Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

After saying that, Zhao Wuji went to the very end of the line and stood behind Chen Feng.

Compared to this one, the importance of the two support Soul Masters is reduced.

The reason why Dai Mubai placed Chen Feng in the middle of the team was because he felt that no one, including himself, was as important as Chen Feng.

To put it bluntly, if something unexpected were to happen, Dai Mubai felt that even if everyone else died, Chen Feng absolutely could not be harmed.

Fortunately, Zhao Wuji is very strong and has the ability to control gravity, so even if something happens, he can protect the students.

After all, they only operate on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are rare. While Zhao Wuji might not be able to roam freely here, protecting a group of students shouldn't be a problem.

Since Dai Mubai's second soul skill has tearing damage and is a mid-range attack, the task of clearing the way in the great forest was naturally handed over to him.

His White Tiger Wave Claws were exceptionally useful for clearing paths; he could tear apart all the plants blocking the way without even bending over, creating a path for everyone.

Chapter 100 Fate Brings Us Together from a Thousand Miles Away

With Dai Mubai leading the way, the group began exploring the Star Dou Great Forest.

During their journey, they encountered some ten-year-level soul beasts. Dai Mubai led the group around them, avoiding unnecessary bloodshed.

Because Chen Feng had discussed the topic of soul beasts and soul masters in their correspondence, Dai Mubai also accepted the principle of not killing unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, the noise and smell of fighting with spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, as well as the bloodstains from the wounds of both sides, could attract powerful spirit beasts.

Therefore, in a forbidden zone like the Star Dou Great Forest, combat should be avoided as much as possible.

Even if a battle is necessary, it should be fought swiftly and decisively. One cannot afford to be bogged down, or something bad might happen.

Chen Feng and his group explored the forest for about an hour, encountering mostly ten- or hundred-year-old soul beasts, without even seeing a single hair of a thousand-year-old soul beast.

So, around noon, Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to rest for a while.

Dai Mubai cleared a large open space, where everyone sat down to rest for a while.

Tang San intended to sit with Chen Feng as usual, but Ning Rongrong sat down next to Chen Feng first, while Zhu Zhuqing went to Chen Feng's other side.

The two girls formed a cheese sandwich around Chen Feng. Tang San, with a somewhat strange expression, found another place to sit down, and Xiao Wu also came to sit down next to him.

Since it was inconvenient to start a fire, everyone took out their own dry food and water to eat and drink, except for Chen Feng, who ate the tofu and sweet garlic that Oscar had given him.

While munching on sweet garlic, Chen Feng waited quietly to see if the unfortunate crested snake from the original story would come over.

After all, we've already encountered Canghui Academy, so Meng Yiran shouldn't be far behind, right?

While waiting, Chen Feng noticed Ma Hongjun eating some dry rations and asked curiously:

"Old Ma, your Foundation Establishment Ring requires you to eat cooked food. So what would you do in this environment where you can't start a fire?"

"It's alright. I only need to absorb fire energy to remove impurities after I cultivate. There's no need to be so particular about it at other times. Besides, my martial soul's condition has improved a lot over the years. Even if I cultivate continuously for ten days or half a month, it won't have much of an impact."

"Eating is more of a hobby for me now, it won't affect my life, Brother Feng, don't worry." Ma Hongjun chuckled.

"That's pretty good." Chen Feng nodded. "Speaking of which, I seem to remember some items that can provide fire attribute energy. You can try to collect them; they should be beneficial to your cultivation."

The quality of these items varies greatly. The high-quality ones can fetch exorbitant prices, while the low-quality ones are affordable for the average person. However, Chen Feng has never seen Ma Hongjun use them. Could it be that Flander is too stingy?

Dai Mubai and Bai Chenxiang both have similar items; they make these items into ornaments to carry with them, just like Xiao Wu's pendant.

This trend gradually became popular on the continent after the Foundation Building Technique was released, and many biological soul masters who had the means would prepare one for themselves.

But Tang San doesn't have such a thing, because he can directly absorb sunlight, and the energy radiated by the sun is incomparable to that of such items.

"Yes, Brother Feng, I have this kind of thing," Ma Hongjun said after swallowing his dry rations.

“A long time ago, the dean got me a fire-breathing stone, but it was big and flammable, so it was inconvenient to carry around. I don’t usually go out much, so I put it in our college’s kitchen to start a fire. I usually eat food cooked with the fire from this stone.”

