City Lord Residence, outside the side hall.
Seeing that the city lord really let the young man attempt to tame the Cangbai Eagle and had brought them all out, Steward Liao could no longer contain himself, "City Lord, you surely don't actually believe that milk-sopped kid can truly tame the Cangbai Eagle?"
Yu Longqing shook his head, "He's just a coachman and hasn't practiced cultivation. I observed him earlier, and he barely understands beast taming. He hardly knows anything. Taming it is... almost impossible!"
Steward Liao was stunned, "Then why did you still let him be alone with the Cangbai Eagle..."
Yu Longqing looked at him, "Do you perhaps have any other methods?"
"I... don't!"
Despondency appeared on Steward Liao's face, "We've endured for nearly half a month, and haven't made the eagle submit. Its will is remarkably strong, enough to break one's heart. But if I can't tame it, this boy trying to succeed is definitely impossible! He's just a scoundrel trying to gain attention and deceive others..."
As he continued to defame, Yu Xiaoyu couldn't restrain herself any longer, "No way, Zhang Xuan truly did tame Suxiang, and he's even very obedient!"
"Miss..."
Steward Liao was just about to educate her on the tremendous difficulty of taming a horse versus taming a Primordial Beast, when a guard hurriedly approached.
"Reporting to the city lord, Miss Mo Yanxue from the Mo Mansion is outside requesting to see you!"
Yu Longqing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "Let her in!"
The guard turned and left. Soon after, a flushed and breathless Mo Yanxue hurriedly followed and came forth, bowing with fists clasped, "Mo Yanxue greets the City Lord!"
"Yanxue? What brings you here?" Seeing her friend devoid of her previous aloof goddess demeanor, Yu Xiaoyu curiously approached.
"I..."
Hesitating for a moment, Mo Yanxue looked at the girl in front of her and carefully said, "Zhang Xuan... hasn't started helping the City Lord with beast taming, has he?"
"He already started..."
Yu Xiaoyu nodded.
"Started already?" Her vision darkening, Mo Yanxue involuntarily swayed a bit.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Xiaoyu looked puzzled, "Don't worry, Zhang Xuan is very reliable. He just sent us out, saying he wanted to privately bond with the Cangbai Eagle..."
"..."
Mo Yanxue felt her vision growing even darker.
"Yanxue, my niece, is there something inappropriate?" Noticing her abnormality, Yu Longqing frowned.
"Replying to the City Lord, nothing inappropriate, but... I'm worried my family's coachman's beast taming methods aren't quite suitable and might offend you…"
Her face turning deep red, Mo Yanxue clenched her fists, bowing once more.
"Oh?"
Seizing what seemed a loophole in her words, Steward Liao quickly stepped forward, "It seems Miss Mo is very knowledgeable about this Zhang Xuan's beast taming methods. Could you elaborate on that?"
"This…"
Mo Yanxue hesitated.
"He is Steward Liao, who has been helping my father tame the Cangbai Eagle these days!" Fearing her good friend might not recognize him, Yu Xiaoyu hurriedly introduced.
"Have met Steward Liao!"
Mo Yanxue bowed with fists clasped, "Actually... I also don't know much about Zhang Xuan's beast taming techniques. Just as I left school earlier, I learned of his method of taming Suxiang, and worried he might use the same approach and offend the City Lord, which is why I rushed here."
"Oh?"
Yu Longqing became interested, "I heard he tamed Suxiang in just half a day. What exactly is the method? Don't worry, since you've mentioned it in advance and came all the way here, I naturally won't mind."
"Thank you for your magnanimity, my lord..."
Hearing him say this, Mo Yanxue breathed a sigh of relief and bit her lip, "Zhang Xuan tamed Suxiang by seemingly beating it harshly, and even stabbed it in the stomach..."
"Beating it harshly?"
"Stabbed it?"
Yu Longqing and Steward Liao exchanged glances, both of their bodies swayed, especially the former, who had spent unknown amounts of energy and resources to capture this eagle. He had thought that the other party had some serious beast taming method, but you're telling me... it was just stabbing?
What a mistake!
"Didn't Xiaoyu say that Suxiang was very obedient after he tamed it? Stabbing... really not aggravating the situation?"
Yu Longqing couldn't hold back anymore.
Mo Yanxue blushed, "Suxiang is very obedient, so... obediently dead! Its body is still lying outside..."
"..."
Shivering, Yu Longqing felt dizzy, "Then let's hurry and check it out!"
The taming method of Steward Liao didn't work, he had thought even if it didn't succeed, the result wouldn't be too bad, treating a dead horse as if it was alive... but he never dreamed that this guy would treat a live horse as if it were dead...
If you really beat it harshly and then stab it a few times, with the proud nature of the Cangbai Eagle, it would probably rather eat lead, drink poison, or jump off a building to commit suicide than ever submit willingly again!
"I've always said, you can't trust such unreliable guys…"
Steward Liao coldly shouted and rushed towards the door of the side hall first, pushing it open fiercely; Yu Longqing, Mo Yanxue, and Yu Xiaoyu quickly followed him.
Upon opening the door, the scene inside suddenly came into view. Zhang Xuan, who had previously sworn he knew how to tame beasts, was now kneeling on the ground, his right knee pressing against the body of the Cangbai Eagle, his left hand clutching its neck, and his other hand delivering slap after slap to the face...
It was like he was smacking a woman proficient in emotional abuse.
"???" Yu Longqing.
"???" Steward Liao.
They had tried various methods to tame this Primordial Beast, providing all kinds of treats and kind words without any effect, so they thought of toughing it out by any means. Nonetheless, they had always treated it with respect, and now, your so-called taming is nothing but brutal beating...
This isn't called beast taming!
This is completely severing the path to willing submission!
Not only them, but Mo Yanxue's petite body also shook, her eyes nearly popping out.
Fearing exactly that Zhang Xuan might be unreliable, she had hurried over, but she never dreamed that reliability would open the door for unreliability—it had reached the peak of unreliability...
Even the usually slow-to-react Yu Xiaoyu was full of astonishment, feeling like she was about to split apart.
"Let go of that Cangbai Eagle..." Unable to hold back any longer, Steward Liao shouted loudly.
"Why are you here?"
Zhang Xuan, continuously slapping the Cangbai Eagle's face, had not expected these people to suddenly burst in. Confused, he stood up and kicked in the chest of the latter, "I'll give you one more chance, submit or not?"
"You, you... completely unreasonable! If beast taming could be achieved merely through beating, beast pets wouldn't be rare, and everyone would desire them... You're simply messing around…"
Furious to the point of exploding, Steward Liao was about to rush over and give this reckless guy a good lesson when he saw the Cangbai Eagle, being stepped on, suddenly emit a pink glow from its brow. The next moment a droplet of blood essence flew out, hovering in mid-air, shining brilliantly.
"This is... a 'Soul Sacrifice', completely submitting?"
Steward Liao and Yu Longqing, along with others, were stunned on the spot, completely baffled.