Chapter 8: Win Or Lose

Chapter 8: Win Or LoseDid a horse just laugh at her?

Liu Mingyue was in complete shock. She couldn't believe her eyes, but the evidence was right in front of her!

She couldn't help but look at the groom on the horse, who was looking back at her curiously. Their eyes met, and the groom immediately showed a look of pain, as if he couldn't bear it anymore.

"..."

Liu Mingyue's mouth twitched.

‘Is he putting on a show for me?’

She was full of doubt and looked more closely. The young man was in so much pain that he was about to make a sound. It didn't seem like he was faking it...

‘Forget it. Since I can't figure it out, I'll just put it aside for now.’ Gritting her teeth, she snorted coldly, "So what if you got within five meters? I don't believe that this green colt can really compare to Dao Li!"

She squeezed her long legs against the horse's belly, and they moved forward once again.

Clip-clop!

After two more steps, they were less than three meters from the Mo Yun Jade. The intense murderous aura was almost tangible, constantly attacking their spirits.

"Three meters, it can withstand even three meters. As expected of a prized horse..."

"It’s so strong. It looks like Miss Mo's Su Shang is going to lose."

This achievement would be considered high even for seasoned warhorses, and Su Shang was just a colt. Achieving this was indeed unlikely.

Hearing the crowd's comments, Liu Mingyue endured the stabbing aura in her mind and turned to look at the groom. She smiled coldly, "I advise you to admit defeat! This distance is not something a mere servant like you can hope for..."

"I won't..."

The young man's veins bulged as if he might fall off at any moment, but he continued to hold on desperately. As for Su Shang, its legs were trembling, looking like it would panic and lose control at any moment.

Seeing this, Mo Yanxue frowned and said, "Zhang Xuan, if you can't hold on, come back!"

There is a gap. Though She didn't want to lose, she didn't want Su Shang to suffer irreparable damage either.

"Don't worry, Miss. Even if I die today, I won't betray your trust in me..."

Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth.

Hearing his words, even though Mo Yanxue was usually indifferent, she nodded in satisfaction.

"This guy..." Feng Jin's eyelid twitched.

Having been the head steward in the Mo family for over ten years, he naturally had an eye for things. Seeing the young lady's expression, he understood that after this incident, it would be impossible to trouble Zhang Xuan again.

‘Forget it. I'll treat him well from now on!’ he thought.

"Move forward!"

Zhang Xuan shouted and the sound of hooves echoed. He and the horse moved two more steps forward.

At this moment, the horse's face twisted like a pretzel, and the groom was shaking as if he had epilepsy, almost foaming at the mouth...

Despite this, they held their ground, matching Liu Mingyue's position.

"..."

Liu Mingyue was utterly dumbfounded.

She was about to become a Source Warrior after opening her Source Pool, making her physical condition naturally strong. Plus, Dao Li had been through real battlefields, which was why they had come this far. Yet, a colt paired with an untrained servant managed to do the same...

"I don't believe it, go!"

With a shout, she urged her horse forward again. However, this time Dao Li no longer obeyed her commands but neighed angrily, jumped up, and turned to run away.

It was spooked!

Though it was a prized horse, it couldn't withstand the pressure and completely broke down.

Thud!

Liu Mingyue was thrown off and hit the ground hard.

She hurriedly retreated over ten meters, only then did she heave a sigh of relief and looked over at Zhang Xuan in the distance. "Three meters is my limit. I don't believe you can go further... At worst, it's a draw..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Zhang Xuan's ferocious face as he drove Su Shang forward again, now less than two meters from the Mo Yun Jade.

Not only that, despite the overwhelming murderous aura, he showed no sign of stopping and continued forward. Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ NovᴇlFɪre .ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

Clip-clop!

One meter, half a meter...

In just two breaths, the seemingly exhausted man and horse reached the Mo Yun Jade, closing the distance completely.

"Facing the murderous aura without being spooked... This is incredible!"

"Even the best warhorses in the kingdom can't do this."

"I always thought Miss Liu's Dao Li was the pinnacle of prized horses. And now it turns out that Miss Mo's Su Shang is the real dark horse."

Everyone exchanged glances with astonishment and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Facing the murderous aura from the Mo Yun Jade, not to mention a horse, even Source Warriors with cultivation couldn't always manage it. This alone earned everyone's respect.

"Impossible, how could I lose?"

While others were shocked, Liu Mingyue couldn't believe it.

Dao Li, a prized horse from the battlefield, only managed until three meters. She thought the colt would fail within ten meters, but it pushed through to the end...

It looked like it could collapse at any moment but somehow kept getting stronger...

It's like someone saying, "Ever since I went crazy, I've felt much better."

Especially the seemingly silly groom, with a twisted mouth and crooked eyes, fingers twitching, looking like an idiot from afar due to the murderous aura, yet his butt seemed glued to the horse's back, not moving an inch. He occasionally shouted, "Giddy-up!" driving the horse forward...

She thought Mo Yanxue would regret letting him compete, but she never expected that someone would cry, and it turned out to be herself...

This was too unfair!

"We won..."

Yu Xiaoyu jumped up excitedly not far away. The bells on her body jingling like autumn leaves rustling in the wind.

Mo Yanxue also breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the groom on the horse again and couldn't help but nod.

This guy could not only tame a fine horse but also had such perseverance. Impressive!

After a moment, seeing that he was still twitching and had no intention of stopping, Mo Yanxue couldn't help but call out, "Zhang Xuan, you've already won. You can come back now!"

"Yes!"

Under the impact of the murderous aura, the groom, who was still twitching, heaved a sigh of relief and endured the pain to respond. Just as he was about to drive the horse away, an unexpected change occurred.

At this moment, the trembling Su Shang suddenly lowered its head and bit the Mo Yun Jade on the ground.

The murderous aura, though it could oppress the spirit, also served as a tool to temper it, having the same effect on its spirituality.

The spiritual nature that Su Shang was born with, while obedient to Zhang Xuan's commands, had its own thoughts, like refusing to cook despite following the order to gut and clean...

Now, seeing a treasure beneficial to it right in front of its eyes, it couldn't resist and, without any hesitation, swallowed the jade stone whole.

"It ate the Mo Yun Jade?"

Everyone looked at each other in shock.

A horse, instead of being frightened by the murderous aura, swallowed the source of it... This was unbelievable...

"Look at the groom..."

A trembling voice arose, and everyone looked up simultaneously.

The "loyal" groom still held his head in his hands, shaking and twitching, his eyes rolling back, limbs convulsing... It seemed he couldn't withstand the murderous aura any longer and might collapse any moment...

"The Mo Yun Jade has been eaten, so there's no more murderous aura! Why is he still like this?"

Yu Xiaoyu's puzzled voice echoed.

Silence fell.

With the Mo Yun Jade eaten, the murderous aura was physically blocked. At this point, even an ordinary child on the horse would be unaffected, yet the groom was still twitching...

‘What's going on? Is there a delay on this thing?’