Martial Saint through Reading

Blazing Fire Tiger Horse Plains.

"Fang Qingshi, those warhorses on the plains are the best comrades of our Tiger Armor Army!" Meng Zhen looked at the Blazing Fire Tiger Horses galloping in the plains, his expression full of excitement.

"Commander Meng, how many Blazing Fire Tiger Horses are here?"

Chu Ming felt equally invigorated.

Fang Xiao had once told him that when he was still with the Tiger Armor Army, there were not many Blazing Fire Tiger Horses, only enough for a few cavalry camps, reaching a thousand was considered good.

But looking across the plains in front, there were at least ten thousand Blazing Fire Tiger Horses.

"Not many, thirty thousand." Meng Zhen said, puffing out his chest.

Thirty thousand is not considered many?!

Blazing Fire Tiger Horses are not ordinary horses, they have the bloodline of tigers and leopards, with fiery and untamable temperaments, making them extremely difficult to tame.

Moreover, due to their special nature, they are very difficult to breed, each one is extremely valuable.

"Truly not many. We have three hundred thousand in our Tiger Armor Army, and only a tenth of the soldiers can be equipped with warhorses." Meng Zhen gazed into the distance. "If there comes a day when all our brothers can ride such warhorses, not just the Nine Hordes Kingdom, but even farther, can be our Tiger Armor Army’s territory!"

His words were filled with confidence and expectation.

"Although Fang Qingshi was in the Tiger Armor Army before, he probably hasn’t ridden a Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, right? Want to give it a try?" Meng Zhen pointed to a Blazing Fire Tiger Horse about several hundred meters away.

This was a task given to him by Huo Buyan, to quickly teach Fang Xiao how to ride a horse.

"Sure!"

Of course, Chu Ming wouldn’t refuse. He didn’t know how to ride a horse, but that didn’t mean he didn’t want to ride such a majestic warhorse like Huo Buyan.

Meng Zhen led ’Fang Xiao’ onto the plains, gradually approaching the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse.

This horse had a large physique, with sturdy limbs. Although it couldn’t compare to Huo Buyan’s or Meng Zhen’s warhorses, when Chu Ming met its eyes, he still saw an untamed and wild spirit.

Meng Zhen motioned for Chu Ming not to act rashly, gently stroking the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse.

Once the wild gaze of the warhorse moved away from Chu Ming, Meng Zhen picked up some fresh grass and placed it in ’Fang Xiao’s’ hand:

"Every Blazing Fire Tiger Horse has an extremely fiery temper, with the bloodline of tigers and leopards, as well as their temperament. To ride a Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, the first step is to build a relationship."

Chu Ming understood, holding the grass, attempting to feed the warhorse.

"It actually opened its mouth to eat," Meng Zhen raised his eyebrows, smiling: "Blazing Fire Tiger Horses generally won’t eat grass from strangers. It seems this one is hungry."

After feeding the grass, Meng Zhen continued: "The second step is still to build a relationship. Try stroking the warhorse, but Fang Qingshi needs to be careful. Approach slowly and attempt gradually. Blazing Fire Tiger Horses are not easily touched..."

Chu Ming complied with the instructions.

Twenty streams of Qi and Blood Power surged within him, the Sword Gourd Spirit initiated, as he slowly reached out to touch the warhorse.

From Baiyuan County to the station over two days, he hadn’t been idle, successfully condensing twenty streams of Qi and Blood Power, and tempered the bones of his neck to a gold and iron hardness.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t deduce the cultivation technique for the Refining Organ Realm, otherwise, he might have started refining his organs by now.

"Huh, it actually allowed him to touch..." Meng Zhen watched the warhorse in surprise, feeling a jolt in his heart.

Because he saw fear in the eyes of this warhorse.

The Blazing Fire Tiger Horse was afraid of Fang Qingshi?!

How is that possible!

The Blazing Fire Tiger Horse is inherently defiant, not fearing even a strong practitioner at the Refining Organ Realm like Commander Huo.

Fang Qingshi’s strength is stronger than the commander?!

