Leaving Xiazhou City heading north, within less than an hour, the trees on both sides of the official road gradually thinned out. At some point, the trees became sparse, and behind lay an endless grassland.
Occasionally, there were clusters of trees on the grassland, but so far no vast expanses of forest were seen.
Manbao and the others had been here before. In January, they pretended to hunt on the grassland to record a deer.
The official road became narrower, but the grass was soft. The carriage still followed the road, but the horses preferred to run on the grass at the side.
Manbao saw this and enthusiastically invited Bai Shan, "Let's go horseback riding together."
Bai Shan, who only wanted to take a nap, hesitated for a moment but still got off the carriage, took his Daoli from the guards by the side, and nodded at Manbao after mounting the horse.
Manbao also excitedly mounted Chiji, spurred his horse, and raced forward with Bai Shan.
