Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 11 Star Dou Forest

Nothing happened overnight. The next morning, Lan Xiaodie instructed the innkeeper to bring breakfast. Everyone began to eat, and after they had eaten and drunk their fill, they prepared to set off towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Swish..."

At this moment, a powerful aura of soul power came from afar. Ye Liangchen ran to the window and saw a long sword appear in the sky, carrying the three of them and flying swiftly towards the Star Dou Forest.

Standing at the forefront of the longsword was a handsome, white-haired old man in a light blue robe, likely the Sword Douluo. Behind him stood a refined middle-aged man, holding a porcelain doll-like little girl in his arms; these were probably Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong.

Watching the departing Sword Douluo, Ye Liangchen thought that the sword flight move was very cool. He would definitely develop the sword flight skill when he cultivated his sword martial soul in the future.

Sword Douluo is considered one of the most handsome men in Douluo Continent, on par with Qian Daoliu in terms of looks. And it's true, most Soul Masters who wield swords are handsome.

"As expected of Sword Douluo! He can fly on a sword and carry two people with him." Su Lin praised Sword Douluo's flying skills.

"Xiao Chen also has a sword spirit, so he can fly on a sword in the future." The Lan sisters stroked Ye Liangchen's head, looking forward to the little guy's future achievements.

"Let's eat! We'll be setting off soon," Lan Xiaodie urged everyone to eat quickly.

The Soul Hunter Town is still hundreds of miles away from the Star Dou Forest, and the last part of the journey is very rugged, so that even a carriage cannot go any further.

In order to reach their destination as quickly as possible, Lan Xiaodie picked Ye Liangchen up and carried him towards the Star Dou Forest, with Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling following on either side.

"Swish..."

Advanced Soul Masters move very fast, and an hour later, the group had already reached the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Star Dou Forest is the largest soul beast forest in Douluo Continent, larger than half the size of the entire Barak Kingdom. The entire forest stretches across the center of the two great empires, Heaven Dou and Star Luo, with 40% of its area within the Heaven Dou Empire and the remaining 60% within the Star Luo Empire.

The Spirit Hall is located at the border of the two great empires, only about 600 kilometers away from the Star Dou Forest. Backed by the resources of the entire Star Dou Forest, it can be said to have a unique advantage.

The Star Dou Great Forest also boasts the most diverse array of spirit beasts; most spirit masters can find the spirit beasts they need here. However, the Star Dou Great Forest is also the most dangerous spirit beast forest in the entire Douluo Continent, with rumors suggesting that a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast resides in its heart.

This is only what people on the Douluo Continent know. Ye Liangchen, as a transmigrator, knows that the Silver Dragon King and a group of ferocious beasts over 200,000 years old are hiding deep in the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Forest. That is the most dangerous place on the entire Douluo Continent.

Ye Liangchen was deeply impressed by the magical Starry Sky Forest. It was filled with towering trees, exotic flowers and rare herbs, and of course, Blue Silver Grass was the most abundant plant.

"Squeak..."

"rustle…"

"Awoo..."

As soon as everyone stepped into the outer edge of the forest, they saw some birds and beasts less than a hundred years old moving about in the forest, making various sounds from time to time.

"Xiao Chen, the Star Dou Forest has the most soul beasts of any forest on the entire continent..."

Along the way, Lan Xiaodie introduced Ye Liangchen to the Star Dou Great Forest and survival knowledge for entering the Soul Beast Forest. She, Su Lin, and Lan Xiaoling formed a triangular formation, surrounding the little guy in the center, and set off into the depths of the Star Dou Forest.

At this moment, Ye Liangchen kept his eyes and ears open, guarding against attacks from the soul beasts. Although he was protected by three experts, he had to learn how to protect himself when entering this kind of forest.

"Xiao Chen! Auntie has a sword here. You can use it to defend yourself."

Lan Xiaodie took out a beautiful three-foot-long sword from her soul tool and handed it to Ye Liangchen for self-defense.

"Okay, Aunt Lan."

Taking the longsword from Lan Xiaodie, Ye Liangchen suddenly felt inspired to practice his swordsmanship, so he swung the sword and began to wield it.

"Aunt Lan! This sword is so beautiful, can I have it?" Ye Liangchen asked with a grin.

"Silly child! Auntie took out this sword as a gift for you."

Lan Xiaodie smiled sweetly. This sword was given to her by Liu Ruyan back then. At that time, she and her sister had not yet married Yun Hanxing. They traveled the continent with Ye Feng and were very carefree. Now, when she thinks back, it is full of memories.

"Thank you, Aunt Lan!"

