Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 3 Sunset Forest
Sunset Forest.

It is located in the north of the Tiandou Empire, close to the imperial capital Tiandou City.

Although it is not as famous as the Star Dou Great Forest, it is still ranked among all the soul beast forests in the Tiandou Empire.

And deep in the Sunset Forest, there is a rare treasure place called: Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

However, no one in this world knows about this rare and precious land, and there is no record of it in any ancient books.

On the contrary, there is a detailed record in the Xuantian Treasure Record of the Tang Sect in another world that the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire is one of the three treasure pots in the world.

This is no wonder. The Xuantian Gong in the Xuantian Treasure Record can make the Douluo world 40,000 years ahead. It turns out to be a dimensionality reduction attack.

……

Outside the sunset forest.

Two figures, one old and one young, were walking in the woods. They were Lin Rong and the old housekeeper Yu Yuan.

After Lin Rong awakened his martial soul, the old butler took care of many affairs of the Duke's Mansion and brought the young master to the Sunset Forest to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings.

For this soul hunting trip, Lin Rong already has a clear target, which is Qianye Rong.

The Nine-bend Vine Dragon is the result of the fusion and mutation of the two major martial souls, the Dragon Soul Vine and the Thousand-leaf Banyan. Therefore, the soul beasts corresponding to these two martial souls are very suitable for the Nine-bend Vine Dragon.

However, Dragon Soul Vine is a mutation of Azure Vine Martial Soul and Dragon Martial Soul, so it is basically impossible for a soul beast like Dragon Soul Vine to exist in the Soul Beast Forest.

Therefore, the best choice is only Banyan tree.

"The thousand-leaf banyan tree has an age of 372 years, which is still too low."

Lin Rong stood in front of a thousand-leaf banyan tree and shook his head after sensing its exact age.

After awakening the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon, the martial soul gave Lin Rong an ability: life perception, which allowed him to sense the amount of vitality of the target within his surroundings, and use it to peek into the target's specific cultivation level.

"Grandpa Yu, let's go."

The old butler took Lin Rong away to look for his next target.

Qianye Rong is a plant soul beast. Although its intelligence is not as high as that of animal soul beasts, its perception is far superior to that of animal soul beasts. It has long realized that the old man next to Lin Rong is not someone to be trifled with.

Therefore, when Lin Rong walked in front of it, Qianye Rong did not dare to move at all. It did not dare to shake its leaves until the two of them were far away, and was thankful that it had survived the disaster.

Two days passed in a flash.

During these two days, a total of seven century-old thousand-leaf banyan trees were found, the youngest of which was 277 years old and the oldest was 407 years old.

Four hundred and seven years, as the first soul ring, this age is already high enough. After all, the so-called limit of the first soul ring is only four hundred and twenty-three years.

But Lin Rong was still not satisfied, he began practicing the Marrow Cleansing Sutra in his mother's womb, coupled with constant bathing in various precious medicines, the maximum soul ring lifespan he could withstand was far more than 423 years.

Moreover, with the perception of life, he can clearly know the power in the soul ring, and then compare it with his own situation to determine whether he can absorb it.

Therefore, the situation where one absorbs a super-life spirit ring and explodes to death will not happen to Lin Rong.

The first soul ring is of utmost importance, so Lin Rong must naturally strive for excellence and perfection, and the age of the soul ring must at least be close to its own limit.

……

That night, the sky above the sunset forest was filled with stars.

By the campfire, in the tent.

Lin Rong sat cross-legged in meditation, practicing the Xisui Jing, while the old housekeeper sat by the campfire to keep watch.

Generally speaking, it is forbidden to make fires in the Soul Beast Forest at night, because the firelight will attract nocturnal soul beasts to come and hunt.

But since this is generally speaking, there are naturally exceptions.

The old butler Yu Yuan is a Soul Douluo, and this place is on the outskirts of the Sunset Forest. Although it is close to the depths, it is still in the periphery.

On the outskirts of Sunset Forest, even at night, the soul beasts that appear will not have a cultivation base of more than five thousand years. For the old butler, they are nothing to be afraid of.

One mile from the campsite.

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, wait for me!"

"Feng Xiaotian, could you please stop following me around all day? I'm almost annoyed by you!"

In the dark night, a young boy and a young girl seemed to be arguing about something under a tree.

The girl's voice was clear and could be heard clearly in the darkness.

