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"Master, you're back?"
Little White Ape called out from a distance.
It exclaimed in surprise, "How did you manage to acquire a horse? And why does this creature have scales? Is it also a hybrid?"
"Jiao Linma, quite rare within Qifeng Prefecture."
Lin Yan said indifferently, "It was prepared by the Shi Family for that young master Shi Xu, to be used for escaping in critical moments. Now it belongs to me."
He stroked the head of the Jiao Linma.
It seemed that, because of the several medicinal baths Mr. Lu had previously given, Spirit Talismans had been integrated into the scales of the Jiao Linma.
Although this was not the same horse, this Jiao Linma likewise showed considerable affection for him.
Legend has it that the earliest Jiao Linma were sired long ago, from the union of a Jiao dragon and a steed, inheriting part of the Jiao dragon's Bloodline Divine Power.
To this day, though the bloodline has diluted and the divine powers have receded,