Ye Liangchen had already memorized the exquisite sword moves of the Wanmei Yingfeng Sword Technique. Following the sword moves in his mind, Ye Liangchen began to practice.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Thrust, cleave, sweep, whirlwind thrust, oblique thrust...

In Ye Liangchen's hands, the longsword moved like a swimming dragon, incredibly agile, each sword flower exuding a sharp aura, incomparably dazzling.

The sword blade was imbued with soul power, making it extremely lethal. Several small trees, about the size of a bowl, three meters away were all cut down by the blade, giving Ye Liangchen the feeling that with this sword in hand, he could rule the world.

As expected of the peerless swordsmanship of the Sword God Ximen Chuixue! For Soul Masters in the Douluo World, it's practically a divine skill.

Ye Liangchen remembered that Sword Saint Ye Gucheng's Heavenly Flying Immortal Sword Technique was even more powerful than Ximen Chuixue's sword technique. He thought that if he learned the Heavenly Flying Immortal Sword Technique in the future, he would definitely be very cool.

"The little guy is a true swordsmanship genius. His swordsmanship seems even more powerful and exquisite than his father's."

The three women watched as Ye Liangchen displayed his swordsmanship to an impressive degree, then retreated to the edge and quietly watched him practice, feeling very gratified.

"Aunt Lan! I think you can also learn the Ten Thousand Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind Sword Technique. If you master these sword techniques, it's like creating your own soul skills."

After practicing over a hundred sword techniques, Ye Liangchen felt extremely comfortable. To improve the skills of those around him, Ye Liangchen also introduced the mysteries of the Ten Thousand Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind Sword Technique to Lan Xiaodie and the others, encouraging them to learn the sword technique in the future.

These are all his family members, and Ye Liangchen hopes they can all become stronger. He won't be like Tang San next door, who possesses the Tang Sect's secret techniques but is unwilling to pass them on to his wife, Xiao Wu.

"Hmm! It's time for us to change our mindset. When Xiao Chen uses this peerless sword technique, it's just like creating his own soul skill."

"However, such a precious sword technique cannot be passed on indiscriminately, otherwise the consequences will be severe."

After hearing Ye Liangchen's words, the three women exchanged glances and unanimously made a change in their minds: the Extreme Flow teaching model of Tianshui Academy also needed to be changed.

"We'll arrange this after we return to the academy. For now, let's focus on finding spirit beasts. Su Lin, have you decided on your seventh spirit ring?"

"Ice Toad, Blue Scaled Flood Dragon, Blue Flag Arrowfish, these are all good soul beasts."

"Let's find the Azure Vine for Xiaochen first, and then head deeper into the forest."

Lan Xiaodie and her sister were discussing the seventh spirit ring with Su Lin, while Ye Liangchen listened quietly from the side. He felt that the spirit beasts Su Lin wanted to find all had water attributes, which was a bit extreme. This must be the extreme flow teaching mode of Tianshui Academy.

Ye Liangchen remembered that all the soul beasts killed by the Power Clan were of the power type. The clan's martial soul seemed to be called the Mighty Ape, which also caused the people of that clan to all look like King Kong. All their soul skills were of the power attribute, which was simply the extreme of the extreme.

The group set off into the depths of the Star Dou Forest, where they encountered increasingly powerful spirit beasts, including snakes as thick as buckets and twenty meters long, which slithered forward, flicking their tongues.

"Hiss..."

The giant snake hissed, which was very eerie. Ye Liangchen felt that the giant snake could swallow a strong man weighing two or three hundred pounds whole.

"Click..."

A giant centipede, over ten meters long, with its densely packed legs as thick as a small bowl, and two pincers in front of its head like giant scythes, killed a goat in an instant and swallowed it whole.

This scene reminded Ye Liangchen of the centipede demon in A Chinese Ghost Story.

"Awoo..."

"Chirp chirp..."

Gray wolves, as big as calves, swiftly chased down other weaker soul beasts. Many plant soul beasts, startled, used their branches to encircle themselves. Some even ran quickly from trees tens of meters tall. Raptors, over ten meters long, shrieked overhead as they flew overhead.

Looking at these powerful soul beasts, Ye Liangchen felt his scalp tingle. It was as if he had entered a monster world. It was the first time he had seen these ferocious beasts, and he was still a little unaccustomed to it.

"Xiao Chen! We're here, don't be afraid." Lan Xiaodie looked at Ye Liangchen's nervous appearance and gently patted him on the back.

"It's normal to be scared when you see a spirit beast for the first time. We were the same when we were kids." Lan Xiaoling and Su Lin smiled beside them.

"I'm not afraid. I'm judging the age of these soul beasts." Ye Liangchen refused to admit that he was afraid.

