Chapter 14: The Soul Hunting Forest
The Soul Hunting Forest is located about four hundred miles northeast of Notting City, and it is a place directly under the empire to keep soul beasts in captivity, and it is specifically responsible for providing soul rings for young soul masters who are not strong or have not yet grown up.
Rin got up early on this day, stepped on the dew on the grass blades in the morning, and went straight to the north gate.
Compared with the school's uniform, when I first came to Notting City, the outfit that Li Ting helped to buy was more comfortable to wear. As for the blood stains on it, it has already been cleaned up. The danger of soul beasts is not small, and you must ensure that you can exert your strongest combat power. In addition, Rin deliberately carried a small bag containing some dry food and water, and a short knife pinned to his waist. It looks a little rough, but it's strong and durable. A knife is a practical tool, and performance is far more important than appearance.
Rin ran to the north gate and found that Xiao Chenyu and his father and others had just arrived.
"Brother Chenyu, Uncle Xiao, hello uncles." Seeing that Xiao Chenyu was also there, Rin was a little surprised.
Xiao Chenyu stood beside Xiao City Lord in a strong suit, with white as the main body, covered with leather armor inside, inlay with gold and silver on the outside, embroidered with complex and delicate patterns, very gorgeous, and the whole person set off was a lot more handsome. Seeing Rin's doubts, he took the initiative to explain, "I'm about to graduate, and I've basically learned all the courses in the academy, so it's a waste of time to listen to lectures there." I have nothing to do left and right, follow you, and then go to the Soul Hunting Forest to have a look, and I will have a long experience. ”
City Lord Xiao was dressed much more plainly, wearing only a dark blue practice robe, which looked slightly loose, with excellent material and low-key and restrained. With his elegant face with a faint smile, people who don't know the inside story will only guess about professions such as teachers, and they don't have the arrogant arrogance of imagining the city lord at all.
Behind the two stood five heavily armed guards, dressed in armor, motionless as a mountain, with solemn faces and blazing eyes.
City Lord Xiao said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself, the contemptible Xiao Wenyuan is Chenyu's father." You're Rin, Chenyu's new friend at the academy, right? Not bad, what a polite and good boy, and he looks so handsome. Are you still used to life at the college? ”
Rin raised his hand and scratched his hair, and smiled awkwardly, "Yes uncle, my name is Uchiha Rin." Brother Chenyu took good care of me in the academy and told me a lot of knowledge about soul masters. Thanks to Brother Chenyu, I was able to adapt to the life of the academy so quickly. ”
"Hahahaha, that's good, this kid has been spoiled by me since he was a child, and he has a problem, so it's good if you don't bother him."
"Then how can it be, Brother Chenyu is a very good person, but sometimes he is a little skinny." Seeing that City Lord Xiao was so approachable and amiable, Rin's courage also increased, and he began to make some jokes.
Xiao Wenyuan laughed, "Yes, this kid is really naughty, and he can't be idle since he was a child." Let me tell you a little secret, he used to ......"
Hearing this, Xiao Chenyu couldn't hold back any longer, "Hey, hey, dad, don't expose my old bottom!" ”
"It's all classmates, what's so embarrassing. Forget it, I won't say it if you don't want to. He bent down and lowered his head to Rin's ear, "I'll tell you about his black history when this kid isn't there." In the future, help my uncle in the academy to supervise and urge him more, and cultivate well, if he is disobedient, you will spread these black histories everywhere and threaten him. ”
Xiao Chenyu on the side was completely speechless, and said in a collapsed voice: "Old man, I am your own son!" ”
Xiao Wenyuan looked at him with a disgusted expression, "You don't need to remind me, my own species can be recognized." Okay, that's the end of the chat, it's getting dark, let's get ready to go. ”
Xiao Wenyuan whistled, and suddenly, eight extraordinary black horses ran next to him, and the hooves of the horses were burning with faint blue flames. "Four hundred miles is not far away, but it is not close to it, and it is a waste of time and physical strength to walk in the past, and it is more convenient to ride a horse. This is a soul beast called 'Black Flame Horse', which our Xiao family specially cultivated and bred in captivity, and it is stable and fast to ride, and it is an excellent mount that can be ranked in the entire Fasno Province. ”
Looking at the horses, Rin looked embarrassed. "Uncle, I won't ride ......"
"It's okay, it's okay, it's very easy to ride a horse, you can learn it in a while. Chenyu, you go teach Rin. These black flame horses have an extremely gentle personality and are very suitable for novices to ride, especially this horse king in the prime of life, which is extremely stable, you can try it. ”
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Approaching the Soul Hunting Forest, Xiao Wenyuan led the guards to open the way in front, and Xiao Chenyu and Rin followed closely behind.
