Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 6 Sunset Forest

The carriage wasn't moving very fast, and it wasn't until noon that the two arrived at the Soul Hunter Town, more than twenty miles outside Sunset Forest.

After finding a restaurant in the Soul Hunter Town and having a simple lunch, Huo Lie took Mu Yang and continued on their journey.

From afar, Mu Yang could vaguely sense a refreshing breeze blowing by, its fragrance of plants soothing and comforting.

Looking out, it was a green ocean. Even at the very edge of the outer area, towering trees filled the view, their shadows so dense that it was difficult to see the true scenery within.

As one of the three major habitats of wild soul beasts, Sunset Forest is the place that soul masters of lower levels in the northern part of the continent most hope to visit, because every time they come here, it means that their soul power level has advanced.

Of course, many Soul Masters come to Sunset Forest to hunt Souls every year, but it is also the burial place of many Soul Masters.

All I can say is that the forest is dangerous, and hunting spirits requires caution.

"Xiao Yang, spirit beasts often appear in the forest, and you could be in danger at any time. You must be careful, understand?"

Before entering the forest, Huo Lie reminded Mu Yang of these words.

With him leading the Muyang Soul Hunting, and given that the Sunset Forest is not as dangerous as the Star Dou Great Forest, there is no need to worry about powerful soul beasts sneaking up on them.

However, for a prospective Soul Master like Mu Yang who has not yet advanced to the first level, even seemingly insignificant small poisonous insects could pose a deadly threat.

"Um."

Mu Yang nodded seriously.

Having read countless novels in his previous life, Mu Yang had seen many supporting characters or powerful figures who were originally "destined to succeed" fall into ruin due to carelessness.

Not long after entering the forest, Mu Yang heard a faint rustling sound coming from the distance to his side.

Turning his head to look, the next second, Mu Yang felt goosebumps rise all over his body.

A black-scaled snake, four or five meters long, was seen swimming past the bushes not far away.

Although this black-scaled snake was not very old, not even a hundred years old, and posed no threat to Mu Yang who was protected by Huo Lie, the visual impact of its writhing, fine black scales was far greater than the illustrations in the book. Mu Yang, who had been afraid of snakes in his previous life, felt a deep-seated fear.

"Haha, Xiao Yang, are you afraid of snakes?"

Seeing Mu Yang's fear of snakes, Huo Lie couldn't help but laugh.

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang rolled his eyes. Such a large spicy strip, if you're not used to seeing it, how many people wouldn't be afraid?

"How about I help you overcome it?"

Huo Lie glanced at the black-scaled snake, whose figure was about to disappear from sight, and said with a joking tone.

"No, no, no, it's just that I'm not used to seeing it for the first time."

Mu Yang quickly shook his head and waved his hands, saying...

You old rascal, how dare you scare a kid like me with a snake?

"Haha~"

Huo Lie laughed again.

Ignoring this little incident, the two continued their journey through the forest.

Perhaps they were lucky. As dusk approached, just as the two were preparing to find a place to set up their tents and camp, Mu Yang noticed a seemingly inconspicuous green plant growing beside a patch of low shrubs with damp soil and few towering trees.

The plant is not very large, about 1.5 meters tall. The four-angled stem has six branches, with soft hairs growing downwards on the upper part. The opposite green leaves on the stem are ovate-lanceolate. At the front of each branch of the plant, there are also a considerable number of small blue flowers.

Suddenly a gentle breeze brushed his face, and Mu Yang felt a faint floral fragrance with a cool sensation enter his nose, as if even his energy had become better.

"Uncle, a cool flower that's a little over four hundred years old."

Pointing to the cool flowers not far ahead, Mu Yang said to Huo Lie.

Without Mu Yang needing to say anything more, Huo Lie had already noticed it the moment he smelled that faint, cool floral fragrance.

At this moment, Huo Lie frowned slightly, pondering whether Mu Yang could truly withstand the Cool Flower Soul Ring, which was over four hundred years old.

Generally speaking, it is true that the best age for a Soul Master to get their first Soul Ring is around four hundred years. However, people are different. A prospective Soul Master with a strong physique can naturally follow this pattern, but the problem is that Mu Yang is not one of them!

His complexion was usually rather pale, and even after sleeping for more than ten hours a day, he still looked empty from staying up too late. This made it difficult for Huo Lie to have full confidence in Mu Yang's ability to attach the first soul ring that had been around for more than four hundred years.

"Xiaoyang, are you confident?"

After thinking for a long time, Huo Lie turned to Mu Yang and asked.

Fortunately, the spirit ring energy of plant-type spirit beasts is mostly not very violent, especially for plant-type spirit beasts like the Cool Flower, which does not have offensive capabilities. Its spirit ring energy can be considered the most gentle. Compared with other spirit beast spirit rings of the same age, it has lower requirements for the physical fitness of the spirit master.

Otherwise, to be on the safe side, Huo Lie would not allow Mu Yang to use this four-hundred-year-old Cool Flower as his first soul ring beast.

"Of course! I just look tired on the surface, but that doesn't mean I'm physically weak."

Mu Yang said without hesitation.

Mu Yang might not be able to match older Soul Masters of the same level, but compared to other innate full-strength geniuses who haven't officially advanced to the first ring yet, his physical attributes are definitely among the best.

You should know that he has been practicing gymnastics for more than a year. It wasn't for nothing. Under his sleeves, his arms are full of strong muscles!

Huo Lie raised an eyebrow and looked Mu Yang up and down, noting that Mu Yang's energy and spirit were much better than before.

Well, knowing that he was going out to hunt souls today, Mu Yang didn't use his mental energy to use his deduction ability yesterday, so his energy and spirit naturally looked much better.

"Alright then~"

After observing for a moment, Huo Lie nodded, took out a fire oil barrel from his storage soul tool, opened the lid, and with a flick of his wrist, threw it towards the Cool Flower not far away.

Instantly, the not-so-large Cool Flower was drenched in kerosene.

Then, Huo Lie took out another fire tinder, opened the tinderbox, blew on it, and a small flame appeared. He then threw it at Qing Liang Hua, who was soaked in kerosene.

"tumultuous--"

The kerosene ignited instantly, and the small flames spread rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the cool flower was bathed in the raging flames.

When a soul beast dies, it can drop a soul ring, but only the soul master who delivers the final blow to the soul beast is qualified to absorb and refine that soul ring.

However, this is on the premise that the Soul Master, in the process of hunting Soul Beasts, unleashes an attack imbued with his own Soul Power.

If no soul master's soul power is involved in the entire killing process, then anyone whose soul power level is a multiple of ten will be qualified to absorb and refine this soul ring.

This is similar to how later generations of Soul Masters used fixed-installation Soul Tools that could be activated without consuming their own Soul Power to kill Soul Beasts, and the resulting Soul Rings could be absorbed normally by other Soul Masters.

(End of this chapter)