The location of the horse breeding operation had been very carefully chosen. It was within a valley. During the autumn, the area was protected from the chilly, biting winds on all four sides, so the grass here was especially green and tender. A small pure creek criss-crossed its way through the area and there were a few spirited horses leisurely eating grass by the side of the water with their tails idly swishing.

Yu Xiaocao stood on the soft as carpet grass and next to her was a pure date-red horse that was gently butting her arm with her head from time to time. In the past, when Little Red had been sent to this stud farm, she had already been pregnant for four to five months. It had been almost half a year since she last saw her master. She used her pair of bright, watery eyes to stare at her master in an aggrieved manner, as if she was trying to ask why she had been abandoned for so long.

However, at this time, Xiaocao’s attention was taken up entirely by a little black colt who was next to Little Red. The little fellow, who hadn’t reached three months in age yet, looked quite sturdy and he had graceful and handsome lines.

Perhaps it was because Xiaocao’s body gave off the scent of mystic-stone water, but this usually arrogant and proud little colt wasn’t the least bit afraid of this new stranger. In fact, he pushed away his...