Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 241: Battle of Elephant Power (1)

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Yingdan knew that he didn't have a suitable response plan for the time being, so she said: "King Ling, why don't you let me answer it? I know something about the reason..." She wanted to take the responsibility of this matter herself to help Chu Xiaomu out of his predicament.

Chu Xiaomu had actually thought of several responses in his mind, but he was afraid that he would not be able to gain Xiangli's trust, so he was thinking carefully.

Xiangli interrupted Yingdan and said, "No, don't try to deceive me. He has said that he was the only one who set fire to the mountain, so it was he alone. None of you should say anything more, otherwise I will not be polite!" As he spoke, his eyebrows were raised, and he looked stern and fierce.

Chu Xiaomu saw that Xiangli was not some tyrannical evil spirit. If he knew that we were trying to save more than a thousand horses, he probably wouldn't make things difficult for us. He couldn't think of a better reason at the moment, so he told him the truth and said, "We really had no choice but to set fire to the mountain."

"What's the last resort?"

"A few months ago, the weather suddenly became extremely cold and dozens of our horses froze to death overnight. So we had no choice but to set fire to the mountains to keep the horses warm. We really had to use this method to save their lives."

"Nonsense!" Xiang Li suddenly shouted. Everyone was startled, their eardrums were buzzing, and they thought to themselves that Chu Xiaomu's reason did not satisfy them.

Chu Xiaomu said: "This is absolutely true, it's not nonsense!" Although he was scared, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Xiang Li said, "I believe you set fire to the mountain to save the horses. But you said 'we had to', that's totally wrong, absolutely wrong!"

Chu Xiaomu's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the beast spirit had caught him here. He looked a little stupid, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly become so smart.

Xiangli went on to say, "Only fifty miles south of here, there is a warm spring. It's called the 'No Winter Spring' in our Beast Mountain. The water there is always warm no matter how cold the weather is, and the area within a radius of more than ten miles is as warm as spring. There are fruits and grasses, and people and horses have food to eat. You can go there to spend the winter, and there is no need to burn my Beast Mountain and kill so many small animals. So you are totally wrong when you say 'you have to use it'. Am I wrong to say that I didn't wrong you?!" His voice gradually became stern.

Chu Xiaomu's scalp tingled, thinking that he had killed so many small animals. Although it could be said that he had to do it to save his own life, after all, they were all living creatures. They were burned to death because of the wildfire he set. The sin he committed was not small. He could only say, "We really don't know if there is any 'Neverwinter Spring' nearby, so it can be said that we had to do it 'unavoidably'..."

Xiangli shouted again: "Nonsense, nonsense..." He said "nonsense" seven or eight times in a row, and then said: "You don't know, can't you ask, ask people, ask animals, ask spirits... You can also look for it everywhere, send a few more people to go farther, you will always find it... In short, you didn't have to do it, but you didn't try your best!"

Chu Xiaomu was shocked and thought that what he said made some sense. He indeed did not use his full strength and did not think of the method he mentioned. Moreover, burning the mountain was much simpler than searching aimlessly everywhere.

Moreover, he could still use the spirit-asking technique. The Beast Mountain was so large, with countless streams and creeks. He would definitely be able to find the Yarrow in these places. As long as he asked the spirits, it would be easy to find the Neverwinter Spring. Even if there was no Neverwinter Spring, he could probably find other places to avoid the cold.

I couldn't help but say sadly: "You are right, I really didn't think of these."

Wu Sheng couldn't help but interrupt and said, "You are asking too much. People were almost frozen to death at that time. Who would have the energy to go deep into the Beast Mountain to look for the Neverwinter Spring?"

Xiangli screamed and said, "I told you not to interrupt, and you did it knowingly, so I have to... I have to punish you more severely. Yes, I have to punish you more severely." Xiangli actually changed the penalty temporarily.

Everyone was shocked and frightened. They didn't know what kind of cruel punishment he meant for committing an extra crime. They looked at the beast spirit that was as tall as a hill and didn't even dare to breathe.

Lingweidou kept winking at Chu Xiaomu, signaling him to find a way to escape. Chu Xiaomu shook his head, thinking, if I run away, what if he takes his anger out on you? Besides, this fat and big elephant can shake a person off his horse with just a stomp of his foot, so I can't escape even if I want to.

Chu Xiaomu felt that the beast spirit was targeting him, and he couldn't help feeling angry, but he was afraid of angering the beast spirit, so he had to keep his mouth shut and looked coldly at the elephant who was almost twice as tall as himself.

Little Qisheng leaned at his feet, trembling with fear. Chu Xiaomu leaned over and picked him up, saying softly, "Don't be afraid, Qisheng, I'm here."

The nine red ponies, including Hong Da and Hong Er, did not understand the danger. They came jumping and skipping over to play with Xiao Qisheng and circled around Chu Xiaomu's feet. Hong Da even bit his trouser leg with his mouth, meaning that Chu Xiaomu should put Qisheng down to play.

When Xiangli saw the nine little red horses, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Where did you pick up these little red horses?"

Chu Xiaomu didn't know what his intention was, and was thinking about how to deal with the punishment he mentioned, so he didn't say anything.

Yingdan said: "King Ling, these ponies were not picked up, but were produced by the horses we raise."

Xiang Li said, "How is this possible? Do you know what kind of horses these are? How did you produce the military horses in Bicheng?"

Yingdan shook her head and said she didn’t know.

Xiang Li asked Chu Xiaomu again if he knew, and Chu Xiaomu said unhappily that he didn't know.

Xiangli snorted twice and said, "I'm sorry you don't know. Although these ponies are not as powerful as the Shenma, they are also extraordinary horses from the Cangmu Kingdom. They are called 'Dragon Spots'. They must be hybridized from different horse breeds and the spiritual energy of the Beast Mountain must be gathered to produce such good horses on a snowy day."

Everyone was pleasantly surprised. They had never expected that these little red horses with two white crooked spots on their backs were actually the "Dragon Spots" mentioned by the beast spirit! And the three conditions he mentioned, "they must be hybrids of different horse breeds", "they must gather the spiritual energy of the beast mountain", and "they must be born on a snowy day", all matched the birth conditions of these little horses.

Xiangli frowned in thought, hummed a few times, and said: "Since you saved the zebra dragon, I will reduce your crime by one level, one plus one minus will offset it. But I still can't forgive you for burning my beast mountain."