Ten Thousand Jin of Strength

Inside the animal pen, a thousand Piebald Horses were confined. To the left of the pen stood a stable.

Five hundred meters away was a courtyard, fully equipped with everything they needed for daily life.

There was a house, a well, a vegetable garden, pots and pans—everything...

That courtyard was the new home of Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan.

"The smell here is awful!"

Ma Xingyuan had found two wads of cotton somewhere and stuffed them straight into his nostrils.

"Exactly! Exactly!"

Li Yunjing nodded. At that moment, he was starting to regret it.

He should have left his cultivation alone. Why had his nose become so sensitive?

He could smell every last bit of this stench!

His head felt as if it were about to explode.

The stench shot straight to the crown of his head!

"Damn, these Piebald Horses are so fat. We should kill one and roast it. It'd taste great!"

Ma Xingyuan walked around the fence, inspecting it carefully.

Though he joked about it, he didn't dare be careless. If they failed to raise the Piebald Horses properly, they would have contribution points deducted. How could he stand for that?

"Heh! Those Piebald Horses are all plump and strong. They should taste pretty good."

Li Yunjing joined in the joking.

Piebald Horses looked like ordinary horses, but had white bodies, black tails, a horn on their heads, and teeth and claws like a tiger.

The sound they made was like the beating of a drum.

These weren't ordinary horses. Every one of them had several thousand jin of strength.

Ordinary people had no way of taming them.

Otherwise, there would have been no need to carve talismans and restrictions into the fence.

After inspecting the stable, Li Yunjing went to their living quarters next door.

A small courtyard, two single-story rooms, and a storeroom.

The two rooms were naturally where the two of them lived.

The storeroom was much larger than the house. It held the feed. Piebald Horses didn't eat ordinary horse fodder; even their top-grade hay was infused with spiritual energy.

As Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan sorted their things, they grumbled, "These beasts eat better than we do!"

From that day on, Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan began their work.

Raising horses was hard labor. They had to get up in the middle of the night to add more hay.

Fortunately, the Piebald Horses were meant to supply the sect's dining halls, so they didn't need to walk them. Otherwise, the two of them would have been worked to death.

Even so, life was hard. The two men had never done any labor before, and the work left them utterly miserable.

Three days passed in peace.

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan finally settled in.

One clear, crisp morning, Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan had just finished a set of boxing exercises when they heard footsteps approaching.

They looked toward the entrance and saw their steward, Hou Boyan, arriving with several Outer Disciples.

"Greetings, Steward Hou! Greetings, Senior Brothers!"

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan didn't dare be remiss. They hurried forward and bowed.

"Mm! Here's the order. Ten Piebald Horses are to be taken away today!"

Hou Boyan grunted through his nose and handed Li Yunjing a slip of paper.

Li Yunjing looked at it and saw that it was an order from the Elegant Fragrance Garden.

They needed some meat delivered, and these Senior Brothers had come to collect the Piebald Horses.

"Yes, Steward Hou. Senior Brothers, this way, please!"

Li Yunjing nodded and said with a beaming smile.

At the stable, Li Yunjing took the token from Ma Xingyuan and channeled his magical power into it. The token flashed, and a doorway one zhang wide appeared in the fence.

The entire fence was electrified except for the doorway, allowing people to pass freely.

"Beast! Get over here!"

A burly Outer Disciple bellowed. He stepped forward, curled his five fingers, and grabbed at the air.

In an instant, a yellow hand of light seized a Piebald Horse over two meters tall by the neck and hauled it out.

"Neigh!"

The Piebald Horse had been seized without warning. Sensing danger, it struggled with all its might and let out a loud, piercing cry.

But this Outer Disciple seemed to possess profound magical power. After the Piebald Horse struggled for a while, he clamped a hand around its throat and strangled it to death.

The enormous corpse was lifted through the air and slammed onto the ground with a thud, sending up a cloud of dust.

"Hiss..."

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan sucked in a sharp breath. Their Senior Brother's magical power was incredible!

They had dealt with the Piebald Horses for three days and knew how powerful the beasts were. The slightest movement from one could unleash several thousand jin of strength.

When fighting for its life, it would surely be even stronger.

They hadn't expected such a huge beast to be crushed to death with a single grip.

"Heh heh! Junior Brother Wang, what formidable magical power!"

Even Hou Boyan couldn't help praising him.

"Hahaha! I'm not much of a hand at this. How could I deserve Senior Brother Hou's praise?"

The Outer Disciple with the surname Wang replied modestly.

But the smug look on his face said otherwise. Hou Boyan's praise had clearly made him very happy.

"I'll go capture a few Piebald Horses too!"

Another Outer Disciple said with a chuckle, itching to give it a try.

"Hahaha! Junior Brother Xu is immensely strong. We might as well see what he can do!"

The others chimed in.

"Ha!"

With a loud shout, the man strode through the doorway and grabbed a Piebald Horse by the mane on its neck.

The Piebald Horse gave a pained whinny and kicked at him with its forelegs.

"You beast! You still dare to resist?"

The Outer Disciple surnamed Xu sneered and swept his foot across. A sharp crack rang out as the hoof that came at him snapped a bone.

The Piebald Horse lost its footing. The Outer Disciple gave it a tug, and it crashed to the ground.

"Come here!"

The Outer Disciple put strength into his hand, grabbed the Piebald Horse by its horn, and dragged the nearly two-thousand-jin beast out of the stable.

Such incredible strength!

Even when the Piebald Horse struggled with all its might and unleashed ten thousand jin of strength, it was no match for this Outer Disciple.

The tall horse was like a toy in his hands, there for him to toy with as he pleased.

"Hiss..."

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan sucked in another sharp breath.

These Piebald Horses were immensely strong. They could easily smash a whole house to pieces.

It would have been no surprise if he had subdued one with magical power.

But this Senior Brother had captured a Piebald Horse with ten thousand jin of strength using nothing but his own body. It was truly astonishing.

Li Yunjing pondered it. For this man to handle a Piebald Horse so effortlessly, he must have had a hundred thousand jin of strength in his whole body.

This was pure physical strength.

In that respect alone, he was far beyond Li Yunjing.

It seems I still have a long way to go. There's so much I need to learn.

The sight didn't discourage Li Yunjing. Instead, it filled him with fighting spirit.

After all the Piebald Horses had been killed one by one, an Outer Disciple took out a bag.