Chapter 69 - 69 Zhang Xuan's Methods of Submission

“Young Master, you must be joking—how can a horse train another horse?”

His lips quivered, the servant feared he had misunderstood.

This young master spoke so impressively that one would expect some horse taming technique; instead, he was suggesting letting his own horse tame another…

Not to mention whether Dao Li could defeat the opponent, even if it could, the victory belonged to the horse. How could Scarlet possibly submit to you?

Horse taming, in fact, is about taming the horse’s mental resilience, not complete submission like that of a Cangbai Eagle becoming a beast pet; it’s about dulling the wildness to make it heed human commands.

Thus, the goal of Zhou Qun and the others in their struggle with Scarlet wasn’t to make it completely obedient, but to establish an image of invincibility in its mind so that, once sold, it would follow human orders.

If considering the Cangbai Eagle as being completely tamed, this would be semi-taming…

And now, you tell me you won’t go yourself, but let “the horse” go…

What kind of international joke is this!

“He looks down on you!”

Without responding to the servant’s skepticism, Zhang Xuan turned to Dao Li with a serious face, “As a thousand-li horse, when someone questions your profession, what should you do? You know better than I do!”

“Hss hss hss~~”

Dao Li, with a face full of anger, gave the servant a cold glance, its four long legs suddenly leaping over the fence and charging directly into the pasture.

“???”

The servant was stunned.

Everyone present was somewhat frantic, and Steward Liu, due to gripping too hard, snapped his whiskers without noticing.

Did it… understand what he said?

More importantly, is this really the expertise of a thousand-li horse?

“You, you… are you serious?”

Zhou Qun was equally wide-eyed; a burly man over two metres tall displayed a look of disbelief.

He was a horse taming expert, honored as Master Zhou, but he was only a master, not a god!

In all his years of experience, he had never heard of using one’s own horse to help tame another wild horse…

“Pretending to be mysterious! Horse Taming is about making the wild horse feel the might of humans. If it could be successful with the assistance of another animal’s strength, would everyone not just use their beast pets for it? What would be the need for us horse tamers?”

After the shock, he couldn’t help but snort disdainfully.

“Master Zhou is right; horse taming is about showing the horse the power of humans. If you make Dao Li do it, what does it have to do with you?”

“Everyone is talking about successful taming, but I don’t think Dao Li can beat Scarlet!”

“Scarlet has the bloodline of a Primordial Beast; its strength and stamina are far superior to that of an ordinary thousand-li horse. Although Dao Li is not weak, it still falls short in comparison.”

…

The remaining coachmen looked at Zhang Xuan with contemptuous eyes.

They had all earned the respect of their horses through strength; having your own horse go… was this a joke?

They had thought he was an adventurous dandy; turned out, it was just a flight of fancy…

While the others were discussing, Dao Li arrived in front of Scarlet. The two fine horses were similar in stature, both with long, powerful legs full of explosive energy.

“Hss hss hss!”

Dao Li let out a low call, seemingly communicating with Scarlet.

Upon hearing the call, the latter immediately showed an angry face, lifted its forehoof, and charged at Dao Li.

This hoof was powerful, carrying an immense force. A common horse would end up with its intestines ruptured if struck, and even a brown bear would have its head split open and bleed profusely; but Dao Li didn’t dodge. Instead, it suddenly turned around and kicked out with its hind legs.

Scarlet’s movements were swift, but its movements were swifter, its hooves carrying an overwhelmingly powerful force akin to an unsheathed sword, piercing directly through the former’s defense.

Before the former could react, it was struck in the chest by the hooves and its large body was sent flying horizontally, crashing heavily onto the ground with its eyes wide open in stunned disbelief.

As a wild horse with Primordial Beast blood essence, it had always been domineering among its herd, undefeated in battles against other horses, never in its wildest dreams did it imagine it would be kicked away in one blow by this fellow…

Different from its shock, Zhou Qun, Steward Liu, and the others exchanged bewildered glances.

“This is the strength of an Origin warrior…”

“Could it be that Dao Li is a Primordial Beast?”

As coachmen, though their strength was not formidable, they had practiced and possessed strength beyond that of ordinary people, which was precisely why they could restrain horses with sheer physical force, horses that possessed the strength of a thousand catties!

Having absorbed Origin qi, they naturally understood that the strength Dao Li was using was not ordinary strength, but zhenqi… a power only an Origin warrior could wield!

This kind of strength could break through the limits of the physical body, gaining greater explosive power; otherwise, it would not be possible to kick something as heavy as Scarlet, sending it flying over ten meters…

Horses are not Primordial Beasts; the strongest among them, like Scarlet, only have a part of a Primordial Beast’s blood essence… Yet Dao Li could actually cultivate, possessing zhenqi…

Could they have seen wrong?

“Hiss hiss hiss~~”

Snapping out of its daze, Scarlet roared again and charged swiftly at Dao Li. Still not having grasped the situation, it was once again kicked away by a hoof.

The once valiant and invincible wild horse, which had resisted many a coachman’s attempts to tame it, now seemed as easy to handle as a three-year-old child in the presence of Dao Li.

After several hoof strikes, Scarlet began to feel fear, no longer daring to attack; it turned to run, but its speed was fast—Dao Li’s even faster, catching up in the blink of an eye and unleashing another round of heavy beatings.

More than ten minutes later, Scarlet, which had been so full of bravado and ferocity, was now lying on the ground like a lump of mud.

Dao Li dragged it over to Zhang Xuan, its nostrils flaring, wearing a smug look on its face.

“Hiss hiss~~”

“Well done!”

Zhang Xuan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Scarlet, “Would you be willing to submit willingly and from now on, behave obediently as a member of the horse herd?”

Although it didn’t understand the words, it could guess his meaning; Scarlet snorted furiously, fuming with anger.

“I said that making horses submit is useless…”

“This equates to cheating, relying on external means, naturally, it won’t be recognized!”

Seeing its expression, the numerous coachmen all heaved a sigh of relief simultaneously.

Even though the wild horse in front of them had Primordial Beast blood essence, was fast, and strong, in reality, there were many cultivators who could overpower it. The reason they could not tame it was that relying solely on raw strength is useless for horse taming!

If it were that simple, what would be the need for them?

“You don’t want to be tamed?”

Sensing something off about its expression, Zhang Xuan turned his head to Dao Li, “In that case, I will award it to you, you… may do as you wish!”

“Heh, heh~”

Its eyes lighting up, Dao Li excitedly called out and suddenly jumped, its front hooves landing on Scarlet’s back…

“???”

Scarlet immediately froze.

The next moment, it came to its senses and hurriedly turned to Zhang Xuan, nodding frantically, its large eyes looking as though they might overflow with tears any second.

“Submitting… Is this what submitting looks like?”

Seeing its expression and actions, everyone present fell silent once again.