Affinity Talent

Chapter 27: Affinity Talent

"Alright, that's all for the explanation today."

"Go practice it thoroughly. If you put your heart into understanding it, it shouldn't be difficult to get started."

About half an hour later, Zhang Xianzhong saw that Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu had basically no more questions and had a preliminary understanding of the introductory cultivation knowledge for this advanced spear technique. He then stood up and said.

Afterward, he walked towards Ai Nengqi to guide him on the introductory cultivation of his saber technique.

Zhang Xianzhong himself specialized in saber techniques, so guiding Ai Nengqi would naturally be much easier than guiding Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

Li Dingguo picked up the low-grade Spirit Weapon spear lying on the ground beside him, strode to a slightly secluded area nearby, and began his first practice session.

Similar to cultivating the Tiger Roar Fist, this advanced spear technique, the Thunderbolt Spear Technique, also had unique stance work and corresponding footwork.

Unlike fist techniques, which primarily use the horse stance for their stance work, spear techniques mainly use the bow stance.

Unlike the diverse and varied cultivation methods of fist techniques, the core of spear techniques is: stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

On the battlefield, the best spear technique is one that is fatal with a single thrust, killing the enemy instantly!

Eyes follow the mind, mind follows the hand, hand follows the spear, and the spear follows the enemy to their death.

In the famous classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which Li Dingguo read in his previous life, there are descriptions of martial generals whose spear techniques reached a divine level: striking down enemies like lightning, "raising a spear and stabbing the enemy off their horse." This is the essence of spear technique.

Li Dingguo first needed to practice the new stance work by steadily holding the tail end of the long spear. This is the most fundamental basic of spear technique: holding the spear.

Only by first becoming familiar with the long spear in his hand and establishing a sense of rapport with it could he wield it freely without being injured by the sharp weapon.

There were also two ways to practice holding the spear: holding the spear with one hand and holding the spear with both hands.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo was now exceptionally gifted, possessed natural divine strength, and had excellent stamina. Coupled with his mental strength far exceeding that of ordinary people, he gradually entered a state of flow after just a short period of adaptation.

When one puts their heart into something, time often flies by quickly.

"Time's up!"

"Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Zhang Huier, stop practicing your weapons and come here to learn horsemanship!"

Unbeknownst to them, the remaining half-hour for spear practice today had ended.

Hearing Zhang Xianzhong's shout from a distance, Li Dingguo stopped practicing and stood upright, feeling that this basic spear practice session had been very fruitful.

He vaguely grasped some key points for executing spear techniques.

Spear techniques are not just about offense; they also include defense.

They can be used for duels or for attacking groups.

After this initial round of practice, Li Dingguo finally had some understanding of spear techniques in his heart.

If he were to face himself from an hour ago now, as long as he had the long spear in hand, it would likely result in an extremely lopsided victory, a complete instant kill.

Having finished his spear practice for the day, he quickly jogged over to Zhang Xianzhong with Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Zhang Huier.

Zhang Xianzhong first gave the four of them a look of considerable approval, clearly satisfied with their progress in practicing their respective primary weapons.

He then turned his head and waved at the several Veteran Camp soldiers waiting nearby, shouting, "You few, bring the warhorses over!"

The four soldiers quickly agreed and walked over quickly, leading the Spirit Beast Warhorses that were already equipped with saddles.

All the warhorses Zhang Xianzhong currently possessed were low-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses.

There was no alternative; within the Great Ming Dynasty today, most of the Spirit Beast Flood Dragon Scale Horses that could be seen were low-grade, with only a small portion being mid-grade.

As for high-grade and top-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses, under normal circumstances, ordinary people would rarely see them.

In terms of Spirit Beast Warhorses, the Tartars outside the pass had a huge advantage.

The Flood Dragon Scale Horses they used as warhorses were at least mid-grade.

Low-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses did not meet the requirements of the Tartars outside the pass for elite cavalry and could only be used by the Logistics Camp to pull large carts.

Even within each of their cavalry units, there were many high-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses, and top-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses were not uncommon!

As for the even more formidable Dragon Scale Horses, in terms of grade and quantity, they were also a notch above those in the Great Ming Dynasty.

Of course, even a low-grade Dragon Scale Horse was stronger than a top-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horse.

This was due to the Tartars outside the pass having access to a large number of natural Spirit Grass Pastures.

However, the current Great Ming Dynasty had almost lost all of its natural Spirit Grass Pastures outside the pass, and the court was focused on vying for power and profit, completely neglecting this aspect, leading to the current stark contrast.

Currently, Zhang Xianzhong only had a little over a dozen low-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses. Drawing out four of them for Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Zhang Huier to use could no longer be described as merely "attaching importance."

