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Walking and stopping like this, we spent a whole day in the forest in a blink of an eye.
When the rosy glow of the sky shone through the treetops, dyeing them orange and red, Flanders suddenly stopped and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Found it."
Flanders lowered his voice and pointed to an open space not far ahead.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a half-human-high grass growing in the middle of the clearing. Its leaves were star-shaped, and each leaf tip was surrounded by a faint silver glow. It moved without wind, emitting soft soul fluctuations, but there were poisonous creatures such as snakes and scorpions around it.
"It's Sky Star Grass."
A hint of satisfaction flashed in Flanders' eyes:
"A plant-type soul beast around 700 years old, with a gentle temperament and pure soul power, it's the most suitable for Xiao Ao's second soul ring."
Oscar looked at the Sky Star Grass with his eyes shining. He subconsciously wanted to move forward, but Flanders pulled him back.
"Don't worry. Although plant-type soul beasts are gentle, they also have ways to protect themselves. For example, the poisonous creatures around them, although the Sky Star Grass can detoxify them, it will emit a scent to attract poisonous creatures, which can also be considered as a way to protect itself."
As Flanders spoke, he swooped out like a civet cat and landed beside the Sky Star Grass.
Then, Flanders' soul power moved slightly at his fingertips, and a gentle but irresistible airflow spread out, shaking away all the poisonous vines, dormant poisonous spiders, snakes and scorpions wrapped around the Tianxing grass - those poisonous creatures fell on the tree trunks in the distance, making a "puff" sound, and instantly became silent.
After clearing the obstacles, Flanders slowly walked towards the Star Grass.
Suddenly, a layer of silver-white halo appeared on the leaves of the star grass, forming a translucent protective shield, and there was a faint flow of soul power.
Flanders chuckled, and a ray of yellow and purple soul ring light condensed from his fingertips. He flicked his finger, and with a "swish", the protective shield was broken.
Then Flanders leaned over and pulled out the Star Grass from the soil completely along with its roots. The silver glow on the grass leaves dimmed a bit in an instant.
"Come on, Xiao Ao."
Flanders walked back to Oscar and handed him the Star Grass.
Oscar took a deep breath and took the Star Grass.
Although he felt a little reluctant, because the grass sparkling silver in the forest was really beautiful, he also knew that this was the only way to become a strong man.
He applied force with his fingertips, and with a "crack" sound, the grass stem broke. The leaves of the Sky Star Grass quickly withered, and a circle of yellow soul rings gradually rose around the body, slowly floating in the air.
"Sit still and concentrate on absorbing it."
Flanders patted his shoulder.
Oscar nodded, sat down cross-legged, and formed seals with his hands to attract the soul ring.
The yellow soul ring slowly fell down and wrapped around him.
The absorption process went more smoothly than expected. After about half a day, when the last ray of light on the horizon dissipated, the light of Oscar's soul ring suddenly converged. He suddenly opened his eyes, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.
"It's done!"
Oscar jumped up and waved excitedly at Flender and Xue Tianxing, "Dean! Tianxing! Look at my second soul skill!"
As he spoke, Oscar activated his soul power and chanted the soul spell:
"I have a little sausage!"
As the spell fell, a small sausage the length of a finger joint appeared out of thin air in his palm. It was light brown in color and had a faint medicinal fragrance.
"This is a detoxifying sausage!"
Oscar held up the sausage and explained with sparkling eyes:
"No matter what kind of poison it is, as long as it's not fatal, eating this will cure it!"
Xue Tianxing heard this and a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face, but he secretly understood in his heart:
Sure enough, it was the detoxifying sausage in the original book.
Xue Tianxing smiled and nodded:
"Not bad, not bad. This soul skill is very practical. When we team up to hunt souls in the future, we won't have to worry about poisonous creatures with you around."
Flanders also stroked his beard and smiled:
"Good boy, you're lucky. You chose the right soul skill."
Oscar's face turned red due to the praise. He clutched the little sausage and secretly glanced at Xue Tianxing - the hesitation in his eyes had long disappeared, replaced by determination.
