Chapter 164: The Greedy Flander
Seven days later at noon, Flender led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Xiao Lin, it's been a long time since you've been to the Star Dou Great Forest, hasn't it?" Flender asked Shi Lin with a smile.
"Of course! I've been wanting to go there forever!" Shi Lin smiled excitedly.
Compared to the forest itself, Shi Lin was more concerned about the insect-like soul beasts within it.
Although Shi Lin still has tens of thousands of insect-type soul beasts, he lacks materials for refining the Wind-Riding Gu, which requires large insect-type soul beasts.
Large soul beasts are controlled in the Soul Hunting Forest, but no one cares about them in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Although Shi Lin could capture soul beasts at will, he still didn't want to harm them for no reason, since there were only so many soul beasts.
"Xiao Lin, just tell me what you want, and I'll go get it for you myself," Flender said with a smile, patting Shi Lin on the shoulder.
Upon hearing Flender's words, Shi Lin's eyes widened suddenly, and he sensed something was wrong.
When Shi Lin left his house, he sensed something was wrong. At that time, he was thinking of going to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture soul beasts.
Because of the rush, Flender's character was overlooked.
Hearing Flender's words now, he realized that he had been tricked.
It seems that Flender wants to get something from me.
"Dean, do you want the Wind-Riding Gu?" Shi Lin raised an eyebrow and tentatively asked Flender.
"Yes, we really want a few Wind-Riding Gu. Those things are too good. Shrek Academy is getting bigger and bigger, and we need some Wind-Riding Gu as transportation." Flender revealed a smug look, proud and sinister.
"Tell me, how many do you want?" Shi Lin said helplessly to Flender.
Now that he was in Flender's hands, he had no room to resist, so he might as well give it to him.
"Thirty will do. Shrek Academy is quite large and needs some riding mounts," Flender asked Shi Lin tentatively.
Shi Lin could tell that Flender really liked this Wind-Riding Gu.
"By the way, can't we ride horses in Shrek Academy? Thirty Wind-Riding Gu are too many." Shi Lin asked Flender helplessly.
"Horses are nowhere near as good as this giant toad, and I heard your Wind-Riding Gu doesn't even need to go to the toilet; it poops out gems—twenty-five of them! I want twenty-five!" Flender chuckled.
Shi Lin rolled his eyes at Flender, then nodded.
Twenty-five it is, otherwise Flender will have to keep arguing.
Seeing Shi Lin nod, Flender laughed heartily. He had been asking Shi Zhen for half a year without success, but now he had finally succeeded!
Flender's scheming paid off.
"Let's go, Xiao Lin, it's time for us to enter the Star Dou Great Forest. While it's still early, we can hunt down a couple more soul beasts and then set up camp," Flender said loudly to the students behind him.
Although Shrek Academy has registered with Heaven Dou City, it only has one hundred slots available each year for entering the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts. If there are more, students will need to purchase Soul Hunting Tokens themselves.
Given Flender's stingy nature, he would never spend money to hunt soul beasts. Therefore, he would often arrange for his teachers to take students to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts and obtain spirit rings.
After entering the Star Dou Great Forest, Shi Lin continued to look around. Although this was not Shi Lin's first time entering the Star Dou Great Forest, he still maintained a strong curiosity about these soul beasts.
However, Shi Lin did not attack these weak soul beasts.
Shi Lin could use the soul beast corpse however he wanted, but since the soul beast was still alive, he didn't want to commit any more killings, as soul beasts were a relatively scarce resource.
As for the insect-type soul beasts, Shi Lin didn't kill them; they just changed their living form.
The group moved nimbly into the Star Dou Great Forest.
...
Before sunset, Flender and Zhao Wuji helped three students successfully hunt down a soul beast and obtain a spirit ring.
After the sun set, Flender took out more than a dozen small wooden houses from his soul tool and arranged them in a row to form a camp.
Shi Lin was stunned by Flender's actions. Wasn't this his own design?
However, Flender's cabins were noticeably smaller, but there were more of them. It seemed that they were modeled after Shi Lin's, but they didn't use expensive wood and used ordinary wood instead. There was also no iron armor inside the walls.
