Chapter 43: Mingdou Great Forest, Xingluo Royal Academy, Xu Jiujiu

  "Young Master, the Mingdou Great Forest, like the Mingdou Mountains, spans the two empires of Sun and Moon and Xingluo. It is a soul beast forest that is about half the size of the Xingdou Great Forest and occupies one-third of the border of the Xingluo Empire."

  "It is rich in mutant soul beasts. Although the overall strength of the soul beasts is not as good as that of the Xingdou Great Forest, it is also extremely dangerous."

  "The fact that those evil soul masters can commit rape, looting, murder and arson on the outskirts of the Mingdou Great Forest is enough to show their extraordinary strength."

  On the soul guide boat, Yue Lao was still driving the boat, while Zhisen Soul Saint fulfilled his duty as a protector. He explained the situation to Xu Tianxi and emphasized the great danger of this operation.

  "Evil soul masters are rats in the dark land, but they are known for their evil methods and difficult to deal with. They can often fight across borders, and may have some methods that we can't expect."

  "And when we fight outside the Mingdou Great Forest, we must also consider the threat of the mutant soul beasts in the Mingdou Great Forest. There are few good guys among those guys, and their aggressiveness is stronger than ordinary soul beasts. We must not be entangled by them..."

  Hearing this, Xu Tianxi's eyes flickered and thought:

  "According to what the predecessor said, this Mingdou Great Forest is a Feng Shui treasure land. In the original Three Kingdoms, there should be no other soul beast gathering place that can suppress it except the Xingdou Great Forest, right?"

  Mutated soul beasts are good, he likes mutant soul beasts the most. What's the point of all original ones? Mutations with new abilities are interesting, such as top-level silver soul beasts.

  Zhisen didn't expect that the young master's focus was so strange, and it seemed that he didn't take the notorious evil soul master seriously at all.

  But since Xu Tianxi asked, he naturally had to answer. He slowly introduced the situation of the Mingdou Great Forest:

  "Yes, the Mingdou Great Forest is adjacent to the Mingdou Mountains. It is vast in area, and the quality of soul beasts is generally high. It is one of the best places for soul masters from the Sun Moon and Xingluo empires to hunt soul rings."

  "Rumor has it that there are terrifying mutant hundred-thousand-year soul beasts roaming in the depths of the Mingdou Great Forest. It is tantamount to suicide for ordinary Titled Douluo to fight with it. Only Super Douluo can contend with it."

  "As for whether there are any legendary ferocious beasts, I don't know. That kind of existence is very powerful. I am afraid that only the strong among the Super Douluo like His Majesty the Ice Phoenix can match it."

  "I wonder if there are any silver soul beasts with astonishing strength or powerful spiritual soul beasts? Soul beasts related to stars like the moon will also be fine." Xu Tianxi asked interestedly.

  The corner of Soul Saint Zhisen's eye twitched, and he felt that Xu Tianxi was somewhat embarrassing himself:

  "... In theory, there must be, but I'm not sure about the actual situation. However, I have heard a few rumors, and maybe there is some effect."

  "For example, the Star Crown Martial Soul inherited by the current Xingluo royal family has several important soul skills, and the corresponding soul beasts can only be found in the Mingdou Great Forest. There must be star-type soul beasts there; for example, the Sun and Moon Empire hunted a silver dragon more than 3,000 years ago, and that silver dragon came from the Mingdou Great Forest..."

  Xu Tianxi's eyes became brighter, and he discussed the situation of soul beasts in the Mingdou Great Forest with Soul Saint Zhisen with great interest, and his heart was fluctuating from time to time.

  After all, the area is half of the Xingdou Great Forest. Even if it can't breed top-level beasts, it should be able to breed beasts of the level of Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King Xiaobai. There is also a legend of silver dragons in that place, and there may be soul beasts that are very suitable for him.

  There are still six soul rings left for the Magic Moon Mysterious Pupil martial soul, but none of them can be wasted. Most of the soul rings behind will have to be found by himself, so he has to plan carefully.

  Zhisen, who is gradually getting more and more confused, racked his brains to answer Xu Tianxi's endless questions, and question marks popped up in his head.

  Is this young master here to catch evil soul masters or soul beasts? Didn't he break through the third ring not long ago?

