Chapter 52 Hunting the Golden-Horned Rhinoceros (Part 1)
Sitting by the campfire, the three men tore into the jackal meat and dried rations in their hands. Once made into jerky, the meat was as hard as iron, and each bite felt like biting into steel bars.
It took the three of them a full half hour to finish their meal.
After finishing their meal, the three of them sat around the campfire to rest.
Shi Lin glanced at Shi An, then at Lin Yu, and then took out two plump Gu worms from the bamboo basket at his waist. These were top-grade wine Gu worms that Shi Lin had refined using the wine produced by the mutated Cloud Brewing Bamboo.
"Young Master, why is this wine Gu so fat?" Lin Yu asked Shi Lin curiously, looking at the wine Gu in his hand.
"These two Gu worms are not ordinary wine Gu, but rather, they are top-grade wine Gu, even above the high-grade level," Shi Lin explained to the two people in front of him.
"Brother An, with the help of these two top-grade wine Gu, I want you to try absorbing a thousand-year soul ring." Before the two could react, Shi Lin said this seriously to Shi An.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's words, Lin Yu's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at him. After all, having someone absorb a second soul ring that had been around for a thousand years was no different from sending someone to their death.
Shi An didn't say much, but his eyes still showed trust in Shi Lin.
"Young Master, is it feasible?" Shi An hesitated for a moment before asking Shi Lin.
"Two top-grade wine Gu paired with four high-grade wine Gu, combined with your physical strength, should be enough for you to withstand the pressure of a thousand-year soul ring. However, this is just a suggestion; the final decision is yours. You decide whether or not to take the risk." Shi Lin stroked his chin and said seriously to Shi An.
Shi An pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"Young Master, I believe you. We'll hunt the Thousand-Year Golden Horned Rhinoceros tomorrow. I, Shi An, will also get a taste of what it's like to be a Thousand-Year Soul Beast." Shi An smiled honestly at Shi Lin and said.
Shi An completely trusted Shi Lin, because in Shi An's mind, Shi Lin would never betray him.
"Alright, then let's go hunt a golden-horned rhinoceros with a thousand years of cultivation tomorrow." Shi Lin smiled and said, looking at Shi An.
"Yes!" Shi An nodded seriously.
"Young Master, I have a question." Lin Yu raised her small hand timidly.
"What's the problem?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu, frowning.
"Can we defeat a thousand-year-old soul beast? The Golden Horned Rhinoceros is known for its strength and defense. The Gu worms we have can barely deal with a Golden Horned Rhinoceros with a hundred-year cultivation, but with a thousand-year-old one, I'm afraid they won't even be able to scratch its skin," Lin Yu said timidly to Shi Lin.
"Haha, you don't need to worry about that. I have plenty of ways to deal with this kind of soul beast." Shi Lin shook his head at Lin Yu, then revealed a confident smile.
Seeing Shi Lin's confident demeanor, Lin Yu nodded and said nothing more.
After resting for a while, Shi An and Lin Yu returned to the temporary camp, took off their armor, and each found a place to rest.
Shi Lin sat by the campfire, took out a map of the Soul Hunting Forest, and began to ponder which soul ring he would absorb next.
Shi Lin's natal Gu worm depends on what kind of Gu master he wants to become.
The spirit rings were added to the Divine Wood King Cauldron, so their function was to refine Gu worms.
"It seems we should find some intelligent soul beasts to absorb soul rings from. Perhaps we can develop new functions for the Divine Wood King Cauldron." Shi Lin stroked his chin, looking at the map as he pondered.
The next morning, as dawn broke, Shi Lin slowly opened his eyes. Nothing had happened the night before, and all three of them had rested well.
Shi Lin woke Lin Yu up in the middle of the night last night, and then went to sleep by himself.
After sleeping for half the night, Shi Lin felt very comfortable.
"Good morning, young master!" Lin Yu and Shi An greeted Shi Lin with smiles.
"Pack your things, have breakfast, and then we'll go challenge the Thousand-Year Golden Horned Rhinoceros." Shi Lin got up from the ground, quickly put on his armor, and said to the two people in front of him as he did so.
The two nodded.
The three sat around the campfire and ate some jackal meat before heading straight for the golden-horned rhinoceros's territory.
The Golden Horned Rhinoceros is a high-quality soul beast with a relatively docile temperament, making it relatively easy to capture. Therefore, some soul-hunting teams capture Golden Horned Rhinoceroses when entering the Star Dou Great Forest and then sell them to the two great empires to be released into the Soul Hunting Forest.
Therefore, there are a large number of Golden Horned Rhinoceroses in the Soul Hunting Forest, and these rhinoceroses will form a group and occupy a piece of land.
Shi An led Shi Lin and Lin Yu quietly into the territory of the Golden Horned Rhinoceros.
As he drew closer to the Golden Horned Rhinoceros's territory, Shi Lin finally saw what the Golden Horned Rhinoceros looked like.
Ordinary rhinoceros horns are grayish-black or black, but the horns of the golden rhinoceros are pure gold, while its skin is white!
"Young Master, the age of a golden-horned rhinoceros depends on the length of its horn. Generally, it takes a hundred years to grow an inch and a thousand years to grow a foot," Lin Yu explained to Shi Lin in a low voice.
Since they hadn't learned about the Golden Horned Rhinoceros in the first grade, Lin Yu assumed that Shi Lin didn't know how to judge the Golden Horned Rhinoceros's cultivation level.
Little did she know, Shi Lin had already studied the fourth-grade textbook on his own.
"That rhinoceros with horns that are about a foot long must have cultivated for a thousand years, right?" Shi Lin pointed to a rhinoceros not far away and asked Lin Yu.
"Yeah, pretty much." Lin Yu nodded.
"Let's get started," Shi Lin said with a smile to Lin Yu and Shi An.
Shi An and Lin Yu nodded at the same time, and then took the bundle off their backs.
Upon opening the bundle, they found a pile of tender grass covered in water droplets.
However, these tender grasses have undergone special treatment. They have not only been soaked in the wine produced by the top-grade wine Gu, but also mixed with a lot of sleeping powder!
This is breakfast that Shi Lin specially prepared for the golden-horned rhinoceros.
The wine produced by the top-grade wine Gu can enhance the cultivation talent of soul masters or soul beasts, making it very attractive to the Golden Horned Rhinoceros.
Shi Lin controlled the bamboo leaf Gu to drag the tender grass into the territory of the golden-horned rhinoceros, and dragged it to the side of the thousand-year-old golden-horned rhinoceros.
Then, taking advantage of the golden rhinoceros's desire for this special tender grass, they gradually led it out of its territory.
Sure enough, the golden-horned rhinoceros smelled the aroma of wine emanating from the tender leaves and ate them without hesitation. Then, while eating, it walked out of its territory without realizing it.
Two hours later, the golden-horned rhinoceros entered the forest where Shi Lin and his two companions had spent the night the previous day.
The lush trees here greatly limit the Golden Horned Rhinoceros's ability to exert its power, so Shi Lin chose this place as the battlefield.
After finishing the last blade of grass soaked in wine, the golden-horned rhinoceros looked up and realized that it had unknowingly entered the forest, so it prepared to turn around and leave.
But at that moment, the golden-horned rhinoceros suddenly felt dizzy, then its head tilted to the side and it fell to the ground.
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