But this method is even less reliable than looking at the characteristics of Soul Beasts, as too many Soul Beasts can change the color of their own Soul Power.
At this moment, Ning Haiyan also gave his answer.
"The best way is to wait until your cultivation is strong enough to directly judge based on the Soul Power intensity of the Soul Beast, but that's not absolute. Ultimately, you still need to rely on your own experience to judge, and that requires the accumulation of time."
"I understand!"
Xu Yang also understood. In short, for the age of Soul Beasts, besides learning, there is only the path of accumulating experience.
However, Xu Yang didn't leave immediately. Instead, he compared the characteristics of the Wind Baboon described in the book one by one. This was the best time to learn and accumulate experience, and he didn't want to miss it.
Ning Haiyan waited on the side, silently watching, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Alright! Uncle Ning, let's go!"
After a while, Xu Yang stood up and said to Ning Haiyan with a smile. He hadn't forgotten the main purpose of coming out this time. Studying Soul Beasts was just a side trip.
The two moved forward, and the further they went, the taller the trees became, and all of them were unusually lush, completely different from the surrounding forest.
Having studied Sun Flowers, Xu Yang knew that this was a characteristic of the area where Sun Flower Soul Beasts lived. Because Sun Flowers could attract and gather Sun Light, the flowers, plants, and trees around the Sun Flower Soul Beasts were unusually lush and grew astonishingly, even allowing these ordinary plants to become Soul Beasts.
After passing through this forest, what came into view was a sea of flowers, a Sun Flower Sea, covering an area as large as a basketball court. Sun Flowers of various ages swayed their petals, attracting and gathering the power of the Sun, not only absorbing it themselves but also passing what they couldn't absorb to other plants.
The temperature here was also significantly higher than in other parts of the forest. The dense Sun Power caused the surrounding air to distort, with a sense of heat and a burnt smell.
"Good heavens, so many Sun Flowers, and this kind of environment..."
Being in such an environment, Xu Yang only felt the Sun Spirit within his body stir, and the Soul Power within his body began to circulate. He felt that cultivating in this environment for one day was equivalent to cultivating in other places for more than ten days.
This was the most suitable simulated environment for his cultivation.
"This is the Sun Flower Sea in the Sunset Forest. There are Sun Flowers here ranging from ten to ten thousand years old, and if you want to find a Golden-Edged Sun Flower suitable for you, it's hard to find anywhere else."
Ning Haiyan looked at Xu Yang, who was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he introduced this area.
"But Uncle Ning, there are so many Sun Flowers here, even you can't be unscathed, right!" Xu Yang was a little worried.
Although he knew that Golden-Edged Sun Flowers were very rare, with only one in tens of thousands, this kind of environment was too dangerous.
Don't underestimate this football field-sized Sun Flower Sea. There are as many as tens of thousands of Sun Flowers living here. Although their cultivation is generally not high, only hundreds or thousands of years, the Soul Power that can be unleashed when so many Sun Flowers gather together is something even a Soul Saint can't withstand.
And the instinct of weak Soul Beasts is to huddle together for warmth. Thousands of low-level Soul Beasts gathering together is what they rely on to live safely in the forest.
"There's no need to worry about this. The difference between plant-type Soul Beasts and animal-type Soul Beasts is still very large. Before becoming ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, they don't have much intelligence, only instinct. Most of them rely on the ten-thousand-year Soul Beast Sun Flower King to coordinate attacks.
Two years ago, I brought disciples from the sect here to hunt Sun Flowers. I know that the Sun Flower King here has just broken through ten thousand years not long ago, and its wisdom is just beginning to form, and its will is relatively weak. As long as I unleash the full aura of a Soul Saint, it will choose to shrink back at the first moment instead of fighting. At that time, I will help you fetch a Sun Flower of a suitable age, and you can kill it and absorb the Soul Ring!"
As he said this, Ning Haiyan looked at the huge Sun Flower in the center of the flower sea with a confident expression, his eyes full of teasing.
Following Ning Haiyan's gaze, Xu Yang also looked directly over. He saw a huge Sun Flower with a body length of more than five meters, with twenty-one petals, and the petals inlaid with gold edges, like a sunflower, in the middle of the flower sea.
"Twenty-one petals, a body length of more than five meters, it is indeed a Sun Flower King that has just broken through ten thousand years!!" After observing for a while, Xu Yang also confirmed the age of the Sun Flower King, knowing that Ning Haiyan was telling the truth. Then he smiled and said, "Then we just need to find a suitable Golden-Edged Sun Flower next!"
"That's right!" Ning Haiyan nodded with a smile.
Sun Flower Soul Beasts generally don't take the initiative to attack as long as you don't threaten their lives, so the two can look for them outside first. After finding one, Ning Haiyan will take action to catch the Sun Flower of the appropriate age.
The two circled the periphery three times, but unfortunately, they didn't find any Sun Flowers with gold edges, but they saw a lot of Silver-Edged Sun Flowers.
"If there aren't any on the periphery, then that only leaves the inside!"
With this conjecture in mind, the two turned their gazes towards the vicinity of the Sun Flower King. As expected, there were many Golden-Edged Sun Flowers around the Sun Flower King, ranging from a thousand years to a hundred years old, and in considerable numbers.
To get a clearer view, Xu Yang climbed directly onto a large tree about ten meters high and began to observe. Soon, he spotted a very suitable one, but he couldn't be certain, so he shouted loudly to Ning Haiyan below.
"Uncle Ning, the seventh plant on the left side of the Flower King, about one meter tall, with seven petals, has the characteristics of a seven-hundred-year-old Golden-Edged Sun Flower, but it's too far away, I can't be completely sure!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Haiyan circulated his Soul Power beneath his feet, and his entire body soared into the air, landing next to Xu Yang. Following the direction of his finger, he began to observe from a distance.
Having reached the Soul Saint cultivation level, his body had long since transformed, unlike ordinary people. His five senses were even more acute, comparable to a 98K with a four-times scope, something that a Soul Master like Xu Yang, who had just awakened his Spirit, could not compare to.
"Indeed, it is a Golden-Edged Sun Flower that is over seven hundred years old!"
"Young Master, your observation skills are quite good! To be able to accurately discern the age of a Soul Beast on your first Soul Hunt!"
Ning Haiyan merely glanced at it and saw that the age of this Sun Flower met Xu Yang's previous requirements. He then gave Xu Yang an appreciative look, and then his entire body transformed into an arrow released from a bow, rushing towards that Golden-Edged Sun Flower.
While still in the air, a Flame Greatsword burning with scarlet Fire suddenly appeared in his hand. Seven Soul Rings of yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, and black rose from beneath his feet, encircling his body, and then a terrifying aura erupted like a volcano.
The first to close its flower bud upon sensing danger was the Sun Flower King in the very center, which burrowed into the ground. Following it, the other Sun Flowers also chose to close their flower buds, but they did not have the Sun Flower King's ability to burrow into the ground, and could only hope that this would allow them to avoid danger.