Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 180: Taming a Horse

"You have arrived? Let's go." However, when he looked at the reluctant horse being held by Lu Wi in the reins, his expression turned strange.

"Haven't you tamed these horses yet?"

"Young master, it has been tamed, but they are still reluctant to let others ride him."

Lu Zhen had an amused expression when he heard this as he slowly walked up to the horse and took the reins.

The horse stayed silent as he remained silent, allowing him to catch its reins.

"How peculiar a horse," he mused to himself as he climbed up on the horse. As expected, the horse stayed silent, allowing Lu Zhen to mount its back.

Lu Zhen pulled the reins of the horse as he tried to move it; however, to his surprise, this time the horse didn't move at all, remaining still with its eyes closed.

"He has become even more disobedient since we had tamed him, young master. What should we do?" Lu Wi said, somewhat embarrassed by her own incompetence. However she was helpless as Lu Zhen was a commander.

He needed the best horse and this was the strongest host even though the other grand elders' horses were weak compared to it but it was stubborn.

"It's alright," Lu Zhen said as he looked at the horse.

"If you don't want to move, I will make you move," he subtly controlled his body, increasing his own weight.

Boom!

The horse felt a pressure that caused its eyes to instantly open as it cried out in pain. Its legs caved inward as it struggled to remain standing, yet there was a deep stubbornness in its eyes as it somehow managed to hold its body weight.

"Huh," Lu Zhen was surprised when he saw this. Although the horse was big and muscular with a healthy mane, his weight had increased to a terrifying 200 kgs, which was an insane number to bear, even for the horses in this world.

"Since you don't want to run, then what's the point of keeping you?" he said coldly, and the horse's eyes, reflecting intelligence, widened with horror.

Boom!

Lu Zhen increased his weight to two hundred fifty kilograms, and instantly the horse fell to the floor with its four hooves spread on the ground. There was no surprise.

However, the horse still had stubbornness in its eyes, as it wanted to stand up. But, Lu Zhen's weight was already too much; he couldn't even move his body a single bit, not to mention the horse standing up.

He was stunned when he saw that "this horse is much better than those old men at least."

"Are you done now?" Lu Zhen said with a cold tone, "Do you want to die?"

The horse's black pupils moved from left to right in a straight line, with deep horror reflecting its intelligence.

"Hmm, this horse seems to be more intelligent. Is he going to be a beast soon?" Lu Zhen thought with a frown that he had already noticed that the horse was more intelligent than the common horses he had in his previous memories.

An animal strengthened by Qi was called a beast, and any normal animal he could find in the street could become a beast.

However, there was a certain requirement they needed to meet that stopped most of the animals from becoming beasts: they needed to be stronger than their species, with enough proteins and nutrients, and the second and most important requirement was that they had to have a very pure bloodline.

In essence, they were similar to bloodline martial artists, except that they were meant to have it while humans pretty much planted themselves and stole the bloodline.

"So, do you want to live or die?"

The horse moved its eyes from up to down hurriedly.

"Remember, if you dare to be arrogant again…" Lu Zhen released his terrifying aura, making the horse shiver as it started shaking.

"Now, don't act pitiful and run faster," he sighed as his body weight instantly returned to its normal size.

The horse barely stood up from the ground. Although it might have looked brutal, as Lu Zhen was quite forceful, he had made sure not to inflict much damage on the horse, so it wasn't injured, except for its arrogance.

Although the horse was still prideful, it didn't dare to show any displeasure against its master, Lu Zhen, as it now knew who its master was.

"I will name you Xiao Hei," Lu Zhen said abruptly, startling the horse again. It had question marks on its face, looking at him with almost puppy-like eyes, as if conveying, "say that again, please."

Lu Zhen was amused as he repeated, "Your name will be Xiao Hei."

Instantly, the horse's front hooves jumped into the air with happiness.

"This…" Lu Zhen was speechless as he shook his head.

"Let's go now," he turned back to see the sparkly eyes of Lu Wi, who looked at him with genuine interest.

Her face instantly flushed with a little shade of red before returning to her normal masculine expression as she said respectfully, "Yes, young master."

Neigh!

The two horses traversed through the forest, making their way to the right of the command camp.

Lu Zhen quickly spotted thousands of small camps set up, each filled with muscular men engaging in training and physical exercises while some were walking around and doing menial chores, he even saw lean people practising archery and even Li Jiao was there instructing her subordinate.

"How interesting," Lu Zhen was intrigued as he kicked the horse, and its speed instantly increased to a terrifying degree, swiftly approaching the camp.

"This…" Lu Wi was stunned as she couldn't keep up with Lu Zhen's speed.

"Who is it?" Two men noticed the figures riding the horse in the distance and frowned.

However, as they got closer, their eyes widened instantly, and they hurriedly went back to the camp.

"The commander has arrived."

Instantly, all the men paused their activities, standing up straight like tall mountains as they gathered toward the entrance with curious eyes.