Shi Lin looked around the wooden houses and found that the outer walls of these houses were thicker, and there should be something inside. This would ensure safety and save on the wood used for three walls.
Flender has taken stinginess to the extreme.
Shi Lin curled his lip in annoyance. There's no such thing as intellectual property rights in this era. This is blatant plagiarism!
Flender and Zhao Wuji returned from a distance. Zhao Wuji handed an unconscious soul beast to a classmate, instructing him to hunt it down and obtain its spirit ring.
There are ten students in total, and three of them absorbed spirit rings on the first night. It seems that they will be able to set off to leave the Star Dou Great Forest in less than two days.
After setting up the camp, a dozen people sat around it, each holding a metal lunchbox, eating hot food.
Shi Lin didn't eat any of it; he just smelled it and knew it was food prepared by his family's chef.
Flender is really...
"Come on, Xiao Lin, let's eat." Flender smiled and took out a boxed lunch from his soul tool and handed it to Shi Lin.
"Thank you, Dean," Shi Lin said curtly, then sat down in the camp and began to eat.
"Is there anything I can help you with in refining Gu worms?" Flender asked Shi Lin.
"I need you to catch some large, hundred-year-old soul beasts, like frogs or toads, for me. I need these kinds of soul beasts to refine the Wind-Riding Gu," Shi Lin said to Flender while eating.
Flender nodded and agreed to Shi Lin's plan. There was not much in the Star Dou Great Forest except for many soul beasts. Catching some large frog soul beasts would be a piece of cake.
Flender planned to carefully observe the distribution of soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest tonight and find a suitable soul beast for Shi Lin as soon as possible, so that Shrek Academy could also have a Wind-Riding Gu mount.
Soon, the people in the camp had finished their dinner, and it was already getting late.
After leaving two students who had already absorbed their spirit rings to keep watch, Flender let the other students return to their rooms to rest.
Shi Lin randomly found a small wooden house, went inside, and began to rest.
Lying in bed, Shi Lin began to think about his next plan.
After half a year of seclusion, his soul power level only increased by three levels. Compared to before, Shi Lin felt that his future cultivation speed would be greatly reduced, even with the blessing of the wine Gu.
After all, as his soul power increases, he needs to absorb more and more soul power to level up. Shi Lin is not satisfied with his current cultivation speed, so he needs to find a way.
The wine Gu has reached its limit. Apart from the wine Gu, Shi Lin's current cultivation speed is almost the same as that of a soul master with level 5 innate soul power.
This is the talent enhancement brought about by the wine Gu.
However, Shi Lin's innate soul power level was too low.
Suddenly, a word popped into Shi Lin's mind.
"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!"
If Shi Lin could obtain the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he would be able to significantly increase his soul power level in a short period of time.
Moreover, those immortal herbs can not only improve soul power level, but also cleanse the marrow and strengthen the bones, which is of great help to someone like Shi Lin with extremely poor talent.
However, Dugu Bo is a capricious and ruthless killer, so Shi Lin doesn't want to deal with him unless absolutely necessary.
Shi Lin leaned against the headboard, took out a notebook, and wrote the four characters "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well" on it.
Tang San is only nine years old, and it will be another three or four years before he can come into contact with the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Shi Lin still has a long time ahead of him.
Therefore, Shi Lin decided that he would go to Heaven Dou City to try his luck after things settled down at the Shi family manor.
"The Gu worms probably won't change in the short term, but the next target is the Wind-Riding Gu. Once we get back to the Shi family, we'll need to research alternatives to the Wind-Riding Gu," Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
The materials for refining the Wind-Riding Gu are extremely difficult to find, so Shi Lin thought of developing another type of Gu that can produce Wind Spirit Stones. In this way, the other type of Gu can provide the Wind-Riding Gu with a continuous supply of Wind Spirit Stones.
This will allow the Wind-Riding Gu to be updated and iterated smoothly.
Shi Lin recorded his ideas one by one in his notebook. Of these ideas, most of them have now been realized.
