Chapter 280: Scales on the Face

The three came to the stable and saw Chishan; the small official beside the registrar's eyes lit up, and he ran up to appreciate the horse's appearance.

He looked from the horse's teeth to the horse's tail, and then to the horse's hooves, and the admiration in his eyes became stronger.

Chishan felt something in its heart and proudly raised its head.

"Master Liang is really willing to spend money; it is quite rare to have such a horse appearance within the fifth rank; you must have fed a lot of precious plants, right?"

The small official is a horse official, specializing in raising horses in horse administration; whether a horse is raised well or not depends first on the horse's mane.

Chishan's mane hung down naturally, oily and smooth, with distinct and fine roots, which is a sign of being raised very well.

Especially the pair of horse eyes, bright and energetic, as if there were electric light, the energy must be abundant and vigorous.

You can't raise such a quality by eating ordinary forage; you must feed precious plants, and you can't feed them occasionally; you have to feed them often, two meals every three days.

"Fed quite a lot."

Liang Qu harvests precious fish every day; after joining the river dolphin army, he can get five or six fish a day when there are many, and there are dozens of Water Marsh Essence.

He often feeds Chishan some scraps, grinds the dried fish bones into powder, and mixes them into the forage, so it is naturally raised well.

It doesn't cost much money, self-produced and self-sold, not to mention that Fan Xinglai at home takes care of Chishan alone, and all his energy is on it, taking care of it properly.

The horse official didn't think so.

Precious plants and precious meat cost money; being willing to spend such a large cost naturally means he is a horse lover, and he immediately felt a sense of favor, and the resentment of being incorporated into the mission and rushing thousands of miles away dissipated, with three points of admiration in his eyes.

Liang Qu didn't know why, and just handed the sandalwood box containing the promotion pill to him.

The horse official took the sandalwood box and took out the promotion pill.

The moment the promotion pill was revealed, Chishan immediately turned red-eyed, kicking the horse stall, trying to stick its head out to eat the big pill.

The horse servants around didn't dare to approach; they couldn't pull such a powerful big horse.

Just when the horse official held the pill in his palm and took out a dagger to cut it open, mixing it in the milk liquid and preparing to make a quick decision, he heard a shout from Liang Qu beside him.

"Stop!"

Chishan's big eyes became clear again. It no longer kicked the horse stall, but lowered its head, staring dead at the big pill.

The long saliva dripped into the feeding trough, sticky like glue.

Hiss!

The horse official was truly startled.

It is natural for a Dragon Blood Horse to crave a promotion pill; instinct is at work, and it is uncontrollable, just like being in heat.

It's not a question of whether it wants to or not, it's a question of whether the second brother listens or not.

He has been working in horse administration, and so far he hasn't seen any Dragon Blood Horse below the third rank that can restrain its desire in front of a promotion pill.

"If Master Liang comes to work in horse administration, it is not impossible to be a Taipu Minister in the future."

"I don't have this ambition."

Liang Qu smiled; speaking of which, he didn't know why, but he seemed to have a natural restraint on horses.

He thought of the monkey crouching on the hitching stone at his door.

Perhaps it was because monkeys restrain horses?

Chishan calmed down, the horse official was no longer in a hurry, slowly reconciled the big pill, and fed it bit by bit.

After eating the whole big pill, about a quarter of an hour passed, Chishan began to pace, and its body temperature rose.

The big horses around became uneasy, retreated to the corner of the stable, and didn't even eat the forage.

The horse official said: "Dragon Blood Horse promotion takes about half an hour; if Master Liang has something to do, just leave me here to watch."

Liang Qu shook his head; half an hour is not long.

Chishan was a bit hot and confused; it sprayed hot air from its mouth and nose, constantly shaking its head.

The horse official borrowed a wooden bucket and poured cold water on Chishan's body; the water liquid flowed through its body surface, emitting bursts of white smoke.

After another quarter of an hour, bean-sized blood dripped from Chishan's nose.

Liang Qu looked at the horse official, and the horse official explained busily.

"It's a normal phenomenon; this is about to change blood and grow scales."

Grow scales?

Liang Qu stared at Chishan; the bright red blood from its nose surged more and more; after a piece flowed on the ground, from the forehead to the nose, a thin straight line gradually grew a layer of fine scales!

The scales were very narrow, only a finger wide, like a middle line on the head, very fine and dense, not visible if you don't look carefully.

Not only the horse head, but also the horse chest, and the two sides from the shoulder blade to the neck began to grow red scales!

"It's really mixed with dragon blood."

Liang Qu was slightly shocked; did the imperial court catch a dragon species to breed?

If it's a dragon, it belongs to water, right?

Why is the governance unsuccessful?

Is the land beast part much larger than the water beast part?

Liang Qu felt that perhaps this was the reason; before today, Chishan was no different from ordinary horses in appearance, at most it was more majestic, until today it was promoted to the fourth rank, and it revealed its exotic characteristics.

I don't know what the third and second ranks look like?

Half an hour passed in a flash, and Chishan gradually calmed down.

The horse official poured the last bucket of water, wiped the sweat on his face, checked the various quality characteristics on Chishan's body, and was overjoyed.

"Success! Horse head, horse chest, and horse shoulder blade all have scales, which is the fourth-rank characteristic, and this Dragon Blood Horse of yours has a good foundation itself; the scales on the chest and the shoulder blade are connected; such quality, only one or two out of ten!"

Liang Qu stepped forward and touched Chishan's head.

The new scales on its body were red, extremely fine and dense, hidden under the horse hair, only the chest and abdomen were obvious, like a layer of natural armor, connected in a "v" shape, protecting the fatal parts.

Scraping the scales with fingernails, there was a sound of gold and iron clashing, which was quite extraordinary.

The overall shape didn't change much, just taller and stronger, and the aura was much stronger, looking more majestic.

Liang Qu exchanged greetings and thanked the registrar and the horse official, and couldn't wait to ride on Chishan, pulling the reins.

Without waiting for the horse servants to open the horse stall, Chishan kicked the ground slightly, and the whole horse jumped out of the horse stall more than a meter high like a fierce tiger leaping over a stream.

Immediately, the scenery around Liang Qu retreated rapidly, and a strong wind pressure came to his face, forcing him to lower his body.

Passers-by looked up and saw a blurry red shadow, and when they reacted, a strong wind blew past them, and the red shadow disappeared.

"Seeing a ghost in broad daylight?"

The horse's hooves brought up grass clippings, floating in the air, startling the crabs that poked out of the holes in the mud and sand on the shore.

In a moment, Liang Qu had arrived at the familiar Shangrao Pier, and he could feel the constant ups and downs of Chishan's chest and abdomen between his legs, obviously using all his strength, and a bit out of breath.

But...

From the River Patrol to Shangrao Pier, it's about six li; how long did it take?

Liang Qu did not have a watch and could not estimate the time precisely, but he guessed it was definitely no more than a minute!

The speed was actually so fast!

Coming and going like the wind!

Strong wind!

Ordinary people don't go to their neighbor's house that fast, right?

Liang Qu was pleasantly surprised and hugged Chishan's head, took out the green wolf dagger, cut his finger, and drew the "Water" character rune on its forehead again.

The blood remained on the scales of Chishan's forehead, and under the drive of some strange power, it condensed and did not dissipate.

Blood light bloomed, the blood shrank under the scales, and in an instant, Chishan's pupils dilated.

One person and one horse had been together for a long time, and there was no resistance at all.

A spiritual connection appeared very smoothly in Liang Qu's sea of consciousness.

Control Chishan.

Success! ===== CHAPTER 281 =====