At this moment, Chu Ming’s eyes became increasingly profound.

The fear of the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse originated from him.

The Sword Gourd Spirit, having been used frequently, had already reached perfection.

After reaching perfection, he had been trying to figure out how to break through the limitations of this incredibly useful skill, similar to ’reading.’

Through continuous exploration, he indeed discovered a special use.

That is using the Sword Gourd Spirit to release a special effect similar to mental suppression.

This Blazing Fire Tiger Horse was frightened by his mental suppression.

However, this use of the Sword Gourd Spirit is still in the exploratory stage, and the effect is weak. It works pretty well on animals with low intelligence, and on ordinary people, it might just startle them a bit.

For martial artists, the effect is so weak it’s almost negligible, coupled with the fact that exerting mental suppression consumes a lot of spiritual power, Chu Ming hardly ever uses it.

"The third step, try to ride on it..." Meng Zhen looked at ’Fang Xiao’ with a complicated expression: "This step requires even more caution. A single mistake can lead to being thrown off the horse’s back and trampled."

"Okay." Chu Ming nodded, gently tapping his feet to sit atop the horse’s back.

As he sat on the horse’s back, Meng Zhen clearly saw the body of the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse shudder, the fear in its eyes becoming more intense.

The Blazing Fire Tiger Horse not only didn’t throw Fang Qingshi off, but it also became even more terrified?!

Meng Zhen recalled how in the past it took him several months, suffering from broken bones and injuries, to ride a Blazing Fire Tiger Horse...

"Fang Qingshi..." he stood still, hesitantly speaking: "Try riding it?"

He couldn’t believe ’Fang Xiao’ could actually control the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse to move!

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the horse started walking slowly and obediently, as if afraid of disturbing its rider.

It wasn’t obedience; it was courteous and friendly!

The Blazing Fire Tiger Horse was actively trying to please!

Meng Zhen watched in shock as the man and horse gradually moved away, as if he had forgotten something...

On the back of the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, Chu Ming looked at the panel in front of him:

[Riding Skill: Initial Riding Practice]

[Progress: 11/100]

He held the reins with both hands, controlling the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, with the Riding Skill progress increasing rapidly.

After riding for a while, he began to try speeding up the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse.

The rhythm of the hoofbeats was orderly, continuously accelerating, with dirt flying from the ground.

Thud thud thud—

The sound of galloping echoed back to Meng Zhen, who suddenly snapped awake.

"Fang Qingshi really... succeeded on the first try?!"

Being the first to make the fiery-natured Blazing Fire Tiger Horse submit, it seemed no one in the Tiger Armor Army had accomplished that before.

Meng Zhen watched the man and horse far off in the distance, shrinking rapidly, until they disappeared.

"Oh no, that direction...!" Suddenly his face changed dramatically: "Jiang Qingshi’s head horse’s direction!"

He hurriedly ran to a nearby Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, leaping onto its back.

"Giddy up!"

Meng Zhen rushed towards ’Fang Xiao’ in a hurry.

...

96... 97... 98... 99...

On the panel, the progress of [Riding Skill] was surging rapidly.

With the spiritual pressure of the Sword Gourd Spirit, the Blazing Fire Warhorse under Chu Ming was obedient and sensible, going east if commanded east, west if commanded west.

With cooperation, the Riding Skill progress increased so dramatically.

[Riding Skill: Skilled]

[Progress: 1/100]

"It’s a breakthrough."

In an instant, Chu Ming felt the reins in his hands become more intuitive to control.

He withdrew the mental suppression, the horse beneath him briefly resisted, but was quickly subdued.

This time, it was thanks to the Riding Skill.

The wind roared past his ears, an endless expanse of plains before him, with some Blazing Fire Tiger Horses running along with him at the sound, while others lowered their heads to graze on fresh grass.

Freedom, galloping, stirring, utterly refreshing!

Chu Ming greatly enjoyed this feeling, riding the Blazing Fire Tiger Horse, constantly galloping.

A few hundred meters in front of him, a tall Blazing Fire Tiger Horse was grazing, even more robust than the one under Huo Buyan.