No Such Thing as a Fool Proof Secret (Middle Part)

"is there no deception in everything you told me?" the seventh prince smiled as he steered his horse nonstop toward the Demon Mountain Fort. From the way he looked, it seems that his expedition to the Ancestral Dragoncloud Forest is a profitable one.

"Yes, your highness." his most trusted subordinate replied as he fired a flare to the sky. Soon, they came across a few soldiers with a pair of new horses waiting for their arrival.

After changing the horse they were riding, the two continue with their way as the soldiers following behind went past this checkpoint about half an hour later. Such thing was repeated five times as they soon arrived at the Third Milestone.

"Let's make it quick. I am very interested in my ninth brother's rumored alchemist as well. To think that he managed to create something that not even the capital has. Do you think... That his talent might be above alchemist Leng Ching?" the seventh prince asked.