The four of them chatted happily. Hu Liena was quite fond of Da Wa and found him incredibly adorable.
Da Wa also liked Hu Liena and the other two. He found them interesting and friendly, unlike the group he had encountered before.
Hu Liena could not help but wonder,
"What are your father's and mother's names?"
Hu Liena was very interested in Da Wa's family.
"Father is Father, and Mother is Xiao Xue. Xiao Xue is Mother."
"I mean, what are their full names?"
"Full names... what full names?"
Shi Hao looked utterly confused. These past few days, Shi Bantian had never mentioned either his own name or Qian Renxue's, so in Da Wa's understanding,
Father was Father, and Xiao Xue was Mother.
Seeing the little child's earnest yet blank expression, everyone shook their heads... This child was probably a little slow.
At an age when he had not even weaned yet, he had come out to save his mother. It really had not been easy for him.
This child was named Shi Hao. Yet there did not seem to be any well-known family surnamed Shi on the current Douluo Continent...
Hu Liena was very curious, because she felt that Shi Hao's family was anything but ordinary. After all, a powerful Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast was following him around!
As the personal disciple of the current Pope, Hu Liena quickly thought of the possibility that some people within Spirit Hall might be doing shady business, trafficking women. It seemed the organization needed to be properly cleaned up, and she would have to report this to the Pope.
At that moment, Hu Liena said, "Don't worry, we'll definitely help you. We happen to be from Spirit City too, so we can show you the way. You don't know how to get to Spirit City either, do you?"
"Hehe, how did you know, Sister? Big Tiger and I really don't know the way. We've already been wandering around the forest for many days."
Seeing how obedient the child was, and hearing him call her Sister so sweetly, Hu Liena's heart melted. She could not resist reaching out and rubbing Shi Hao's cheeks.
Yan and Xie Yue beside her gave Hu Liena a subtle signal. At that moment, Hu Liena crouched between them and spoke in a voice only the three of them could hear:
"A child so young came out to save his mother, saying Spirit Hall took her away. I think there must be some misunderstanding. Spirit Hall is so vast that management cannot cover everything perfectly. I'll ask the Pope about it. Besides, don't you want to help this child? He even saved the three of us. What we learned in Spirit Hall was not to repay kindness with ingratitude."
"And perhaps his mother has already died... Sigh, how pitiful. We must find that vile beast," Xie Yue added.
"Mm-hmm, it's decided. We're definitely helping him."
Yan echoed in agreement.
Hu Liena stood up as if she had made up her mind. Her gaze drifted back and forth between Shi Hao and the Demonic Pattern White Tiger as she said, "Then it's settled. The three of us have discussed it. We'll take you to Spirit City to find your mother."
"However, our mission this time isn't complete yet. We need to hunt our fifth Spirit Rings before we can leave the Star Dou Great Forest."
"But we don't know when we'll succeed in obtaining our Spirit Rings. If you can't wait, you can take my token and use it to enter Spirit City."
It was not unreasonable for Hu Liena to say that. When obtaining Spirit Rings, Spirit Masters needed to choose suitable Spirit Beasts to hunt according to their own strength and abilities.
Furthermore, the environment and conditions for hunting Spirit Beasts could affect how long the hunt took. The Star Dou Great Forest was a vast and complicated place. Spirit Masters needed to search for traces of Spirit Beasts within it and battle them. If the environment was harsh or other dangerous factors were present, the hunt could become more difficult and take longer.
When Shi Hao heard that Hu Liena and the other two were willing to take him to Spirit City, his eyes immediately lit up.
After all, his greatest weakness right now was that he did not know the way... He had already been wandering around the Star Dou Great Forest for several days. Hu Liena and the other two looking at one another was truly timely help.
"You need Spirit Rings, right?"
Shi Hao recalled what Hu Liena had said before—that they needed to hunt Spirit Beasts to obtain Spirit Rings—and immediately spoke up.
"Isn't there a Spirit Beast right here...? Didn't you want it before, Sister Nana? Then I'll give you this Spirit Ring!"
"What?"
The three of them were shocked. This was a living Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast. How could he just give it away like that...? Outside, it would be worth no less than hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coins!
"This is a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast... No, no, it's far too valuable. We can't take it!"
"It's fine... You need its Spirit Ring, while I only need its meat."
Shi Hao said with a smile,
"Besides... aren't we friends? My father told me that good friends should be willing to share!"
"Or... do you not consider me a friend?"
Shi Hao's little face stiffened.
Hu Liena and the other two exchanged glances, wanting to speak but stopping themselves. In the end, they nodded. With things having reached this point, it would not be right to refuse.
"Yan... go ahead. We'll consider it a favor owed to this child."
Xie Yue looked toward Yan beside him. This Spirit Ring had originally been prepared for Yan.
"Alright!"
Yan nodded and walked over to Shi Hao, speaking in a solemn voice,
"Da Wa... from now on, no matter what it is, as long as you need Brother Yan's help, you can tell me. I'll never hesitate!"
Shi Hao smiled without saying anything. Yan then walked over to the heavily injured Magic Wind Wolf, raised the sharp blade in his hand, and drove it down viciously!
The Magic Wind Wolf whimpered a few times before its life was ended.
Not long after, a pitch-black Spirit Ring slowly emerged from the Magic Wind Wolf's corpse!
This was a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!
"So Spirit Rings really appear after killing Spirit Beasts... How amazing."
Shi Hao watched from behind, filled with excitement. His and Father Shi Bantian's Spirit Rings were innate, so they did not need to hunt Spirit Beasts to obtain them at all.
Yan quickly began absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
Several hours later!
He suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with delight. He had clearly succeeded, and his Soul Power had reached level 51!
"Congratulations!!"
Everyone cheered in celebration.
"Now only Nana and I still need to obtain our Spirit Rings... I hope nothing unexpected happens over the next few days and that we can find suitable Spirit Beasts to hunt."
Xie Yue looked somewhat worried. Suitable Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts were still difficult to find. Originally, as the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall, they had been qualified to have a Titled Douluo accompany them and help them hunt Spirit Rings.
However, something unexpected had happened on Spirit Hall's side, and there were no spare Titled Douluo... That was why the three of them had come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone to hunt Spirit Beasts, treating it as a trial.
The three of them working together could indeed handle ordinary Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts without much trouble.
Of course, they did not dare venture into the core area, because it was far too dangerous.
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