A woman of average to above-average looks rode the horse, possessing a pair of foxy eyes and a somewhat sharp countenance.
She was clad in a fiery red long dress. As a gentle breeze swept by, the hem of her skirt fluttered, making her appear even more alluring.
However, what truly captured Chen Xiao’s attention was not the rider, but the horse she was riding.
This tall steed appeared unremarkable from the upper body, with its mane flying and muscles bulging.
Yet, its lower body bore two pairs of human legs.
Although these two pairs of human legs were significantly longer and exceptionally sturdy compared to normal human legs,
human legs were still human legs. Forcibly attached to the horse’s body, they looked particularly incongruous.
Upon seeing this horse, Chen Xiao’s brow immediately furrowed.
It reminded him of the Yimu Beast he had encountered in the God-Slaying Realm.
This horse and that Yimu Beast were, in a sense, similar in their ingenious construction.
This secret technique was clearly not as refined or complete as that of the Yimu Beast. The two pairs of legs exposed beneath the horse’s body made it obvious at a glance that beneath the horsehide were two strong adult men.
The woman in the red dress, holding a horsewhip, continuously lashed the horse’s body, shouting loudly.
With each lash, the tall steed’s body couldn't help but tremble, clearly enduring immense pain.
This made Chen Xiao extremely enraged. Treating people as less than human was one of his most detested behaviors.
Just as Chen Xiao was about to ‘meddle’ and rescue the two individuals from the woman in the red dress, Su Meinan suddenly tugged at his robe sleeve.
“What is it?”
Chen Xiao glanced at her with slight displeasure.
“Chen, Brother Chen, let’s hurry up and leave!”
Su Meinan shrank her head, her small face showing worry and fear, as if she was afraid of being seen by someone.
Chen Xiao suddenly realized that Su Meinan was afraid of the woman in the red dress.
And the more Su Meinan feared something, the more it happened. The woman in the red dress had already spotted her!
“Su Meinan, you little slut, stop right there! Giddy up!”
The woman in the red dress flicked her whip, and the horse-human leg monstrosity beneath her galloped towards Su Meinan.
Su Meinan could no longer run, so she could only greet the woman in the red dress with a smile, “Senior Sister Jin, is that you…”
While placating the woman in the red dress, Su Meinan whispered to Chen Xiao, “Brother Chen, that woman’s name is Jin Hongsu. She’s the daughter of our Xiushou Sect’s sect leader, Old Poison Jin, and also the Saintess of the Xiushou Sect. She’s always bullying me, you have to help me today!”
In fact, Su Meinan’s plea was unnecessary. How could Chen Xiao allow his own people to be bullied, even if she was just a minor follower?
As they spoke, Jin Hongsu arrived before them, riding her monstrous horse.
“Hmph, you little slut, how dare you sneak out of the sect? You’ve been caught by this Saintess today!”
Jin Hongsu’s lips curled as she spoke fiercely.
“Senior Sister Jin, I wasn’t sneaking out of the sect. I wanted to avenge my parents and family, and I had already informed Master…”
At this point, Su Meinan’s momentum faltered, and she said softly, “It’s just that Master didn’t agree…”
“Still talking back! You little slut, why do you think my father didn’t let you go for revenge? It’s because your enemy is too powerful. Going for revenge would only be sending your life away in vain!”
Jin Hongsu said righteously.
The real reason was that the Xiushou Sect’s leader, Old Poison Jin, was worried that his disciple’s revenge would implicate him.
After all, Su Meinan’s enemy was the Saint Son of the True Martial Sect, someone the mere Xiushou Sect could not afford to offend.
“Hmph, you little slut, you actually ran to Houtu City in secret, and you still claim to be avenging your family? How dare you say that!”
Jin Hongsu sneered.
Su Meinan really wanted to shout, “My revenge is already complete!”
But thinking that Chen Xiao was still disguised as the Saint Son of the True Martial Sect, she swallowed the words that were about to escape her lips.
Seeing Su Meinan’s silence, Jin Hongsu mistook it for guilt and continued, “You little brat, what are you doing in Houtu City? Don’t tell me you want to join the Heavenly Pride Competition? With your caliber, you’re not even worthy of participating in the Heavenly Pride Competition! Go look at yourself in the mirror! This Saintess absolutely will not allow a slut like you to tarnish the Heavenly Pride Assembly!”
Jin Hongsu became more agitated as she spoke. At the height of her excitement, she lashed out at Su Meinan with her whip.
*Crack—*
The whip made a crisp sound, and then Jin Hongsu felt a tremendous force pulling at the whip.
She looked and saw that it was the black-robed person next to Su Meinan who had grabbed her whip.
“Who are you? How dare you obstruct this Saintess from cleaning house? Do you not want to live anymore?”
Jin Hongsu berated him loudly.
Chen Xiao simply didn’t bother arguing with her. With a surge of strength, he pulled her off the horse…
“Ow, damn it…”
Jin Hongsu fell to the ground with a thud, crying out obscenities in pain.