Even the four soldiers who had just led these Spirit Beast Warhorses over looked at Li Dingguo and the others with eyes full of envy mixed with a hint of jealousy.

But in this newly established Rebel Army, Zhang Xianzhong was the sole leader and was just looking for an opportunity to establish his authority through killing!

Who would dare to disobey military orders and defy the Eight Great Kings?

Unless they were tired of living.

Li Dingguo had already learned through observation and hearsay that any Spirit Beast Warhorse did not need to be fitted with horseshoes.

Their four hooves were much harder than horseshoes and could even self-heal and repair if damaged.

Horseshoes were only fitted on ordinary horses.

For example, the current Rebel Army Logistics Camp has quite a few large carriages, all pulled by ordinary horses.

"Ai Nengqi, go pick one first!"

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand at Ai Nengqi and said.

He was allocating the order in which they would pick their Spirit Beast Warhorses based on the current performance of these four monstrous geniuses.

In everyone's opinion, including Zhang Xianzhong, although Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo's cultivation aptitude was similar, Ai Nengqi was slightly better.

Only Li Dingguo knew that because of his advantage in mental power, his comprehension had greatly increased, and his overall quality was no worse than Ai Nengqi's, perhaps even slightly better than his.

A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

This was merely him intentionally hiding his capabilities.

There was, of course, a reason why Li Dingguo wanted to do this.

Ever since he learned that this wondrous great world had the existence of mysterious and unpredictable destiny, he had decided to do this.

To put it bluntly, he didn't want to acknowledge anyone as his adoptive father.

There was no other way; once you acknowledged an adoptive father, the destiny between father and son would be connected. In the future, Zhang Xianzhong would take away most of his destiny, which would undoubtedly cause him huge trouble. It was very likely that he would never be able to break free from this bond in this life!

If that happened, it would be too late to regret it later.

It was very necessary to subtly hide his capabilities in front of Zhang Xianzhong now, so as not to be too prominent and be eagerly taken as an adopted son by him too quickly. The consequences would be unimaginable!

His cheat, his reliance, was that mysterious and unpredictable destiny. He would try his best to avoid anything that would harm his destiny.

Zhang Xianzhong had indeed shown him kindness, but there were many ways to repay it. Acknowledging him as an adoptive father wasn't the only path. He would find a way to repay him in the future.

"Oh, oh..."

Ai Nengqi, who had been itching with anticipation, was so excited his face was flushed. He stepped forward and looked left and right at the four Spirit Beast Warhorses. After a while, he chose a large red Spirit Beast Warhorse.

After the soldier standing nearby helped him lead the warhorse to the side, Ai Nengqi was so happy he was dancing with joy, clearly thrilled!

"Li Dingguo, you're next!"

While finding it amusing, Zhang Xianzhong turned his head and called out to Li Dingguo.

"Oh, coming."

Li Dingguo strode forward and walked directly to the large black horse that he had taken a fancy to at first glance. He reached out his hand with some curiosity, wanting to touch its big head.

Neigh, neigh...

This large black horse wasn't afraid of strangers at all. Instead, it raised its head and neighed a few times, but it didn't object to Li Dingguo's closeness.

"Huh?"

Zhang Xianzhong said strangely from the side, "Li Dingguo, it seems you have a great connection with this large black horse!"

"Since it's quite close to you, your future riding practice will be twice as effective with half the effort, and you'll easily get the hang of it."

"Li Dingguo, try to lead it and see if it will walk with you!"

This was the first time Zhang Xianzhong had seen such a situation in his military career, and he couldn't help but say with some curiosity.

"Oh."

Li Dingguo's heart filled with joy upon hearing this. He then boldly stepped forward and touched the head of this large black horse with his hand.

An even more magical scene appeared. This extremely magnificent large black horse not only didn't shy away but also rubbed its large head against Li Dingguo's palm, showing affection.

"Hahaha..."

Zhang Xianzhong burst into laughter upon seeing this. "Who would have thought, Li Dingguo, you little fellow, actually have the talent for affinity with Spirit Beasts!"

"This isn't a simple talent; it's very useful on the battlefield."

He explained, "This means that in the future, on the battlefield, once you kill an enemy riding a Spirit Beast Warhorse, you can completely snatch his warhorse on the spot and immediately ride it, without needing to violently subdue it!"

"This gives you a considerable advantage on a cavalry charge battlefield. Even if your mount unfortunately dies in battle, you can quickly seize the enemy's warhorse for your own use, and your survival rate will be greatly increased!"

After saying this, even he looked at Li Dingguo with some envy.

He also hadn't expected this monstrous genius to actually have this affinity with Spirit Beasts.

This was an extremely rare talent, very special, and couldn't be clearly explained with words alone.