Chapter 50: Buying a Horse
The Green Mist Forest is on the outskirts of Yunshan Town, and it is the most dangerous place in the surrounding area.
The outer layer is okay, it's just a green mist with miasma, and ordinary people can explore it with the antidote pill. The further you go is different, the more you go inside, the more dangerous it becomes, and it is rumored that there are many monsters infested. Out of safety, the Martial Arts Academy has long classified the Green Mist Forest as a forbidden area, and except for the occasional expedition of the Martial Arts Academy's students, the rest of the people are forbidden.
After inquiring about the situation in the Green Mist Forest, Chen Jiang pondered how to get there.
The Green Mist Forest is hundreds of miles away from Yunshan Town, and it takes a little time to ride a horse or a car. Now the town is in chaos, and there are many warriors preparing to go to the forest. Chen Jiang did not intend to mix with them. Everyone may not know him now, but the reputation of the genius martial artist of the Stubborn Stone Training Camp has spread. When someone really asks, it's easy to be found.
"It's better to find a horse yourself!"
After Chen Jiang made a decision, he immediately rushed to the horse market in the town.
The horse market and the post station are next to each other, and at night, they are still brightly lit and people come and go. There are not as many horse traders as during the day, but many regular stall owners are in business. The matter of rewarding Guan Yujian continued to ferment, and Chen Jiang walked around twice and found that it was difficult to find.
"Boss. Come on a good horse. ”
Chen Jiang saw a horse dealer hurrying back to the horse market and hurriedly ran over. The horse dealers had white hair, some old but very strong. After talking, he called himself Old Man Wang.
When the old man Wang rushed back to the horse market, he carried a large number of keys to the horse pen.
"Childe, I'm sorry. ”
Old man Wang took off the leather boots and tool bags he was carrying, and confessed to Chen Jiang while busy, "Lao'er's horses have been ordered out for the guests." ”
"How can it be so fast?" Chen Jiang said unhappily, "You can count how much silver, I want to never pay you back." ”
"I just got home and I was called out. Two ingots of horseshoe gold were thrown in front of him. The guest officer who came to order the horse said that they all want my horse, and they will come to pick up the horse tomorrow morning at the latest. I'm not going to come and wait in the evening. Old man Wang said helplessly, took a wooden chair and sat down, and at the same time brought a piece for Chen Jiang to sit on.
Chen Jiang looked at it and did not sit down.
"Excuse me, excuse me. I'm in a hurry. ”
Chen Jiangxiao is affectionate and moving, "If you let a horse come out, no one will know." I will give three times as much silver. ”
"Childe. It's not old-fashioned. Old man Wang couldn't be entangled by Chen Jiang, and said with a wry smile, "The guest officer who ordered the horse can find me, because I have passed through the roster of the horse market, and every horse on it is counted." The guest officer who ordered the horse was fierce and vicious, and he still had a sword in his hand, and the old man had a family and a business, so he really couldn't afford to offend!"
"I think you're an old man. Chen Jiang groaned, "Can I ask you to help me find a horse, the silver is easy to say." ”
"You don't have to think about it tonight, don't be a horse, you can't find a donkey or a mule. ”
Old man Wang said earnestly, "If it is tomorrow, Xiao Lao'er can help you find it." Like many large families, there are idle horses. But at least until tomorrow, it's too late today. ”
"But I can't wait, don't I really have a single animal to walk?"
"Yes, yes. I'm afraid that you won't be satisfied. ”
Old man Wang sold Guan Zi at this time, he lit a cigarette gun and took two puffs, "The year before last, I had a pony that was lame. It was a good horse at the time, and after it was lame, it didn't ride much, but occasionally carried something. It's not good for carrying weights and running, but it's okay to travel for a short time. If you need it urgently, you can ride it to the town in front of you and change it. ”
"Oh. Where is it, can you take a look?"
"No problem. Childe, come with me. The old man led Chen Jiang diligently towards the stable, walked past the neatly lit stables, swept past the stinking cowsheds and pigsties, and finally saw what he called the lame horse by the stone mill outside the firewood house.
"Is that it?" Chen Jiang covered his nose.
"That's it. He's a pack horse, but his father has the blood of the Lightning Pony. It's a pity that it's scrapped. Old man Wang introduced, and pulled the horse over quickly, "I haven't treated it badly in the past two years, you see that the food is oily and slippery, ...... It's dirty, come, come...... I've scrubbed it for you. ”
After all, he was a professional waiter for horses, and Old Man Wang sorted out the ponies in just a short while.
"That's it!"
Chen Jiang nodded unexpectedly.
"Chenghui, 120 taels. ”
Old man Wang was able to sell the remnants of the horse at the price of an ordinary horse, and the whole person smiled like a flower. He rarely sent anything, and took the initiative to send Chen Jiang a saddle, a horse whip, a horse rope, a water bag, etc., all of which were made of fine calfskin.
......
"I heard that you have the blood of the lightning horse, so let's call you lightning in the future!"
Chen Jiang walked out of the horse market with lightning, and found that the rate of passers-by turning back was quite high, but he felt a little windy.
Out of the horse market, Chen Jiang and Lightning big eyes against small eyes.
