Zhang Shizhao was distracted, but Shang Shisheng was already beside himself with excitement.
As a senior military officer, General Shang's greatest loves in life were armor, weapons, and warhorses... especially warhorses. Compared with the handful of objects in the world, such as the Crouching Dragon Seal and Dragon-Awakening Sword, that possessed somewhat outlandish divine powers, warhorses were actually the most likely to absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and undergo mutations. The so-called Dragon Colts could truly bring a qualitative improvement to a warrior's abilities.
Moreover, Shang Shisheng's own mount was a Dragon Colt. If the Dragon Colt in the market could frighten his mount so easily, didn't that mean he had encountered a True Dragon?
With his mind made up, he reined in his horse and sent men searching in every direction... It was evening, and the pass market had no Ward Gate curfew. Before long, someone reported that an oddly shaped, spotted horse was raging and kicking in the stable behind an inn to the west, and no one at the inn could do anything about it.
Overjoyed, Shang Shisheng hurriedly dismounted and invited Zhang Shizhao to take a look with him. Still distracted, the latter also dismounted and followed him over the wet ground.
By the time they arrived, the surroundings were already brightly lit. The spotted Dragon Colt was indeed extraordinary. As it neighed furiously in the stable, the ordinary horses and donkeys around it all cowered, some collapsing on weak knees, others trembling like chaff in a sieve. Several tethered nearby had even lost control of their bowels and bladders, making the stench still worse.
On closer inspection, fleshy growths could also be seen hanging beneath its jaw, like a dragon's whiskers.
As an expert, Shang Shisheng's heart practically blossomed at the sight. How could