Chapter 91: Heartache and Happiness
The area within the Tianjiazhuang Fort was too large. Li Dingguo and his men stayed in this relatively remote mansion for quite a long time, and did not notice the arrival of other rebel soldiers and enemies.

Moreover, the people who originally lived here should have slipped away first. The entire mansion was empty. Apart from the three people I just met, no other figures were found.

“Woooo…”

Just as he reached the gate of a courtyard in the west, Li Dingguo, with his keen perception, heard some noise.

“This is……”

He quickly led the team to a side room with several fruit trees in front of the door, and looked inside the door which had no wooden door.

All I saw was that the room was paved with blue bricks and covered with wooden boards, on top of which was thick hay. On the hay were two furry puppies, whimpering.

There were no big dogs here, only two puppies whose eyes were not even open.

Li Dingguo guessed that the big dog, as a smart dog, must have been taken by the people of Tianjiazhuang to fight against the rebel soldiers.

The fighting power of spirit dogs is not bad. It is much stronger than spirit beasts and war horses of the same level. It can even easily defeat ordinary human warriors of the same level.

As long as the people in Tianjiazhuang are not stupid, they will make full use of this combat capability.

I have to say that the kennel environment for the wealthy family’s dogs is better than that of some ordinary people’s homes.

The two furry puppies in front of me are chubby. Even though they were born not long ago and their eyes haven’t even opened yet, they weigh more than ten pounds. They must be smart dog puppies.

An ordinary puppy, which has just been born, would not be this big.

After a brief thought, Li Dingguo guessed that the two spirit dogs he had just killed were definitely not the parents of these two puppies.

For livestock such as dogs, mothers are very protective of their newborn pups and will never abandon them to run away with others.

The two smart dogs just now were following the two people closely as they fled, which was not in line with the nature of dogs.

Moreover, there are not just one but several kennels in a row here.

This means that this relatively remote mansion is usually home to not just a pair of spirit dogs, but at least several.

As for why the mother of these two clever dog puppies was not here, Li Dingguo guessed that there was a high probability that after the rebel army captured Tianjiazhuang Fort, other rebel soldiers encountered it outside and killed it.

“You guys wait outside, I’ll go in and take a look.”

Seeing the two puppies becoming uneasy and restless because they sensed the scent of strangers, Li Dingguo quickly spoke to the people behind him.

After saying that, he walked into the kennel which was almost as tall as an ordinary house, restrained his murderous aura, walked slowly to the two puppies, and wanted to touch their heads with his hands.

“Woooo…”

Unexpectedly, the two puppies, who were extremely sensitive in perception, raised their heads at the same time, squinted their eyes, and bared their teeth, wanting to bite him!

“how is this possible?”

“Could it be that my talent for affinity with spirit beasts is fake?”

Li Dingguo was confused for a moment, and said in astonishment, “That doesn’t make sense!”

“Didn’t I just easily subdue those two spirit beasts and war horses?”

“Could it be…”

Li Dingguo was not worried but happy, as if he had thought of something, “Could it be that… the qualifications of these two spirit beast cubs are not just low-grade spirit beasts?”

So far, Li Dingguo has not personally come into contact with any spiritual beast other than low-grade spiritual beast war horses.

Just recently, I saw from afar the two messengers sent by Wang Jiayin to contact Zhang Xianzhong: Wang Guozhong and Zhang Liwei, riding mid-grade spirit beast war horses.

“This……”

Li Dingguo hesitated for a moment.

What he is thinking about now is whether he should upgrade his talent of affinity with spirit beasts.

His mind raced, and he made a decision in an instant, “Looks like I’m going to do a second golden finger point increase.”

“These two spirit dog cubs now urgently need me to upgrade my spirit beast affinity talent so that I can take them away smoothly.”

“After upgrading this spirit beast affinity talent, it should have other uses in the future, and it will be of great help to me.”

“If you encounter an enemy riding a mid-grade or high-grade spirit beast warhorse, and successfully kill it but fail to subdue the spirit beast warhorse, you will suffer a great loss.”

If that kind of opportunity was missed, the loss would be too great. Even Li Dingguo would probably be heartbroken for a long time.

He was not an indecisive person. After making a decision, he immediately immersed his mind in his thoughts.

He clicked with his mind on the plus sign for Spirit Beast Affinity in the Talent column on the Gold Finger Panel.

As his luck value decreased by two points, he came to his senses after a moment of trance. He felt that an inexplicable change seemed to have taken place in himself, and even his perception of the spiritual energy of the world outside had become clearer.

The spirit beast affinity talent on the panel has changed from the early stage to the intermediate stage.

However, when Li Dingguo reached out to the two puppies again, he was confused again: the two puppies were still baring their teeth at Li Dingguo, trying to bite him! How could they be close to him at all?

