Lin Yan took a few steps, but there was no movement behind her. She quickly turned around and said, "What are you doing standing still? The horses are about to run away and disappear."
Lan Xing asked very uncertainly: "No, Lin Yan, do we really want to chase such a large herd of horses?"
"Yeah, I didn't make it clear just now. It's a horse, the most suitable means of transportation. Now that you've met it, you can't miss it."
"That tall horse looks more ferocious than an ox, how can we tame it?"
"There is always a way to catch up first." Lin Yan didn't want to miss this opportunity. After walking in the wild for so long and encountering a wild horse for the first time, of course he had to seize it.
Lan Xing didn't want to chase him at all, and looked at Lan Yue, hoping she could stop him.
He felt that Lin Yan was really too bold. He would never have been so blind when seeing large herds of beasts before.
After receiving Lan Xing's look, Lan Yue looked at Lin Yan and said, "Must we catch him?"
Lin Yan nodded without hesitation, "Don't waste time. If you don't leave, you won't be able to catch up."
Lan Yue immediately ordered: "Turn around and chase the horses." She was the captain of the team, and no one dared not listen.
After chasing for more than an hour, the horses in front gradually slowed down, and they also slowed down.
You want to catch the wild horse, but you can't fight head-on. The main reason is that you don't have the strength, so you have to take a roundabout way.
Lan Yue asked Lin Yan in a low voice: "Have you figured out how to catch him?"
Lin Yan shook his head. This herd of wild horses was too big. There were at least a thousand horses. She was thinking about it as she chased, but she hadn't decided yet how to start.
"Then let's follow the horses first and observe before taking action." Lan Yue is not in a hurry. Horses are strange beasts. Only after learning more about them can we find the right time to take action.
The horses seemed to have had enough of running wild, and they stayed on this grassland for three days in a row, grazing slowly, and when they were thirsty, they went to the shallow beach on the other side to drink water.
Lin Yan and Lan Yue found a secluded place to hide behind the bushes. The rest of the people were hiding two miles away, not daring to show their faces.
Those cows were too big of a target to hide their whereabouts.
Therefore, Lin Yan and Lan Yue were the only two people to closely observe the horses, looking for opportunities to strike.
"It's been three days, and it looks like the horses won't run away again anytime soon." Lin Yan had to admit this fact, "We can't find the lone horse, so we can only watch."
Lan Yue was very patient, "No rush. We'll go there in the evening."
"Okay. Let's pick a horse first and work together to tame it. Your mental power is stronger. You come and I'll be on guard."
The effects of mental energy on horses are uncertain and caution must be exercised.
The sky is getting dark and night is falling.
Lin Yan and Lan Yue moved secretly, wearing protective rings around their bodies, and silently approached the horses.
At night, the horses lie down everywhere, resting. He was completely unaware of the two people approaching secretly.
More than ten meters away, the two stopped.
Lan Yue concentrated her attention, found the horse closest to them, and started to cast it.
Lin Yan always paid attention to what was going on around him and glanced at Lan Yue from time to time. Seeing that she was focused, he did not dare to disturb her.
Taking another look at the lucky horse chosen by Blue Moon, there was no movement.
Three minutes passed, and the horse seemed to be sleeping more deeply.
Lin Yan was anxious and didn't know what was going on. He glanced at Lan Yue. Her face was condensed and getting uglier. What's going on?
Before Lin Yan could ask in detail, suddenly, a high-pitched neighing came from the horses, breaking the silence in the dark night.
The sleeping horses were like a calm water surface suddenly dropped by a boulder, and it boiled for an instant.
Lin Yan said hurriedly: "Lanyue, let's go quickly."
Lan Yue didn't say anything, and the two of them fled away in a hurry.
After running for a certain distance, Lin Yan said: "Were we discovered? It's impossible. We made no sound at all. How did the horses discover us?"
Lan Yue shook her head, thinking of what she saw before leaving, and said: "The other horses are all awake, but the one I selected is still sleeping. It seems that he didn't hear the neighing sound."
"Are you sure?" Lin Yan was startled, "With such a loud sound, no matter how hard you sleep, you should wake up. I was just running away and didn't take a closer look."
Lan Yue affirmed: "I can see clearly that the horse has no reaction at all. I suspect that the horse was damaged when I used my mental power just now, so it doesn't respond to the outside world."
Lin Yan's face changed, and Lin Yan said breathlessly: "It's not impossible. The horse may use different mental power when it is sleeping and when it is awake. Could the horse be fooled?"
"I don't know. Let's go take a look when the horses calm down."
Waiting and waiting, more than an hour passed, the horses became quiet, and the two of them slipped back quietly.
The horses that had calmed down had not yet fallen into a deep sleep, but Lin Yan and Lan Yue clearly saw that the lucky horse they had selected before was now lying on the ground, sleeping to death, unaware of the movements of the outside world.
Its two companions were surrounding it and hollering at it. When there was no response, they gave it a hoof.
The horse, which had been sleeping to death, woke up leisurely and looked at his companion blankly, as if he didn't understand why he was kicking it.
Lin Yan whispered: "You don't look stupid, you just slept too deeply and your reactions are a little slow."
Feeling relieved, Lan Yue nodded. She was confident in her control of mental power, but the strangeness of the horse still made her a little shaken.
If she was really fooled by her mental power, she would definitely feel that she did not have enough control over her mental power, and she might be reminded of this loss of control when she acted in the future.
"Lan Yue, don't worry. We have just started using mental power to control living creatures. We must be prepared for various situations. Even if it fails this time, it doesn't matter. You will get better with more practice."
Sensing Lan Yue's thoughts, Lin Yan comforted her. If she had been the one to do it just now, she might not have done as well as Lan Yue.
After waiting, the other horses gradually fell asleep. The horse was still asleep before, maybe because it had slept too much, and it was not sleepy now.
I was lucky enough to be chosen again.
While it was still asleep, Lan Yue used her mental power again.
Lin Yan stared nervously, but soon she discovered that it went extremely smoothly. In less than two minutes, the horse walked towards them obediently.
Afraid of disturbing the other horses, the two hurried away with their tame horses.
Lin Yan and Lan Yue took the horses and rushed to the base camp under cover of night.
Lan Xing kept vigil at night and saw them coming back. He rushed to greet them and was about to speak. He saw the horses following them. He stared at them for a while and gave a thumbs up: "You are really good at it. You do what you say."
"No," Lin Yan said, "Tie the horse and the cow together first. Lan Yue and I need to have a good sleep."
Observing the horses these past few days has made me exhausted.
Lan Xing hurriedly asked Tian Zhong to come over and tidy up the horses together.
After dawn, I saw the horse, which was half a meter taller than the big black cow. With its strong limbs and smooth and graceful lines, it looked even more powerful than the cow.
Lan Xing and others admired Lin Yan and Lan Yue because they were the only ones who dared to tame the horse.
Lin Yan and Lan Yue rested for a night, had breakfast, and went to the horses again, ready to continue their efforts.
The two discovered that one horse was missing from the herd, but there was no unusual movement. The remaining horses were supposed to be eating and drinking, as if they didn't know they were missing a companion.
This result is quite good. When they came, they were worried that the horses would migrate.
(End of chapter)
