UGB Chapter 26 The Eighth Prince, Xiao Quan! A cat and a horse that have become spirits!
Chapter 26 The Eighth Prince, Xiao Quan! A cat and a horse that have become spirits!
Three more days have passed.
As the spring hunt approached, more and more princes came to the Imperial Horse Stable.
Aside from cultivating, Chen Fan has spent the rest of his time these past few days selecting horses for the prince.
Besides the Third Prince, more than a dozen other princes, including the First Prince, Second Prince, and Fourth Prince, also came to the Imperial Stables.
These princes all had the support of their maternal families or court officials.
Wanting to make a good showing at the spring hunt, they naturally had to choose a good horse.
Inside the horse stable.
"Your Highness, this is a horse sent from the Northern Commandery... It has excellent stamina and endurance, but its temperament is somewhat irritable..."
Chen Fan pointed to a horse in the stable and patiently explained.
Standing in front of him was the Eighth Prince Xiao Quan, who was tall and slender, with a handsome face and an air of refinement.
Standing with his hands behind his back, he nodded, a slight smile appearing on his face:
"Eunuch Chen has served in the Imperial Stables for over sixty years and knows the habits of these horses best. Xiao Quan wants this horse!"
"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness..." Chen Fan squinted, a smile on his face.
The Eighth Prince, Xiao Quan, nodded slightly.
After looking around the horse pen, he sighed:
"So many horses are gone... It seems my brothers are quite anxious... Eunuch Chen, tell me... whose horse will be the best at this spring hunt?"
Upon hearing the question, a glint of light appeared in Chen Fan's cloudy eyes.
Seeing the veiled meaning in the Eighth Prince's words, he feigned ignorance and said:
"Although I know about horses, I am not good at riding them... Please forgive me, Your Highness, I really cannot make a judgment."
"Haha... Eunuch Chen is right, Xiao Quan is leaving!" The Third Prince Xiao Quan smiled, glanced at Chen Fan, and strode away.
rational?
Where is the logic in this?
Chen Fan stood there, stunned and confused.
He glanced at the departing figure and quickly led the horse out.
After the Eighth Prince left, the Imperial Stables fell silent.
As soon as Chen Fan sat down back in the house, he couldn't wait to take out the golden bowl and drink water.
He also ate a radish, and his spiritual power rapidly increased again.
Without any panic, Chen Fan stretched his back and began to sit cross-legged to cultivate.
He has been compressing his spiritual energy recently, and the results are quite remarkable.
The spiritual energy in his dantian has now solidified into a small amount about the size of a thumb.
Although it is still far from enough compared to the remaining spiritual energy.
But Chen Fan made the right choice on this path!
Given enough time, the day when he can fully condense the spiritual energy in his dantian will not be too far away.
Furthermore, after Chen Fan successfully compressed his spiritual power, he was able to absorb even more spiritual energy.
He could clearly feel the barrier that separated him from the Acquired Realm!
Perhaps in just a few days, he'll break through to the day after tomorrow!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan's lips curled up into a smile.
……
time flies.
It was soon midnight.
Chen Fan opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air, then got up and went out to the vegetable garden.
Looking at the moonlight shining down on the imperial city, he turned around and took out his longsword from the small wooden house.
Chen Fan, who had not given up swordsmanship, would come to the garden to practice his swordsmanship every night at midnight.
Over time, he mastered the entire Qingping Sword Technique.
Chen Fan originally thought that after learning this sword technique, he would be able to discover the secrets it contained.
But after learning it, he found that it was just an ordinary sword technique.
The treasure that Eunuch Wei mentioned seems somewhat mismatched with the one mentioned by those assassins.
Chen Fan no longer cared about this.
With his mind focused on improving his strength, he considered this an additional skill to rely on.
under the moonlight.
Chen Fan, dressed in eunuch attire, began practicing swordsmanship.
Amidst the flashing sword light, blades of grass occasionally flew up.
Faintly, one could also hear the sounds of swords clanging.
As his sword strikes became faster and faster, Chen Fan was able to control the direction of the sword energy at will.
Not daring to make too much noise, he could only use his sword energy to plow the land.
After practicing for two hours, Chen Fan finally stopped.
His face was covered in wrinkles as he touched the sword, then put it back in the cabin.
Just as he was about to go back, he witnessed an unbelievable scene.
Not far from the vegetable garden, on the palace wall, a tabby cat was lying there, breathing its vital energy into Xuan Yue!
This cat doesn't belong to anyone else; it's Chen Fan's Xiao Hua.
Has it become sentient?
Standing there stunned by what he saw, he was utterly amazed.
You should know that when Chen Fan first adopted this cat, he only used it as a pastime.
But who knew that after raising it for a long time, this cat would become a spirit!
It must be related to the spiritual water and the white radish.
Chen Fan was secretly shocked after learning the cause and effect.
He didn't bother them, pretending not to see them, and went back inside...
……
The next day, at 3:45 AM.
Chen Fan habitually got up to feed the horses.
Recalling what he had seen last night, he lingered in the top-floor room for a while.
It was clear that Hei Feng's spirits were getting better and better after eating radishes for more than half a month.
Its fur was glossy and shiny, and its physique began to become robust.
He looks quite different from his previous old self!
Chen Fan, who suspected that this guy was almost becoming a spirit, smiled and thought that this was truly an unexpected success!
Believing in cause and effect, he sighed a couple of times and casually tossed another radish aside.
After feeding the horse.
Chen Fan then went to the kitchen.
The little stool hasn't come to eat these past two days.
The kid's spirits were clearly off; he seemed listless in everything he did.
If Chen Fan's guess is correct.
Most likely, the palace maid has found a new eunuch!
Having seen and experienced much, he was used to this kind of thing.
"Godfather...you're here!"
In the kitchen, Little Stool saw his godfather arrive and greeted him listlessly.
He looked rather listless as he carried water.
Chen Fan was not surprised.
He sat by the stove, warming himself by the fire, a smile on his old face.
"Godfather... what would you like for lunch today...?"
The quiet atmosphere was not broken until the little stool returned to the house.
"I don't have a good appetite...you eat it yourself." Chen Fan squinted and stood up, saying:
"The spring hunt is about to begin... You need to prepare more fodder, otherwise there won't be enough to feed the horses when they return."
After saying this, Chen Fan hunched over and walked out.
"Understood, Godfather..." Little Stool also helped him off as they left.
He only stopped after seeing his godfather's aged figure leave the kitchen.
He thought to himself that the women in the palace looked down on him as a eunuch who tended horses, so he let it go!
He only wanted to stay at the Imperial Stables with his godfather, so he wouldn't care about any of these things...
……
Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The spring hunt arrived as scheduled.
Apart from the old and young horses, all the young imperial horses in the Imperial Stables were chosen by the princes!
Even the small stool was taken to the spring hunting grounds to be used to appease the imperial horses.
Chen Fan is too old to go this year!
He wasn't surprised to see the empty horse pen.
After feeding Black Wind, Chen Fan originally planned to go straight back to his room to cultivate.
Halfway down the road, he suddenly felt lighter and his vision became clearer...