Race to the Ice Mountain

I woke up some hours later completely energetic but it felt like my spiritual power wasn't completely refilled , so I tried to cultivate, i sat down in a lotus position and tried to meditate

After a few minutes nothing happening.....

" Damn how come I didn't get the memories of the previous guy ,I should have got the basics from the clan library or the academy before my tactical retreat ( running away ) , the number of times im realising my mistakes is just growing , feels like every move there's a mistake, maybe I'm too dumb to be given a chance in reincarnation " after feeling stupid for a few minutes I got up and looked at the horse , looks like he got up after hearing me complain

We both came out of the dungeon and took a deep breath of the fresh air outside with a pleasant smile on our faces , I brushed the horse , gave him a sugar cube to chew on and then washed my face , ate a few carrots myself

" Maybe it's because of the cultivation level that I don't feel hungry at all but these carrots are really sweet "

I got on the horse , gave him a pat at the neck and we started our journey towards the next dungeon , everything was going smoothly, the horse although bulky and uncomfortable to ride for my 13 year old body , the ride felt like a breeze

" It feels like my car is actually alive and listening, in my previous life I loved my car.... Father might have sold the half destroyed car by now... He loved my car , it was the first expensive thing I bought with my own money "

I looked at the sky and took a deep breath

Soon it was night time , we reached a small town , I had enough rest so I didn't stop at the town , instead I bought some clothes , towels, tents , pillows , essentials and food

We kept going on the road at a stable pace in the dark night , there weren't any lights on the road exept the moon light which explains why people don't really travel in the night , it's just better to cultivate or rest

After sometime I was stopped near a check post for checking, i showed my academy Id , they let me pass through but before I started my journey again

" Hey kid , that's a nice horse you got , how about we race to the west gate " a middle aged man dressed in complete white under the night said while smiling like a chameleon

I looked at him for a few seconds and then said " sorry sir , I'm headed to the bridge of ghosts , that's completely on the opposite side so"

he replied before I finished my sentence

" we can change the destination then , I'm only interested in the race , you see this horse of mine is one of the fastest breeds in the world , I spent a lot of money on it so it doesn't matter which way we go , I'll win "

" Let's do it then " i smiled and went to him, we positioned ourselves

" Get.... set ....Go "

Even before he finished his sentence, he dashed forward, seeing this i just smiled and started the race a steady pace , I didn't rush my horse because I know what's going to happen

This brainless fool is one of the most hated game characters across all the games I've played, this guy is rich , so he buys a horse of the most expensive breed and tries to race everyone he meets , which is not a bad thing until you realise this guy is complete moron

No matter the breed , all beings have a weakness, like my dark moon turkoman Bindhu is very fast , talented , beautiful and awesome but she lacks endurance , the tiger stripped Andalusian I'm riding now is slow but it can keep running for a really long time and has the best endurance among all breeds

Of course cultivation plays a role in them too, for example the horse he's riding is a nakota , it's one of the fastest breeds but has almost zero endurance at the beginning, after training and cultivating until gold realm , it has the ability to heal itself continuously in the sun , so it can restore some amount of the stamina back while running in the sun

But this fool is racing me during the night , so it can only run fast for only a minute or two before completely running out of stamina ,even in the sun i would win this race because the bridge of ghosts is almost a 90 minutes ride

Anyway this guy is basically going to lose the race almost everytime until someone challenges him for a 30 second dash , the real reason to hate him is that , after losing the race , he gets down from the horse , scolds it and then cuts it's head off with a sword saying " you're a waste of money "

and after that he goes on to buy a new expensive horse and comes back to race with the players again and again, if the player dosent kill him , he's going to continue this forever in this area

" I can't kill this guy , currently he's stronger than me and he's rich , so he probably has a strong backing .. but I can't let him kill a good horse ..... Let's try talking first , if it doesn't work , I can always blast him to peices with a talisman "

Just like i predicted after a few minutes of running at full speed, the blue nakota slowed down drastically, the white dressed man started shouting at the horse while I pulled up closer to him

After getting closer I slowed down and kept the same pace as him " Good sir , please calm down , the horse is not at fault here " I said with a smile on my face , trying to look as friendly as I can

" Yes you're right , I'm the fool for buying this dumb thing " he was frustrated and he raised his hand to hit the horse but I interupted him

" She's not a dumb thing old man , it you who don't understand horses " i put my hand on the nakota's head and all of us stopped on our tracks , seeing this the middle aged man got more angry and started shouting

"So youre going to teach me about horses , damn brat "

I looked at him and said " tell me old man , why did you start the race before the countdown begin ? "

He had no answer so he stayed silent, i smiled at him and said

" Let's keep going good sir , it's not that big of deal , tell me when you calm down , I'll tell you everything I know about this magnificent beast of yours " i started going at a calm and steady pace and maybe because the nakota felt safer with me , it started following us closely, seeing this i took out a sugar cube and fed her " such a smart girl " i smiled at her

Seeing this the middle aged man calmed down and asked me " i apologise for getting angry, I'm harshit from the Naidu family , can I know your name ?"

I looked at him and then looked at his horse

"Bheeshma Roy from capital Roy family"