Upon close inspection of the markings on these soul beasts, they are all around 300 years old. The Soul Beast Encyclopedia records the markings of many soul beasts at different ages, making them easy to identify.

Ye Liangchen had only scratched the surface of the Soul Beast Encyclopedia. It seemed he would have to master this knowledge as soon as possible, as it was all the experience accumulated by countless Soul Master ancestors in the Douluo Continent!

The group continued deeper into the forest when suddenly a strong wind arose ahead, followed by a howl.

"Awooo..."

"Clouds follow dragons, wind follows tigers. This is a tiger-type soul beast, and a very powerful one at that. Be careful and on guard." Lan Xiaodie stopped everyone and prepared for battle.

"Huff huff..."

After a gust of wind, a huge ghost tiger pounced on everyone; it was about 8000 years old.

"Hiss..."

"rustle…"

Immediately afterwards, a three-meter-long scorpion and a 20-meter-long spotted python attacked from both sides, their age estimated to be around 5000 years.

In the distance, a 5000-year-old human-faced demon spider lay prostrate on a large tree, silently watching everything.

"Hmph! These ferocious soul beasts, barely ten thousand years old, actually think they can eat us! Xiaoling, let's go, let's finish this quickly."

"Su Lin! Protect Xiao Chen."

Lan Xiaodie released her martial spirit, called on her younger sister, and prepared for battle.

"Chirp chirp..."

"Buzzing..."

A phoenix cry rang out, and an ice phoenix appeared behind Lan Xiaodie. It was yellow, purple, black, and black, and eight soul rings slowly rose from her body.

Lan Xiaoling also released her Jade Dolphin, with two yellow, two purple, and three black rings, and seven spirit rings appeared.

"Sis! Should we kill them all?"

"No need to kill them all, just repel them. If we kill these soul beasts, the smell of blood will attract even stronger ones. Besides, these soul beasts are excellent resources; it would be a waste to kill them. We might need them later."

"Swish..."

First Soul Skill: Ice Seal

Lan Xiaodie unleashed her soul skill, and in an instant, countless ice blocks sprang up from the ground, freezing the several thousand-year-old soul beasts that were charging towards her.

Fifth Soul Skill: Water Cannon Attack

Lan Xiaoling also unleashed her fifth soul skill, a water cannon attack.

"Bang bang bang..."

Several water cannons flew out of her hands quickly, accurately hitting the frozen soul beasts and sending them flying. Even the human-faced demon spiders on the distant trees were accurately hit.

"Awoo..."

"Hiss..."

Even a soul beast that has existed for thousands of years has developed a sliver of intelligence. After being knocked away, it knew it had met its match and immediately fled.

Ye Liangchen witnessed Lan Xiaoling's water cannon attack, which was just like a cannonball. Even at a distance of twenty meters, it still had such great destructive power. It was truly remarkable.

"Xiao Chen! How are you feeling?"

Su Lin smiled as she looked at the surprised look in the little one's eyes.

"Aunt Lan and the others have amazing soul skills," Ye Liangchen said excitedly, waving his hand.

"Let's go!" Lan Xiaodie urged everyone to continue forward.

The group searched in the forest for a whole day but still didn't encounter the soul beast they were looking for. Along the way, they encountered two waves of ferocious soul beasts that attacked them. Ye Liangchen even killed a hundred-year-old Netherworld Wolf, which he found very exciting.

At this moment, there was a cave ahead, about 20 square meters in size. It was very dry inside, and there was a small river 200 meters away from the cave entrance. It was an ideal place for camping, and Lan Xiaodie suggested that they rest here for the night.

"We'll spend the night here and continue the search tomorrow."

The group entered the cave and found few animals and the ground was clean. Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling skillfully set up the tent, with Ye Liangchen helping out. Having watched Bear Grylls' "Man vs. Wild" program in his previous life, he found the experience of wilderness survival very exciting.

Lan Xiaodie went into the forest to collect some firewood, then went to the river to fetch more than a dozen buckets of water. She then boiled a pot of water outside the cave entrance in preparation for making dinner.

Back when they passed through Soto City, Lan Xiaodie had already purchased a large amount of rice, flour, cooking oil, cooking utensils, and various dried vegetables and meats, all of which were stored in her soul tool, enough to feed the four of them for one or two months.

Lan Xiaodie brought so much food because Ye Liangchen is still young and growing, so his diet needs to be adequate and he can't just eat dry food every day.

Lighting a fire in the forest might attract some fire-resistant spirit beasts, but as a Soul Douluo powerhouse, Lan Xiaodie wasn't afraid of them. Besides, this place was still on the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, so there wouldn't be any spirit beasts older than ten thousand years.

"Sis! What are we having for dinner tonight?" Lan Xiaoling asked with a grin.

