Douluo Continent: Peerless Fusion Evolution

Chapter 2 Star Dou Great Forest!

"Hehe, Ah Man can't change. He's been called that for over ten years. You expect him to change?" said a woman in a red dress.

"Never mind. Do as you please. By the way, Aman, Qingyi, don't go around telling everyone about Sansi's soul power level. He asked me to do this, and I promised," Su Yunshui instructed.

"Don't worry about that, don't you trust us?" Ah Man patted her chest and assured them.

The woman in green nodded.

"With Sansi's talent, even in that place, he would be a genius, one of the top talents." A glint flashed in Su Yunshui's eyes.

As they were talking, Village Chief Jess led Li Sansi to Su Yunshui and the others.

"Brother Shui, I'm here," Li Sansi said politely.

"Well, let me introduce my friends. This brother is called Aman, a level 51 Battle Soul King, with the Martial Soul: Earth Bear. This sister is called Qingyi, a level 45 Auxiliary Soul Master, with the Martial Soul: Azure Lotus Staff. As for me, my Martial Soul is: Lone Wolf, a level 48 Battle Soul Master." Su Yunshui introduced them.

"Hello, Brother Aman, Sister Qingyi. My name is Li Sansi, you can just call me Sansi." Li Sansi smiled.

"Wow! So cute!" Before she could finish speaking, the woman named Qingyi squatted down and pinched Li Sansi's cheeks. Yes, she squatted down, because Li Sansi was only 1.2 meters tall.

"Ahem, are you being polite!" Li Sansi's lips twitched. Although he looked like a child, he was not a child at all.

"Not bad, Sansi, right? You're quite robust." Aman patted Li Sansi on the shoulder and praised him.

As a Beast Soul Master, a strong body is crucial; the more abundant one's Qi and blood, the stronger one's combat power.

"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's set off. Village Chief Jess, leave Sansi to us," Su Yunshui said to Jess.

"Alright, think it over carefully. Listen to Master Su Yunshui's advice along the way and be careful on the road," Village Chief Jess instructed.

"Yes, I will, Grandpa Jess. We'll be going now!"

"Set off!"

The Star Dou Great Forest is located in the southern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire. It is a forest that almost occupies an entire province and is adjacent to the Star Luo Empire.

Our destination this time is the Star Dou Great Forest.

Since the split of the Heaven Dou Empire, the destruction of the Spirit Hall, and the collision of the Sun and Moon Continents thousands of years ago, the Soul Hunting Forest has become scarce, mostly occupied by various family and imperial forces. Most people can only obtain Soul Rings by going to the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Star Dou Great Forest is rich in species, with countless kinds of soul beasts. However, due to the continuous hunting by human soul masters over the past ten thousand years, there are far fewer soul beasts than ten thousand years ago, and many rare soul beasts have become extinct.

Soul Masters are divided into nine ranks: Soul Master, Great Soul Master, Soul Venerable, Soul Sect Master, Soul King, Soul Emperor, Soul Saint, Soul Douluo, and Title Douluo.

Li Sansi is currently a Soul Warrior, and he will be able to advance to Soul Master after obtaining his first Soul Ring.

Su Yunshui and her three companions hired a carriage and headed towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ten days later.

"Think twice. Once we enter the Star Dou Great Forest, don't stray more than 5 meters from me. There are many soul beasts inside, so be careful," Su Yunshui said solemnly.

Although the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest is mostly inhabited by ten-year or hundred-year-old soul beasts, there are also some thousand-year-old soul beasts that have lost their way and wander out.

"Okay, Brother Shui." Li Sansi nodded.

"I've been telling you about the development path for Soul Masters in the carriage these past few days. With your Martial Soul Giant Ape, it's best to choose a Strength-type Soul Beast. There are many of these Soul Beasts, and their Soul Rings are easy to find. Lions, tigers, and elephants are all good options," Su Yunshui said.

After walking for a short while, a road sign caught Li Sansi's attention.

"Fifty miles ahead, you will enter the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul beasts may appear there. Please be careful."

"It seems there's a warning sign like this at every entrance. If I remember correctly, there's one at Huo Yuhao's entrance too," Li Sansi thought to himself.

As they ventured deeper, Li Sansi felt a mix of excitement and anticipation. "I wonder what my first soul skill will be."

Since there was no teacher to instruct him, Su Yunshui and the others on the way only gave him a brief introduction to some basic information about Soul Masters.

Li Sansi didn't know how many years he could absorb from a spirit ring, nor did he intend to absorb one that was a thousand years higher than his level.

Although he had read the original work, when it came to his own life, he felt it was better to be cautious and absorb something that had been around for four or five hundred years.

As they ventured deeper, the vegetation grew denser, and many spirit beasts began to appear. However, most of them were ten-year-old spirit beasts, and even a hundred-year-old one was rare. It seemed that the Star Dou Great Forest was truly desolate.

"That's a spotted cat, a ten-year-old soul beast, and that's a jade snake, almost a hundred years old, but neither is suitable for you. Let's delve a little deeper."

Along the way, whenever they encountered a spirit beast, Su Yunshui and the others would explain to Li Sansi how to identify it.

Li Sansi also gradually gained some understanding of the soul beasts in this world.

Suddenly, a tiger's roar rang out.

Upon closer inspection, Li Sansi saw that it was a black tiger-like soul beast.