“What are you, daring to lay hands on this Saintess? I’ll kill you!”
Jin Hongsu was furious and fiercely pulled at the whip, but the black-robed man held it firmly, rendering it useless.
Chen Xiao gave a sharp tug, pulling the whip directly from Jin Hongsu’s hand, along with one of her hands.
“Ah—”
Jin Hongsu let out a piercing scream, crying out in pain.
After gaining control of the whip, Chen Xiao lashed out.
*Crack!*
The whip did not strike Jin Hongsu, but rather the muscular body of the strange horse.
“Yeehaw—”
With a cry of pain from the horse, a long fissure split open in its flesh from its back.
And within the horse’s body were two robust men, their faces and bodies covered in the horse’s blood and flesh.
The two men, their hands freed, quickly pulled off the clinging blood and flesh.
Then, they looked at Chen Xiao and Jin Hongsu in confusion, as if they hadn’t yet understood what had happened.
“You are free, why aren’t you running?”
Chen Xiao’s voice came from within the black robe.
The two men finally reacted, exchanged glances, and bolted!
These two burly men, truly living up to their long legs, possessed astonishing leg strength. In the blink of an eye, they vanished, leaving only a trail of dust on the road, drawing the attention of passersby.
“You, you, you actually let my horse slaves run away! You just wait, I will never let you off!”
At this moment, Jin Hongsu had stopped bleeding. Knowing she was no match for Chen Xiao, she uttered a threat and prepared to leave.
“And you, you little slut, you just wait! My father will poison you into silence and sell you to a brothel to be ridden by everyone!”
Before leaving, she couldn’t resist threatening Su Meinan fiercely.
Su Meinan widened her innocent eyes and tugged at Chen Xiao’s sleeve, “Brother Chen, I don’t want to be sold to a brothel…”
“Heh, want to leave? Did you ask my opinion?”
Saying this, Chen Xiao flicked his whip again, and with a crack, it rolled up the horsehide, directly covering Jin Hongsu.
“You, what do you want to do? Help, help me! No, don’t… I don’t want to become a horse slave, I don’t! Help me…”
As soon as the horsehide covered Jin Hongsu, flesh and blood began to grow wildly, quickly adhering Jin Hongsu to the horsehide.
If this continued, Jin Hongsu would soon become a ‘horse slave’ as she had called it!
And a horse slave with two legs at that!
Seeing this scene, none of the onlookers stepped forward to play the hero.
Firstly, in the Immortal Hidden Realm, cultivation focused on Taishang Wangqing (supreme detachment). The higher one’s cultivation, the less inclined they were to meddle.
Furthermore, even if they wanted to meddle, they had to first gauge their own strength.
Although Chen Xiao had only swung his whip a few times, the power he displayed was clearly not to be underestimated, and everyone dared not get involved.
Finally, they had long been displeased watching Jin Hongsu ride her horse slaves. Now that Jin Hongsu had become a horse slave, it was as if heaven had eyes, and karma had come full circle.
“I don’t want to! I don’t want to become a horse slave, save me… I know I was wrong, please let me go, I beg you… Yeehaw—”
Jin Hongsu’s cries for help grew fainter, gradually losing their human sound, replaced by neighs.
Seeing this, Su Meinan felt both exhilarated and terrified.
Due to her poor cultivation talent and low strength, Su Meinan had always been the ostracized and bullied ‘slut’ in the Xiushou Sect.
And Jin Hongsu, as the sect leader’s daughter, was the ringleader who bullied her, the ultimate villain!
Therefore, seeing Jin Hongsu become a horse slave naturally brought Su Meinan immense satisfaction!
The terror stemmed from the fact that Jin Hongsu had threatened Su Meinan more than once, saying that if she dared to disobey, she would be turned into a horse slave!
In fact, if Su Meinan’s physique hadn’t been so weak, she would have become a horse slave long ago.
The horsehide and flesh grew wildly, quickly filling all the gaps. The last crack was about to heal.
As soon as this last crack healed, Jin Hongsu would be thoroughly transformed into a horse slave.
However, at this moment, a beam of white light suddenly whistled through the air, landing beside the horse enveloping Jin Hongsu. It transformed into a white figure, and with a flash of sword light.
*Crack— Pfft—*
With a few sounds like bursting balloons, the horse completely disintegrated and flew apart.
Jin Hongsu was saved. Shaken and still covered in disgusting horse blood and flesh.
“Such an evil secret technique should have long been eradicated. Who dares to be so audacious as to use it to harm others!”
The figure in white stood with their sword, proudly shouting.
A pair of cold eyes swept over everyone, as if searching for the person who had used the horsehide to harm others, or perhaps they already knew who it was and were waiting for them to confess.
“It was him, he harmed me with this evil technique! He’s the one who put the horsehide on me…”
Jin Hongsu pointed at Chen Xiao and exclaimed.
“Bah, Jin Hongsu, you’re shameless! You’re the villain crying foul! You were the one who used the horsehide first. We were merely returning the favor!”
Su Meinan spat and retorted loudly!