"Lightning, are you sure I can ride you? I'm afraid I'll crush you if I ride up. ”
"Hmm, hmm. ”
The lightning made a sound like a kitten, and looked at Chen Jiang pitifully. Just by looking at it, you can tell that it is very confused, and it does not know where the new owner in front of it will pull it. Usually, when I go out of the horse market, I either pack horse manure or pack stones, and the owner simply uses it as if it was a donkey.
"A little ambitious. Stand up straight. ”
Chen Jiang slapped the lightning on the back.
"Hiss......" The lightning bolt was stimulated and hissed as a man stood up. Chen Jiang looked at it, but he was not frightened, but excited. When the man stood down, the lightning bolt could not stand steadily, and he staggered two steps to rush out.
Chen Jiang put his arms around its neck to calm him down.
"Do you want to run?" Chen Jiang's strength imprisoned the emaciated pony and couldn't move.
"Shhh ”
The lightning was quite spiritual, and at this time, he seemed to understand Chen Jiang's words, and kept snorting, rubbing his head on Chen Jiang's arm.
"Okay, you follow me in the future, and I will make you a real lightning. ”
......
From the time he looked at the horse, Chen Jiang measured that the lightning was a level 0 pony.
There are no horses available.
Chen Jiang used the system to estimate it, and the result was that it takes 1 point of experience to upgrade to level 1, 2 points to level 2, and so on. Chen Jiang estimated that it would be enough to spend 6 experience points to upgrade to level 3, so he bought it.
After Lightning's potential reaches level 3, it doesn't take long for the pony to gradually level up as it runs.
As the upgrades progress, the ponie's feet are less lame and their movements become more agile.
By the time it reaches level 3, it will already be a great horse. The navy blue body of the horse was one-third taller than before, and the muscles of the limbs were knotted, full of explosive power. The horse's mane is dense and long, and it runs with the wind, flowing and smooth.
Pony and Chen Jiang are also very close to each other.
When he came out of the city, the favorability was not low, it was "Friendly 65", and when Chen Jiang raised it to level 3, the favorability suddenly became "Loyal 90", and then when the lightning ran at a gallop on the official road, the favorability increased little by little, and it became "Loyal 100".
Level 3, just enough.
Even if the lightning is raised to the level of "traveling thousands of miles", it is still not enough for his plan to kill Guan Yujian tonight. Therefore, Chen Jiang had already prepared, and when the lightning run gradually entered the state and ran faster and faster, Chen Jiang took out a trophy from Chen Bingzhong - the Divine Walking Talisman.
Due to the fact that it costs experience to get something from the storage ring.
The spirit rune was light enough, so Chen Jiang used 1 point of experience to simply take out a stack. It is dangerous to enter the Green Mist Forest at night and chase Guan Yujian, and the spirit rune in hand is also just in case.
After taking out the rune, there are 15 experience points left.
Mortals need to pay for their lives to use spirit runes. As a last resort, Chen Jiang spent another 3 experiences for this.
The lightning hissed and ran forward even more excitedly.
The lightning was blessed by the Divine Talisman, and in a few breaths, the speed began to increase exponentially. The body of the horse moving forward seemed to have transformed into a cyan streamer.
"Bah, is this riding a horse or driving a motorcycle?"
Chen Jiang climbed on the horse's back, holding the lightning with both hands, and did not dare to relax at all. Chen Jiang, who didn't know how to ride a horse and relied on light skills to forcibly control lightning, had no means at all at this time, so he just let the lightning rush forward.
Fortunately, the lightning ran extremely steadily, and took care of him more deliberately, not wanting to bump him down.
Fortunately, there is only one official road to the Green Mist Forest, so you won't make a mistake.
Fortunately, it happened to be night, and no one watched the horses make a fuss with the spirit runes.
This is a real gallop, one hour, only one hour, Chen Jiang has driven more than four hundred miles, according to the display on the astrolabe, it is almost to the edge of the green mist forest.
Noticing that there were already figures and lights looming ahead, Chen Jiang patted the lightning and signaled it to slow down.
Along the way, the tacit understanding between Lightning and Chen Jiang has been extremely high. Chen Jiang patted it, it understood what it meant, but it snorted twice but was unwilling. I don't know if it's the reason for the upgrade, Lightning is quite smart. After running, it also understood that this was a speed that did not belong to it, so it was obsessed with this speed and did not want to stop.
"Lightning, obedient. ”
Chen Jiang was not angry, and patted it lightly on the head.
"Shhh
Lightning was not very reluctant, but he still listened to Chen Jiang's words and began to slow down. Decelerating to a certain point, it hissed, and the man stood up. Chen Jiang was caught off guard and was almost thrown off his horse by it.
"What's the ghost called?"
Chen Jiang put his arms around Lightning's neck and patted its head to signal it to calm down. At the same time, he took out the carrot from the pocket given by the old man Wang and stuffed it for Lightning, and when he finished eating the radish, he took the water bag with the herbs and fed the water.
"Yo. I actually upgraded it myself. ”
Inadvertently, Chen Jiang found that the lightning was different from just now. At first glance, it has been upgraded to level 4. After a few years of career, the lightning finally accumulated after running with all his strength and the baptism of spiritual power contained in the spirit rune.