Star Ring

  Half an hour later, Treading Snow seemed to have resigned itself to its fate and stopped struggling, slightly lowering its head. "Is that it?" Lin Tian asked. "Master, what else do you want? If he were an ordinary person, by now his entire body would probably be left with hardly any intact bones!" Little Spirit said in Lin Tian's mind.

  "Congratulations, Fourth Brother, on taming this fine steed!" Duan Yu walked over and said. Lin Tianxia came to get the horse and patted the head of Tuo Xue: "Thank you, Third Brother, for giving me the horse." "We are brothers, no need to be polite," Duan Yu said. "With Tuo Xue as your mount, even if the journey is long, it will still be relatively convenient. Fourth Brother, you must come visit me and your sister-in-law in Dali often from now on!"

  "Definitely definitely, Third Brother must work harder and let Sister-in-law give Little Cloud a few more siblings haha!" Lin Tian laughed loudly.

  "Fourth brother, take care!"

  "Third Brother, see you again!" Lin Tianfei mounted his horse, pulled the reins, and trotted forward in the snow. The stables were not located within the palace grounds, but on the outermost edge of the palace. Lin Tian didn't travel far before turning onto the main streets of Dali City, with no intention of lingering in Dali City. Riding Tuo Xue, he quickly exited the city.

  Treading snow at incredible speed, it didn't take long to arrive at the place where Lin Tian saw Duan Yu for the first time. "Whoa——" Lin Tian let Treading Snow stop. "Little Ling, what if riding a horse makes your butt ache?" Lin Tian thought helplessly in his mind. Riding Treading Snow was exhilarating, but not just Lin Tian's butt was suffering.

  "Master, your skills are not up to par, you're sitting on the horse's back like a wooden stake. Riding a horse requires following the ups and downs of the horse's back, going with the flow, it's naturally easy and pleasant." Xiao Ling chuckled. "Xiao Ling, how can I tell which way to go on this road?" Lin Tian asked.

  Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Master, the path you are currently on is the official road. Following this official road will lead you to the next city. Larger cities are naturally connected by official roads. Your next destination will be Shuanglin City, which is about 100 kilometers away from here."

  "Alright, let's go to Shuanglin City, hopefully there are a few more martial artists with some internal strength!" Lin Tian burst out laughing and continued on the path. "Master, are you going to be a heroic outlaw?!" Xiaoling giggled.

  "With a heroic spirit, I'm going to capture some martial arts scum and absorb their internal energy!" Lin Tian said. He's not like Duan Yu, if it were Duan Yu, he would never take the initiative to absorb someone else's internal energy, even if they're really a martial arts scoundrel. But Lin Tian is different, in order to gain more boundary power, absorbing others' internal energy is an inevitable thing, he can't bring himself to do it to good people, but for martial arts scum, he absolutely won't let them off!

  Riding his horse, Lin Tian also encountered several groups of people on the road, some were traveling merchants, while others were from the martial arts world. Regardless of whether they were traveling merchants or from the martial arts world, when they saw Lin Tian riding Tuo Xue, their faces all revealed envious expressions. However, they didn't harbor any malicious intentions and lacked the courage to mess with someone who rode a precious horse like Tuo Xue! If one wasn't extremely powerful themselves, then they must have had enormous backing; ordinary people wouldn't dare provoke them!

  "Wait——" Lin Tian stopped, vaguely, he seemed to have heard someone calling for help. "Xiao Ling, is that someone calling for help?" Lin Tian asked in his mind. "Yes, master, it's coming from the left forest, 500 meters deep!" Xiao Ling replied.

  "Go and take a look." Lin Tian said.

  "Master, meddling in other people's business can bring a lot of trouble!" Xiao Lou warned. "But there's also a good chance we'll gain something from it, right?" Lin Tian said, riding his horse off the main road and into the woods on the left, and as they went deeper, the cries for help grew clearer.

  "It's a woman's voice!" Lin Tian furrowed his brow, not really wanting to get entangled with a woman. "Forget it, let's just see what's going on first. If we can handle it, we'll handle it; if we can't, we'll turn around and leave. Even if we save the other person, we'll still turn around and leave!" Having made up his mind, Lin Tian had Treading Snow quicken its pace a bit.

  Within a distance of five hundred meters, even in the woods, it wouldn't take much time to trudge through the snow. Very quickly, a scene unfolded before his eyes: a guy with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks was sneering and tearing at a young girl's clothes. Next to him on the ground lay a brightly shining curved knife. Perhaps because he was too caught up in the moment, he hadn't even noticed Lin Tian's arrival. Just as the girl was about to be torn apart and left naked, Lin Tian shouted loudly: "Stop!" In reality, he had just been wrongly accused of being a rapist; seeing this scene now made him extremely angry. From the snow-covered ground, Lin Tian picked up the knife with one hand. When they set out earlier, Duan Yu hadn't prepared a sword for him, probably thinking that as a doctor, a sword was unnecessary!

  "Hey, kid! You dare to interfere with my Snake Three's business?!" The guy, also known as Snake Three, quickly sprang up and glared at Lin Tian with a stern expression. His eyes scanned over Taps Snow, first startled, then revealing a greedy look on his face. A thousand-mile divine steed, this was something that couldn't be bought even with a thousand pieces of gold! Although Snake Three wasn't certain if Taps Snow was the Thousand-Mile Divine Steed, just by looking at its extraordinary appearance, he knew it was either that or something very close!

  The girl saw the snake and retreated a few steps, hastily getting up and running to Lin Tian's back. Lin Tian thought that the girl was just an ordinary person, so he didn't bother with her. "Snake Three, even if I were to intervene in your affairs, what could you do?" Lin Tian raised his curved knife and sneered.

  "You little brat, you're looking for death!" Snake Three was furious, closing in on Lin Tian. His right fist, carrying a dense and powerful punch, struck towards Lin Tian's chest. "Today, I, Snake Three, will tell you that some things are not worth meddling with!" "Do you have internal energy and physical strength?" Lin Tian saw the magnitude of Snake Three's power, but instead of being worried, he was delighted. With a light step, he dodged Snake Three's punch and swiftly swung his curved knife towards Snake Three's legs! "What a ruthless little brat, daring to cut off my legs!" Snake Three retreated slightly, avoiding the curved knife with ease. His left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Lin Tian's right hand that held the curved knife.

  "Come on, let's have a hard fight!" Lin Tian's heart stirred, his internal energy surged, and with his left palm facing Snake Three's left palm, there was a loud explosion. The two of them retreated three steps back. "Good kid, you've got some skills! It seems that Uncle Snake Three didn't bring out his true abilities, today he can't take you down!"

  Although they both retreated three steps, Lin Tian was overjoyed in his heart. The opponent's internal strength was not stronger than his, which meant that he could absorb the opponent's internal strength with his North Ming Divine Art! At this moment, "Hiss!" On the other side, a long cry sounded as the woman suddenly flipped over and landed on Treading Snow's back.

  "Even if it's a thousand-mile divine steed, what can it do under my, Du San Niangzi's, hands? Can't let you stir up any waves, that little brother. Thank you for the divine steed, She Xiang, San Niang will spare you for now, and will come to pay respects to your three little snakes another day!" Poisonous Three Madam smiled sweetly, and drove her horse out of the forest in a flash!

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