**Chapter 290: Running Away is the Best Strategy**

**Chapter 290: Running Away is the Best Strategy**

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang went to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for soul rings. Tang San was eager to grow stronger and reach level 29 as soon as possible.

At that point, he would be able to graduate from Notting Soul Master Academy and attend Shrek Academy.

For Tang San, his time at Notting Junior Soul Master College held little significance; the most important experiences awaited him at Shrek Academy.

It was there that he would meet his lifelong partner, and his relationship with his wife would quickly evolve from sibling-like to romantic.

What puzzled Tang San was that, in his previous life, his teacher had given him a belt-type storage soul guide, which he named Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night.

However, this time, his teacher did not provide him with the storage soul guide. Instead, Yu Xiaogang had taken Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest in a carriage and entered the forest without giving him the device.

Unable to hold back any longer, Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang with a tentative tone, "Teacher, have you forgotten something?"

Yu Xiaogang was confused, especially upon seeing the expectant look in his disciple's eyes. He had no idea what he might have forgotten.

Tang San then spoke bluntly. "Teacher, in my previous life, when you brought me to the Soul Hunting Forest, you gave me a belt with twenty-four jade stones evenly inlaid on it. Each jade stone, though only as big as an adult's thumb, had a storage space of one cubic meter. That made a total of 24 cubic meters of storage space. You said it was a belt that had been with you for many years."

"Huh? Do I have that kind of space storage soul guide?" Yu Xiaogang was stunned. A 24-cubic-meter storage soul guide would cost a lot of money.

Yu Xiaogang was unsure why he had given Tang San that type of soul guide in his previous life; all he knew was that he didn't have one now.

With a guilty expression, Yu Xiaogang said, "Sorry, Xiaosan, I don't have that kind of storage soul guide anymore..."

"Well..." Tang San was taken aback for a moment but then smiled awkwardly. He knew his teacher wasn't lying; he truly didn't have the item anymore.

If his teacher still had the storage guide, he would have given him the Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night without hesitation. That belt had been immensely helpful in the early stages.

But who would have expected that the teacher no longer had it? Tang San couldn't press the issue further.

Later, Tang San planned to either buy one himself or wait for an opportunity in the future to help Poison Douluo heal his granddaughter. He hoped that Poison Douluo might give him a wish-fulfilling treasure bag, like in his previous life.

The Ruyi Hundred Treasures Bag, capable of holding living things, was far superior in quality to the Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night.

The master and disciple continued on their way into the Soul Hunting Forest. Having experienced it once before, Tang San knew where he should go to meet the Mandragora Snake.

Meanwhile, Tang Hao had been wandering the Ten Thousand-Year Soul Beast area in the Star Dou Great Forest for several days. Tang San had informed him about this area before leaving for Notting City.

In the Ten Thousand-Year Soul Beast area of the Star Dou Great Forest, there was a soul beast called the Thousand Jun Ant King. There were three of them in total, each around ninety thousand years old. These three Thousand Jun Ant Kings were renowned for their strength, and for the pure power-based martial soul of the Clear Sky Hammer, the benefits of their soul rings were greater than those of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

In his previous life, Tang San had absorbed the three Thousand Jun Ant Kings and, after some mutations, turned them into three hundred-thousand-year soul rings. He had told Tang Hao that he could hunt any one of the three Thousand Jun Ant Kings.

Tang Hao was pleased with this suggestion, knowing that his son had lost his 100,000-year soul ring. He was content to hunt the 90,000-year-old soul ring of the Thousand Jun Ant King as compensation.

However, after searching for several days, Tang Hao still couldn't find the three Thousand Jun Ant Kings, which left him feeling frustrated and on the verge of losing his patience.

Why couldn't he find the three Thousand Jun Ant Kings? Tang Hao was almost ready to give up.

If Tang San hadn't told him that the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape in the 100,000-year core area were his future daughter-in-law's brothers and that they should not be provoked unless absolutely necessary, Tang Hao might have rushed into the 100,000-year core area to hunt down the Titan Giant Ape.

Tang Hao was not one to be intimidated. After all, he knew the Great Sumeru Hammer and the Explosive Ring; when the ring exploded, his combat power could surpass that of many Titled Douluo.

However, Tang San had also warned him that the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape were powerful beings with their own domains. A fight with them could be disastrous, and Tang Hao knew that if a battle truly broke out, he might not emerge victorious.

Thus, Tang Hao resisted the urge to rush into the 100,000-year core area.

After wandering around the Ten Thousand-Year Soul Beast area for a few more days, Tang Hao eventually found a 90,000-year-old Earth Dragon soul beast. After killing it and absorbing its soul ring, Tang Hao reached the level of Titled Douluo, with his soul power directly reaching level 92.

Although he still wanted a 100,000-year soul ring or the spirit ring of the Thousand Jun Ant King, time was running out, and he could not afford to waste any more time.

While the 90,000-year-old Earth Dragon's soul ring was of lower quality compared to the 100,000-year soul ring, and even weaker than the Thousand Jun Ant King's soul ring in terms of pure strength, Tang Hao had no other choice.

Upon leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao encountered a tiger-like soul beast that was about 60,000 years old. It was more than eight meters long, pitch-black, and had a pair of wings and a huge barbed hook.

Seeing this, Tang Hao immediately fled at his highest speed. He had heard from his son about this soul beast, known as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

According to his son, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was extremely talented, capable of understanding the rules of time and space. It could even pull people into a special space called the Arena of Life and Death.

In that space, anyone pulled in would revert to their childhood state, losing their soul power and martial soul. Tang San had once been dragged into the Arena of Life and Death, and if he hadn't used hidden weapons to kill the Dark Demon Evil Tiger, he likely would have died.

Tang Hao completely trusted his son's account. As the saying goes, "Among the Thirty-Six Strategies, running away is the best plan."

Though the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was only 60,000 years old, it could not catch up with a Titled Douluo who was fully committed to escaping. It could only watch as Tang Hao fled.

Once Tang Hao escaped the Ten Thousand-Year area, he breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had stopped pursuing him. He then planned to head straight to Notting City.

Since his son was studying at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, Tang Hao knew he needed to go there as a responsible father.

Tang Hao was aware of his son's teacher, Yu Xiaogang, who was the escaped second son of the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family. The two of them shared a similar background, and Tang Hao was keen to meet him at Notting Junior Soul Master College.

Tang Hao also intended to investigate how Xiu'er met Yu Xiaogang and his brother, and to learn more about a woman named A Yin...

(End of this chapter)