed to a small bamboo cage on the stall, which contained a fist-sized colorful crab that lived in a black snail shell, and said, "How do you sell this black snail crab?"

The stall owner was a simple old man, and he hurriedly smiled: "Three coppers." ”

Huo Jing raised his hand and threw a gold coin to the stall owner, and said, "No need to look for it." ”

Then, Huo Jing took out the black snail crab in the small bamboo cage and said, "At that time, my father had a friend, he was a Chizhang (first-order) beast trainer, I was only four or five years old at that time, in order to tease me, he took a small black snail crab and asked me how the crab went?"

"How do you answer?" Ye Qingcheng asked curiously.

"Of course, I replied sideways. Huo Jing said: "However, he told me that he could let this crab go straight." I didn't believe it at the time, but he just- Forget it, I'll show you how. ”

"Okay. Ye Qingcheng said.

I saw that Huo Jing glanced around and saw a beam of afterglow of the sunset, sprinkled in the small alley to the north, forming a half-foot-wide sunny path. Then, he handed the black snail crab to Ye Qingcheng, took five steps forward, walked to the other end of the sunny path, half-squatted down, and took out a small black stone, put it in the palm of his hand, and finally said to Ye Qingcheng: "You put it down." ”

Ye Qingcheng bent down and put down the black snail crab.

After the colorful black snail crab hit the ground, it hesitated for a moment, then took a few steps sideways to the left, and stopped when it was about to step out of the sunlight and into the shadows. Then, after a moment's pause, it took a few more steps to the right. It moves very sensitively, repeating sideways motions from side to side, moving forward slowly.

Although it was moving forward, it was in a rampant way, and just when Ye Qingcheng thought that Huo Jing was going to fail, Huo Jing said, "Brother, slap it." ”

Ye Qingcheng did not hesitate to slap a loud slap.

"Smack!" a slap sounded, and a miracle appeared.

The black snail crab was immediately frightened by the slap, and then, it ran straight forward, until it ran to Huo Jing's feet, and then it lost its direction, not knowing where to run again.

Ye Qingcheng's eyes widened, and he couldn't close his mouth in shock for a while. This was the first time he had seen a crab that could walk straight!

"Huh. With a satisfied smile, Huo Jing walked back to Ye Qingcheng's side and said with a smile: "I was even more surprised than you at the time, and immediately decided to learn this skill from that senior." ”

"Will the crab run straight when frightened?" Ye Qingcheng asked. Lihuo sat on his shoulder, also fascinated by this magical scene.

"It's not that simple. Huo Jing said: "There are many details in this. First of all, you see that this black snail crab has one more joint than other crabs, and it has the ability to walk straight. However, it will never go straight unless there are special circumstances. That's the first point. Second, you need to understand the habits of this black snail crab, they are very fond of sunlight, and in the presence of sunlight, they generally do not go to the shadows. The third point, the black stone in my hand, is a magnet, it has a natural attraction to the black snail crab, which also exposes the weakness of the black snail crab, and many people will use the magnet to catch it. Finally, black snail crabs are very timid, and once frightened, they will be guided by nature to escape without regard to a single thing, even if they choose to go straight. ”

Ye Qingcheng was amazed.

"Although, this is just a small trick, the taming technique used by the animal tamer is similar to this one. Huo Jing said: "First of all, you have to have the ability to calmly observe, know the danger and weakness of the beast you want to subdue, second, you have to analyze the terrain, use the surrounding environment, and finally, you have to choose the best weapon to subdue it." ”

"I've been taught!" Ye Qingcheng said.

"Do you want to try it?" Huo Jing said.

At this time, many people were already gathered around to watch Huo Jing's magical performance.

"Okay. Ye Qingcheng's childlike heart has increased greatly, and he also wants to try it.

As a result, he walked to the other end of the sunny path with the black magnet, and as soon as Huo Jing put down the black snail crab, a foot wearing a black samurai boot stretched out.

"Click!!" came a cracking sound, and the black snail crab was immediately crushed.

"The dignified Seventh Young Master of the Huo Family, it's really Yaxing, take a crab to fool these ordinary people?" A young man in his twenties, wearing a leopard skin robe, walked out of the crowd.

He had a square face, short flat black hair, a handful of unshaven stubble on the side of his mouth, and stared at Huo Jing who was half-squatting with triangular eyes that flashed fiercely. He slung a delicate black dagger around his waist and a loop of expensive animal trainer ropes. However, he does not have the Beast Trainer Crest on his chest. Presumably, he is also an apprentice animal tamer.

It is worth mentioning that the leopard skin robe he wears is sleeveless, and a black bird mark is tattooed on one of his strong shoulders. The mark was on the side of the bird, and only one outstretched wing could be seen.