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Rhine frowned slightly, but he did not stop Rhine. He walked all the way to where Blackie could be reached, just like Rhine had done to the Bear-man. Rhine's eyes lit up, but he did not choose to take any action.

"You see," Rinkey also stared at the black kid with the same expressionless face, "You have at least used your actions to tell me that the life of the person in your heart is more important than revenge, and I know that the Beastmen bear a grudge."

Blackie fiercely glared at Linke, then turned his head to look in another direction. He didn't want to see him again.

"Before this, in fact, just a few days ago, I accepted a very formal oath of allegiance from a human girl. She used a drop of her blood to win the entire family's trust, so I think what Grandfather and the others wanted you to do wasn't too different from that."

Black Boy turned his head around and glared at Link. His lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end. He glanced at Rhine, who was standing not far away from him, and turned his head away once again.

Link turned to Rhine, who was also expressionless, and explained, "The master of a servant who signed a soul contract has a mind of his own, and Lily's blood oath is only about power."

Lin Ke nodded and stood up, coming to the side of Black Boy who turned his head and said, "Then this soul contract is a huge gamble! Do you have the guts to try, Black Boy? "

Black Boy stared at Lin Ke in disdain. He was just trying to goad him, but this time he did not turn his head away.

"If the bet is won, your life will be mine, but the life of that werebear will be yours. If you lose, you can kill yourself or choose to take your life from me. That werebear will be as we are now, and we will decide what to do with him. Isn't that the case?"

"His life belongs to me?" Blackie didn't even look at Link. Instead, he turned to Rhine, who was standing behind him.

Rhine nodded, "The lives of you and that bear-man are not as important as a hair of his in my eyes. If you become his loyal servant, I can release that bear-man and even provide him some degree of protection.

"How do you make me believe you?" Black Boy looked at Link.

"No matter what I promise you, you won't believe me," Linke said, shaking his head. "You can only bet your life that you can choose to believe me, that I have an important place in the clan, that I really need a cripple or a useless servant who is sincere for my brother and not someone who can be abandoned."

Blackie slowly stood up. After getting closer to Link, he discovered that this guy was actually taller than him by more than a head.

At the same time, his entire head was like flowing water as it fiercely changed. His neck grew, and his snout protruded, and black fur began to grow on his face, his eyes gradually revealing a golden color. When everything finally came to a stop, a ferocious black panther head was already less than 10 centimeters away from Lin Ke's face, and the latter, even though he was extremely shocked, did not waver an inch!

In front of him, Lin Ke was like a child that had not grown up yet. It was only when he straightened up that Lin Ke saw that the clothes he was originally wearing had suddenly expanded, and the explosive strength of his muscles took on a perfect streamlined shape!

It was an extremely oppressive feeling.

Link couldn't help but be a little apprehensive. A kind of magical power seemed to surround his body.

The long, sharp fingernail on the tip of his right arm lightly slashed across his forehead like a blade. Blood immediately spurted out, but he slowly lowered his head as if he did not feel it, and gently touched Link's forehead with his bloody forehead!

A strange yet strangely familiar voice resounded in his mind. He clearly did not understand, yet still understood its meaning, "Great Beast God, under the witness of your boundless might, your loyal servant Neil Panza is determined to serve the living being in front of him. With his will as his will, with his honor as his will, he will never regret." As his voice gradually grew deeper under the blessing of the constantly chanting 'Bastian', Rincewind could clearly feel that his soul had gained a little more ink color. He could sense its fear and understand its intentions.

He began to pacify it, which made it visibly calmer.

Lin Ke opened his eyes and saw that the Leopard Man was lying prostrate in front of him like a huge piece of black metal, giving off a feeling of submission. His right hand gently rested on the Leopard Man's shoulder, seemingly trying to comfort him.

"Get up, Neil." The moment Link said this, the latter nodded in understanding and stood up slowly.

"I think we should go and see him," Linke smiled at Leopard Neil, then turned to Rhine. "Grandpa, is it okay?"

"Of course, they are all yours," Rhine laughed out loud, then nodded to the leopard, "I believe that one day you will be proud of your choice today. Neil, welcome to become a member of the Moutes' family, and you will share the honor of being disgraced from now on."

The Leopard Man no longer held any hostility, and respectfully bowed his head to salute.

Rhine turned around and left.

After seeing Xue'er and Lilisse again, Lin Ke had been accompanied by the black brat that he had met once before. He had already changed back into his human form, and now, he was like Lin Ke's shadow that was like a loyal bodyguard.

In order to show that she was closer to Linke, Snow had no choice but to walk beside him on the left, while Lily naturally walked to the other side.

From a distance, this was a very interesting combination.

Three days later, Lin Ke and his team set out on a low-key journey.

Heading north, towards a small mountain range northwest of the Wind City – Lan Shan.

