After leaving the Sky Patrol Division, Wei Yushuang did not take a carriage. Instead, she rode a Dragon Blood Horse through the streets and alleys.
The Dragon Blood Horse was a special breed cultivated by the Great Li Dynasty. It crossed mountains and ridges as easily as flat ground. Even the most ordinary Dragon Blood Horse could travel a thousand li in a day. Once fitted with armor, it could charge in formation and trample mountains, rivers, and the earth beneath its hooves.
Among the hundreds of thousands of martial soldiers in the Great Li Dynasty, only the best of the best, specially selected and assembled into the elite Black Iron Dragon Cavalry, were qualified to be equipped with such Dragon Blood Horses.
Furthermore, it was said that a trace of the true dragon bloodline ran through the Dragon Blood Horse's veins, though whether that was true could no longer be verified.
But powerful as the Dragon Blood Horse was, the one Wei Yushuang rode was extraordinary.
It stood two meters and twenty centimeters at the shoulder. Its crimson dragon scales shimmered with the dark luster of molten iron beneath the setting sun. A pair of savage, spiral dragon horns grew from its head, and its golden, vertical pupils held a humanlike pride. Its four hooves seemed wreathed in clouds. As it moved, it left behind great clusters of blue-violet sparks in the shape of hoofprints, which took several seconds to slowly fade.
Wei Yushuang stopped and started along the way, taking in the current state of Great Li City.
In the main urban districts, the city was naturally prosperous and bustling. Pedestrians rubbed shoulders, while luxurious establishments such as restaurants and theaters blazed with lights day and night. Those who entered and left were either rich or noble, casually