"This trip to Sunset Forest is for a senior from Blazing Fire Academy to break through level 30 and obtain a spirit ring. I came here to train as a member of the academy. I have nothing to do with the Divine Wind Academy. Why are you following me?"

"Well, well..." Feng Xiaotian didn't know how to answer for a moment after hearing this. He could only stand there in a daze, his face flushed. After a long while, he stammered and replied:

"I, I am worried about you, right?"

After saying that, Feng Xiaotian quickly added:
"Xiao Wu, this is the Soul Beast Forest. It's too dangerous for you to run out alone at night. Let's go back quickly!"

"Do you think I can come up with this?" Huo Wu put her hands on her hips and angrily retorted:
"It's because you're like a dog-skin plaster, clinging to me all day long, that I sneaked out to relax."

"Besides, I'm not stupid. I'm just wandering around the camp. There's no danger."

"But..." Feng Xiaotian really wanted to say it, because he was chasing Huo Wu, and they were already far away from the camp.

"But? But what?" Huo Wu interrupted Feng Xiaotian impatiently and asked:

"Didn't you say you were here to protect me? Then why should I be afraid, or are you afraid?"

"How, how is this possible!" Feng Xiaotian suddenly became excited, throwing all his worries out of his mind.

"Don't worry, Xiao Wu. I will definitely protect you and get us back safely..."

"careful!"

As he was speaking, Feng Xiaotian suddenly felt a change in wind direction. He reacted instinctively in an instant and was possessed by the Swift Wind Two-Headed Wolf spirit.

The third soul skill: Wind Wings!
Before Huo Wu could even utter a scream, Feng Xiaotian grabbed her by the waist and quickly flew into the air.

They saw that the place where they were originally standing had collapsed, and many black spikes emerged from the ground to form a cage.

"What is this? A spider web cage. It's a crypt spider!"

Feng Xiaotian looked at the ground with lingering fear.

If he hadn't been born sensitive to the wind, if he hadn't been good at speed, if he hadn't reacted in time, he and Huo Wu would have been pierced through the body by the black spikes and died on the spot.

Underground, the burrow spider emerged from its underground cave, its four pairs of eyes rolling around with a hint of doubt in its eyes.

The spider web cage had no warning or energy fluctuations when it was activated, but the two prey were able to sense the spider web cage and successfully dodge it.

During the day, it encountered two preys. One of them was an old man, which it perceived as extremely dangerous, so it let them go. Now, it could not let go of the two preys in front of it no matter what.

Without any hesitation, spider silk spurted out from the mouth of the crypt spider and went straight to the two preys in the air.

The whole process only takes half a breath.

But at this moment, Feng Xiaotian's vigilance reached its peak, and the potential in his body continued to erupt. He dodged dangerously while holding Huo Wu.

While dodging, Feng Xiaotian caught a glimpse of a faint fire about a mile away, and flew towards the direction of the fire without thinking.

The subterranean demon spider followed closely behind them, chasing the two of them relentlessly.

One mile away, in the camp.

Lin Rong was practicing the Xisui Jing.

Suddenly, within the range of life perception, three life auras fluctuated abnormally violently, and these three life auras were rapidly approaching the direction of the camp.

Among those three breaths of life, Lin Rong was very familiar with one of them.

"It's the crypt spider from the daytime, with 3,221 years of cultivation."

"The other two life breaths are human, and they are very young."

"The life attributes of the two are wind and fire respectively. Their cultivation is not high, one is over 30 levels, and the other is over 20 levels. We need to get closer to find out the exact level."

"I didn't expect that there are still people so brave these days. This is the Soul Beast Forest. Although it is on the outskirts, not everyone can wander around here at will."

"Forget it. We are all human beings. Just consider it as a good deed done by the Duke."

So, Lin Rong stopped practicing, turned around and instructed the old housekeeper:

"Grandpa Yu, about 400 meters southeast of the camp, there are two young soul masters being chased by the underground demon spider in the daytime. Please go and rescue them!"

　In the original novel, Tang San participated in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition at the age of fourteen and a half.

　　Feng Xiaotian is twenty-four years old, ten years older than Tang San, and his soul power is at level forty-four.

　　Huo Wu is less than twenty years old, so she is nineteen years old, five years older than Tang San, and her soul power is level forty-four.

　　Tang San is now six and a half years old, so Feng Xiaotian is sixteen years old and Huo Wu is eleven years old.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)