Chapter 12: Heading to the Soul Hunting Forest

Lan Xue returned less than four days after leaving with Dian Wei.

For her, a Peak Soul Douluo, taking a child to the nearby Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for a First Spirit Ring was truly too simple.

The type of Spirit Beast needed for Dian Wei's martial soul was also easy to find; any power-type Spirit Beast would do.

The first spirit skill Dian Wei obtained was named Ghost Halberd, which was one of the general skills from Legend of the Three Kingdoms 2. This move could strike out a phantom of a long halberd, attacking opponents in a straight line; it would not even disappear upon hitting an opponent, but would continue to attack backward until the soul power dissipated.

After absorbing the spirit ring, Dian Wei's level was also revealed. Over a month of cultivation, combined with an over-limit spirit ring, brought his soul power directly to level fourteen, one level higher than Tang San at the same period in the original work.

Seeing his wife return, Nan Tianchen excitedly stepped forward and asked, "6 or not 6?"

Lan Xue nodded, "6!"

In this concise question and answer, Nan Tianchen was asking if the spirit ring Dian Wei absorbed was a six-hundred-year one, and Lan Xue gave him an affirmative answer.

Dian Wei absorbed the six-hundred-year spirit ring very easily, never once showing an overly painful expression throughout the process, which confirmed that the rumors their son mentioned about the usage of Whale Glue were not false.

Nan Tianchen was overjoyed.

Soon, he issued two decrees: first, to widely recruit beautiful women in the palace; second, to go to Hanhai City on the border of the continent to purchase Whale Glue from Sea Soul Masters.

The Spirit Beasts that Sea Soul Masters usually hunted were generally sea spirit beasts, among which there was no shortage of whales; if one were to ask who had the most Whale Glue, it was certainly them.

As for the wide recruitment of beautiful women into the palace, that was a move to cover people's eyes.

As everyone knew, Whale Glue was a type of aphrodisiac and virility-enhancing medicine. Since the King of Gu Lei wanted to develop a harem of three thousand beauties, didn't he need these things?

Thus, the reason for the Gu Lei Kingdom to purchase large quantities of Whale Glue was established, and it would not make people feel anything strange.

At most, the uninformed masses would talk with relish about the romantic affairs of the King of Gu Lei, while the knowledgeable would sigh and call him a foolish ruler.

Of course, Nan Tianchen would not actually take these beauties into his harem; he did not have the guts, as he could not afford to provoke the one at home.

The first two concubines were taken before he married Lan Xue, so Lan Xue did not fuss too much and did not force Nan Tianchen to drive them away; she was not that heartless.

But after her, she did not allow Nan Tianchen to take any more women into the house; this was also the only condition she set when she agreed to marry Nan Tianchen.

The two discussed the development plans for the children.

They decided that except for Nan Feihuang, the others would have a six-hundred-year First Spirit Ring and a nine-hundred-year Second Spirit Ring.

It was not that they could not start with a thousand-year second ring, but this opportunity, of course, had to be reserved for their own son.

If a genius with a thousand-year second ring or a ten-thousand-year fourth ring appeared in the Gu Lei Kingdom, it could still be said that this person was gifted and a peerless genius.

But if everyone were like this, anyone with a brain could guess that the Gu Lei Kingdom likely possessed a method to absorb spirit rings beyond the limit.

With the current strength of the Gu Lei Kingdom, they absolutely could not keep such a secret and would only invite disaster.

Therefore, for Dian Wei and the others, the spirit ring age could be exceeded, but the first few spirit rings should preferably still be two yellow and two purple to cover people's eyes.

Anyway, a nine-hundred-year spirit ring and a one-hundred-year spirit ring were both yellow; there was only a slight difference in the depth of the color, and one could not see much difference without looking closely.

The kingdom did not have much Whale Glue in storage, with only three pieces remaining.

It just so happened that Nan Feihuang, Lv Lingqi, and Xun Yu each got one.

On the contrary, Nan Feiling, who was a princess, did not receive any; she did not even know about the existence of Whale Glue.

It had to be said that Nan Tianchen was somewhat biased toward boys; the only ones he truly wanted to cultivate into talent were his son Nan Feihuang, while Dian Wei, Lv Lingqi, and the others, besides having excellent talent, mainly benefited from Nan Feihuang's plan to cultivate them into his trusted aides.

As for Nan Feiling, in his view, she would eventually be married off.

The so-called "married daughter is like spilled water," girls were oriented toward their husbands' families; if she told her husband's family the secret of the Whale Glue at that time, it would be a loss for the Gu Lei Kingdom's royal family and might even bring a crisis to the kingdom.

Therefore, those who knew this secret at present, besides the couple Nan Tianchen and Lan Xue, were only Nan Feihuang and his three trusted generals.

After all of them successfully refined the medicinal power of the Whale Glue, Lan Xue once again took the remaining three out to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for spirit rings.

Actually, this kind of thing certainly did not require the Queen herself to go out, but whenever it involved her precious son, she always liked to do it herself.

Even though Nan Feihuang had taken Whale Glue, for the sake of safety, she would not let her son take a thousand-year ring for his first spirit ring; if it were a hundred-year spirit ring, there was no need to go to the Star Dou Great Forest or the Sunset Forest.

The small Soul Hunting Forest near Gu Lei City was quite sufficient.

Dian Wei's First Spirit Ring was hunted there.

At the entrance of the Soul Hunting Forest, many Spirit Masters were calling out, most of whom were looking to form teams.

After all, under the cultivation system of the Douluo Continent, there were no perfect Spirit Masters; everyone had strengths and weaknesses.

Therefore, the Douluo Continent placed great importance on teams to complement each other's shortcomings.

Lan Xue was extraordinarily beautiful; although she was over forty, she had the face of someone in her twenties and the maturity of someone in her thirties. Because she was a Queen of a kingdom, her temperament was even more graceful and luxurious.

As soon as she appeared, she attracted the gazes of countless people.

"Beautiful lady, are you bringing your juniors to hunt for Spirit Beasts? I wonder if we could form a team? This Elder of my family is a Soul King level expert; with his protection, you will surely be worry-free." A noble youth who looked like a hoodlum stepped forward and blocked them.

His tone was very polite, but the lecherous look in his eyes toward Lan Xue could not be hidden no matter what.

Lan Xue detested such people the most. Back then, there were quite a few who wanted to force themselves on her when she refused; if it weren't for her not-weak strength and the protection of the Dean of Tianshui Academy, she would have found it difficult to grow smoothly.

This young man had the same idea as those people.

"Get lost!" Lan Xue's soul power shook, directly sending the noble youth sprawling.

The soul power fluctuation she erupted at this moment was roughly around the Soul Emperor level, and that youth was at most a Great Soul Master, so how could he resist?

If it weren't for the Soul King guard desperately protecting him, he probably would have been injured.

The noble youth was paralyzed with fear on the spot. With such a warning, the others who were tempted by Lan Xue's beauty also subconsciously restrained themselves.

This woman might be beautiful, but one had to have a life to enjoy it.

Nan Feihuang smiled slightly; he hadn't expected that his mother, who was usually gentle to the extreme toward him, would be so cold and frosty toward outsiders. No wonder she could earn the nickname of Ice and Snow Goddess back then.

Arriving at the gate, Lan Xue took out a token from the Spirit Hall. As the royal family of the Gu Lei Kingdom, it was certainly not difficult to ask the Spirit Hall for a token; after all, it wasn't a level like the Pope Token.

The gate guards checked that the token was correct and immediately opened the gate to let them pass.

(End of chapter)