Because it is a forest of captive soul beasts directly under the empire, there is a solid steel wall built on the outer edge of the soul hunting forest, and many well-equipped and powerful guards patrol back and forth, and the military appearance is neat, giving people a very solemn feeling. Those who enter the forest must walk through the main entrance in a dignified manner and present the relevant documents or tokens. These documents and tokens are issued by the Martial Soul Branch, the Academy or the City Lord's Mansion, and only the registered soul masters whose soul power meets the requirements for absorbing the soul ring and whose identity is innocent can apply for it.
"Sell powerful weapons and armor, and come and see if you need it." "Team up and team up, hunt a hundred-year-old soul beast, and set off alone." "If you have a token, you can take people into the forest, and no one has five gold soul coins." ......
Listening to the shouts around him, Rin looked curious, and whispered, "Brother Chenyu, it's so lively here." ”
"Well, it's quite hilarious, but don't trust these people easily. There are too many profiteers and liars. For example, the guy who has a token and can take someone into the forest by paying the money. That kind of high-level token with high authority that can bring people in at will is only available to the high-level personnel of the Martial Soul Branch, how could those big people wear such shabby clothes and shout for five gold soul coins to come here and drop the price? And the one who buys equipment, the price is ridiculously high, more than twice as expensive as the regular blacksmith and equipment shops in the city. Then there's teaming. Don't mess around with this kind of team. ”
Speaking of this, a trace of obvious disdain flashed in Xiao Chenyu's eyes. "A truly excellent soul hunting team should be matched with the agile battle soul master to detect the situation, the strength system war soul master to resist pressure head-on, the attack system war soul master to severely damage the soul beast, restore the system soul master to ensure the team's endurance, and assist the system soul master to help the battle. It's not enough to just get together these five people, and it takes a long time to cooperate with each other. The most important thing is that the members of the same team must have absolute trust. Otherwise, once they encounter danger, they will fall apart in an instant, scatter and flee. ”
Rin nodded, and learned a lot more than she could learn in class.
As they spoke, the group had already arrived at the entrance. Seeing that the city lord had come in person, the guards didn't check the token much, so they flashed to the side with a respectful look on their faces, making way for a passage.
Countless tall trees show their age with their tall posture. Beneath his feet was a lush meadow, and even the weakest blades of grass could be shallow beyond a horse's hooves. Clusters of wildflowers hide Miaoman's figure in this thick green, and when a breeze blows, it meets everyone with a shy smile. Being in such a forest is simply forgetting the troubles, forgetting the crisis, just closing your eyes, taking a few deep breaths of fresh air, and then lying down and quietly watching the clouds rolling in the sky.
Xiao Wenyuan looked at Rin with a smile, "How is it, isn't it a little shocking to come to such a forest for the first time?" To put it bluntly, the entire province of Fasno has the best forest environment here. Otherwise, the empire wouldn't have chosen the location of the captive soul beast here. ”
"Indeed, it's amazing here."
"How's it going, have you figured out where to go in the future? What type of soul beast do you want to hunt? I don't know much about your Writing Wheel Eye Martial Soul, so it's hard to make any valuable suggestions, and I still need you to think about it. ”
Rin nodded. He understood that the martial soul of Writing Wheel Eye was definitely a unique existence in the Douluo Continent, and except for himself, there was really no one who knew and understood it enough. "Uncle, my Writing Wheel Eye Martial Soul mainly has the following characteristics. First of all, it is a powerful spiritual power amplification, and it is very conducive to creating illusions or launching mental shocks to directly attack the opponent's spirit. The second is a powerful insight amplification, Sharingan can bring excellent dynamic vision to the user, can see the opponent's movements and soul power flow, can predict the opponent's attack path and landing point, and keenly capture the opponent's flaws, whether it is action or soul power. Finally, there is the ability to control oneself, which can improve the reaction speed of nerves and body, and can even instantly copy the opponent's soul power and body movements, and turn them into one's own use. It's just that the general soul power is played through the martial soul, even if I can copy it, but without the corresponding martial soul, it is difficult to exert the due strength, at most it can be copied in terms of combat skills. ”
Listening to Rin's nuanced explanation, Xiao Wenyuan and the others were a little sluggish, what kind of anti-heaven martial soul is this, the ability is both powerful and practical and comprehensive, look at the wolf martial soul inherited by our Xiao family, isn't this grade a little bit worse? It's just that people are more popular than people, and you have to throw away the goods......
"So, what was your decision?"
"A soul beast with relatively strong spiritual power, which can increase spiritual power. Compared to insight and copying ability, mental power and illusion are the most powerful aspects of the Sharingan. Therefore, laying the foundation is still to further amplify the advantages of spiritual power and develop into a spiritual soul master. ”