  And is he too confident? They are going to kill evil soul masters.

  However, His Majesty the Ice Phoenix said that the young master had killed five evil soul masters of Soul Sect cultivation alone, and killing them was as easy as killing chickens. Could it be that he is absolutely confident in his own strength?

  Time passed quickly. After Xu Tianxi had dug out all of Zhisen's knowledge, he was overjoyed and turned to discuss the topic of cultivation without a trace of nervousness.

  With a relaxed and leisurely tone and a smiling expression, there was no trace of the uneasiness of a rookie soul master.

  In fact, Xu Tianxi did not take those evil soul masters seriously.

  They are just a few evil soul masters. Those who should be captured should be captured, and those who should be killed should be killed. If they still cannot do it after using up most of their soul power and physical strength, they can just switch to fixed-type soul guide shells. Although the first goal of this retreat is to test the strength of soul masters, it does not mean that he will be so pedantic as not to use soul guides. Thanks to Yue Lao's generous teachings over the past few years, his soul guide skills have already reached the level of a fourth-level soul guide.

  The fourth-level fixed-type soul guide shells that could only be imported in the past can now be made by hand as long as he is given enough raw materials and time. Xiao Changfeng put the fourth-level fixed-type soul guide shells he made on the black market and really earned a lot of gold soul coins.

  The reason why he could not make a fifth-level soul guide before breaking through to the Soul Master level was not because he could not depict the fifth-level core magic array, but because his soul power did not allow him to complete the production of a fifth-level soul guide alone.

  During the month of retreat, he kept improving himself and practiced several common thunder-attributed soul master attack methods, such as Thunder Shadow Step, Thunder Hand, and Thunder Fist, and made some progress.

  On the other hand, he tried hard and finally succeeded in making his first level 5 soul guide work -

  a level 5 fixed soul guide shell with ice effect.

  Although it was a fake imitation of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy, it was made by himself. In theory, as long as it could explode around a Soul Emperor, there was a great chance to take the Soul Emperor away, and the Soul Saint would also be frozen stiff.

  Since it was something he made with his own hands, it was part of his strength, and there was no reason not to use it.

  If the evil soul master dared to provoke him, he would just fire a cannon to blast his mother and let him experience the horror of soul guide technology!

  Coincidentally, during the New Year's Day, Xu Tianxi specially modified a Gatling-style level 4 fixed soul guide shell launcher, which could give the people of Douluo Continent a little fireworks shock at any time.

  ...

  Three days later, in the evening.

  Xu Tianxi and his three companions went by water and land, and came to a large town fifty miles away from the Mingdou Forest to rest for a while.

  The town is close to the Soul Beast Forest. The architectural style is simple yet wild. Various service facilities are provided for soul masters, and various shouts can be heard along the way. Some soul masters were temporarily looking for soul hunting companions, and some soul masters were selling precious soul beast materials hunted from the Mingdou Forest.

  What surprised Xu Tianxi was that there was a small army of 500 people stationed in this town, and there were fully armed knight squads patrolling the streets. The cold light shone on the iron armor, and the sophisticated equipment exuded a murderous aura.

  "Young Master, the Western Army of the Xingluo Empire has deployed 500,000 troops in the Mingdou Mountains. This place is not only a soul master supply point, but also a beacon tower, specially set up to prevent soul beast raids."

  Yue Lao had military experience and saw through the intention of the layout here at a glance. Soul beast attacks are the most worrying thing for human society. The four empires have deployed warning forces in the major soul beast gathering places.

  Zhisen looked around and said, "I'm afraid it's more than that. Since there are military forces of the Xingluo Empire here, it must be completely controlled by Xingluo. I'm afraid that everyone who comes in will be silently collected information by the Xingluo Empire."

  Xu Tianxi shrugged and smiled indifferently, "It doesn't matter. We all wear soul guide masks made by Yue Lao, and our soul power is completely restrained. These ordinary people can't collect useful information from us."

  He had secretly observed that these fully armed knights of the Xingluo Empire were all big and strong, and they were obviously elite soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles.

  But ordinary people without martial spirits, even if they are armed to the teeth, can only fight against ordinary soul masters, the kind with white, yellow and yellow configurations.

