Chapter 1222 Horse Selection Experiment

Upon seeing the city lord Lü Zhiyi at the head of the group, the soldiers quickly bowed and saluted.

But Lü Zhiyi, who was in a very bad mood, simply waved his hand, patted his horse's rump, and led everyone into the city quickly.

The young man who had previously caused trouble for everyone was still there, and upon seeing Lü Zhiyi again, a look of despair appeared on his face.

So the young man walked up to the man in the lead and said with a slightly aggrieved expression, "Brother-in-law, I really didn't expect that the city lord would be among these people."

“These city defense troops used to swagger around wherever they went, which I couldn’t stand, so last night I thought of making things difficult for them.”

"Brother-in-law, you must save me! The city lord looks extremely upset. What if he chops me up with a knife?!"

The more the young man thought about it, the paler his face became, and before he knew it, his legs had begun to tremble.

After hearing this, Kuo Hai, the deputy commander of the city defense army, sighed and said earnestly, "I reminded you long ago that things are tense lately, so don't think about useless things while defending the city."

“Lord of the city, even I can’t protect you.”

"But don't worry, I'll try my best to plead for you this time. After all, it's your first offense. At worst, I'll just let you go home."

The deputy commander was utterly speechless at his brother-in-law's character and behavior.

If it weren't for the pampered girl at home constantly whispering in her ear, saying that her younger brother was always doing nothing at home and that she should arrange a guard post for him, none of this would have happened last night.

Although he wasn't present last night, he could imagine just how furious and annoyed the city lord must have been.

One wrong move and they could actually chop this guy up as a warning to others.

"Brother-in-law, is there really no other way?"

"I can hand over all the benefits I've received during this period to the city lord!"

However, his uncle's words almost made the deputy commander furious.

Then he said earnestly, "You may not know, but our Lord of Qingyuan City is the most honest and just. What he hates most is favoritism and breaking the law, and not doing things according to the rules."

“You openly accepted kickbacks at the city gate, breaking the rules. This is already a serious offense.”

"I just hope that if you make a mistake, it won't implicate me. I've done everything I can."

After saying this, the deputy commander flicked his sleeves, ignoring his brother-in-law, and turned to leave amidst his repeated calls.

Inside the city lord's mansion, upon hearing that Tang Lan had returned, Tang Ya, Tang Wutong, Vina, and a group of other women all ran out of the courtyard.

But when they saw the city lord Lü Zhiyi and his guards, all covered in dirt and wounds, they didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Tang Lan was always clean and tidy, and there wasn't a speck of dust on her.

From this, the women could tell that nothing major had happened.

"Lu Zhiyi! Has something happened outside the city?"

Unlike Tang Lan's politeness, Xue Yue adopted the air of a princess upon seeing Lü Zhiyi, questioning him in a commanding tone.

Lu Zhiyi, however, did not think there was anything wrong with it at all, so he told Tang Lan and the others about their experience in the village outside the city.

"What? A beast tide composed of a group of soul beasts with bloodshot eyes who have completely lost their minds?"

"How is this possible? Could it be that they are controlled by some strange force, and not trying to attack humans? This sounds too incredible."

Even Xueyue, who was well-read, couldn't help but be surprised and puzzled upon hearing such news.

To her recollection, she had never seen so many soul beasts exhibiting such strange phenomena at the same time.

She had read that there were several types of spirit beasts that could control other spirit beasts, causing them to go out of control and rampage.

However, the simultaneous appearance of dozens of soul beasts entering a berserk state is completely unlike what is described in the book.

"I found this on the back of the necks of those soul beasts!"

As Tang Lan spoke, she took out the strange soul tool she had discovered earlier from her spatial ring.

Below this thing were countless tentacles that were extremely difficult to spot. It seemed that if it were placed on a certain soul beast, it could take deep root in the opponent's body.

Do you have any spirit beasts here?

Tang Lan suddenly had a good idea, so she asked Lü Zhiyi, who was next to her, about it.

Lü Zhiyi, being who he was, naturally understood Tang Lan's meaning immediately.

So he nodded and said, "There are a few Blood Dragon Horses in the stables in the backyard. Although their bloodline is not pure, they can still be considered a kind of soul beast."

"In that case, let's go and test it out now."

Tang Lan nodded, and then led a large group of people toward the backyard.

Although it's called a backyard, it's actually a very large open space.

At this point, Tang Lan couldn't help but marvel at the terrifying scale of the city lord's mansion when it was built; even if an ordinary person wandered around for half an hour, they probably wouldn't be able to get out.

In the very center of the backyard was a spacious training ground, with various weapons such as swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks displayed around it.

To the east is a huge garden with artificial hills, corridors and stone pavilions, and a lake with koi and lotus flowers of different colors.

To the west are the stables and some courtyards that seem to have other secrets.

"This place was built by the previous city lord, and it was already like this when I arrived!"

"Fortunately, I share the same interests as Lord Hu, so I did not change his original plans for the Lord's Mansion."

"The stables over there are where I keep all kinds of horses. They contain the bloodlines of various soul beasts. Some can carry heavy loads, some are good at running, and some can even fly."

Seemingly noticing the strange look in Tang Lan's eyes, Lü Zhiyi quickly explained, fearing that Tang Lan might misunderstand that he had misused public funds to build it.

Upon arriving at the stables, where servants were on hand to tend to the horses, Tang Lan didn't even see a single piece of horse manure on the ground.

"These ten horses are all quite good. Your Excellency, please feel free to choose one if you wish to test them."

Lu Zhiyi smiled and gestured to Tang Lan that she could choose one of these soul horses.

"Let's go with the black one!"

Tang Lan casually glanced at the ten horses, and sure enough, they were all large and robust, with black and white, and yellow and red in some groups.

Finally, Tang Lan raised her hand and pointed to the black horse.

"Guards, bring Zi Ye out here!"

Lü Zhiyi gave the order to his attendants.

Then two people led Zi Ye to a small square not far away.

"Stand back!"

Tang Lan dismissed everyone and gestured for them to keep their distance.

He then took out the strange object he had previously pried off the neck of the giant black bird and gently placed it on the neck of the black horse.

The next second, a strange scene unfolded.

Beneath this piece of metal, numerous tiny tentacles began to grow, seemingly sensing the presence of life and blood, and began to become active and excited.