Chapter 54 On hunt

Night fell.

"Finally done," said Hun Yu after Setting up their tent.

He knew how much work it took just to set up this tent, wiping sweat from his forehead.

Renxue directly entered the tent, and took off the black robe she was wearing to hide her identity.

As for why she was trying to hide her identity, it was obvious: her mission was to disguise herself as the prince and take control of the empire.

And here she was, helping Hun Yu get a spirit ring, putting her plan in danger.

"So, what age of spirit ring do you want, and which spirit beast?" She stretched her hands and asked Hun Yu.

Hun Yu fell into thought after hearing this.

"I think a 40,000-year-old spirit beast will do," he said without hesitation.

As soon as she heard this response, she had the urge to beat this guy up until all his bones were broken. "You do know that the upper limit for absorbing a 6th spirit ring is 25,000, right?"

Hearing this, Hun Yu wanted to laugh out loud, but he couldn't do it. The one standing in front of him was a peak spirit saint and someone special to him.

"Of course I know," he said as he released his 5th spirit ring, which was around 25,000 years old.

"These upper limits don't apply to me. And who the hell made these upper limits?" he said proudly, as if trying to impress the one standing before him.

He had always thought these upper limits were not quite right. They were only for normal spirit masters. Those with higher mental capacity and body could break this upper limit.

And just because of this, there were many geniuses who degraded their talents. Even though they could absorb higher soul rings, they chose to absorb within the upper limit.

Qian Renxue looked at Hun Yu's spirit ring and thought of something before replying. "Hmm, a fifth spirit ring of 25,000 years old. If word gets out, you won't know how many forces will try to send you to heaven.

"But you should think about it again. Absorbing a 6th 40,000-year-old spirit ring is no joke."

Hun Yu didn't give it a second thought and insisted on absorbing a 40,000 spirit ring because he knew it would not be a problem for him to absorb it.

Finally, she didn't insist more on persuading Hun Yu and sighed. "Okay. Then we will begin our search in the morning. Now you go to sleep. I will guard the tent."

"Wait, no. I think you should rest because you are the most powerful here, so recovering energy is more important for you than for me."

Renxue opened her lips, wanting to say something, but closed it and simply replied, "Okay."

She took the blanket and laid down to rest, closing her eyes.

And Hun Yu, who was in charge of guarding, got outside of the tent and sat on a rock nearby, deploying his senses to the nearby area in all directions.

And in the tent, Renxue, who had closed her eyes, suddenly opened them and looked at the ceiling of the tent.

She was thinking about Hun Yu. His spirit rings were even exaggerated. It was hard to believe that he was nothing but a 9th level spirit master 3-4 years ago, and now he was here, surpassing the best of the best talents in the Spirit Hall.

From his behavior, she could tell that at least he didn't have anything to do with the Spirit Hall and didn't seem to be interested in joining any forces.

Well, she thought of something, and a blush appeared on her cheeks. 

She closed her eyes and hugged the pillow.

 ...

As morning came, she woke up and fixed her hair. Just as she stepped outside, she saw Hun Yu sitting on a rock in a still position, as if in a trance.

When Hun Yu sensed Renxue's presence, he stood up and greeted her. She walked towards him and asked him to get ready to search for a spirit beast.

"By the way, you didn't tell me which spirit beast you want?"

Hun Yu thought for a second and said, "A strong offense-type spirit beast."

"Hmm, I think a Flare-Winged Dragon would be good, but they're hard to find," Renxue thought. She considered a few other options, but she still thought the Flare-Winged Dragon was the best choice for Hun Yu.

"Oh, then let's go," Hun Yu said. "We won't know if it's hard to find until we try."

They headed deeper into the forest, searching for their target spirit beast. After hours of searching, they hadn't found what they were looking for. They only came across some low-level spirit beasts.

"This..."

Hun Yu was speechless. For him, finding a spirit ring had always been easy. This was the first time he had to work so hard just to find a suitable spirit ring.

Just as they were taking a break, Hun Yu sensed a presence approaching. From its aura, it seemed to be human.

Since only humans had this kind of aura, a mix of negative and positive, Hun Yu immediately activated his fifth spirit ring ability to disguise himself. He didn't know if the person coming was an enemy or a friend, and he didn't want to put Qian Renxue in trouble.

He told Renxue about the approaching person, and she seemed to already know about it. It wasn't surprising, since she was a peak spirit saint.

She looked at Hun Yu's disguise and thought in surprise, "This disguise skill seems powerful. It can even hide from me, but it's much weaker than the ability given by the angel bone."

Soon, a group of people in black robes arrived. Their entire bodies were covered, not even showing their faces.

"Who are you two?" the leader stepped forward and asked.

Qian Renxue signaled Hun Yu to answer and get rid of these people. "Ah, this is my friend," Hun Yu said. "We were running from some bad people who wanted to rob us. We arrived here after running from those people for years."

The leader, who looked like a person with more muscles than brains, looked at Hun Yu and said, "Okay, you get out of here as soon as possible. This place is not safe at all."

He turned and left with his people.

Qian Renxue came from behind Hun Yu and pinched his back. "Can't you find a more reasonable excuse?"

Hun Yu looked innocent. "What does it matter? Since he believed it, then there's no problem."

"Even if he wants to mess around, aren't you here to protect me?"

Renxue turned her face and replied, "I'm not here to protect you, but to help you get a spirit ring."

"Oh."

After a while, they continued their search.

"By the way, do you know who those people in black robes were?" Hun Yu asked.

"The Spirit Hall," Renxue said. There was no point in hiding it from Hun Yu. He would find out sooner or later.

"Hmm, what are they doing here? Hunting for a spirit ring for the saint or something?"

"For a rabbit, I think."

Hun Yu was dumbfounded. "A rabbit?"

"Why do you have so many questions?" Renxue said. "Isn't it simple that they're here to hunt for the transformed spirit beast from the Shrek Academy that escaped from the contest?" Her voice contained a hint of anger, but not directed at Hun Yu.

"Oh, that makes sense," Hun Yu said, ignoring Renxue's harsh words.

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I will try to fix the starting chapters.