Chapter 10: Not a simple lineup, the crowd was shocked

Hunting Soul Forest is a place where the Spirit Hall organization raises soul beasts for use; basically every city has one, after all the Spirit Hall has always acted under the banner of maintaining continental peace.

After so many years of development, the varieties within Hunting Soul Forest have become ever richer and the ages ever higher, but compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, they are still worlds apart.

However, finding a suitable fifth soul ring for Li Jianguo's Dragon Pattern Staff and Su Lan's martial soul is still quite doable.

The carriage stopped at the gate, and Fu Lande took out a Soul Saint badge registered within the Spirit Hall for the gate guards to inspect.

After passing inspection, the guards showed respect and opened the door.

At this time, the value of a Soul Saint is extremely high.

After all, this is the third‑highest realm on the continent!

In this era when Title Douluo are exceedingly rare, neither Title Douluo nor Soul Douluo will lightly appear in public, so Soul Saints are the most numerous group seen abroad, and no one wishes to offend them.

Even if this Soul Saint lacks powerful backing, if pushed to the edge, others need only lower their heads to freely join any major power; once they have a backer, dealing with you becomes truly easy.

The group entered Hunting Soul Forest.

Although Ma Hongjun has not yet reached rank ten, he came along mainly to broaden his horizons.

After strolling in the outer region for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, they quickly found a three‑hundred‑year soul beast suitable for Oscar's first soul ring.

Not just anyone can absorb something too high‑level; for a normally configured soul master, the first soul ring usually falls within the range of one hundred to four hundred years.

Oscar's three‑hundred‑year soul beast is already considered top‑notch.

After the kill, Oscar began to absorb; absorbing a soul ring for the first time takes a very long time, possibly a whole day.

However, Oscar lived up to expectations, finishing the absorption in less than half a day.

Oscar was delighted: "I have finally become a soul master!"

"Next we will hunt a ten‑thousand‑year soul beast; Shao Xin, you leave some candy beans, then take Ma Hongjun and Oscar outside to wait." Flandre, considering the danger of hunting a ten‑thousand‑year soul beast, said this to Shao Xin, a food‑system soul master.

After all, it's not far from the outside; along the way are only low‑year soul beasts, and although Shao Xin is a food‑system soul master, the aura of a Soul Emperor spreading out is more than enough to cope.

"Alright, be careful."

"Won't Brother Fei go out with us?"

Oscar asked.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar have already acknowledged Li Fei as their elder brother.

After all, he arrived earlier than them, and he has the highest soul power among them.

Six years old and already rank twenty—terrifying!

"Little Fei's situation is special; he doesn't need to go out." Fu Lande shook his head.

"Alright, let's head out."

Shao Xin made a large handful of candy beans for Fu Lande and the others to take, then left.

Li Fei looked at those candy beans, thoughtful; the kind of candy beans that can leave the body without disappearing suddenly brightened his eyes as he asked: "Uncle Fu, how long does the effect of Uncle Shao's candy beans last after they leave the body?"

"He said it can last five days." Fu Lande blinked and said: "Little Fei, why are you asking this? Are you worried we won't be able to find anything within five days?"

Li Fei shook his head: "No. If so, have you tried taking these candy beans out to sell? Or auction them?"

"No." What do you mean? Fu Lande seemed to understand what Li Fei wanted to express, and instantly became excited.

"These are Soul Emperor‑level food‑system candy beans, and furthermore the food‑system of a Soul Emperor is very rare; once taken out for auction, they will surely be in high demand, and the price could be driven very high!"

"Even if it's only five days, it won't matter."

Li Fei said.

"Yeah! We never thought of this before!"

"Little Fei, it's still up to you—you really have a business mind; I was actually sitting on a gold mine without realizing it!"

"If I had thought of it earlier, I wouldn't be this poor!"

"Good heavens, we used to live such hard, impoverished lives!"

Fu Lande's eyes lit up as he strongly agreed with Li Fei's proposal.

The others felt the same after hearing it.

"Looks like this kid Shao Xin is going to suffer next." Lu Qibin muttered.

With a new way to make money, everyone felt more motivated and continued deeper into the forest. "Yawn!"

After leaving Hunting Soul Forest, Shao Xin sneezed.

"Strange, I'm a Soul Emperor—how could I possibly sneeze?"

Shao Xin muttered.

For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt a chill behind his back.

"Teacher Shao, where are we headed next?" Oscar asked.

"Of course we're returning to Shrek Academy. They've just gone in, and they may not come out for a long time. Ma Hongjun, you must train hard and quickly break through rank ten to become a soul master." Shao Xin said.

"Hmm, I understand, Teacher Shao." Ma Hongjun nodded, looking at Oscar who had just obtained his soul ring; he too felt an itch, further igniting his inner desire to grow stronger.

Now among the academy's three students, he is the only one who is not yet a soul master.

He can't let his pride suffer, and besides, he is at the age when he loves to compete and strive for victory.

Thus, the three of them were the first to return to Shrek Academy.

One day passed just like that.

Bang! Bang! In the deep region of Hunting Soul Forest, a squad is currently battling a ten‑thousand‑year earth dragon soul beast.

Under the combined assault of everyone, it soon was on its last breath.

"Jianguo, finish it quickly, absorb the soul ring and become a Soul King!" Li Yunsong said.

At this moment, the earth dragon lay on the ground, extremely weak, with only a breath left.

"Yes, Father!"

Li Jianguo nodded, unleashed his fourth soul skill, rushed forward with quick steps, and dealt a heavy blow to the earth dragon's brain, completely ending its life!

Buzz! A black soul ring appeared.

Looking at this soul ring, Li Fei felt somewhat excited: 'Wait a moment, I also want to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring!'

Damn it, this is really high-class!

Li Jianguo quickly sat cross-legged, absorbing the soul ring into his body.

Soon, after one hour, as his body's special condition of swelling and heating gradually calmed down, it also signified that he had passed the critical point, successfully absorbing it smoothly! Buzz! The next second.

A black soul ring appeared on his body.

Immediately afterward, the four soul rings below also appeared.

It was the most standard yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black.

"This is a Soul King, indeed impressive!"

Li Jianguo was overjoyed.

Now the Li family has two Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor; their status in Suotuo City rises straight up, and they benefit accordingly.

In the future, the Li family will continuously improve in both strength and economy! 'Now that you two have finished absorbing your fifth soul rings, next we will search for a second soul ring for Xiao Fei.'

"Xiao Fei, how many years should your second soul ring be?"

Flender spoke up.

Earlier today, they had already defeated another ten-thousand-year soul beast, allowing Su Lan to absorb it.

Thus Su Lan became a Soul King earlier than Li Jianguo.

Now the lineup of these people here is also incredible.

Two Soul Saints, two Soul Emperors, two Soul Kings.

When they encounter a ten-thousand-year soul beast, they turn and flee, not daring to provoke it.

"I want a ten-thousand-year soul beast related to the dragon attribute as my second soul ring." Li Fei's words caused everyone present to stare wide-eyed.

"What?!"

"You want to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul beast as your second soul ring!!!?"

(End of chapter)