"Brother Shui, is this spirit beast suitable for me?"

"Think it over. This is a black tiger that's just over a hundred years old. Although it's suitable for you, its age is a bit too young. I estimate your first spirit ring to be between 400 and 500 years old. You don't need this black tiger."

After Su Yunshui finished speaking, four spirit rings appeared beneath her feet: yellow, yellow, yellow, and purple. The aura of the Soul Sect pressed down on Black Tiger, who was so frightened that he ran away in terror, wetting himself, and fled into the depths.

"Apart from hunting spirit beasts for the spirit rings I need, it's best not to kill other spirit beasts. There are fewer and fewer spirit beasts these days," Su Yunshui said, putting away her spirit.

"Yes, I heard from my elders that there used to be a lot of spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. There were ten-year and hundred-year spirit beasts everywhere on the outskirts. Unlike now, there are fewer and fewer spirit beasts," Qingyi chimed in.

"Looks like we'll have to camp here tonight. It's getting late. Shui Shui, let's find a place to set up camp, or it'll get dark soon," said A Man, who was leading the way.

"Okay, let's find a place to camp. The nights in the Star Dou Great Forest are more dangerous than the days."

After saying that, the group found a relatively open place to set up camp, and Su Yunshui started scattering the excrement of some kind of soul beast around them.

"This is the excrement of the Thousand-Year Cloud Lion, which has a very good effect on driving away low-level soul beasts," Su Yunshui explained, seeing Li Sansi's curious gaze.

It has to be said that Li Sansi learned a lot along the way. Although he had read the original novel, there were still many details he didn't know when he was actually there. Having a guide was really helpful.

During the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, without the Spirit Hall, commoners had to pay money to awaken their spirits, and it was very expensive. Many people couldn't afford it and therefore couldn't awaken their spirits. They either had to sell themselves to nobles or powerful forces to help them awaken their spirits, and then they would have to serve them afterward.

There are really not many people like Su Yunshui anymore.

"Brother Shui, Brother Aman, Sister Qingyi, this is some dried animal meat that I prepared myself. Please try some. These pieces are both sweet and salty."

Li Sansi took out three pieces of dried meat from his package and handed them to the three people. He also took a piece and ate it. Although the dried meat wasn't enough to fill Li Sansi's teeth, it was enough to maintain his normal energy levels.

My portion is spicy, a special version I made myself—extremely spicy. The meat chunks are quite different from the others; they're a vibrant red, very appetizing, and most of the meat in the package is like that. A small portion is salty and sweet.

Ah Man was about to eat a piece of salty meat when she noticed that the meat Li Sansi had taken out was clearly different from theirs. It was bright red and obviously unusual.

Then look at yours, it's just a normal air-dried piece of meat.

"Hey, think it over! Your meat chunks look different from ours. They look tastier," Ah Man said, glaring at us.

His words also attracted the attention of Su Yunshui and Qingyi, who both looked towards Li Sansi's hand.

"Um, this is spicy, it's my own special dish, most people really can't handle it. It's not that I don't want you to eat it." The food on Douluo Continent is really not good, Li Sansi was afraid that if he gave them this, they wouldn't be able to stand it.

The food in Douluo Continent is mostly light and bland, with very few strong flavors, and the taste isn't very good either.

Li Sansi found some similar plants in the back mountain and made some seasonings. That's how he created this insanely spicy dish.

"Really? Let me see how spicy it is. I don't believe it," Ah Man said, taking the spicy piece from Li Sansi's hand.

"Cough cough!" After taking a bite, Ah Man's face visibly turned red.

"Think twice, how did you prepare this meat? It's a tiny bit spicy, but it's delicious," Ah Man said, breathing out as she drank water.

After saying that, he took another big bite.

"Awesome!" Although sweat was streaming down her face, Ah Man showed no sign of stopping.

"No, bro, don't force yourself if you can't handle spicy food, or your butt will hurt the next day," Li Sansi thought to himself.

In no time, Ah Man finished the piece of meat. Although he was sweating profusely, he seemed very satisfied. He was panting and spitting out saliva as he ate.

"Think it over, let us have a taste, it really looks delicious." Su Yunshui and Qingyi couldn't contain themselves.

"Okay!" Li Sansi said with some concern, taking out another piece.

They each took half.

Su Yunshui couldn't wait and took a bite. Swish! Her taste buds exploded.

"Cough cough! Cough cough! It's so spicy. I..." Before he could finish speaking, Su Yunshui spat out the dried meat from his mouth.

Then they flooded the chat with water.

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? If you can't eat it, don't eat it. You'll just throw up. You're wasting such delicious jerky." Ah Man, having recovered, took the jerky from Su Yunshui's hand, not forgetting to mock her. Then she walked to the side and began to eat it with relish.

"This jerky is pretty good, Sansi, is there any more?" Just then, Qingyi, who had quietly finished eating the jerky, said to Li Sansi. "Damn, Sister Qingyi is the real boss," Li Sansi thought. After eating the super spicy jerky, apart from his face being slightly red, everything else was normal.

Su Yunshui was completely stunned.

No, was I eating fake jerky? Why do you all look fine?

Why does it feel like I'm going to explode after just one bite?

"Hey, you're pretty good, better than Shui Shui. Shui Shui, how come you can't even handle a tiny bit of spice? Are you even a man?" Ah Man said with a wicked grin from the side.

(End of this chapter)