Chapter 23: Sunset Forest, Thousand Year Soul Bone
One month later.
Twenty li outside Heaven Dou Imperial City, on a wide official road, a carriage decorated with extreme luxury was traveling steadily.
It was the group led by Su Mo. After leaving Spirit City, they were not in a hurry. They stopped briefly in every town along the way to appreciate the local customs, taste special delicacies, and take a simple rest.
After more than a month of walking and stopping, they were finally about to arrive at Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Inside the carriage, it was arranged comfortably and cozily.
"What! Junior Brother, you broke through again?!"
At this moment, Bibi Dong was staring with her beautiful eyes, looking at Su Mo in front of her in disbelief.
Su Mo curled his lips slightly: "Just a stroke of luck."
"Luck?" Bibi Dong puffed up her cheeks angrily. "You are about to become a Spirit Ancestor, but I have been practicing so hard, and now I am only a level 26 Great Soul Master..."
Speaking to the end, her voice became lower and lower, carrying a bit of grievance and frustration.
"Senior Sister, don't be impatient. You have Twin Martial Souls. When you add a Soul Ring to your second Martial Soul in the future, your strength will advance by leaps and bounds, and you will be able to catch up with me soon."
Hearing this, the eyes that had dimmed instantly brightened up.
That's right! She had Twin Martial Souls! No matter how powerful Su Mo was, he only had one Martial Soul.
Thinking of this, Bibi Dong immediately regained her fighting Martial Soul, snorted softly, and raised her chin haughtily.
"That's right! Stinky Junior Brother, just you wait. I will definitely work hard to cultivate and catch up with you soon!"
"Fine, I'll wait." Su Mo replied with a smile.
Just at this moment, the voice of Golden Crocodile Douluo came from outside the carriage.
"Xiao Mo, since you have broken through, the nearest hunting forest is the Sunset Forest. How about going to hunt for your Soul Ring first, and then heading to Heaven Dou City?"
"Okay, Grandpa Gold Crocodile." Su Mo replied loudly.
The reason he chose to break through at this time was to go to the Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Even if Golden Crocodile Douluo didn't say it, he would have taken the initiative to bring it up.
The carriage immediately turned and drove towards the direction of the Sunset Forest.
Inside the carriage, Su Mo chatted and played with Bibi Dong while thinking secretly in his heart.
He didn't know if he could successfully find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on this trip.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had existed for an unknown number of years, and countless Soul Masters had entered and exited the Sunset Forest every day. For so many years, no one had ever discovered that treasure land.
In the original story, Dugu Bo also discovered it by chance.
It is conceivable how hidden that place is.
However, possessing the memories of his previous life, he did know some general topographical features.
Hopefully, he can find it smoothly...
...
Half an hour later.
The outskirts of the Sunset Forest.
The carriage stopped in front of a sparse forest, and the three of them got off.
"Grandpa Gold Crocodile, in the past, you and Teacher helped me hunt for Soul Rings. This time, for my fourth Soul Ring, I will do it myself.
I haven't really fought a life-and-death battle with a Soul Beast yet, so this time can be considered a kind of tempering." Su Mo said with a serious expression.
His words were half-true and half-false.
His main goal now was to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and pick the Immortal Herb inside.
As for hunting for a Soul Ring, he wanted to absorb the Immortal Herb first, so he could hunt for a higher-year one.
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded: "No problem, I will hide in the dark, you just go and find a suitable Soul Beast. If there is danger, I will take action."
"Thank you, Grandpa Gold Crocodile."
Soon, Su Mo and Bibi Dong walked side by side into the Sunset Forest.
Golden Crocodile Douluo flashed and disappeared in place.
"Junior Brother, how many years of Soul Ring do you plan to absorb this time?" Bibi Dong asked curiously while vigilantly observing the surroundings.
She knew that Su Mo's third Soul Ring was over five thousand years old, so the fourth Soul Ring should be at least seven or eight thousand years old, right?
As for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, she hadn't even thought about it.
