Da Zaojun

There was indeed a secret realm within the post station, which was a horse market, a place for trading horses. The demons that bred there were the horse demons. Now that the horse demons had been killed, it was indeed possible to raise horses there.

The core of the ritual is related to horses and mounts, belonging to the laws of all trades. There are tests inside. By passing the three tests of judging horses, raising them, and training them, one can obtain the ritual. Perhaps it is related to the legendary "Bole".

Without Song Wuji having to take action himself, the secret treasure chest was quickly opened.

[Yu Ling]
This secret realm token contains laws and regulations related to horse and cattle breeding.

In ancient times, cattle and horses were considered high-level labor, even more valuable than human labor. Therefore, the government issued orders prohibiting the slaughter of cattle and horses without proper justification. There were also officials specifically in charge of managing cattle and horses.

Horses can fight and transport goods, while oxen can plow fields.

In addition, the treasure chest contained a book on horse judging, a prescription for herbal pills, and a bottle of herbal pills.

Baicao Dan (百草丹) is meant to be fed to animals and can cure all kinds of diseases in them. Of course, in principle, it should also have an effect on humans.

There were no other magical artifacts, materials, or anything else.

However, according to the "Treatise on Horse Judging," this is sufficient to complete the ritual.

Song Wuji glanced at it briefly and found that although it was called a horse judging manual, it was actually quite practical, including hybridization techniques. It contained methods for injecting the essence of a dragon into a mare to breed a dragon-scale steed, and methods for injecting the essence of a tiger into a mare to breed a wind-riding steed...

The Dragonscale Steed is naturally suited to be a mount for heavy cavalry, while the Wind Chaser is more suited to be a mount for light cavalry scouts.

However, neither of these two types of horses are herbivores; both eat meat.

This is similar to "Beast Taming Inheritance".

Song Wuji only took the secret realm token; Chen Xiu took the rest.

Chen Xiu looked at it and exclaimed excitedly, "This is a treasure!"

Song Wuji nodded and said, "We can try it later. There are tigers in the Tiger Fang Secret Realm and horses in this post station secret realm. By combining the two, we can try to breed the Wind Chaser."

"It's a pity that the Luohu python was killed like that. It would have been better if it had been kept for breeding."

Song Wuji shook his head: "Don't continue advancing yet. The demonic aura ahead is extremely strong. Send down the order to have the stove masters go and start building stoves and lighting fires. Use this as a foundation to advance mile by mile."

After saying that, Song Wuji took out the banana leaf fan, used the Lesser Yang side, and waved it three times in front of him to summon the "Golden Wind".

The golden wind is the autumn wind, a chilling wind. If a gust of wind blows three times in a row, it will hasten the passing of autumn.

The vegetation in the wilderness suddenly turned yellow and withered.

The large number of venomous insects and snakes lurking within were directly blown to death by the autumnal energy contained in these three golden winds.

The three elders of the Beggars' Sect had previously served as scouts.

A short while later, he returned: "Lord of the Realm, that county town has been completely overrun by demons. We saw many demons and monsters guarding the city."

"Another large army, about three or four thousand strong, is heading towards us."

Song Wuji nodded: "What is the strength of that demon army?"

"All I could see were demonic auras. There were three or four seventh-rank demons, seven or eight eighth-rank demons, and about ten ninth-rank demons. The rest were all unranked."

Upon hearing this, Song Wuji frowned slightly. In the entire Taichang City, only he and City God Tian were currently ranked as seventh-rank officials.

Without him, Chen Xiu and his group alone could barely fight a seventh-rank soldier, and might even suffer heavy losses. However, now that everything is in order and they have five hundred regular soldiers, the competition is not about individual bravery, but about military formations.

Song Wuji's abilities alone were not much of a problem against these three seventh-rank demons, but it was not a good opportunity to train troops. If any of them broke in, it would be a complete massacre.

Immediately, Song Wuji devised a strategy: "Chen Xiu, it's not difficult for you to slaughter eighth-rank soldiers. Now, you need to use the power of battle formations to attack seventh-rank soldiers in order to break through your own limits."

"I will be facing two seventh-rank officials later. You and Lü Han are well-matched in both literary and martial arts, so you can try facing one of them."

"Alright!"

Chen Xiu was still an eighth-rank official after all. Although he was a dual-ritual eighth-rank official, among the three treasures, only his essence and qi reached more than 15, while his spirit of the three treasures only reached 10.

One must have at least one of the three treasures reach 20, and the total value must reach 50, to trigger the second life sublimation, which is considered the threshold to enter the seventh grade.

However, to cultivate the Golden Core technique, the three treasures must be balanced. Therefore, Chen Xiu can only continue to pursue the physical martial arts path and find it difficult to form a Golden Core unless he can make up for the shortcomings of the three treasures.

Song Wuji didn't have any good ideas either, so he had to wait for the Taoist priests from Tiezhu Palace to give him some guidance. After all, Song Wuji himself had balanced the three treasures by relying on the "Three Powers in Harmony" method in the Stove Book and Stove Grid.

Even so, Chen Xiu remained confident that with the help of his treasured bow, killing a seventh-rank demon would not be difficult in long-range combat.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the three great demons—the Bronze Buddha, the Black Cable Python Spirit, and the Five-Tongued Evil God—had already led three or four thousand lesser demons on a march, raising their banners as they went.

This banner has the power to "gather demons," and in an instant, all kinds of demons in the wilderness were attracted. These demons were not from the secret realm, but were born naturally under the influence of the essence of heaven and earth and the brilliance of the sun and moon, amidst the rampant demonic energy. They were not bound by the secret realm and could move freely, but they were of low intelligence and low strength.

"This wind is strange!" The Five Paths Evil God, sitting on his high palanquin, suddenly felt a gust of wind, a wind carrying a murderous intent and a warning.

"What's so strange?"

The bronze Buddha said, "It's quite comfortable!"

The black-coiled python spirit also exclaimed, "You're so easily startled! Aren't you paranoid?"

"It is July, the time when the fire is at its peak, but this wind is the late autumn wind that only comes in October."

Although the Five Gods are evil, they are also known as the All-Powerful Evil Gods. Whether you ask for a child, wealth, or fame, as long as you pay a sufficient price, they can grant your wish. Therefore, they have diverse powers and also possess some wisdom.

The other two demons were rather stubborn and foolish, neither understanding the principles of the changing seasons nor sensing the knowledge contained in the wind.

……

Song Wuji listened intently to the information carried by the wind. Although he had not cultivated the wind technique to the point where the technique possessed a primordial spirit, it still had many applications. For example, this "wind hearing technique" allowed him to hear the "secrets" mixed in with the sound of the wind.

"The Five Paths Evil God? He even found two helpers."

The wind hasn't reached the Black Phoenix yet, and even if it did, the phoenix wouldn't be caught by the wind.

Song Wuji sensed only the feedback from the Five Evil Gods and two unfamiliar messages from the wind.

As he thought of it, something appeared in his hand: the [Five Elements Embryo. Lustful Wooden Donkey]. This was the very object of the evil god, though he had not killed all of them. This object was filled with lewd intent and contained power. It could be used to perform lewd arts, such as dream lovemaking, bewitching spells, and peach blossom union techniques. It could bewitch people's hearts, control them with lust, and make them obsessed and addicted to love and evil.

"The origins of this demon are pigs, sheep, dogs, donkeys, and horses. These are all domestic animals, so I'm afraid its foundation is also related to the five birds and six domestic animals."

(End of this chapter)