Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 236 Soul Hunting Squad

Hu Hu put his arm around Lin Chen's shoulder again and said in a hearty manner, "It's alright, little brother. People should know how to be content. Look at us Soul Masters, the income from hunting a Soul Beast once is equivalent to several years' income for an ordinary family. It's their loss that they can't go to school. We just need to work hard to earn money to fill our stomachs."

"Thank you, Brother Hu."

Just like Hu Hu said, they already earn far more money than ordinary people, so why bother worrying about other things?

Sometimes, contentment is a source of happiness.

Hu Hu chuckled and patted Lin Chen on the shoulder, then took out a large gourd from his waist and asked, "Want a drink?"

Lin Chen pinched his thumb and forefinger together, "Just a little bit."

"Hahaha!"

Hu Hu then took out a small cup from his tattered bag and filled it for Lin Chen.

"Come on, let's do it!"

Li Xiu and Dali joined in, drinking a little wine, while Xing Jiang sat to the side, watching them.

"This is a huge order! It's a thousand-year-old wall-blade mantis that a prince from the Heavenly Soul Empire needs to advance to the Soul Venerable realm. They've paid a full three thousand gold soul coins!" Li Xiu said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen felt a flash of disdain.

Any Soul Master who needs a Soul Ring hunts it themselves, at most with a team. This wealthy patron, however, directly hires people to capture Soul Beasts alive. Even if his cultivation level increases this way, his strength won't improve, and he'll never become a powerful figure. No powerful person obtains their Soul Ring in this manner. Which powerful person hasn't weathered countless storms? Haven't they crawled out of piles of corpses?

After taking a small sip of his drink, he asked, "Brother Hu, when do we make our move?"

Hu Hu swallowed the wine in his mouth and said, "There's no rush. The customer said he'll need it in a few more days. We also have a few other orders for hundred-year-old soul beasts. Here, take a look."

Lin Chen took the papers Hu Hu handed him and began to read them carefully.

"Requirement: A 400-year-old blood vine."

The demand is for a seven-hundred-year-old firebird.

The demand is for a nine-hundred-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine.

Wait, Thunderous Hell Vine?

Lin Chen handed the tiger-skin paper marked with "Thunderous Hell Vine" to Hu Hu and asked, "Brother Hu, why did you take this job?"

Hu Hu looked puzzled and asked, "What's wrong? The price is fine; it matches the price of a nine-hundred-year-old soul beast. Plus, the customer is willing to provide us with information. Why can't we accept the offer?"

The other three also looked at Lin Chen with puzzled expressions.

"The Thunderous Hell Vine is an extremely rare soul beast. I've read a record of it once; it's incredibly rare and powerful, arguably the strongest attacking plant soul beast. Even compared to beast-type soul beasts, its attack power is among the top, with few soul beasts able to rival it. This Thunderous Hell Vine can no longer be considered a top-tier soul beast; it should be considered a super soul beast. Although this person wants a nine-hundred-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine, its troublesome nature is probably no less than that of a thousand-year-old soul beast," Lin Chen replied.

Upon hearing this, the others were taken aback.

"Brother Lin Chen, is what you said true?" Li Xiu asked.

Lin Chen nodded.

"Looks like I'll have to pay more..." Li Xiu muttered.

What puzzled Lin Chen was that the Thunderous Hell Vine still existed in the era of the Peerless Tang Sect. What was even more terrifying was that the person who asked Hu Hu to hunt the Thunderous Hell Vine would know its location.

You won't know until you think about it, and once you do, you'll be shocked!

"Add money? You still want to take this job? Don't you care about your life?" Xingjiang said angrily to Li Xiu.

"Hey, what's there to be afraid of? It's not like we haven't fought thousand-year-old soul beasts before. Besides, we have Brother Hu here, and now Brother Lin Chen is coming in too. Fighting a thousand-year-old soul beast is a piece of cake, isn't it?"

"You... Humph!" Xingjiang was so angry she couldn't speak. "Dali, what do you think?" Hu Hu asked.

Although Dali is sturdy, he doesn't talk much and always quietly contributes to the small team.

"I'll do whatever the captain says," Dali said.

"Lin Chen, what about you?"

"I'm new here, so I'll listen to the captain."

Lin Chen naturally didn't care; with his cultivation level, dealing with a nine-hundred-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine was a simple matter.

Hu Hu looked at Li Xiu and Xing Jiang arguing and was also in a dilemma for a moment.

As the captain, he couldn't gamble with his teammates' lives.

After a long pause, Hu Hu sighed and said, "We're not doing this job."

Dali and Lin Chen's expressions remained unchanged, Xing Jiang's face showed a relieved expression, while Li Xiu was somewhat disappointed.

No one would turn down money, and a Soul Master isn't exactly aloof either.

"Alright, let's take the Bloodvine order then, let's go!"

Hu Hu stood up, and everyone else stood up as well, following Hu Hu towards the Soul Hunter Market.

The Soul Hunter Market was very close to them, and they arrived in less than ten minutes.

This is mainly for professional Soul Hunting teams to collect customer demand orders and publish them. Each Soul Hunting team can receive the information and choose whether to accept or not. Of course, this is not free work. Each Soul Hunting team needs to give 10% of the total remuneration to the Soul Hunting Market.

If the Soul Hunting Team had its own channels, the Soul Hunting Market wouldn't interfere. But the Heavenly Soul Empire, having been passed down for ten thousand years, has already firmly controlled most of the channels.

Walking up to the counter, Hu Hu took out the paper containing the blood vine and handed it to the receptionist.

"We'll take this order."

However, the scantily clad saleswoman said, "I'm sorry, esteemed Soul Masters, this order has already been taken by another Soul Hunting team, and the employer has already set off with them."

Except for Lin Chen, the expressions of everyone in Hu Hu's team turned grim.

"Soul Master, would you like to take a look at this? A seven-hundred-year-old firebird. No one has accepted the order yet, and the employer happens to be here right now. What do you think...?"

"This..." Hu Hu was at a loss for words.

"Captain, let's take it. It's only been seven hundred years. It's not like we can't beat them," Li Xiu said confidently.

"Brother Lin Chen, are you sure you can do it?" Hu Hu asked Lin Chen.

Lin Chen nodded. "Okay."

Hu Hu made up his mind and said firmly, "Okay, we'll take this order!"

The saleswoman immediately smiled and said to everyone, "Okay! I'll arrange for you to see the employer right away."

Everyone nodded and followed the saleswoman upstairs, passing through floor after floor. Upon reaching the fifth floor, they finally met their employer, who had been seeking the seven-hundred-year-old firebird.

(End of this chapter)