NOVPUB
Chapter 455: Chapter 100: Creating the Boxing Manual, On the Verge of Breaking Limit Again! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!!)_2
Then, he put down Little Dumpling.
He rubbed her head, "Go play! I’ll bring you some candied hawthorns when I come back!"
Hearing the words "candied hawthorns," Little Dumpling’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"Uncle, I want two candied hawthorns, one for the snowman and one for myself."
Jiang Ning couldn’t help but tease her, "Aren’t you going to share with your Papa and Mama, or your brother Yiming?"
"I... I..." Little Dumpling stammered, fumbling with her fingers, "Papa and Mama, plus brother, that makes three people!"
"I only have... only have two candied hawthorns..."
As she spoke, Little Dumpling looked up at Jiang Ning, her eyes filled with a pitiful plea.
"Uncle, can you buy three? With three, I could share with Papa and Mama, and brother, too!"
"And what about you?" Jiang Ning crouched down, playfully flicked her little nose.
"I don’t like eating candied hawthorns, they’re sour and not tasty at all!" As she spoke, Jiang Ning noticed the saliva sliding down the corner of her mouth.
Seeing this, he couldn’t help but smile even more.
Then he flicked Little Dumpling’s nose again, stood up, and said, "I’ll buy you five."
"Five candied hawthorns?!!" Little Dumpling’s face filled with amazement; her eyes sparkled as if she had thought of something spectacular.
Jiang Ning said, "But you can only eat one!"
Hearing this, Little Dumpling’s face fell, and she hung her head dejectedly.
"Alright!!"
"Little Lv, let’s go!" Jiang Ning called out to Lv Yi, who was standing at the edge of the steps outside the front gate.
Then he turned his head to Jiang Li, "Big brother, I’m heading out!"
"Alright!" Jiang Li nodded, then added a word of caution, "Be careful on the road!"
"Mm!" Jiang Ning nodded in response.
Following that, he and Lv Yi walked down the steps to the stone-paved ground.
"Little Lv, has the carriage been bought?" Jiang Ning asked.
"Young master, it was bought yesterday! It’s currently parked in the Wang family’s stable," Lv Yi replied as she followed behind Jiang Ning.
Previously, he had always rented carriages.
The Wang family’s stable, located a hundred meters away, was where he rented from.
His house was surrounded by large estates, inhabited by either the wealthy or the noble.
Hence, the business for the Wang family’s stable was booming, with many neighboring residents storing their carriages there.
After all, many people’s homes had no space reserved for a stable.
Just like the residence Jiang Ning had purchased.
Located on higher ground, every time he entered the mansion’s gates, he had to climb sixteen steps.
Thus, this property had no wide side door reserved for carriages.
That was also why he had not bought a carriage previously.
Now, with Lv Yi handling these trivial matters, and with the convenience of the Wang family’s stable nearby, she had taken advantage of the snow-free weather yesterday to go to the horse market and buy a carriage for themselves.
"Young master, shall I go bring the carriage?" Lv Yi offered. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
"No need!" Jiang Ning shook his head, "I’d like to go see what our new carriage looks like."
...
Moments later.
Jiang Ning and Lv Yi arrived in front of the Wang family’s stable.
Although the weather made it seem somewhat deserted, the wide pathway in front of the stable had been cleared of any snow.
As they stepped into the stable,
They saw two men sitting by a fire pit under a clean stable entrance, warming themselves by the fire.
One of them wielded a stick stoking a half-charred sweet potato, while the other was puffily exhaling smoke from a dry pipe.
The footsteps of the two entering the stable caught the attention of the men.
The next moment,
When they recognized Jiang Ning, they jolted upright.
The old man smoking the dry pipe quickly laid it aside, and the other man also dropped his sweet potato-stirring stick.
"Mr. Jiang!"
"Greetings to Mr. Jiang!!"
"Mr. Jiang, such a filthy and disorderly place is not suitable for your presence," the old man said apologetically, smiling at Jiang Ning.
These two men who worked at the Wang family’s stable all year recognized Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning said, "I’ve come to look at my carriage."
"Your carriage, sir, is??" The old man’s face was all smiles.
Lv Yi standing behind Jiang Ning promptly showed a tag.
"Oh!! So this young lady is with the sir!" the old man suddenly realized.
Then he said, "Please wait here, sir; I will bring out the Snow Red Flame Colt that’s parked here for you."
A while later.
