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Chapter 210: Chapter 210: Eager to Be Humiliated, Then Let It Be (3)
Easily jumping over five horizontal wooden obstacles, including the highest one at 1.3 meters, ran very smoothly.
After winning the cheers of the whole audience, Tang Yiyi was almost overjoyed.
She already disdainful of Lu Sheng in all kinds, and now she looked even more contemptuous.
However, Lu Sheng did not take these demoralizing words to heart at all.
She simply adjusted her demeanor, adjusted the reins, and then leaned over to stroke the horse’s mane.
The chestnut horse shook its head under her touch and nuzzled her palm, revealing a gesture of affectionate trust.
"Are you ready?" You Yi looked at Lu Sheng and asked.
Lu Sheng nodded, with the reins in hand and her back straight, her calves pressing against the sides of the horse’s belly.
From a distance, onlookers could see the high bridge of the girl’s nose under her helmet and her side profile sculpted as if meticulously carved, beautiful like a painting.
The light golden sunlight sprinkled down, enveloping the girl in a soft halo, highlighting a serene and understated noble aura.
Such temperament made it hard to believe the girl came from some impoverished backwater.
Watching her, she seemed even more graceful and composed than Tang Yiyi, more like a wealthy heiress.
Whistle—
After a whistle blew, the girl began her motion.
At this moment, everyone present couldn’t help but tense up.
They felt that in the next second, they might see Lu Sheng fall off the horse, which would be extremely embarrassing.
But what followed was beyond everyone’s expectation.
The girl controlled the reins steadily with both hands, riding the horse towards the first horizontal wooden obstacle at a calm pace.
Before the jump, she let the horse lift its head with its neck extended, and during the jump, she made the horse shorten its neck, lift its head, and tuck its forelegs upward. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
The horse then pushed off with its hind legs, extending its fetlocks, and leaped forward and upward with the driving force of its hindquarters, carrying the girl into the air.
At the moment of the leap, the girl leaned forward with the horse’s motion to maintain balance. Her back was straight and relaxed, her eyes fixed ahead.
Her legs relaxed and gently pressed against the horse’s ribs; her hands stayed stable with the motion of the horse’s head and neck.
In the next second, both the girl and the horse crossed over the first horizontal wooden obstacle, landed steadily, and continued forward.
Then came the second, third, fourth...
until she went over the fifth and highest horizontal wooden obstacle, still in the same manner.
From approaching the obstacle to takeoff, from mid-air to landing—
Every gesture and movement of the girl was as standard as an equestrian textbook, perfectly executed, without any deviation or error.
It seemed not like a competition, but as if she was an exemplar in an equestrian class, physically demonstrating every jumping technique for everyone to see.
The whole obstacle jumping process took less than half a minute.
Lu Sheng had already returned to the starting point on horseback, and only then did the onlookers realize.
Holy f**k...
The obstacle jumping was so smooth and stable; are you telling me this is her first time riding??
Not even a trace of the nervousness expected of a beginner, this entire process was even more neat and composed than those who have taken equestrian lessons for two years!
Others mentioned that today was Lu Sheng’s first equestrian class.
The obstacle jumping was just learned from the equestrian teacher earlier.
To learn and perform like this...
What terrifying learning ability?? Is Lu Sheng too amazing?
Fair is fair, Tang Yiyi’s performance just now was also high-standard and quite good.
But after Lu Sheng’s jump, everyone’s attention was focused solely on her.
After all, someone who started learning equestrian at the age of seven and has a third-level HBBK riding certification, performing well on this low-difficulty obstacle is expected.
But here’s a novice who just learned the techniques and managed to complete them smoothly and elegantly; isn’t that even more impressive?
In comparison, it’s not severely insulting, but highly offensive.
Tang Yiyi never expected, Lu Sheng would jump over all the obstacles just like her so smoothly.
She didn’t expect that when Lu Sheng said she could compete with her after just learning, she literally meant that she could keep up just after learning.
To jump as well as her...
This was even more demoralizing than if Lu Sheng had known how to jump obstacles beforehand!
After finishing her jump, Lu Sheng didn’t say a word, but sat on horseback, lightly glancing at Tang Yiyi.
Her gaze, along with her expression, was all very mild.
However, though she didn’t speak, it felt more impactful than words.
Tang Yiyi instantly felt as if she had been slapped in the face, her breath stuck in her chest, flushing and paling by turns.
Meanwhile, You Yi looked up at the girl riding back and slightly drew in his clear jaw, his eyes flickering.
He thought she would complete smoothly.
He wanted to see how exactly she would complete it.
If she was a Demon, she could control the horse purely with Soul Power, making it jump all the obstacles exactly as she wished.
But he watched intently, clearly witnessing the entire process.
The girl before him definitely used no Soul Power.
She purely relied on technique to complete those five obstacles.
And all the techniques and essentials were what he had just taught her—she had perfectly replicated his demonstration and repeated it all over again.
Is this the learning ability and talent she spoke of?
"You did very well," You Yi first looked towards Lu Sheng, then turned to Tang Yiyi, speaking gently, "Tang’s performance was also quite good."
"Both students managed to jump over all obstacles successfully, and neither made any mistakes."
"So there is no loser in this competition; you both win."
"If that is so, let us end today’s competition here."
— No losers, both win??
Upon hearing this, Tang Yiyi gritted her teeth.
Today she proposed the competition with Lu Sheng to make her lose face in public, to put a dent in her pride.
But what now.
This contest made Lu Sheng stand out again in front of everyone.
And even stepping on her head!!
Tang Yiyi was livid.
No, it absolutely couldn’t end like this.
Otherwise, her staging this today would’ve been for nothing, only making Lu Sheng more popular at school??
"No way!" Tang Yiyi thought and immediately shouted out.
"We were supposed to have stakes in our competition. How can it end without a clear winner or loser, Lu Sheng wants Lingxi, right?"
Hearing this, Lu Sheng glanced at Tang Yiyi, her tone light, "Then what does Tang Yiyi propose we do?"
Tang Yiyi paused for a moment, seemingly struck by a thought, and quickly said: "Since we couldn’t tell the winner in the low-difficulty area, let’s move to the medium-difficulty area."
"Mr. You just taught you the essentials for clearing expansion obstacles and even demonstrated it for you."
Tang Yiyi asserted confidently, "Since you learn so quickly and are so good, let’s continue the competition. Increase the difficulty until a winner is determined!"
