Expedition to Shaanxi Province

After the race, Zhang Jun followed his usual routine and held a celebration with Zheng Xing and the others. He specially made a batch of horse treats for Lightning Chaser and placed them in her stall at Jianzhou Ranch—every horse under Zhang Jun's name was turned out to pasture for a province after racing, and both Wind-Chasing Hound and Lightning Chaser were currently out at pasture.

After finishing the horse treats, Zhang Jun took out his phone and looked up flights from Min Province to Shaanxi Province.

At the end of October, Liu Jiaming called Zhang Jun to inform him of the next decisive race—the Chang'an Dirt Middle-Distance Championship, an 1,800-meter dirt race to be held in the fourth week of November at Chang'an Central Racecourse in Shaanxi Province.

As early as the beginning of November, Shadow Hunter had traveled to Chang'an, Shaanxi Province aboard the local racing association's transport plane and begun acclimating to Chang'an Racecourse's environment and track.

Zheng Shan and Shan Yao had gone along, as well as two assistants Lin Zhi had found and a companion horse. All of them had extensive experience with long-distance travel.

Lin Zhi had also contacted his soon-to-retire teacher and asked him to get in touch with a former junior schoolmate in Chang'an for help. The man's surname was Fang, and he had operated stables at the Central track for over twenty years, winning several Grade One Races. Shadow Hunter was currently staying at his stables.

Shadow Hunter would spend a week adapting under Trainer Fang's guidance. Trainer Fang also managed everything from training center access times to time allotted for familiarizing herself with the course.

According to Zheng Shan, Lin Zhi's junior schoolmate, the trainer named Fang Jiaming, had taken very good care of them. Not only had he arranged