Dawn broke slowly, and a white mist enshrouded the air.
Outside Jingmi County, over ten horse-drawn carriages lined up in a row.
The carvings on the ebony bodies of the carriages were not of auspicious patterns, but of vivid, fierce beasts that unsettled the onlookers.
The horses, muscular and with powerful, slender limbs, were covered in a dark hue, standing half a head taller than an average steed.
A layer of dark red fur covered their heads, and when they raised their glance, their vertical pupils flared, snorting loudly to the side.
Frightened, Niu Da quickly held his bundle and stepped back, "Since when do horse eyes look like that, resembling those of a leopard?"
A beggar came over, gently patted the horse's neck, and smiled, "This is a half-demon, swift and steady, able to travel even in deep night. At most, it will take us two days to get back to Qingzhou."
The so-called half-demons are livestock tainted by demon bloodlines.
