Sweet as Honey

Chapter 28: Sweet as Honey

When did I get this talent?

Could it be...

At this point, Li Dingguo guessed something. He simply walked up to two other Spirit Beast Warhorses and tried touching their large heads.

As expected, those two magnificent Spirit Beast Warhorses also showed affection towards Li Dingguo.

While this was partly because these Spirit Beast Warhorses had already been tamed and were relatively gentle, it definitely proved that Li Dingguo possessed this special talent.

He quickly led the large black horse he had chosen to the side. While continuing to get familiar and interact with it, he focused a sliver of his mind and sank into his consciousness, discovering that his Cheat System panel had changed again:

Host: Li Dingguo

Age: 10

Realm: Body Refinement First Level Early Stage (Vitality and Blood First Limit Break)

Physique: 10

Spirit: 5

Talents: Innate Divine Strength+ (Intermediate), Spirit Beast Affinity+ (Beginner) (This talent is a hidden talent, activated under certain prerequisites. Spirit +1, Fortune +2, Talent Panel activated)

Skills: Tiger Roar Fist+ (Beginner)

Cultivation Method: Circumstellar True Scripture+ (Beginner)

Fortune: 12 (If Fortune Value is zero, disaster will surely strike)

Star Destiny: Army Breaker (Not activated)

This... I actually have the Spirit Beast Affinity talent?

Li Dingguo was immediately both surprised and delighted, thinking to himself, This Cheat System of mine is really good.

Currently, it's only a beginner-level Spirit Beast Affinity talent. It'll probably be difficult to gain the affection of intermediate or advanced Spirit Beasts.

He truly hadn't expected that he actually had a hidden talent. Not only did it activate the talent panel, but it also added an extra point to Spirit and two points to Fortune. The gains were significant.

For now, this beginner talent is useful, but its temporary use isn't very significant.

Currently, in his attribute panel, the existing Fortune Value can be used for cheating, whether it's for any talent, skill, or Cultivation Method.

Li Dingguo didn't plan to do that immediately.

Fortune Value is so precious. Right now, he can still rapidly improve the various Cultivation Methods and skills he's learned through diligent cultivation. Rushing to upgrade and easily using up the hard-earned, limited Fortune Value would be too wasteful.

Keeping this precious Fortune Value for now and selectively adding points for upgrades when necessary is the wise choice.

At this time, it was Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier's turn to step forward and choose their Spirit Beast Warhorses.

As a result, Liu Wenxiu chose the white horse, while Zhang Huier didn't make a choice. With a happy expression, and with the help of a military man, she led away the remaining yellow-spotted horse.

The four Spirit Beast Warhorses here were all low-grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses. None could be said to be the strongest; they should all be about the same.

Li Dingguo and the others chose their respective warhorses simply by picking the one they liked.

The selection of Spirit Beast Warhorses was complete. The next step was undoubtedly practicing riding and getting familiar with their warhorses, establishing a tacit relationship with them.

Under the guidance of Zhang Xianzhong and several skilled military men, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and the other two youths began their formal riding practice.

Dingbian City is within the territory of Yansui Town, one of the Nine Border Fortifications. Ordinary horses are plentiful, and men who can ride are countless.

These military men, including Zhang Xianzhong himself, were all skilled riders. They had ample experience to teach Li Dingguo and the other four youths.

Li Dingguo cautiously stepped into the stirrup and managed to sit steadily on the saddle. He felt a bit nervous.

He had ridden horses a few times in parks in his previous life, but that couldn't be called riding. He was just led around for a while and didn't understand riding skills at all; he was a complete novice.

His original body had been begging and wandering since childhood and had no opportunity to ride horses, so he was also completely ignorant of riding skills.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo now had a beginner-level Spirit Beast Affinity talent. With the black horse's patient cooperation, he was able to trot forward on it after a short while.

This was the magical aspect of Spirit Beast Warhorses.

Their intelligence had awakened, and they could understand human intentions. As long as they recognized you, practicing riding skills wasn't difficult.

Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Zhang Huier, who were practicing riding nearby, didn't have such smooth progress in learning to ride.

Even after a full hour, they were still in a state of nervously sitting on the horse's back and being led around.

It proved that learning to ride from scratch is not easy to get started with.

This is a time-consuming skill that requires a lot of patience and talent.

Of course, the most important thing is courage.

As long as you are brave enough and patient enough, getting started isn't too difficult.

Ai Nengqi and the other two were like Li Dingguo; they had enough courage, and because of their interest, they also had enough patience for learning to ride.

Moreover, they had already become Martial Artists, were agile, and their spiritual power wasn't bad. None of them were stupid, so learning to ride under the continuous guidance of Zhang Xianzhong and the other military men wasn't a big problem.

However, learning to ride a horse doesn't mean you can fight on horseback; that's a completely different fighting style.

Practicing riding, for the few people present, including Li Dingguo, will take a long time and require grinding away with time to become a true cavalryman.

This process is estimated to take months.

By noon, Li Dingguo and the others finished their initial riding practice. Led by Zhang Xianzhong, they each personally led the Spirit Beast Warhorse they had chosen to a stable next to the large courtyard.

Using the Spirit Grass, Spirit Beans, and water that Zhang Xianzhong had sent for, they fed their respective Spirit Beast Warhorses until they were full. They then drew well water to wash them before leaving the stable.

This was a time to build affection with their Spirit Beast Warhorses. Beginners had to do this personally to speed up their riding practice progress.

In the afternoon, these talented youngsters resumed their diligent cultivation of Tiger Roar Fist.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, who had already achieved initial mastery of the True Scripture Cultivation Method, saw their Tiger Roar Fist cultivation progress at a visibly rapid rate, far surpassing Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier.

Witnessing this scene, Zhang Xianzhong became even more delighted.

"These two little guys, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, are indeed monstrous geniuses of the Peerless Prodigy type!"

Zhang Xianzhong thought to himself, "It probably won't take more than ten days. With ample cultivation resources provided, they will likely break through to the mid-stage of Martial Path First Level without any surprises."

"If they work hard enough, breaking through to the late-stage of Martial Path First Level within half a month isn't impossible either."

"Looking at it this way, in two or three months, it's highly possible they will advance rapidly all the way, breaking through to Martial Path Third Level cultivation and becoming main battle generals for the Rebel Army."

"By then, the two of them should be able to be of some use. Serving as the main commanders of this Youth Camp composed of orphans will be no problem at all."

The rapid advancement in cultivation and skill proficiency for Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi was not only due to their own excellent cultivation aptitude and talent, but also Zhang Xianzhong's selfless full support.

He was willing and happy to put in such great effort.

In order to quickly develop and strengthen this Rebel Army he had recently created, and even more so to completely control this Rebel Army in the future, the ambitious Zhang Xianzhong had his own measure in his heart.