This part of the road was not too hard. There was a road leading to that place, and along the way, they would pass by some small towns and villages. Supplies were not a problem, but Selina had prepared enough food, tents and other necessities for the whole team.

He chose to ride with a large group of guards on tall horses. It had to be said, because the land the wargod empire was on had two large rivers flowing through it, and the terrain was mostly relatively flat, the fertile land and rich grass resources made the empire never worry about the source of the war horses. Horses also became the most common means of transportation in the empire, and even good war horses still flowed into the people after giving priority to the needs of the army.

The War God Empire had the most powerful cavalry army in the continent, and even the children of commoners in an empire that worshipped martial arts would always have the chance to ride their horses and play, let alone ride their horses in a circle of nobles.

But Linke can't ride a horse, and what's worse, Cohn can't... There were not many things he cared about or was interested in about the boy who had shut himself up in the cultivation world all day. No wonder Serena was worried that he was too eccentric and that he could only release himself in front of a limited number of people.

This "secret" that only a few people in the entire clan mansion knew allowed Lin Ke to have an absolutely miserable journey to begin.

The problem began in the Mouths' stables.

On the day of their departure, the Eldest Young Master Cohen had put on the light cavalry armor that was common in the army, put on his usual riding boots, and even had a decorative sword hung around his waist. He had even gone to the stables to choose a horse with great interest, while the servants who owned the horse had received a notice a day ago, "Pick a good-natured horse for Young Master Cohen."

The horse that was brought to Cohen was a large and sturdy black warhorse. It had large and agile eyes, sharp ears, a straight back, strong limbs, and it stood there quietly. Even someone like Lin Ke, who didn't know anything about horses, could tell at the sight of it that it was definitely not a bad horse.

But for the first time in his life, with Neil's help, Link had not been able to stay on horseback for more than a few minutes. He had not even had the time to ride his horse out of the stable when he fell headlong onto the ground.

The servants who owned the horses were shocked when they saw him fall. They rushed forward to help Link, who was being helped to his feet, to dust. They raised their whips and were about to hit him, but he stopped them.

This time, the guards and servants already knew that this young master Cohen, who had an amazing talent for training, probably didn't know how to ride a horse at all, so they didn't dare to let him ride it alone. Some people were pulling the reins of the horses, and they were talking all over the place in order to educate him, which finally made Lin Ke feel a little bit more comfortable. However, not long after, he was overwhelmed by shock and had to quickly get off the horse to rest for a while before he could stop his disgusting feeling.

Now he knew that riding a horse wasn't a car, and it wasn't like the TV shows in his previous life where anyone could ride it with ease and ease.

Riding a horse is a technical task, he told himself. This was a basic lesson that had to be learned in this world. In the Warlord Empire, men who couldn't ride horses were as rare as heresy.

After a while, the sun had already risen high in the sky, and the impatient Miss Daisy directly came to the stables to pinch her nose and complain. Linke could only helplessly get on the horse again, and Neil was on the right side, under the protection of the two guards on both sides of the road, while he was learning and comprehending.

But even so, he had to stop for a rest every few steps, and on several occasions Miss Daisy couldn't stand it any longer. She got out of the carriage and ran to Rincewind's side, ignoring Snow and Lilith's attempts to stop her.

"Cohen brother, this is the third time you've asked the team to stop and rest in half a day. Look, we can almost all see the shadow of the Wind City's walls from a distance, when will we arrive at Lan Shan like this?" Daisy waved her hands and complained with a pout. The pink bow on her head kept jumping, but then she was surprised to find that Lin Ke was sitting on the ground with his teeth bared, "What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with you, brother? "

Nothing much, probably because the saddle is a little hard, "Lin Ke felt the skin on his inner thigh being worn out, and felt a burning pain from just touching it," The Lan Mountain is only seventy to eighty kilometers away from the Wind City. Originally, we should be able to reach there in a day, but today we're already late, and with the addition of this oil bottle of mine, we'll probably need to find a small town to spend the night.

The Brooke that Lin Ke had mentioned was the leader of the fifty guards on this trip, he was a powerful fighter who had reached the second stage of great power. Besides the Seventh Elder who was traveling with Lin Ke, he was the strongest, and he was also responsible for the team's progress and setting up camp, as well as other trivial arrangements.

He was originally the captain of the guards of the Moutts family, and had followed Rhine back from the army, but he had never expected that Rhine would still send him to follow the team even when he had arranged for Patriarch Seven to accompany them. Half of the fifty knights accompanying him were veterans who had retired from the battlefield at the time, and the rest were the elites of the new generation of guards.

Daisy could hear the other meaning behind his words. She looked at Link and then at the big black horse leisurely grazing nearby. Suddenly, she started to laugh.

"So brother doesn't know how to ride a horse!"