Hii-hii—
Two majestic horses, moving with stable paces, pulled a four-wheeled carriage toward Jiang Ning.
The carriage was about two meters wide and three meters long.
Two tall treasures of horses had calmness filling their eyes at the moment, clearly having been tamed long ago.
The steeds stood about eight feet tall, their bodies pure white like snow.
Yet their hooves were as though soaked in cinnabar, crimson as blood.
The hair on their tails and manes was likewise blood red.
Thus originated the name Snow Red Flame Colt.
Their fur was white as snow, but their hooves, manes, and tails were blood red.
With just one glance, Jiang Ning knew these were fine horses, already well-trained by the horse traders.
"Mr. Jiang, these are the two treasure horses your servant girl stored here yesterday," said the old man puffing on his dry pipe with a smile on his face.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded right away.
Then, he approached the two Snow Red Flame Colts.
He reached out to rub their heads, his eyes showing no glint of spirit, obviously thoroughly domesticated into unspiritual tools.
Seeing this, an idea immediately came to Jiang Ning’s mind.
...
Moments later.
Jiang Ning and Lv Yi rode in the carriage, slowly moving away from the Wang family’s horse stables.
After turning a corner along the street.
Jiang Ning lifted the carriage curtain and stepped out.
In his clasped palm, shrouded by his spiritual power, were two drops of deep red blood.
"Young Master, why have you come out?" Lv Yi’s face showed surprise and confusion upon seeing Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning glanced at her and immediately noticed her little face reddened from the cold, and her hands rubbing together ceaselessly.
Although it hadn’t snowed today, the temperature was still below zero.
Driving the carriage down the road, the headwinds and the cutting chill were naturally tough to bear for an ordinary person like Lv Yi.
"Let’s stop the carriage first!" said Jiang Ning.
"Yes, Young Master!" Lv Yi quickly responded.
Then she pulled the reins, and the two Snow Red Flame Colts obediently slowed their galloping hooves.
Once the carriage had fully stopped.
"Wait here for me!" Jiang Ning commanded Lv Yi and then jumped down from the carriage.
Before the puzzled gaze of Lv Yi, Jiang Ning approached the two Snow Red Flame Colts.
He pried open the mouth of one colt and with a flick of his finger, he shot one of the blood beads—he had prepared earlier in the carriage—into the mouth of the Snow Red Flame Colt.
He did the same with the other horse, a blood bead flicked into its mouth.
Following the entry of the blood, the two Snow Red Flame Colts immediately started making "xi xi" noises.
The hot breath they exhaled was clearly visible in the winter air, spreading out slowly like white mist.
"It worked!!" Jiang Ning inwardly celebrated.
Then he jumped back onto the carriage, "Little Lv, let’s stay put for a while!"
"Yes, Young Master!" Lv Yi promptly answered.
Jiang Ning swept the curtain aside and looked at her again, then said, "Come in and wait! It’s cold outside."
"Yes!" With a softer gaze, Lv Yi answered again.
...
The two sat in the carriage, waiting in silence.
Jiang Ning also slowly flipped through a book in his hands.
Yesterday, when Lv Yi went out, not only did she buy a carriage and two Snow Red Flame Colts, but she also brought back some ancient books he had never seen before.
Rubbing of ancient texts treasured in Wanhua Building.
Which contained much knowledge he had not yet understood.
Flipping through these books.
He could also gain Reading and Writing Skill Experience Value.
[Skill]: Reading and Writing (fourth Break Limit 4811/5000) (Traits: Unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility, Outstanding Comprehension)
"Just over a hundred points left."
After glancing at his panel, Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Then he returned his gaze to the book before him, slowly leafing through the pages.
[Reading and Writing Experience Value +1]
[Reading and Writing Experience Value +1]
[Reading and Writing Experience Value +1]
[...]
As he perused the books, his Reading and Writing experience slowly increased, getting closer and closer to the five-thousand-point target.
Meanwhile, outside, the two Snow Red Flame Colts were experiencing a sharp transformation due to having absorbed his blood, becoming one of his Favored.
A metamorphosis at the physical level.
This was also one of Jiang Ning’s tests.
From Lv Yi, he could tell his Authority as a Descendant of the Divine was different from that of the Blood and Flesh God of the God Worship Sect.
His own Authority seemed purer.
While the God Worship Sect’s demonic God’s Authority was full of distortion and evil, resulting in its Martial Artists becoming Divine Descendants with monstrous appearances.