She knew the terror of a ten thousand year Soul Ring. In addition to the huge impact of Soul Power, there was also the terrible soul shock, which required at least the mental force of a Spirit King to resist.
She didn't think Su Mo could do it now.
Su Mo really couldn't do it now, because he didn't have the mental force cultivation method like the Tang God King, nor did he have a Martial Soul skull.
His current mental force was still a bit short of the mental force strength of a Spirit King.
"I don't know yet, let's look around first." Su Mo shook his head and didn't say much.
The two continued to move deeper into the forest.
Su Mo walked while carefully observing the surrounding terrain.
They encountered a few thousand-year Soul Beasts along the way, but Su Mo bypassed them directly without getting entangled too much.
Half an hour later, they had already penetrated into the hinterland of the Sunset Forest.
The surrounding trees became more and more dense, and the light was dim.
"Junior Brother, we have already gone quite deep here. It is easy to encounter ten thousand year Soul Beasts." Bibi Dong lowered her voice and reminded with a solemn expression.
Su Mo was about to respond when his expression moved, and his steps stopped.
Not far ahead, there was a burst of noisy human voices, mixed with arrogant and wanton laughter.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect my luck to be so good. This left arm Soul Bone is mine! If you are sensible, hand it over quickly!"
Su Mo and Bibi Dong looked at each other, nodded tacitly, lightened their steps, and touched toward the source of the sound.
Through the layers of trees, they saw a messy open space in front.
In the center of the open space lay a dissected Soul Beast carcass.
The Soul Beast was nearly three meters long and covered with jet-black fur.
It was a Shadow Leopard, a speed-type Soul Beast with the dark attribute. Looking at its body size and residual aura, it was at least six thousand years old.
Around the Shadow Leopard's corpse, two groups of people were confronting each other, and both sides were at daggers drawn.
One group of five, led by a big man with a face full of flesh, burly stature, holding an axe, with Soul Power fluctuations around level 44.
Behind him were four subordinates, all Soul Elders, with Soul Power not exceeding level 35.
The other group of four, led by a thin, tall middle-aged man, with a somewhat vicissitudes of life face, level 41 Soul Power, and three Soul Elders behind him, with Soul Power around level 35.
At this time, these people were all pale, their eyes full of unwillingness and anger.
Obviously, this Shadow Leopard was hunted by them, and they obtained a rare Soul Bone, but it was discovered by another group of people at the last moment.
At this time, the big man with a face full of flesh was weighing the axe in his hand, standing there arrogantly, arrogant to the extreme.
His few subordinates also had a playful look, not taking the four people opposite them in their eyes at all.
"You guys are going too far!" A Soul Elder man behind the thin, tall middle-aged man stepped forward and roared through gritted teeth, "This Shadow Leopard was killed by our brothers with all our might!"
"Too far?" The big man smiled disdainfully, squinting at the other side, "What? Not convinced? If you are not convinced, kill me!"
"You—!"
"Don't be impulsive!" The thin, tall middle-aged man grabbed him and lowered his voice, "Calm down."
How could he not be angry? But anger could not solve the problem.
They had already exhausted most of their Soul Power to hunt the Shadow Leopard, and they all had injuries of varying degrees.
And the five people on the other side were in peak condition.
If they went to war, they would definitely lose, and might even be wiped out.
The big man saw that the leader of the other side had chickened out, and laughed even more proudly, the flesh on his face trembling.
"I am in a good mood today and don't want to kill anyone. If you are sensible, hand over the Soul Bone."
He stretched out three fingers and shook them slowly, "I will count to three. If you don't hand it over, don't blame my axe for being blind!"
In this dangerous Sunset Forest, it is naturally best not to get hurt.
After all, there was a Spirit Ancestor on the opposite side. If they fought back desperately, they might win, but they might also pay a price. If they got injured, it would be dangerous in this deep mountain.
So, the big man didn't really want to do it. It was best to get the Soul Bone without any effort.
Just at this moment, the smile on the big man's face suddenly receded, he turned his head abruptly, looked at the dense forest not far away, and shouted sharply: "Get out!"
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