  A large number of soldiers forming an army formation is invincible, and can even make Title Douluo retreat, but there are only 500 people here, and the threat is almost zero. Any one of the three of them can kill them without leaving a single piece of armor.

  Yue Lao is a soul guide who is good at firepower coverage, and Zhisen is a top-level plant-type soul saint. They are both good at group battles.

  After looking around all the way, the three of them walked into the largest inn here, "Laifu Inn", and found a secluded corner to stay and order food.

  This place is adjacent to the Mingdou Forest. Some of the dishes are made from the skin and flesh of hundred-year-old soul beasts. The price is quite expensive, but money is not a problem for the three of them.

  While waiting for the dishes, Xu Tianxi's eyes fell on the soul masters in the inn who were drinking and boasting, showing off their abilities, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

  Suddenly, an eye-catching team walked into the door of the inn, and the noisy sound suddenly became smaller.

  Two middle-aged soul masters who were obviously the leaders took the lead, followed by seven people, each of whom was a handsome man and a beautiful woman with outstanding temperament, dressed luxuriously, and very young, attracting many eyes and whispers.

  "Such a magnificent team, they must be the elders from some powerful soul master academy or sect who are here to hunt souls, right?"

  "You ignorant coward, you can't even recognize the noble Star Crown Medal on their chest. Let me tell you, this is the emblem of our Star Luo Empire's number one academy, the Star Luo Royal Academy!"

  "Star Luo Royal Academy? That's the second best soul master academy on the continent, second only to the legendary Shrek Academy. So, aren't they all the most outstanding young talents in our country?"

  "Of course not! Each of these geniuses is outstanding. I think three of them have reached the level of Soul King or Quasi-Soul King, and the remaining four are Soul Sect masters. Maybe they are the team that our Star Luo Royal Academy will participate in the Continental Soul Master Elite Competition in two years!"

  "Huh? Brother, did you see that this group of people seems to be led by the most beautiful girl? I have lived for decades, but I have never seen such a beautiful girl."

  "Shut up, you coward. All the students of Xingluo Royal Academy are either rich or noble. Maybe they are the daughters of some duke. You dare to lie to her! Wake up!"

  "Pa!"

  The sweaty and irritable elder brother slapped the stupid younger brother hard, fearing that his words would be heard and endanger his life.

  Not to mention the duke's revenge, the cultivation of the two leading soul masters alone made him, the soul emperor, unable to see through. They must be strong men above the soul saint. How much horse urine did he drink to dare to mess with them!

  ...

  In the Xingluo Royal Academy team, Xu Jiujiu walked slowly like a star holding the moon. Her long golden hair was combed into a smooth braid. There was a soft and moving smile on her face, her eyes were indifferent and calm, and she was wearing a golden dress and gauze, which set off her somewhat proud figure, and her temperament was round and elegant.

  Being watched by many eyes that may not be well-intentioned, Xu Jiujiu's expression was still calm and at ease.

  She had been in and out of various high-end occasions since she was a child, and she was already familiar with such scenes. Xu Tianxi followed the crowd's gaze and glanced at her. After recognizing her identity, he retracted his gaze. In the information Xiao Changfeng gave him, this Xingluo princess had a high priority.

  "The irritable brother has a good eye, but his imagination is still low. There is no duke in the Xingluo Empire who has such a daughter."

  However, no matter how noble her status is, it has nothing to do with him. After dealing with the evil soul master and running around the White Tiger Mansion, he will travel far to the sun and the moon, so there is no need to contact her.

  When his eyes fell on the soul beast dishes that the waiter brought belatedly, Xu Tianxi's eyes suddenly became hot.

  The world is big, but eating is the biggest.

  At the same time, Xu Jiujiu's casual and hesitant gaze happened to sweep over Xu Tianxi, and keenly captured Xu Tianxi's expression and changes in movements.

  In this person's eyes, the attraction of food seems to be greater than his own?

  "Huh? These three people seem a little unusual?" Xu Jiujiu looked at them for a few seconds and found that Xu Tianxi and the two people beside him were not ordinary. They were covered with masks and their soul power was not obvious.

  This control was not weak, at least only the strong ones in the Soul Sect could do it, such as himself.

  "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

  A strong leader noticed that Xu Jiujiu looked different and hurriedly asked with concern.

  "Nothing, I just found someone who is a little interesting."