Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo

Chapter 72 Mingfei, please take this side path

In the dead of night, all was quiet.

The mountain was covered with straight fir and pine trees, and the sky was filled with dark clouds, all crowding together and casting heavy shadows on the ground. Suddenly, a wind rose, and the clouds and trees were blown about by the wind. Anyone would have to say, "What a dark and windy night!"

Just then, a sliver of bright white moonlight appeared on the horizon, shining on the college lawn and landing around the two figures, one tall and one short, making the surroundings appear exceptionally quiet and serene.

"We're just leaving the academy, it doesn't have to be like we're thieves, does it?" Lu Mingfei scratched his messy hair. "Besides, didn't we agree to do it at dawn the day after tomorrow?"

If Lu Mingfei's logic hasn't broken down, isn't yesterday's day after tomorrow just tomorrow?

He was finally getting a full night's sleep to recharge, but then a burly old man suddenly barged into his room in the middle of the night. It was definitely not a pleasant memory for him.

"Stop talking nonsense, take them by surprise, understand?" Bai Baoshan's face was full of smug smiles. "Those two guys still want to compete with me? No way. I'm a defensive-type Soul Master, protecting people, of course I'm the most suitable."

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened, and it took him a long time to realize that this was clearly a sneaky escape.

"You three old guys don't usually play Three Kingdoms Kill in the Education Committee office, do you?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but think to himself.

After descending the mountain and seeing the carriage that had been prepared in advance, Lu Mingfei became even more certain.

"Hurry, hurry, don't just stand there, we'll be at Sunset Forest before dawn." Bai Baoshan urged Lu Mingfei to get in the carriage quickly, then cracked his whip and spurred his horse into a gallop, his smile radiant.

As Lu Mingfei felt the carriage shaking violently, he suddenly had the illusion that he was actually a princess kidnapped by a three-headed dragon. He thought to himself, "Damn, why do I feel like I'm just a prop for the three of you to play with!"

Sunset Forest is located more than a hundred miles east of Tiandou City. It is one of the major wild soul beast habitats in the Tiandou Empire. Although its area is not as vast as Star Dou Forest, the proportion of high-level soul beasts is, in some ways, even greater.

As dawn broke, they arrived at a town near Sunset Forest. Looking ahead, they could already see the dark outline of the Sunset Forest.

This was Lu Mingfei's first time visiting this place. He had heard from Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo had made his home here.

"Sunset Forest should be considered the most suitable place for low-level soul masters to hunt souls, apart from the three major gathering places of soul beasts." Bai Baoshan left the carriage at the post station and took Lu Mingfei to purchase supplies in the surrounding market town.

They are searching for rare thousand-year-old dragon-type soul beasts, which may take several months. They must ensure they have sufficient food, water, and other basic necessities.

Although no one has ever witnessed a 100,000-year-old soul beast in Sunset Forest, a Soul Douluo powerhouse should theoretically be able to roam freely there. However, it is always better to be cautious, and the primary principle of soul hunting is to be careful.

"Speaking of Sunset Forest, it's located east of Tiandou City. Why is it called Sunset Forest instead of Sunrise Forest?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head.

"I asked the teacher this question before too." Bai Baoshan chuckled and patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder. "The origin of the name Sunset Forest is unknown. It may have been called that in the previous civilization or even tens of thousands of years ago."

"The most widely circulated explanation is that long ago someone saw the sun setting in the forest, hence the name Sunset Forest."

"The sun? Could it be some kind of divine artifact?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head, thinking that according to the usual game settings, places with names like this would most likely drop some kind of fire-type divine artifact.

However, this is generally something that only the main character would discover, such as after surviving a near-death experience by jumping off a cliff.

Lu Mingfei didn't think he had that kind of luck. In such a vast forest, even if there were magical artifacts, finding them would be like finding a needle in a haystack. He didn't know the location or the trigger conditions, so starting this side quest was simply a pipe dream.

But speaking of which, if it really was some kind of fire-type artifact that fell down, shouldn't this place be called something like the Valley of Flames? How come it's a forest?

"Alright, everything's ready. Let's go in now. Sunset Forest is different from Soul Hunting Forest. There are many thousand-year-old and even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts here. You must stay close to me and don't make any rash moves, understand?"

Bai Baoshan packed his things and looked at Lu Mingfei with a solemn expression, instructing him that Soul Hunting has always been a very serious matter, and no Soul Master can be careless about it.

"Yes!" Lu Mingfei also put away his smile and nodded with a serious expression. This place really contains ancient monsters that are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. He, a quasi-Soul Venerable, is not even enough for them to chew up in one bite.

"Very good, let's go." Bai Baoshan patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder with satisfaction.

As the first rays of morning sunlight fell, the two figures headed towards the Sunset Forest.

Meanwhile, in the teaching committee building of Tiandou Royal Academy, Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin, the two teaching committee members, were staring at each other in Bai Baoshan's dormitory.

Although there was a letter left on the desk, as old friends who had been together day and night, they knew what Bai Baoshan was up to without even opening it.

"You just wait, you surnamed Bai!"

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The dense primeval forest blocked out the sun, and the air was faintly filled with the fragrance of unknown flowers.

Lu Mingfei finally realized the vast difference between the Soul Beast Forest and the Soul Hunting Forest, not just in their size, but more importantly in the diversity of soul beast species.

Here, you might just step on something and unleash an unknown insect or plant spirit beast.

Lu Mingfei felt like he had fallen into Jurassic World. Unfortunately, there were no dinosaurs here, only a bunch of demons and monsters. They wandered around the middle circle where the thousand-year-old soul beasts were active for three days and didn't even see a piece of dragon dung.

They didn't stop to rest until it got dark.

However, Lu Mingfei had long been mentally prepared for a protracted battle. As the saying goes, the darkest hour is before dawn. With a Contra card detector, what more could he want?

Although the Hunter's Code generally forbids starting fires, Bai Baoshan still lit a campfire tonight to prepare some hot soup for Lu Mingfei to warm up.

The moment Contra released his aura, no small spirit beast dared to approach.

Lu Mingfei finally got to eat a bowl of hot meat soup to soothe his stomach.

Just as the second bowl was being served, a dark shadow appeared silently in the night, clearly intending to capture everyone, pot and all.

The vertical pupils that faintly glowed in the darkness instantly delighted Bai Baoshan.

Lu Mingfei also keenly sensed the faint dragon's might permeating the night sky, and dared not make any move, for fear of alerting the enemy.

"It's a Windwing Wyvern, Mingfei. The spirit ring just came to me."

While the two were talking, the Windwing Wyvern had already circled above the campfire, waiting for its chance to strike, the aroma of the meat soup stimulating its taste buds.

As the overlord among the thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Sunset Forest, the dragon-type soul beast's arrogance led it to launch an attack without hesitation, while Bai Baoshan was also poised to strike.

Just as the Windwing Winged Dragon swooped down vertically, Bai Baoshan's Soul Douluo-level soul power suddenly erupted, and the Heavenly Star Furnace in his hand transformed into a stream of light. In an instant, it pierced through one of the Windwing Winged Dragon's wings.

Taking advantage of the Wind Feathered Wyvern losing its balance, Bai Baoshan appeared above it and stomped down, his powerful soul force pressing the massive winged dragon to the ground.