826 I (2/2)

As the rain continued to beat down heavily, the weather got colder and colder. The horse kicked disconsolately and snorted, raising dust and mud.

It could not leave. It had to wait on the shore of the Sishui River until Ning Que returned. It was afraid that if it left, Ning Que would be worried when he could not find it.

Of course, the most important reason was that the carriage made of stainless steel was too heavy. If Ning Que did not return, it would have to drag the carriage back to Chang'an, and that was the last thing it wanted to do. Well, if Ning Que did return, even though the carriage was heavy, it would like to drag it back, so long as he came back...

Standing in the continuous rain, the Big Black Horse had been waiting for an entire day. Its mane was already wet like a rag, hanging on its neck, which made it look even more miserable.

It was dissatisfied with the willow trees planted along the Sishui River because they were so thin that they could not cover its whole body. It was jealous of the carriage being washed in the rain, which had no feelings at all.

It waited for three more days, drinking rainwater when it was thirsty and chewing weeds when it was hungry. If someone tried to take it away, it would knock them into the river. If the local government runners tried to trap it, it would spray spit all over them and kick them over and over again.

However, Ning Que did not come back, the little black girl did not come back, and neither did the old guy.

Its mane had absorbed so much rain that it became heavy and wet, pulling down its noble head lower and lower. It would soon be unable to support the weight.

In the early morning of the fifth day, when it saw the sun penetrate the thick clouds, it raised its head, neighing toward the sky and the Sishui River. And dragging the heavy carriage, it started on its own journey.

It did not plan to return to Chang'an nor to the Academy because these guys had not come back, and it believed that they would probably never come back.

It decided to go to the Wilderness. It remembered that it came across a senior when they passed through the quagmire. The senior never pulled a carriage, it was only on a carriage. It lived a happy and free life there. The Big Black Horse decided to join it because it had thousands of younger brothers out there.

Without Ning Que triggering the array, the carriage was so heavy that only the Big Black Horse could pull it. Even though he could manage it, from the Sishui River to the Wilderness, the trip was long and tough.

It comforted itself by thinking,”If you can find the senior, you will be the second best of the Wilderness.” It had to lower its head and grit its teeth, struggling in the heavy rain, and it finally reached the Wilderness from the Sishui River.

The heavy rain finally stopped. The Big Black Horse was covered with mud and had lost a lot of weight. It looked terrible, but when it saw the beautiful grassland in front of it, it opened its eyes.

The wind smelled good. It could not help thinking that it was the smell of freedom.

All of a sudden, it looked back at the heavy black carriage. What a fool it had been. Since it was going to join its senior, why did it have to drag it on such a long journey?

What if Ning Que was alive and he found it in the future? The Big Black Horse was wondering while going toward the swamp in the west of the Wilderness. In fact, that was what it was thinking about right now.

The journey of freedom ended on an ordinary autumn day.

That day, a young girl came out from the depths of the grassland. She looked so ordinary in blue clothes with flowers on them.

The Big Black Horse wanted to convince itself that it did not know her. She was fat and not that tall and she did not have very nice breasts. However, it knew who she was, so it neighed and turned around to run away.

It had never run so fast before—even when it was chasing after the white horse in the Wilderness. It ran faster than Ning Que's arrow.

The wind roared past and the Big Black Horse felt terrified.

Then it fell to the ground heavily, raising up dust.

She had sat on its back from out of nowhere.

The Big Black Horse panicked. The little, thin black girl had become a big, fat white girl...

What had happened to the world?