Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 12 Second Soul Ring

three days later.

Early morning, at the entrance of the Coconut Grove City Primary Soul Master Academy.

"Xiao Jiang, our target this time is the Star Dou Great Forest. It's much more dangerous than the Soul Hunting Forest. There are many more people hunting for Soul Rings there, and the people are much more complicated. You must stick close to me, understand?" Dean Yang instructed Jiang Li.

"Understood, Dean. I won't wander off," Jiang Li replied.

After three days, the dean finally finished arranging things at the academy, and this morning the dean went to find Jiang Li to set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

After giving them their instructions, the two rented a carriage and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Star Dou Great Forest is located on the Douluo Continent, spanning the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Two-fifths of its area is in the Heaven Dou Empire, and three-fifths is in the Star Luo Empire.

In the world of Soul Masters, the Star Dou Great Forest is known as the cradle of Soul Beasts, possessing almost the complete range of Soul Beasts in the world. Deep within the forest, there are even Soul Beasts that are hundreds of thousands of years old.

In addition, the Star Dou Great Forest, the Sunset Forest, and the Frozen Forest are collectively known as the three major habitats of soul beasts.

According to the records in the Spirit Hall, the 100,000-year-old spirit beasts are the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

Seven days later, at the entrance of the Soul Hunter Town in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Gentlemen, this is the Star Dou Great Forest."

After a seven-day journey, the two arrived at a small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest. They were lucky along the way and did not encounter any bandits.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work." The dean took out three gold soul coins from somewhere and handed them to the coachman before leading Jiang Li out of the carriage.

The town outside the Star Dou Great Forest was much larger and more bustling than the area outside the Soul Hunter Forest. However, one was domesticated, and the other was wild, so there was no comparison. Everywhere, you could hear Soul Hunter groups and vendors calling out to customers.

"How is it? Isn't it lively?" the dean asked, seeing Jiang Li's curious expression.

"Mmm," Jiang Li replied softly.

"It's lively, that's what I'm looking for. This is one of the three major gathering places for spirit beasts on the continent. Every time a spirit master comes here, it means they are about to advance in rank. At the same time, because there are so many spirit beasts, spirit masters who enter the forest must be especially careful. Moreover, they must be wary of other spirit masters. After all, the most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart. No one can guarantee that someone won't suddenly appear while you are absorbing a spirit ring," the dean explained.

Then, the dean continued, "Have you decided what kind of spirit beast you want for your second spirit ring?"

"Sword bamboo, sword bamboo that's about a thousand years old," Jiang Li replied.

Upon hearing Jiang Li's answer, the dean lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "Sword bamboo? It certainly suits you well."

Sword bamboo is a plant-type soul beast. Generally speaking, plant-type soul beasts are relatively easy to hunt, but there are exceptions. Sword bamboo is a plant-type soul beast with offensive capabilities. It uses its leaves as an attack method. Generally, it is used as the first or second soul ring of a sword-type soul master to release sword energy.

Jiang Li's martial soul and the sword bamboo have a high compatibility. The sword bamboo also has strong vitality and offensive capabilities. The sword bamboo's leaves resemble swords, while Jiang Li's martial soul has grass leaves that resemble swords. The difference is that the Blue Silver Grass has stronger vitality but no offensive capabilities, while the sword bamboo has slightly weaker vitality but does have offensive capabilities. If Jiang Li absorbs the sword bamboo's soul ring, he will most likely gain the skill of wielding bamboo leaf swords.

Because the two of them chose an inconspicuous place, no one heard Jiang Li and his companion's conversation.

"Now that you've made your choice, let's set off. These kinds of spirit beasts are quite easy to find," the dean said.

The two then entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Starry Sky Forest is divided into an outer circle, a mixed circle, an inner circle, and a core circle.

The outer circle consists of ten-year and hundred-year-old soul beasts, the mixed circle consists of thousand-year and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, the inner circle consists of soul beasts over fifty thousand years old, and the core area is guarded by the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

Since Jiang Li's target was clear, and it was a plant-type soul beast that couldn't move, the two headed directly towards the habitat of plant-type soul beasts.

Upon entering the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul power inside was many times higher than outside. Every one of the 36,000 pores on my body greedily absorbed the free soul power in the air. If the Star Dou Great Forest weren't so dangerous, cultivating here would definitely be twice as effective.

"Tsk, it's a good place to cultivate, but there are too many soul beasts and soul masters. Otherwise, I would really like to cultivate here for a while." Jiang Li sighed as he felt the rich soul power.

Jiang Li's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, and the Star Dou Great Forest is densely planted, making it a very suitable environment for him to mimic. In addition, with his enormous soul power, his cultivation speed will definitely be twice as fast as it is now.

An hour later, the two arrived at the edge of a bamboo forest.

"It's inside. Follow behind me and be careful!"

"There are so many sword bamboos inside, I don't even know which ones are spirit beasts. I'll have to search slowly!"

"However, compared to finding other soul beasts, this is relatively easy to find. You can find it just by searching in this sword bamboo forest!"

Before me lies a forest of sword bamboo, but not all of the sword bamboo belongs to soul beasts.

Just as most humans are not Soul Masters, those who can become Soul Beasts are extremely rare in the Sword Bamboo Forest.

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Or it's like Blue Silver Grass, which is almost everywhere in the Douluo Continent, but Blue Silver Grass spirit beasts are almost never seen.

Sizzle sizzle~

After walking for a while, as Jiang Li and his companion approached a sword bamboo, the bamboo suddenly moved, scattering its leaves and attacking them.

"First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Sky Blue Lock".

The moment Jiang Li sensed the bamboo leaves, he released his first soul skill. Since it was instantaneous, and given that Jiang Li had practiced distraction control for two years, he simply used the Blue Silver Grass to create a shield.

Puff puff puff~~~

As the shield was raised, the bamboo leaves of the sword bamboo struck the shield, and soon the shield was covered with bamboo leaves, riddled with holes.

The bamboo leaves looked more like small swords than bamboo leaves.

"Tsk, luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise that hit would have been terrible." Jiang Li couldn't help but wipe a bead of sweat from his brow as he looked at the battered state of the shield.

Then he looked at the sword bamboo from before.

It's about four meters long, with the bottom two sections being darker in color. This is a two-hundred-year-old sword bamboo spirit beast!

"Dean, this isn't what I need. Let's keep looking!"

Jiang Li carefully examined the sword bamboo spirit beast and then made a judgment.

With a clear goal in mind, Jiang Li naturally took the lead in understanding the characteristics of sword bamboo and knew how to determine the approximate age of a sword bamboo spirit beast.

Generally speaking, for sword bamboo spirit beasts under 500 years old, you need to look at the bamboo joints. Sword bamboo has one joint every 100 years, and each joint is one meter long. Sword bamboo starts at four meters. At this point, you need to compare the color of the top. If the bottom is slightly darker, it means that the age and length do not match. For those between 500 and 1000 years old, you need to look at the leaves on the bamboo. Once it reaches 1000 years old, you need to look at the length.

(End of this chapter)