Chapter 12: Entering the Soul Hunter Forest!
Tang Chen couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to explain.
"The mutated Blue Silver Emperor belongs to the Beast Martial Soul Control type!"
"Eh? How do you know?" Su Yuntao asked, bewildered.
"Uncle, this is my Martial Soul, why wouldn't you know?"
Tang Chen rolled his eyes in annoyance; this guy's question was truly bizarre.
"It seems so, damn, I've struck gold this time!"
"Ahem~"
Su Yuntao realized he had lost his composure and quickly straightened his face.
"Your Martial Soul is quite good; the Spirit Hall is willing to recruit you."
"You will receive the best resources, and becoming a powerful Soul Master is just around the corner!"
"Sorry, Uncle, I'm not interested!"
"Go back and pack your things. What?"
Su Yuntao was stunned; he had never imagined that someone would refuse an invitation in such a rural place!
"Why? You don't want to become a Soul Master?"
"I can't help it, Uncle; there are too many elderly, weak, and disabled people at home, I can't go too far!"
"If you're willing to recommend me to Notting Academy, consider it a favor I owe you, how about that?"
Tang Chen directly shut him down, preventing him from continuing to ramble on.
If it weren't for the fact that following the main storyline would be considered overtime, he wouldn't want to go anywhere. He'd just lie down on the haystack and sleep, waiting until he became a god before venturing out.
"This..."
Su Yuntao hesitated. While innate full soul power was impressive, it was a mutated Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
Mutations could lead to meteoric rises or ruin; such things were all too common.
Since the other party was unwilling, he'd go back and check the information before deciding.
"I can recommend you to Notting Academy, but there are only work-study spots."
Su Yuntao's idea was simple: even geniuses need to endure some hardship, and then the Soul Hall would lend a hand.
The effect would definitely be optimal.
"Thank you, Uncle. If I encounter difficulties in the future, I can use this to seek Xiao's help!"
Tang Chen handed over the Flying Thunder God Kunai. He didn't need it, but it could prevent counterfeits.
He'd use it as a token.
"Okay, I'll accept it!"
Su Yuntao happily accepted it. No matter what the future held, a genius's favor would always come in handy.
The two reached an agreement and left the so-called branch hall happily.
The wooden door was sealed again, and Su Yuntao took his leave.
The biased old village chief had already spoken with Tang San, giving him the village's work-study spot.
Tang Chen didn't care; it was expected. Was the "Chosen One" just a casual remark?
More than two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the June weather was already quite hot.
Tang Chen changed into a summer robe embroidered with red clouds. Only a fool would wear a long robe in this heat.
He leisurely appeared in the Soul Hunting Forest.
As for why someone as lazy as him would come to a place like this?
That had to start after his Martial Soul Awakening.
Tang Hao's personality had changed. After learning that Tang San had obtained twin Martial Souls, he became incredibly motivated.
Every day, Tang Hao would teach Tang San how to forge iron, their affectionate interactions almost unbearable.
Tang Chen, on the other hand, was ignored, spending his days sleeping in the haystacks.
He reached level 20 quickly, but unfortunately, no new spirit ring appeared.
That damned You Lu was too shy to form a spirit ring, leaving Tang Chen to wait helplessly.
As time passed, Tang Chen grew impatient, trying various methods to no avail.
Because of the time jump in the storyline, the rewards for completing daily tasks were terrible—
mostly kunai and explosive tags, almost filling his storage space.
Sometimes Tang Chen would think that perhaps after a few decades of accumulation, he could finally unleash a massive array of six hundred billion explosive tags.
The waiting was agonizing; he could only try to appease Tang Hao with his words.
This Title Douluo was utterly defeated and quickly disappeared, only occasionally reappearing to instruct Tang San on blacksmithing.
Tang San, however, was resilient and used to Tang Chen's tactics, remaining unperturbed and focused solely on crafting his hidden weapons.
Even luring him with spirit rings was useless; he wouldn't leave seclusion until he produced something.
Tang Chen's patience finally wore thin, and he began to seriously study the matter of spirit rings.
Absorbing them through monster battles was unlikely; aside from tailed beast spirit rings, even the Divine Tree wouldn't absorb them.
He finally concluded that reaching a certain level required Divine Tree fruit.
This was incredibly frustrating; there was nothing near Holy Soul Village, and daily check-ins yielded no spirit rings.
Especially with the system's daily tenfold cultivation speed boost, it was utterly agonizing.
Finally, Tang Chen gritted his teeth and set off for the Soul Hunting Forest, a kind of vacation to clear his head.
With the token given by Tang Hao, entering the Soul Hunting Forest was no problem.
Moreover, due to the token's special nature, many spirit masters received warnings, absolutely forbidding them from provoking this brat.
Of course, there were plenty of fools out there. After killing a few unlucky souls with his Earth Explosion Star, no one dared to provoke him anymore.
After all, this was a captive forest, and the resident Soul Masters were all of low level.
Tang Chen had been here for several days, but the harvest he had imagined was nowhere to be seen.
They were all harmless ten-year-old Soul Beasts; it was rare to see any over a hundred years old.
The white Soul Ring was almost useless to him, so he had to return to the town outside the forest to resupply.
This time, he was going to go to the deepest part of the forest, to the place that connected to the Heaven Dou Mountains.
It was said that the mountains connected to the Star Dou Great Forest, and powerful Soul Beasts might wander over there.
"Recruiting offensive Beast Soul Masters, target: hundred-year-old Soul Beasts, ten gold Soul Coins!" "Recruiting control-type Weapon Soul Masters, target: thousand-year-old Soul Beasts, fifty gold Soul Coins!"
"Recruiting support-type Soul Masters, food-type preferred, two hundred gold Soul Coins!"
"The Spirit Cat Soul Hunting Team is recruiting, ranged offensive or control types are both acceptable, target: enter the outer area of the Heaven Dou Mountains."
"Commission five hundred gold Soul Coins, interview required."
Amidst the noisy shouts, a gentle female voice stood out the most.
Most eyes were fixed on the corner of the square, where men were always the first to spot the beauties.
Soul Masters flocked over, all wanting to try and snag this lucrative opportunity.
Five hundred soul coins were no small sum.
Tang Chen was naturally drawn in as well. Despite his young age and lack of physical abilities, it wouldn't be bad to have some fun with a beautiful woman.
"Hey kid, get out of the way!"
"Damn, whose pants aren't pulled up properly, letting this little bird out?"
"Little guy, if you try to crawl under my skirt again, I'll call the guards to deal with you!"
Dozens of Soul Masters were mixed together, and Tang Chen's small frame couldn't squeeze in.
Unless he crawled between someone's legs, but that was impossible. He'd just crawled under a girl's skirt, only to find it was a giant dinosaur, almost giving him a psychological trauma.
"Holy crap, Shinra Tensei!"
Unable to use the normal route, Tang Chen had to resort to extreme measures.
A powerful repulsive force spread out, instantly blasting away the surrounding crowd.
Since everyone was a Soul Master, holding back wouldn't kill anyone.
"Much quieter now!"
Tang Chen clapped his hands and walked in amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd.
But upon seeing the scene inside, he was a little dumbfounded—there were six girls!
All of them were wearing tight-fitting outfits, cat tails swaying behind them, and cat ears on their heads.
This was incredible! He'd heard that the girls' tails were attached to their anuses. This was way too damn exciting!
Tang Chen felt very curious; he was definitely going to accept this mission.
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