Chapter 17: Is There a Zombie That Eats the Brains of Soul Beasts?

"When did it first appear?" Wang Xian'er and Xu Jiujiu looked at each other in dismay.

Neither of them knew why Xiadie was pursuing this so-called Anti-Spirit Flower so thoroughly.

Wang Xian'er thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the specific time, but it definitely didn't exist 20 years ago."

"After I discovered the Anti-Spirit Flower, I went back and asked the other venerated elders for information on this matter."

"They all shook their heads regarding it."

"So that's how it is."

Xiadie nodded gently, a slight movement in her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking about.

This was just a small interlude.

While speaking, the four of them arrived at a small town near the Star Dou Great Forest, parked their vehicle, and continued walking toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Jiu Jiu, Miss Xiadie." Wang Xian'er's voice carried a sense of gravity, "One week ago, a small-scale soul beast riot occurred in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"After entering the Star Dou Great Forest, you must not leave our side by more than half a meter."

Xu Jiujiu nodded gently, while Xiadie, who was walking side-by-side with her, was lost in thought.

One week ago?

Wasn't that when she saw Huo Yuhao in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Manyi and Wang Xian'er were one in front and one behind.

By keeping Xiadie and Xu Jiujiu in the middle, this formation could avoid being unable to handle sudden situations.

The Star Dou Great Forest, especially the Star Dou Great Forest where a soul beast riot had occurred not long ago.

Even two Titled Douluo dared not be too careless.

"Just think, if it weren't for the abnormalities in the Star Dou Great Forest, the people from Shrek might have already come to Xingluo Cheng by now." Walking in the Star Dou Great Forest, Wang Xian'er sighed with rare emotion.

A flash of astonishment crossed Xiadie's face; seeing this, Wang Xian'er explained, "The matter of the night shrouding Xingluo Cheng caused quite a stir, and Shrek wants to meddle in other people's business."

"An academy, actually managing a country."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Xiadie analyzed Wang Xian'er's words but did not reply.

Shrek coming to Xingluo Cheng to investigate was not beyond Xiadie's expectations; that they hadn't come yet was likely due to concerns about beast tides or the like in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Miss Xiadie, what is the required Junhuan Nianxian?" Wang Xian'er asked.

"A thousand-year one will do."

"Thou... thousand-year?"

"Mm." Xiadie nodded gently, "I killed a thousand-year soul beast while collecting medicinal herbs in the Star Dou Great Forest before."

"If I could kill it, I should be able to absorb it, right!"

"However, I hadn't awakened my martial soul at that time."

The three of them looked at each other in dismay again.

Not having awakened a martial soul, yet killing a thousand-year soul beast?

Are you sure? This isn't writing a novel?

"Xiadie, did you come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone?" Xu Jiujiu's eyes flickered, full of shock, to the point that she even subconsciously ignored the honorifics.

"Yes," Xiadie replied, "My teacher might have been there at the time too."

"However, that soul beast can be considered as having been killed by me alone."

"My teacher told me that if I couldn't kill a thousand-year soul beast before awakening my martial soul, then there was no need to awaken it; if a person is too useless, teaching them is just a waste of time."

Xu Jiujiu and the others: "..."

This is a veiled insult, definitely a veiled insult.

Are there children on the continent who can kill a thousand-year soul beast without awakening a martial soul?

"No need to be too surprised." Xiadie said earnestly, "I studied with my teacher for six years before awakening my martial soul, and I can be considered to have inherited most of my teacher's survival skills, aside from soul power cultivation."

"Six years of medicinal baths, my body is not weak."

"Uh, what did you learn?"

Xu Jiujiu asked subconsciously, but realized she was being too presumptuous.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"It's fine." Xiadie shook her head, "What I learned isn't anything that requires special secrecy."

"Some Medicine Refining Art, some pharmacology, as well as Alchemy, and Soul Guidance Device crafting."

"Medicine Refining Art, is that refining pills?" Wang Xian'er sounded a bit confused.

Is it worth spending six years learning these things?