“This……”

Li Dingguo almost screamed out loud, thinking, “Are these two puppies top-grade spiritual beasts?”

“This time, I’ve made a lot of money!”

According to legend, any high-quality spiritual beast has the potential to be upgraded and grow into a high-level spiritual beast corresponding to a Qi Refining Realm practitioner!

No matter who the warrior is, if he can have a top-grade spiritual beast to accompany him since childhood, he will wake up with a smile in his dreams!

This is equivalent to gaining a loyal partner, a capable helper who will never betray you as long as your master is alive!

“I just don’t believe that I can’t tame you two little guys!”

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth, not caring about the pain of his own luck being consumed, and once again clicked on the plus sign of the talent “Affinity with Spirit Beasts” with his mind.

As four points of luck were consumed again, his mind was in a trance for a moment, and he felt another miraculous change happening to himself.

Seeing that his own luck value on the panel had dropped from 22 points to 16 points, Li Dingguo, with a heartache that made his mouth twitch, touched the two puppies with his big hands again.

This time I finally got what I wanted. I saw them become extremely docile. They actively leaned their heads against the palms of my hands and kept calling “woohoo” softly, as if they were acting like spoiled brats.

Real hammer!
These two spiritual dog cubs are definitely the legendary top-grade spiritual beasts without a doubt!
Li Dingguo could not have imagined that his luck was so good this time. He casually discovered two newly born spiritual dog pups, which turned out to be extremely rare and top-grade spiritual beasts!
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

The truth that these two puppies are top-grade spiritual beast cubs must not be spread.

At least before I break through to the Qi Refining Realm master, once outsiders know about it, I will not be able to keep them.

“It seems that these two spirit dog pups need to be sent to Xiao Douya and the others as soon as possible, so that outsiders will not notice their extraordinary qualities after they grow up a little.”

In an instant, Li Dingguo made the decision.

After a while, he asked Tang Guangqiang, who was waiting outside the kennel, to find a backpack nearby, put some hay in it, and pick up the two puppies and put them in.

After calming them down, Li Dingguo came out carrying a backpack and tied it securely to the side of the back of a spirit beast warhorse.

“From now on, don’t mention the fact that I adopted two puppies, lest the king blame you!”

Li Dingguo looked solemn, and stressed to his friends, “After returning to Dingbian City, I will give them to Xiao Douya and the others to take care of, so that Xiao Douya can have a companion.”

“It’s not easy to keep a dog in the Wang family compound, so this is the only arrangement.”

Seeing that everyone was nodding in agreement, indicating that they would not say anything nonsense, he led everyone, still accompanied by Cao Yongxiang and Tang Guangqiang, who were leading two spirit beast war horses.

The rest of the people marched in formation with Li Dingguo, walked out of the empty mansion, and came to the open space outside.

“Da da……”

At this time, a messenger from the rebel army with a command flag on his back ran past from the side. After seeing Li Dingguo and others, he quickly turned around!

“Li Dingguo, your Majesty has an order!”

“The head of the Tian family and a dozen of the Tian family’s core members just took advantage of the chaos to escape from Tianjia Village! They are now flying towards the Tianjia Wharf by the Wuding River!”

“After the king learned about this, he guessed that they wanted to go to the pier by the river, take their family’s magic weapon ship, cross the Wuding River and escape!”

“The king has just issued an urgent order. All soldiers in our rebel army who have reached the second level of the body refining realm are to immediately ride on their spirit beast war horses to give chase!”

“You have a spirit beast and warhorse here now, which is just right!”

“Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. Execute them immediately!”

After saying this, he turned his horse around and galloped away in a hurry, probably to pass on orders to other rebel leaders.

“Can a cooked duck still fly?”

“If the enemy gets on board and runs away, won’t we just be able to watch helplessly?”

“The Tian Family Manor is so huge, it’s normal for some of the core members of the Tian Family who are very familiar with the terrain of their own manor to escape during the chaos.”…

The members of Li Dingguo’s team looked at the messenger’s departing back, looked at each other in bewilderment, and then started talking among themselves.

“Cao Yongxiang, our team will be led by you!”

Li Dingguo did not dare to neglect and said to Cao Yongxiang, “After I leave, you must form a battle formation and do not disperse.”

“Remember, when searching for the remaining enemies, you must be careful and cautious, and everything must be done with saving your life in mind!”

In this team, he is the only one who has reached the second level of martial arts cultivation, so this pursuit mission has nothing to do with the other members of the team.

He reminded everyone of some things, then jumped fully armed, landed on the back of the spirit beast warhorse that was not carrying the two puppies, turned the horse’s head, and rode away at a rapid speed.

(End of this chapter)