"A stone that can spew fire? What does it look like?" Ning Rongrong asked from the side.

"The stone is usually black with some pretty patterns on it, but it turns red when it catches fire, which is quite beautiful," Ma Hongjun said.

"Fire Cloud Rock!? This stuff isn't cheap. Where did the Dean get it?" Ning Rongrong asked in surprise.

Chen Feng raised his eyebrows, looking somewhat surprised.

He had just thought Flander was too stingy, not even providing his disciples with elemental items for foundation building, but now it seemed that Flander was incredibly generous.

Fire Cloud Rock is much more valuable than Thunder Essence Stone because Thunder Essence Stone is mainly used to store lightning attribute energy and has a limited lifespan.

However, fire cloud rock can generate fire-attribute energy, so its price naturally rises accordingly.

Not to mention that according to Ma Hongjun's description, this Fire Cloud Rock is quite large, so the price will double. If the people from Blazing Fire Academy knew about it, they would all be scrambling to buy it for 100,000 gold soul coins.

Goodness, this chubby kid is a hidden big dog owner.

When asked about Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

But Zhao Wuji spoke up at that moment.

"This stuff was obtained by me and Boss Fu in the Death Desert. We were chasing a ten-thousand-year-old Crimson Flame Flying Dragon and wanted to get some of its blood, supposedly because Boss Fu's friend needed it."

"That guy was pretty strong, but he still couldn't beat us, so he just ran away. Boss Fu and I chased him all the way to his lair, got some of his blood, and then we found this stone was interesting, so we brought it back."

Upon hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Chen Feng suddenly understood.

It turns out that the root of the Fire Cloud Rock problem actually lies with him.

Because Chenfeng had suggested that the master improve Golden Horn's condition by feeding it Golden Horn Dragon blood, the master sought help from Flander.

However, obtaining dragon blood once is not enough for Golden Horn to eat continuously, so he will have to go there from time to time.

Although the master's relationship with his family improved later, he lied to his family because Chen Feng needed Yu Yuanzhen's blood. He claimed that his father Yu Yuanzhen's blood could improve Jin Jiao's condition, and used this as an excuse to help Chen Feng repair the Zhen trigram.

Now that the lie had been told, the master could no longer obtain dragon blood from his family and could only continue to seek Flander's help.

The Fire Cloud Rock was probably something Flanders obtained by chance in the Death Desert during one of his dragon blood collection trips.

"Speaking of which, how valuable is this thing?" Zhao Wuji asked curiously.

"How big is it?" Ning Rongrong asked.

Ma Hongjun opened his arms and gestured, "It can probably seat two people."

“That shouldn’t exceed 200,000 gold soul coins,” Ning Rongrong said.

"Two hundred thousand gold soul coins!?" Ma Hongjun's chubby face twitched instantly.

Zhao Wuji stroked his chin and said, "It seems we should talk to Boss Fu about this when we get back. If we sell this stone, things will be much easier for the academy."

"Don't sell it! Teacher Zhao, you absolutely can't sell it! What will I do if you sell this stone?" Ma Hongjun jumped up immediately.

Zhao Wuji paused for a moment, then pondered:

"That's true. Back then, Boss Fu made your situation sound quite serious, but your martial soul never had any problems afterward. I thought he had misjudged it, but now it seems that the Fire Cloud Rock must have played a big role."

“Yes, yes.” Ma Hongjun nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. “We can’t sell Huoyunyan.”

"Hiss~ But that's over ten thousand gold coins..." Zhao Wuji hesitated, but seeing Ma Hongjun's eager look, he finally nodded and said:

"Alright, then I won't tell Boss Fu about this. But I suggest you find a way to put that thing away. It's not good to keep something so valuable in the kitchen."

“But that thing catches fire, where else can we put it if not in the kitchen?” Ma Hongjun said with a mournful face.

"Why don't we put it in a storage soul tool?" Bai Chenxiang suggested from the side.

"That's typical rich girl talk," Ma Hongjun scoffed. "If I had a storage soul tool, would I be worrying about this?"

"I'll give you one." Ning Rongrong took out a pink ring and tossed it to Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun hurriedly caught it, looked at the ring in his hand, and asked blankly:

"This storage soul tool... you just gave it to me like that?"

