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The two men mounted a horse each and used the handkerchiefs to cover the horses" mouths, making them inhale the powder as quickly as possible.
Although the horses struggled, they would inevitably inhale some of the powder. This drug was incredibly potent; just a fingernail-sized amount could take down a bull.
However, what the two men didn"t expect was that the horses were far more ferocious than antic.i.p.ated. Before they could even sit firmly, they were both thrown off by the Black Wind King and the horse king.
The two men nearly suffered serious injuries from the fall.
After regaining their balance, the blue-clad man pulled out a small porcelain bottle.
The brown-clad young man grabbed his wrist, “What are you doing?”
The blue-clad man said, “Big brother, if the anesthetic doesn’t work, we’ll have to use black powder!”
The brown-clad young man coldly replied, “If you use black powder here, aren’t you worried someone will trace it back to us?”
The blue-clad man said, “But...”
The brown-clad young man looked deeply at the Black Wind King in front of him and said, “Follow them. We’ll find another place to make our move!”
The blue-clad man smiled, "Big brother, you"re still the clever one!"
The two men continued to chase after the horse king and the Black Wind King, but as they chased, something started to feel wrong.
“Big brother! They... they’ve run into the hunting grounds!”
The hunting grounds were surrounded by a fence, but these two horses weren’t to be underestimated; they had actually managed to leap over such high barriers.
“What should we do, big brother?” the blue-clad man anxiously asked.
The brown-clad young man frowned regretfully, “What can we do? That’s the imperial family’s hunting grounds. Trespa.s.sing is a capital offense.”
The blue-clad man said dejectedly, "The prize we almost had slipped away just like that!”
The horse king didn’t know it had entered the imperial hunting grounds. As a wild horse king, the wilderness was its domain, so it darted into the forest as soon as it saw the trees.
Once inside the forest, it truly had the advantage of wilderness survival. No matter how complex and difficult the terrain was, it posed no challenge for the horse king.
Instinctively sensing something was off with the black soil ahead, it leaped high into the air, landing skillfully and precisely in a safe spot.
The Black Wind King was invincible on the battlefield, but its instincts for jungle dangers weren’t as sharp as those of the wild horse king.
In a moment of carelessness, it fell into a swampy quagmire.
It couldn’t run anymore, and its hooves couldn’t gain any traction.
In a swamp, the harder one struggles, the faster one sinks. In the blink of an eye, the quagmire had reached the Black Wind King’s knees.
The horse king, running ahead, noticed that the Black Wind King had fallen into the swamp. It had an instinctive fear of such places.
It knew it shouldn’t go near.
After hesitating for a moment, it continued to run joyfully forward, ignoring the Black Wind King.
However, after running for a while, it stopped.
It turned back to look at the Black Wind King, which was sinking deeper into the swamp. There was a look of despair and fury in the Black Wind King’s eyes.
The Black Wind King wasn’t afraid of death, but its destiny was to die on the battlefield, not to be swallowed by a mire.
The horse king bit its own tail, pacing in place, torn with indecision.
In the end, it cautiously walked back.
Overcoming its instinctual fear of the swamp, it slowly approached the Black Wind King, stopping at a distance of about three feet, as this was the closest it could get.
One inch closer would be the quagmire.
It neighed at the Black Wind King.
The Black Wind King didn’t move. It was slowly sinking, being swallowed bit by bit by the swamp.
The horse king sniffed it, stretching its neck as far as it could to reach it, but it was too far.
Survival in the wild was never easy for wild horse herds; their predators include not only fierce beasts but also the dangers of the jungle.
The horse king had no choice but to give up, bypa.s.sing the Black Wind King and leaving the area.
……
Gu Jiao and Old Master Meng sat in the carriage, waiting, with Gu Jiao sitting outside.
About half an hour later, the horse king came galloping back.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow, “There it is, it’s back.”
Old Master Meng lifted the curtain to take a look and breathed a sigh of relief, “It really came back. Scared me to death.”
