459 Taming the Noble Steed (1/2)
The red foal was behaving exactly as Yun Yang had expected, so he was not surprised as he continued walking forward, unperturbed by the horses' actions.
Watching the human walk away, the red foal hesitated, but could not fight the temptation of the delicacy; it clip-clopped over once more and repeated what it did, nudging Yun Yang's hand then his back with its head, with the obvious intent to ask for grass.
Yun Yang flung his hand away and avoided the stallion. He walked forward in a huff, hugging the big bundle of grass to his chest. He would no longer let the horse touch it.
The horse stared innocently, following him closely with a lowered head; it went near to touch it again but was denied its wish. It tried once more and again… and succeeded! The red horse shook its head and wagged its tail happily, its tongue coming out to curl in the bundle.
Yun Yang pulled out another two to three strands of grass to pass them over to the eager horse. The red foal munched on them joyfully, but was still not satisfied. Its craving grew more intense; it wanted nothing more than to devour the big bundle of green in Yun Yang's embrace, to satisfy its hunger.
Yun Yang put his hand on the back of the horse once again while it drew back promptly as well, still hesitant.
After the process repeated itself three different times, Yun Yang seemed to be utterly angered. He walked forward at a faster pace, and no matter how the foal pandered to him or acted docile, it was not allowed to touch or eat the grass anymore!
The scene unfolded over a distance of ten thousand feet.
The white horse back at the other end, together with both the horse herds, was dumbfounded and speechless; they could not understand what was happening.
A while later, the red horse could no longer restrain itself and galloped to a halt in front of Yun Yang. Its head bobbed before it went into Yun Yang's embrace, its mouth agape to bite the grass.
”Are you trying to steal it after you can't win it?! Are you a horse bandit? Why don't you be god if you're so capable!” Yun Yang raged; with a flip of his wrist, the large green bundle disappeared at once.
The red foal was dumbstruck.
”Where is my grass?”
”Where is my delicacy?”
”Where has it gone to?”
”Does this person know magic? Why has it vanished into thin air?”
A horse was still a horse after all; it did not know about the essential travel storage item, the Spatium Ring. However, it knew as much that it was Yun Yang's trick, so it anxiously spun on the spot, its eyes nervous and eager to please.
Yun Yang ignored it, still walking forward as if he did not see that there was a horse right in front of him.
The horse snuck over again and he avoided it, moving in a different direction.
You want my grass but you won't let me ride you! I can choose to not want you now, can't I? Yun Yang's determined decision flooded the red horse with panic.
”This human is ignoring me! What should I do?”
”If I get to eat more of this grass, it will greatly benefit me, and I'll be even more outstanding!”
”As long as that bundle is all for me, I feel that even my blood can be refined to heights of purity that have never been seen before!”
Yun Yang continued to walk away. The red foal, obviously in a panic from the sight, hopped to his front and nudged him back with its head; Yun Yang neatly sidestepped the large beast, only for it to stop him again.
Both of them had come to an odd standstill.
After some time, Yun Yang finally came to a halt. The horse stood before him dejectedly, its head lowered and ears flopped down.
”Hmph!”
Yun Yang scoffed coldly, pretending that he was about to walk away to the other side. The horse panicked then; nickering, it fell to the ground and rolled about, showing its white belly.
The stallion's hooves were half curled as it faced the sky; its eyes stared beguilingly at a certain conscienceless human.
Yun Yang was exasperated and scolded the prone creature, ”You want to snatch it when you can't steal it, you try to win it over by acting spoilt when you can't manage to snatch it, and when that can't work either, you're behaving like a rogue now? Aren't you a king of horses? Where is your grace? Where is your pride? Isn't there a bottom line to your dignity? I've certainly widened my knowledge horizon today!”
The horse could not understand what he was saying of course, only looking at him with a tilted head.
Yun Yang continued walking forward, passing by it completely.
Seeing that the human still intended to leave, the stallion picked itself up promptly and followed behind him once more; it tangled itself with the human shamelessly, vowing not to give up as long as it was yet to eat the grass.
Yun Yang sighed and retrieved a small bundle of green out of thin air.
The stallion was delighted, trotting forward and eating from Yun Yang's palm. The moist tongue even licked Yun Yang's palm charmingly.
Yun Yang retrieved another bundle – the horse's eyes shone before it came forward once more.
Yun Yang did not give out the grass right away but used his palm to press down on the horse' back again. The creature did not draw back to avoid him this time, standing stoically as if contemplating if it should obey him.
The foal was clearly aware that as long as it allowed this person to ride it, it would never regain its freedom. However, if it did not allow this person to ride it, it would never get to eat the grass - forever.
He had to let this human mount it if it wanted the grass!
The red foal whined, its eyes wet as it watched Yun Yang; it was obvious that it did not want to give up its freedom, but at the same time, it did not want to give up on the delicious grass.