Douluo: I, the Sun God

Chapter 8 Go to hunt for souls
That day, Xu Yang had just come out of the library when he ran into his teacher Ning Fengzhi. Behind him was a middle-aged man with a resolute square face and a burly figure. The muscles on his bare arms were like granite. He exuded a faint aura and looked like someone who was not to be messed with.

As soon as this person approached, Xu Yang felt a wave of heat coming towards him. It was obvious that this was a top-notch fire-attribute soul master.

"Yang'er, this is Ning Haiyan, his martial soul is the Fiery Blade, and he's a level 76 Strong Attack-type Battle Soul Saint. He'll be responsible for teaching you and helping you hunt souls from now on. If you need anything, you can tell him. If he can't do it, you can come to me!"

After looking at Xu Yang with satisfaction, Ning Fengzhi turned around and pointed at the middle-aged man behind him and introduced him.

"Ning Haiyan, nice to meet the young master!" Ning Haiyan also stepped forward and said at the right time.

"Uncle Ning, I'll trouble you from now on!"

Xu Yang bowed slightly and said modestly and respectfully, this is a Soul Sage, even if his teacher is the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he is just a small follower who is not even a Soul Master, he must be respected.

He did not expect the two Titled Douluo, Jian and Gu, to help him hunt souls. As the only two Titled Douluo in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, one was responsible for guarding the sect, and the other was responsible for protecting the safety of Ning Fengzhi and Madam Ning. In addition, they had to practice themselves, so they simply did not have much time.

Ning Fengzhi himself has to manage the entire Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and he is too busy with so many daily affairs to help others hunt souls.

Xu Yang was already very satisfied to have a Soul Saint to help him.

"Hai Yan, please take Yang'er to Sunset Forest and help him hunt for his first spirit ring."

"Master, rest assured. I will definitely live up to your trust!" Ning Haiyan bowed and said seriously.

After saying that, Ning Haiyan took Xu Yang out of the library with a serious face and headed towards the Sunset Forest.

Ning Fengzhi was also very relieved about Ning Haiyan. From his surname, it was not difficult to guess that he was a man from the master's family. He was loyal and capable enough. He had selected him specifically for Xu Yang.

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Qibao City is near Tiandou City and not far from Sunset Forest.

Sunset Forest is one of the three major gathering places for soul beasts in the entire Douluo Continent. Although the quality and quantity of soul beasts are not as good as those in the other two gathering places, it is enough for most soul masters. Most of the soul rings of the sect disciples are basically hunted there.

Not to mention, there are top treasures such as the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire inside.

Walking in the forest, Ning Haiyan taught Xu Yang knowledge about soul hunting as they walked, which involved repelling insects, avoiding soul beasts, how to judge whether the area they are in is dangerous, which plants are poisonous, and where to find the antidote.

It can be said that all aspects are covered.

Xu Yang also listened very carefully, and asked some questions that might be encountered from time to time, and Ning Haiyan answered them one by one.

It must be said that Ning Haiyan has a lot of experience, many of which are things that have never been learned from books, which has benefited Xu Yang a lot. These are the skills that he will rely on for survival in the Douluo Continent in the future, and he cannot be careless.

"By the way, Master, your first spirit ring choice is..."

"It's a 700 to 800-year-old golden-edged sunflower."

Speaking of sunflowers, Xu Yang couldn't help but sigh at the heritage of the major sects. The orphanage's collection simply described the age and characteristics of sunflowers, but the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's collection clearly documented every aspect of sunflowers. This included the levels of sunflowers, which were categorized as gold-edged, silver-edged, and without gold or silver markings. The gold-edged sunflower's bloodline reached that of a high-level soul beast, providing passive buffs and soul skills ten times more powerful than those of ordinary soul beasts.

With such a huge gap, Xu Yang’s only choice is definitely Phnom Penh Sunflower.

Ning Haiyan did not say anything, but silently took out the map from the storage soul guide. Although he had some doubts about the time period chosen by Xu Yang, thinking of Ning Fengzhi's instructions, he did not ask too much. He believed that when the time came, the sect leader would tell him.

The map shows the distribution of soul beasts throughout the Sunset Forest. Because the soul beasts in the Sunset Forest are relatively weak, major sects like the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect have already completed their exploration of the forest. There are records of which soul beasts live in which areas, so there is no need for ordinary soul masters to be completely in the dark and have to grope their way around bit by bit.

Plant-type soul beasts like sunflowers find it difficult to move, so once they are marked, they basically cannot escape.

"This way!"

Ning Haiyan greeted them and then changed direction, heading forward to the left front.

Xu Yang hurried to follow.

With Ning Haiyan here, he didn't worry about his safety. Whenever he met various soul beasts on the road, he would look them up and down. He had never seen such a novel creature in his two lifetimes, so he was naturally very curious.

They had seen all kinds of soul beasts, such as the wind baboon, the soft-bone rabbit, the leopard cat, the lone bamboo, the netherworld wolf, the blue wolf... However, these soul beasts ran away before they could get close to Ning Haiyan because of the terrifying aura on his body.

"Uncle Ning, that wind baboon's fur looks about five centimeters long. It should have cultivated for thirty years, right?!"

"It's not thirty years of cultivation, but fifty years. The wind baboon is right to judge the cultivation level based on the length of its hair, but you can't rely solely on your naked eyes!"

While speaking, Ning Haiyan's right hand turned into a palm knife and swung it hard in front of him. The flaming blade energy instantly passed through the wind baboon's body and split it in half. No blood flowed out of the wound, and all the blood was evaporated by the high temperature.

A white soul ring condensed and floated above the corpse.

Ning Haiyan controlled it very skillfully. He only split the wind baboon in half, and the blood evaporated. Other organs and tissues were not damaged at all, not even the long hair.

Ning Haiyan pulled Xu Yang to the front of the wind baboon, pointed at the corpse on the ground and said: "Look, is the hair of this wind baboon still five centimeters long..."

Hearing this, Xu Yang squatted down and pulled apart the hair of the wind baboon. He found that in addition to the hair exposed on the surface, there was a layer of fine fluff underneath. This layer of fluff was at least two centimeters thick, so the hair of the wind baboon was at least seven centimeters long.

This also confirmed that this wind baboon had indeed been practicing for fifty years.

"Some soul beasts have obvious features that are completely exposed, so you can judge their age based on those features. But some soul beasts, like this wind baboon, have dense and abundant hair, and their features are somewhat deceptive, so it is difficult to judge with the naked eye."

Ning Haiyan passed on his experience to Xu Yang.

"So what's the best way to judge?! If you make a wrong judgment when hunting souls, it could be fatal!"

Xu Yang asked doubtfully. He also knew a method, which was to judge by the color of the soul power. The soul power of a ten-year soul beast was white, a hundred-year soul beast was yellow, a thousand-year soul beast was purple, ten-thousand-year soul beast was black, and a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was red.

(End of this chapter)