The horse king came up to the carriage, but instead of obediently getting into the harness as usual, it bit Gu Jiao’s hem and pulled her, urging her to go.
After Gu Jiao got off the carriage, it stood in front of her, indicating that it wanted her to ride on its back.
“Do you want to take me somewhere?” Gu Jiao asked.
The horse king turned around in place.
This was a signal that it wanted to go.
But Gu Jiao wasn’t going to ride it. Instead, she went to the entrance of the Imperial Advisor"s Hall and asked, “Can I borrow a horse?”
Gu Jiao borrowed a steed from the Imperial Advisor"s Hall and followed the horse king all the way to the imperial hunting grounds.
Gu Jiao didn’t recognize it as the hunting grounds of the imperial family, so when the horse king leaped over the fence, she...
Well, the fence was too high; the horse from the Imperial Advisor"s Hall couldn’t jump over it.
Gu Jiao had no choice but to tie the horse outside the fence and climb over it herself.
The swamp wasn’t far. After running just a few steps, Gu Jiao saw the large black horse stuck in the mire.
The Black Wind King, realizing that struggling would only make it sink faster, had stopped moving, but even so, it was almost completely submerged in the swamp, with only its long neck and a saddle still visible.
The immense pressure made it difficult for the Black Wind King to breathe.
The horse king neighed at the Black Wind King.
Gu Jiao didn’t understand horse language and had no idea what it was saying.
Gu Jiao took a bundle of rope from her back basket, tied one end securely to the horse king, then quickly cut two thick and long branches and laid them across the swamp, ensuring both ends were firmly on solid ground. She then walked across the branches.
This was extremely dangerous; if the Black Wind King attacked her, she would lose her balance, and once that happened, she would fall into the swamp.
Fortunately, the Black Wind King did not attack.
She reached the Black Wind King"s side, threading the rope under the saddle and tying it tightly with a dead knot.
Then she said to the horse king, "Pull!"
It was extremely difficult for the two-and-a-half-year-old horse king to pull out an adult Black Wind King that was almost entirely submerged in the swamp.
The horse king"s hooves slipped as it pulled, causing it to fall several times.
Each time it fell, it got back up again.
It bore a weight far beyond what it should have at its age, and finally, at the brink of exhaustion, it managed to pull the Black Wind King out of the swamp.
It collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.
The Black Wind King also collapsed on the ground.
It had inhaled the poisonous gas from the swamp and was showing signs of poisoning.
Additionally, there were sharp objects in the swamp that had scratched its belly during its struggle.
Gu Jiao examined the horse.
It also looked like a king among horses.
But it had a saddle on its back and horseshoes on its hooves, which didn"t quite fit the image of a wild horse king.
Gu Jiao opened her little medicine chest and began to clean its wounds.Raz P."s Thoughts
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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to succ.u.mb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he becomes a harbinger of chaos.
When Shi Dai suddenly transmigrates, she takes on the role of the Shi family’s young lady, the one who subjects him to countless trials, eventually leading to her demise.
The twist? She never got to finish reading the novel.
From what she knew of the plot, Jiang Baiyan was just a silent, timid, and often bullied pitiable character.
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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.
After he had slaughtered all the evil creatures in the garden, the blood-stained young man, exuding a murderous aura, approached her step by step, his lips curling into a malicious smile, "Scared?"
Shi Dai responded, “You’re really amazing! I applaud you until I spin like a spiral and fly around the moon three hundred times! And also——you have dimples when you smile!"
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
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After seeing her at a lantern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, "The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?"
Shi Dai replied, "Does it come with meals and lodging? Can I sleep in everyday? Oh, and your cooking is the best!"
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
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Jiang Baiyan was supposed to dislike her, even hate her, but as their separation drew near, his eyes turned red and he grabbed her sleeve, pleading, "Don"t abandon me, alri—”
Shi Dai responded, "Alright, alright, I’ll only have you. Mwah."
Jiang Baiyan: ...?
He hasn"t finished his lines yet though…