When Shi Lin put down his pen, it was already past midnight. He closed his notebook, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.
Shi Lin has spent half a year refining a large number of Gu worms, and he will not need to refine Gu worms for a while.
The slowdown in his cultivation speed has made Shi Lin feel somewhat uncomfortable, so he can only work even harder to cultivate.
...
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Shi Lin slowly opened his eyes and then withdrew from his cultivation state.
"Phew..." Shi Lin let out a long breath, then got out of bed, washed up quickly, changed into a new set of clothes, and came out of the room.
The others were still asleep, so Shi Lin found a place in the camp to sit down and wait for them to wake up, while also enjoying the morning in the forest.
Half an hour later, Flender and the others came out of their rooms and woke up the others.
The group had a simple meal at the campsite.
"Xiao Lin, today's plan is for you and me to find frog-type soul beasts, while Lao Zhao and Xiao An will lead these students to hunt them," Flender said to Shi Lin.
"No problem." Shi Lin nodded and said without hesitation.
"Old Zhao, you must take good care of these children's safety," Flender said to Zhao Wuji with concern.
"Don't worry, boss, nothing will go wrong." Zhao Wuji patted his chest forcefully.
"Those who have already absorbed their spirit rings, continue to consolidate your cultivation in the camp. Those who haven't absorbed any spirit rings, follow Director Zhao to find them," Flender loudly instructed the students in front of him.
"Yes, Dean!" all the students replied in unison.
"Let's go!" Flender waved his hand, and then he and Zhao Wuji split up to search for suitable soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
...
Flender and Shi Lin swiftly traversed the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Dean, how far is that small lake on your map from here?" Shi Lin asked Flender.
"It's not far, only three kilometers! Are you tired? Do you need me to fly you?" Flender asked Shi Lin.
"Let's run, three kilometers shouldn't be a problem!" Shi Lin shook his head, rejecting Flender's suggestion.
Flying over the Star Dou Great Forest is extremely dangerous, even though this is only the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Flender looked at Shi Lin and nodded in satisfaction.
Then, the two stopped talking and increased their speed as they moved through the forest.
A dozen minutes later, the two stopped by a lake that was not small.
The lake water is clear and the surface is wide, allowing you to see fish and frogs in it.
At this time, many small animals gathered on the shore of the lake.
There were also some blue frogs, about the size of domestic pigs, lying on the shore sunbathing, showing their plump white bellies, looking very content.
"Dean, is this what you're talking about?" Shi Lin asked Flender, pointing at the frogs.
"Yes, that's it." Flender smiled and said to Shi Lin.
"This kind of soul beast is called the Water Arrow Frog. It can spit out a sharp water arrow. It is one of the larger frog-type soul beasts. That one has nine hundred years of cultivation," Flender introduced to Shi Lin.
"Alright, Dean, just catch the Water Arrow Frog with nine hundred years of cultivation for me. Other cultivation levels won't be able to refine the best Wind-Riding Gu," Shi Lin said earnestly to Flender.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's words, Flender was taken aback. He hadn't expected that refining a giant frog would be so troublesome, and that there were even requirements regarding the age of the materials.
"Okay, I'll do my best." Flender nodded, then activated his martial spirit and began searching for the nine-hundred-year-old water arrow frog in the lake.
Shi Lin continued to wait for news from Flender on the shore.
With nothing else to do, Shi Lin took out a futon and sat down on the shore to begin cultivating.
Now, Shi Lin uses any free time he has to cultivate and improve his cultivation level, because he has already felt the pressure.
Time flew by, and Shi Lin had been cultivating since morning until noon when Flender finally descended from the sky.
"Xiao Lin, there are only about fifty water arrow frogs left after nine hundred years. I caught more than thirty. Do I have to take them all?" Flender shouted loudly at Shi Lin.
"Continue!" Shi Lin said to Flender.
The next second, Flender threw one fat water frog after another out of the water.
Shi Lin quickly exited his cultivation state, then used the Divine Wood King Cauldron to stun the water frogs before storing them in the Small Manor Gu.
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