Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 188 Duke Anle

In the slightly intoxicating stable, the knight, along with Lin Fan and Doctor Lei, ignored all the mares on the road and walked all the way to the deepest part of the stable.

In the last compartment, there was a very tall, pure black horse.

The horse held its neck high, its eyes filled with arrogance, and with its exaggerated height, it exuded a haughty air.

Moreover, its neck is exceptionally thick, about three times the thickness of a normal neck.

"This one is male!" Zi Yue, who had stood up from the ground, reported this 'remarkable' information to Lin Fan.

"Okay, okay," Lin Fan said impatiently. He didn't even want to think about what was going on; it didn't matter anyway.

Suddenly remembering what Ziyue had seen while lying on the ground, Lin Fan pinched her cheek and said, "Don't look at unclean things in the future."

Zi Yue looked at Lin Fan with a mischievous grin, "Acheng, I'm two months older than you. What haven't I seen?"

"Greetings, Duke Anle!" The knight bowed respectfully to the tall horse.

"So this horse is the Duke of Anle. Is that a title bestowed by the imperial court, or just a nickname for the horse?" Doctor Lei asked curiously.

The knight said respectfully, "The Duke of Anle is a former official of the previous dynasty, and the current dynasty will allow him to retain his title."

"A former official of the previous dynasty? Isn't that over a hundred years old? What a long-lived horse!" Doctor Lei exclaimed.

Even Lin Fan was slightly moved when he heard about this, or rather, he didn't have a good impression of this kind of old man who had lived for over a hundred years.

The knight continued to explain, "It is precisely because of the Duke of Anle's excellent bloodline that the Marquis's stables have been able to produce a continuous stream of excellent warhorses."

Dr. Lei looked around. As a doctor, even if he wasn't a veterinarian, it was easy for him to make the connection. "Oh, I see. With such a magnificent steed as the father, even if these mares are of average quality, they can still produce excellent offspring."

A rustling sound. The mechanical beast Xiao Yi emerged from the haystack.

"Xiao Yi, why did you come along?" Lin Fan looked at his mechanical beast with some curiosity, knowing that it generally wouldn't act on its own without his command.

A pair of tiny, bean-sized eyes looked at the gigantic horse, which was dozens of times taller than itself, and their eyes met.

The tall, majestic horse, which hadn't even glanced at Lin Fan and the others, looked down at the small, ant-like mechanical beast.

"Hehehe."

Lin Fan and Doctor Lei felt a chill run down their spines and nervously looked around.

"I never thought this day would come. If anyone knew about this moment, it would be enough to be recorded in history."

Lin Fan finally found the source of the sound. The horse's mouth opened and closed, and it was speaking fluent Daqian Mandarin.

The knight quickly bowed respectfully, "Duke, do you have any orders?"

The horse shook its head, its mane swaying. "It's alright, you can continue, don't worry about me."

"Wait, how can this horse talk? Is it a horse demon?" Lin Fan couldn't help but blurt out in surprise.

The tall, magnificent horse looked at Lin Fan and said, "Kid, you can talk too? Are you a transvestite?"

"You son of a bitch!" Lin Fan reached out to pull out the huge wooden sword from his back, but then thought it wasn't worth getting into a fight with a horse.

"You humans, seeing other races as having intelligence, call them this demon or that demon, but have you never considered that you are actually monkeys who have become spirits and thus turned into what you are now?" the horse calmly murmured.

After saying that, Lin Fan decided not to argue with him and would not engage in such a pointless debate about definitions, so he simply shut up.

After a moment of silence, Doctor Lei, not wanting to ask the giant horse any offensive questions, turned to the knight and said, "Since this divine steed, uh, this divine steed..."

Upon hearing his address, the giant horse snorted disdainfully.

Doctor Lei continued, "Since the Duke's offspring are so outstanding, why not let them continue to reproduce? In that case, it might even improve all the horse breeds in the Great Qian Dynasty."

This makes a lot of sense, especially for Dr. Lei, who has studied medicine in two lifetimes; it's simply a matter of course.

The knight bowed to the giant horse, indicating that he had offended it and hoped that the other party would forgive him, before explaining: "The Duke's bloodline is special. His descendants are only... young masters, not princesses. Moreover, young masters cannot reproduce, uh, they cannot have any more offspring."

After stammering out his words, Dr. Lei nodded knowingly.

Lin Fan, standing to the side, burst out laughing. "Isn't that just a mule?"

*chuckles*

The giant horse snorted loudly, as if it were about to say something.

But Lin Fan preemptively said, "Hey, humans are different in this respect. We can't produce mules with monkeys."

The giant horse trembled with rage, shook its head, turned around, and disappeared behind it.

Upon seeing this, the knight bowed respectfully again, saying, "Respectfully seeing off King Bo."

Lin Fan chuckled a few times, feeling much better. He then said somewhat apologetically to the knight, "Was what I said too harsh? Should we go and apologize?"

The knight waved his hand, "It's alright, it's alright. Although Lord Bo Wang is of noble status, he is still just a horse. Whenever high-ranking officials from the court come to visit, they always ask a lot of disrespectful questions. I think he's used to it."

So that's how it is. Lin Fan watched the giant horse disappear into the space behind the stable and sighed inwardly. He thought that he was probably forced to be so foul-mouthed.

The knight continued with a smile, "Are you two satisfied? Normally, only officials of the sixth rank or above are qualified to meet with the King of Bo."

Dr. Lei didn't answer, but yawned, "I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."

Lin Fan thought it was a good idea; some irrelevant things could help distract Dr. Lei.

At night, the horse farm had hot water for bathing, which Lin Fan was very satisfied with.

After taking a nap, Lin Fan secretly went out at the first watch of the night and found Sun Ruolan chanting scriptures in the courtyard.

Lin Fan bowed to Sun Ruolan with one hand clasped together and said with a smile, "Holy Maiden, I want a hand today."

Sun Ruolan frowned slightly, "Brother Lin, aren't you being a bit too hasty? Besides, this isn't something you can just do as you please."

Lin Fan shook his head, "If I trusted others, I naturally couldn't do as I pleased, but I trust you."

Sun Ruolan frowned, "But I..."

"I believe you will succeed," Lin Fan said firmly.

……

After the daily chanting session ended, Lin Fan still couldn't sleep. His mind was always in a mess. He wanted to check on Dr. Lei; maybe he couldn't sleep either.

Listening to the thunderous snoring outside the door, Lin Fan realized he was wrong. How could anyone sleep? Lin Fan was the kind of person who couldn't sleep easily when he had something on his mind. He really envied Doctor Lei's sleep.

Lin Fan wandered around the horse farm out of sheer boredom.

"Hehe, walking hand in hand like this feels like we're on a date."

Ziyue said with a grin.

Lin Fan nodded. "Fine, a casual stroll is fine too." The two strolled until they reached the entrance of the luxurious stables they had visited that evening.

Lin Fan, draped in an invisibility cloak, looked at the yawning gatekeeper at the entrance.

"Why don't we go back inside and chat with that big horse?" Ziyue suggested.