If the martial soul isn't awakened, one's Spirit Power and body probably aren't that strong either!

But thinking of how Xiadie could solo a thousand-year soul beast without an awakened martial soul, and her current innate level 20 soul power, she suddenly became speechless.

Sure enough, the ways in which the strong in this world teach their disciples are vastly different.

For example, Shrek uses running drills; although she still doesn't know how much use that kind of pure exhaustion-based running has for the future, perhaps existence is reasonable.

"Since that's the case..."

Wang Xian'er placed her hand on her Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Two thick notebooks landed in her hand, and she then handed them to Xiadie.

"Miss Xiadie, I have no way to repay the help your teacher has given me."

"These are some of my insights from many years of being a Healing Soul Master, as well as my organization and mastery of pharmacological and medicinal herb knowledge; I present them to you today."

Xiadie was taken aback upon hearing this, looking at the two ancient-looking books.

The gold content of the continent's number one Healing Soul Master was naturally high, and her notes, and even the pharmacology of the herbs, were priceless treasures; Xiadie had been wondering how she could gain a detailed understanding of the medicinal herbs of Douluo Dalu.

Different worlds have different medicinal herbs; one must relearn all of this to know oneself and the enemy.

Xiadie took the two notebooks and lightly scanned through them as she flipped the pages.

Mm, these are the things she needs.

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency Medical Immortal."

Seeing Xiadie put the items away, Wang Xian'er immediately beamed: "You are too polite, Miss Xiadie."

"Please put in a good word for me when you see your teacher; if I could learn from your senior, it would be a truly remarkable thing for me."

"Rest assured, Your Excellency Medical Immortal, I will speak to my teacher."

"That is good." Wang Xian'er breathed a sigh of relief.

The four of them continued to advance toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

After walking for several hours, they had not yet discovered the Spirit beast Xiadie needed.

However, this was also normal.

To hunt Spirit beasts and obtain Spirit rings, staying for a month or a month and a half is a common occurrence.

"Hm?"

Wang Xian'er is currently a level 96 Titled Douluo, and having previously roughly grasped the element of death, her energy sensitivity to the aura of death in the outside world is relatively keen.

"Three kilometers to the west, there is an Anti-Spirit Flower." Wang Xian'er looked toward Xiadie to seek her opinion.

Xiadie needs to absorb two Spirit rings, and it is not yet certain whether she will absorb the Nether Ghost Butterfly or the Anti-Spirit Flower first.

"Then let's head over."

Xiadie does not care about the order, but she is quite curious about the Anti-Spirit Flower.

This is the region for thousand-year Spirit beasts; usually, ten-thousand-year Spirit beasts do not appear here.

The aura of two Titled Douluo spreading out is enough to make the surrounding Spirit beasts afraid to approach, or even flee from the path they are traveling.

"A ten-thousand-year Vine Light Blood Tiger." Manyi exclaimed.

Encountering a ten-thousand-year Spirit beast in the thousand-year Spirit beast zone is surprising, and the Vine Light Blood Tiger is also a rare tiger-type Spirit beast with the Bright Attribute.

In the Star Luo Empire, it is normal to not understand other Spirit beasts, but they are usually well-versed in tiger-type Spirit beasts.

The stable Nether White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill is the foundation of Star Luo.

"It's not just ten-thousand-year, it's at least 20,000 years." Wang Xian'er took over the conversation, her gaze quietly watching that Spirit beast with a body over three meters long, covered in red and white fur.

This Spirit beast lay quietly on the ground, its skull pried open, its brain seemingly eaten, with the remaining few remnants of brain matter scattered on the ground, already dried up.

Clearly, this brainless Spirit beast had been dead for some time.

But the most surprising thing is not this; this Vine Light Blood Tiger still retains the fear and anger from before its death.

Those grievances shot straight into the clouds.

Not far from the dead Vine Light Blood Tiger, a blue-purple flower swayed in the wind, emitting a faint floral fragrance.

It seemed to have grown by being nourished by the dried blood of this tiger.