After Oscar absorbed the spirit ring, the others took a short rest and then turned to look for a spirit ring for Xue Tianxing.
Liu Tianfeng was quite familiar with the Xingdou Great Forest. He led everyone straight into the depths of the forest - the trees there were increasingly sparse, and the air was filled with a biting chill. This was the area where ice-attribute soul beasts gathered.
When they arrived at the place, Liu Tianfeng was the first to spread out his soul power to explore, and Flanders also released his martial soul, using the keen perception of a quick attack soul master to help search.
Xue Tianxing and Oscar followed beside him. The former observed the surrounding environment from time to time, while the latter held the detoxifying sausage he had just obtained, his eyes full of curiosity.
Not long after, Flanders suddenly poked his head out from behind an ancient tree and whispered to Liu Tianfeng:
"Senior Leng Jian, this way!"
Everyone hurried to catch up, and saw a large blue-gray bird with a wingspan of nearly ten feet preening its feathers in the open space ahead. Its beak shone with an icy blue luster, and every time it flapped its wings, a thin layer of frost condensed on the ground - it was the Sky Frost Bird.
"About eight hundred years of cultivation, pure ice attribute, condensed soul power."
Flanders pointed at the Sky Frost Bird and said to Liu Tianfeng:
"Senior Leng Jian, this Sky Frost Bird is very suitable for His Highness Tianxing's second spirit ring."
After hearing this, Xue Tianxing understood in his heart that Flanders had misunderstood.
But this is not Flanders' fault, because Soto City originally belonged to the Barak Kingdom. More than a year ago, the royal family announced that he had awakened the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and had innate full soul power. Flanders must have heard about it.
Therefore, in Flanders' opinion, Xue Tianxing's trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was naturally to hunt for the second soul ring - after all, to be able to reach level 20 at the age of seven was already an amazing talent, so how could he dare to think about becoming a "level 30 soul master"?
But Flanders never thought that Xue Tianxing had an innate soul power of level 20!
Xue Tianxing didn't blame him.
If an ordinary soul master were lucky enough to awaken his innate full soul power, such a genius would be considered top-notch if he could reach level 20 in more than a year.
Who could have expected that Xue Tianxing had an innate soul power of level 20, and with the blessing of a simulated training room built specifically for him, his training speed had already exceeded common sense.
"Dean Flanders,"
Xue Tianxing smiled and shook his head, then said to Flanders in a calm tone:
"This Sky Frost Bird is too young. If it were eight thousand years old, it might still be worth a look—this time I'm going to hunt an eight thousand year old soul beast."
"Eight, eight thousand years?"
Flanders was so shocked that he almost jumped up, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears, and continued uncertainly:
"Your Highness, are you talking about... eight thousand years?"
Then Flanders subconsciously looked at Liu Tianfeng, his eyes full of confirmation, "Did I hear it right?"
Liu Tianfeng nodded lightly and added:
"Tian Xing is now a level 30 Soul Master. What we are hunting is the third soul ring, and the target age is 8,000 years."
"Level 30?!"
Flanders was really dumbfounded this time, his mouth was wide open enough for an egg to fit in.
He stared at Xue Tianxing, looking him up and down several times—a seven-year-old Soul Master?
If this gets out, I'm afraid the entire soul master world will be shocked!
He suddenly remembered that he had previously thought that "twenty levels at the age of seven" was incredible enough. At this moment, he felt his cheeks burning, and the last bit of worry in his heart about Oscar going to Barak completely disappeared - following such a monster, how could he worry about having no future?
With such a talented protector, Oscar should be able to grow up smoothly.
Xue Tianxing didn't care about his shock, his eyes had already fallen back on the Frost Bird, and he shook his head slightly:
"This is definitely not enough. Grandpa Liu, let's go deeper."
Liu Tianfeng responded and took the lead.
Flanders was stunned for a moment, then hurried to catch up. However, the look in his eyes when he looked at Xue Tianxing no longer had the previous "politeness", only pure amazement remained.