Chapter 6 Sunset Forest 

 Chapter 6 Sunset Forest

  The carriage was not moving very fast, and it was not until noon that the two arrived at the Soul Hunting Town, more than 20 miles outside the Sunset Forest.

After finding a restaurant in the Soul Hunting Town and having a simple lunch, Huo Lie took Mu Yang on their journey.

From a distance, Mu Yang could vaguely feel gusts of fresh breeze blowing towards him. The scent of plants was refreshing and indescribably comfortable.

Looking out, it is a green ocean. Even at the very edge of the outer area, there are towering trees everywhere. The shadows of the trees are so thick that it is difficult to see the real scenery inside.

As one of the three major habitats for wild soul beasts, the Sunset Forest is the place that soul masters of not very high levels in the northern part of the continent most want to come to, because every time they come here, it means that their soul power level has been advanced.

Of course, many soul masters come to the Sunset Forest to hunt souls every year, but this is also the burial place of many soul masters.

All I can say is that the forest is dangerous and you need to be careful when hunting souls.

"Xiaoyang, there are soul beasts in the forest from time to time. You may face danger at any time. You must be careful, understand?"

Before entering the forest, Huo Lie did not forget to remind Mu Yang.

With Mu Yang hunting souls with him, and the fact that the Sunset Forest was not as dangerous as the Star Dou Forest, there was no need to worry about a sneak attack from powerful soul beasts.

But for a prospective soul master like Mu Yang who has not yet advanced to the first level, even if it is just a seemingly insignificant little poisonous insect, it cannot be ruled out that it may pose a fatal threat.

"Um."

Mu Yang nodded seriously.

Mu Yang, who was familiar with novels in his previous life, had seen many supporting characters or strong men who originally had "fate in their hands" but ended up in trouble due to negligence.

Not long after entering the forest, Mu Yang heard a slight rustling sound coming from the distance in front of him.

Turning his head to look, the next second, Mu Yang's hair stood on end and goose bumps appeared.

It was a black-scaled snake about four or five meters long swimming past the bushes not far away.

Although this black-scaled snake was not very old, not even a hundred years old, and could not pose any threat to Mu Yang who was protected by Huo Lie, the visual impact created by the squirming fine black scales was far greater than the illustrations in the books. Mu Yang, who was afraid of snakes in his previous life, was frightened from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahaha, Xiaoyang, are you afraid of snakes?"

Seeing that Mu Yang looked afraid of snakes, Huo Lie couldn't help but laugh.

Hearing this, Mu Yang rolled his eyes. Such big spicy strips, if people were not used to seeing them in normal times, how many people would not be afraid of them?

"How about I help you overcome it?"

Glancing at the black-scaled snake that was about to disappear from sight, Huo Lie said teasingly.

"No, no, no, no, I'm just not used to it the first time I saw it."

Mu Yang quickly shook his head and waved his hands.

You old man are so bad that you actually use a snake to scare a child like me?

"Haha~"

Huo Lie laughed again.

Skipping this little episode, the two continued their journey in the forest.

Perhaps they were lucky. As it was getting dark, just as the two were preparing to find a place to set up their tents and camp, Mu Yang saw a seemingly inconspicuous green plant growing next to a low bush with moist soil and few towering trees.

The plant is not very big, about 1.5 meters tall. The four-sided above-ground stem has six branches, with inverted soft hairs on the upper part. The opposite green leaves on the stem are ovate-lanceolate. At the front of each branch of the plant, there are also a large number of small blue flowers in full bloom.

Suddenly a breeze blew on his face, and Mu Yang felt a faint floral fragrance with a cool feeling entering his nose, as if even his spirit had become better.

"Uncle, a cool flower that is over 400 years old."

Pointing to the cool flowers not far ahead, Mu Yang said to Huo Lie.

Mu Yang didn't need to say much, Huo Lie had already discovered it when he smelled the faint and cool floral fragrance.

At this moment, Huo Lie frowned slightly, wondering in his heart whether Mu Yang could really withstand the cool flower soul ring that was over four hundred years old.

Generally speaking, it is true that the best age for a soul master's first soul ring is around four hundred years, but people are different. A strong and physically fit prospective soul master can naturally follow this routine, but the problem is that Mu Yang is not like that!

On weekdays, his complexion looks a little pale, and he sleeps for more than ten hours a day and looks empty from staying up too late. This really makes it difficult for Huo Lie to have full confidence that Mu Yang can attach a first soul ring of more than four hundred years.

"Xiaoyang, do you have confidence?"

After thinking for a long time, Huo Lie turned to Mu Yang and asked.

Fortunately, the soul ring energy of plant-type soul beasts is mostly not very violent, especially the plant-type soul beast such as the cool plant soul beast which does not have the ability to attack. Its soul ring energy can be regarded as the most gentle. Compared with the soul rings of other soul beasts of the same year, it has lower requirements on the physical fitness of the soul master.

Otherwise, for safety reasons, Huo Lie would not allow Mu Yang to use this four hundred year old cool flower as his first soul ring beast.

"Of course! I just look listless, but that doesn't mean I'm weak."

Mu Yang said without hesitation.

Mu Yang may not necessarily be able to compare with older soul masters of the same level, but when compared with the innate full soul power geniuses who have not yet officially advanced to the first ring, his physical fitness can definitely be regarded as outstanding.

You know, he has been practicing calisthenics for more than a year, and it's not in vain. The muscles under his sleeves are strong!

Huo Lie raised his eyebrows and looked up and down at Mu Yang, who looked much better today than before.

Well, knowing that he would go out to hunt souls today, Mu Yang did not consume any mental energy to use his deductive ability yesterday, so he naturally looked much more energetic.

"Okay~"

After looking at it for a while, Huo Lie nodded, took out flammable liquid barrel from the storage soul guide, opened the lid, and with a force in his hand, threw it towards the cool flower not far away.

Suddenly, the cool flower, which was not a very big plant, was covered with flammable liquid.

Afterwards, Huo Lie took out another fire starter, opened the plug and blew on it. A small flame appeared and was thrown at cool flower who was covered in flammable liquid.

"tumultuous--"

The flammable liquid ignited immediately, and the small flame spread rapidly. In a blink of an eye, the cool flower was bathed in the blazing flames.

A soul beast can release a soul ring after death, but only the soul master who gives the soul beast the final blow is qualified to absorb and refine this soul ring.

However, this is based on the premise that the soul master launches an attack that is contaminated with his own soul power during the process of hunting soul beasts.

If there is no soul master's soul power involved in the entire killing process, then no matter who it is, as long as the soul power level is ten, they will be qualified to absorb and refine this soul ring.

This is just like how soul masters in later generations use fixed-type soul guides that can be activated without consuming their own soul power to kill soul beasts, and the soul rings that explode can be absorbed normally by other soul masters.

(End of this chapter)