“Yes, I brought this from home, but neither Xiangxiang nor I like this color. If you don’t mind the color, you can use it,” Ning Rongrong said casually.

"No problem, no problem at all. As long as it's useful, that's fine." Ma Hongjun happily put the ring on his finger. "Now I have a storage soul tool too!"

Oscar looked at him with envy. Seeing this, Xiao Wu took out the extra ring from before and said:

"Oscar, do you want this Kunlun stone?"

"Tu Kunlun? Is it a storage soul tool? It actually has a name?" Oscar asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Yes, the storage soul tools of me, Xiao San, and Xiao Feng all have names, and Xiao Feng named them all: Bai Yunyan, Bi Xuebing, and Xue Qiong Cang. This ring is extra, and it’s called Tu Kunlun.” Xiao Wu said, showing off the white and yellow rings on her hand.

"So, Oscar, do you want this Kunlun stone?"

"Yes, thank you Xiao Wu. I won't say anything more. From now on, I'll provide you with plenty of tofu and sweet garlic," Oscar said.

"Uh, the sweet garlic is alright, but let's talk about the tofu later." Xiao Wu handed the Tu Kunlun to Oscar.

"Xiao Feng, can you give my ring a name too?" Ning Rongrong gently placed her hand on Chen Feng's hand and said with a smile.

"Let's call it... Purple Star River," Chen Feng said, glancing at her purple ring.

"And what about mine?" Zhu Zhuqing also placed her hand on Chen Feng's hand.

"Uh... how about Dark Chaos?"

"It's great, I like it very much," Zhu Zhuqing said with a smile, but she didn't take her hand back.

"Xiao Feng, what should I call this golden ring?" Dai Mubai joined in the fun.

"Golden Dawn," Chen Feng said.

"Brother Feng, Brother Feng, what about mine?" Bai Chenxiang shook the cyan ring on her hand.

"Indigo Ocean, perhaps."

"And what about this pink one?"

"Rose-colored Clouds".

And so, each member of Hydra received a storage soul tool, and these ring-shaped storage soul tools were given nice-sounding names.

Unfortunately, there were only nine of them, so the name Ten Commandments will never appear in this world.

Ma Hongjun was very excited about obtaining the storage soul tool. He happily fiddled with it, sometimes putting in a stone, sometimes putting in a few branches, having a great time.

Oscar was much more composed than him. After filling the container with some tofu and sweet garlic to familiarize himself with the process, he stopped fiddling with the ring.

Just then, Xiao Wu's ears twitched slightly. She turned her head to look in a certain direction, but hesitated and did not speak.

A second later, Tang San also looked in that direction and shouted loudly:

"Watch out, something is approaching quickly."

Everyone quickly stood up and returned to their previous formation in a very short time, and all of them released their martial spirits.

Zhao Wuji was about to send Zhu Zhuqing to investigate when Tang San spoke up:

"It's an insect-type soul beast, quite large, with many legs, and moves quite fast."

"How did you know?" Zhao Wuji asked in surprise.

"The plants told me that," Tang San said, pointing to the surrounding trees.

After arriving in the Star Dou Great Forest, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul became more active than ever before, and he soon discovered that he seemed to be able to communicate with the surrounding plants in a simple way.

The information conveyed by this communication is somewhat vague, but it is sufficient as a warning.

At this moment, Chen Feng was somewhat bewildered.

Why is it a multi-legged insect-type soul beast? Shouldn't it be a phoenix-tailed crested snake?

Is something wrong?

After learning the information Tang San provided, Zhao Wuji wanted to see more details about the soul beast, so he asked Zhu Zhuqing to investigate.

Zhu Zhuqing nimbly climbed to a large tree nearby, glanced in the direction Zhao Wuji pointed, and said:

"It was a large black spider with what appeared to be some white markings on its lower abdomen, but I couldn't see them very clearly."

"Could it be a human-faced demon spider?" Chen Feng blurted out.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing looking at him with a puzzled expression, Chen Feng explained:

"The main characteristic of this soul beast is that the white stripes on its belly form the shape of a human face."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing transformed into a shadowy figure and disappeared.

"I gonna go see."

"Don't get too close," Chen Feng warned.

He had by then accepted the fact that the crested serpent had disappeared; after all, it was just a coincidence, and it was understandable that it hadn't happened.