"Braised beef with dried bamboo shoots, stir-fried wild lily bulbs, braised dried carp, and an egg drop soup. Due to limited resources, these are all I can make."

"Wow! It's been so long since I've had the Dean's cooking."

"Su Lin! Haven't you eaten enough of my cooking before? Come and help me out. You're also my mother's student, so you should call me 'senior sister' in public."

"Yes, ma'am! Beautiful senior sister."

After Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling set up the tent, they helped out. The three women chatted and laughed, creating a very warm scene.

Ye Liangchen sat at a distance, watching this scene, feeling that it was just like the TV show "Beauty's Private Kitchen" in his previous life, very pleasing to the eye.

An hour later, a sumptuous dinner was ready, and the enticing aroma made one's mouth water.

"Xiao Chen! Go wash your hands and come eat." Lan Xiaodie woke up Ye Liangchen, who was meditating and practicing martial arts.

"Okay! Aunt Lan." Ye Liangchen was in a very good mood because of the delicious food.

After a delicious and satisfying meal, Lan Xiaodie took out a large pot and a large wooden tub and started boiling water, while Su Lin and Lan Xiaoling went to bathe in the river some distance away.

"Xiao Chen! Take a bath quickly, Auntie will watch over you outside." Lan Xiaodie poured hot water into the wooden tub and instructed Ye Liangchen to take a bath.

Good heavens! This isn't a hunt for spirit beasts, it's more like a vacation! Seeing this scene, Ye Liangchen found it incredibly amusing.

"Thank you, Aunt Lan!"

Ye Liangchen soaked in the wooden tub, feeling extremely relaxed. This kind of life was just too comfortable.

After a while, when Su Lin returned, Lan Xiaodie also went to the river to take a bath. Women love to be clean, especially beautiful women like them.

After all that commotion, it was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Fortunately, the fire was still burning, illuminating the entire cave.

"Xiao Chen! Go to sleep." Seeing that it was late at night, Lan Xiaodie interrupted Ye Liangchen, who was cultivating, and told him to go to sleep.

"Okay, Aunt Lan!"

Ye Liangchen crawled into the tent and started to sleep, soon falling into a deep sleep.

"Su Lin, Xiao Ling, you two go to sleep! I'll keep watch."

"Sister! Let's sleep for the first half of the night. I'll keep watch with Junior Sister Su Lin for the second half, and you can sleep for the second half."

"Okay! It's settled then."

After the three women cultivated for an hour, they began to allocate their cultivation time and spend the night in the Soul Beast Forest, where they had to be on guard against attacks from soul beasts at all times.

After entering the tent, Su Lin lay down next to Ye Liangchen and hugged the little guy in her arms like a pillow.

"Su Lin! I feel like you're doing this on purpose. Do you really need to hold the little one to fall asleep?" Lan Xiaoling was speechless at the woman's actions.

"Sister Xiaoling! As Xiaochen's teacher, and being in the Star Dou Forest, I have to be responsible for his safety. This is called close protection." Su Lin ignored Lan Xiaoling's teasing and continued to hold Ye Liangchen in her arms, giving him the warmest care.

"I know you were a little resentful when you lost to Liu Ruyan back then. You wouldn't be thinking of making a move on her son, would you? You better not do anything reckless!" Lan Xiaoling felt that this woman was very strange.

"Sister Xiaoling, you're overthinking it."

Su Lin glanced at Lan Xiaoling's alluring smile and thought to herself: Even if I had such thoughts, it would be impossible for them to come true! By the time the little one grows up, I'll be old.

Ye Liangchen was sleeping soundly at the moment, but he felt as if he was surrounded by something, which smelled nice and was very comfortable.

Feeling groggy and unable to make a sound, he reached out to move his hand. The next moment, he touched something soft and squishy, ​​which woke Ye Liangchen up instantly, and he found himself in the arms of his beautiful teacher, Su Lin, once again.

Holy crap! Here we go again? How am I supposed to sleep now? This is a nightmare!

Back in Soul Hunter Town, this woman promised the Lan sisters that she would protect them closely, and she actually got addicted to it, which is just ridiculous.

The dean's grandmother once told her that Su Lin had pursued her father, but her mother, Liu Ruyan, blocked her advances, and the woman failed.

Is this woman planning to make a move on me? Although it's exciting.

Thinking of this, Ye Liangchen began to silently recite the Ice Heart Mantra.

A pure heart remains undisturbed by the heavens.

Amidst constant change, stillness prevails; the spirit is serene and tranquil…

To help himself fall asleep, Ye Liangchen silently recited the Ice Heart Mantra five times in his mind, which calmed his mind and eventually allowed him to slowly drift into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)