Crisis: Xiao Wu's Soul Beast Identity Exposed

Early in the morning, while most of Notting Academy's teachers and students were still asleep, Ye Feng was already following Sword Saint Chen Xin, riding Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword toward the Soul Hunting Forest four hundred li northeast of Notting City.

This Soul Hunting Forest was a place where the empire raised Soul Beasts in captivity. The Soul Beasts inside were not particularly old, and no ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would appear. Ye Feng needed to obtain his first three Soul Rings this time, so he could certainly find suitable Soul Rings here.

The Soul Hunting Forest was vast, covering an enormous area. It supported the needs of students from some Soul Master Academies in the Balak Kingdom and the Heaven Dou Empire. Even some advanced Soul Master Academies chose to obtain the Soul Rings they needed here. After all, who could say for sure what luck might bring? What if they encountered an extraordinary Soul Beast?

To train Ye Feng, Sword Saint Chen Xin deliberately had Ye Feng stand in front of him so he could experience the sensation of flying on a sword. In pursuit of the thrill of high-speed flight, Sword Saint Chen Xin deliberately flew close to the forest and the ground.

Standing on the Seven Kill Sword, Ye Feng watched the scenery rush backward. The exhilaration of soaring between heaven and earth made him want to let out a long howl.

A journey of four hundred li would take at least two days by carriage. If a Titled Douluo used Soul Power, it would take only a dozen or so minutes.

After a quarter of an hour, Sword Saint Chen Xin guided the flying sword down slowly. Countless people were shouting around them, making the place look like a small marketplace.

"Forming a party to hunt Soul Beasts! We have a permit and need to hunt a strength-type Soul Beast. We're short one person."

"Hunting a hundred-year agility-type Soul Beast! Seeking an Agility Attack System Soul Master! Payment: thirty Gold Soul Coins."

"My name is Liu Ludan. My Martial Soul is Steel Cannon. I'm a level thirty-one Power Attack System Soul Elder. Don't let my short legs fool you—I'm fast as hell. Ten Gold Soul Coins a day. Pay up, and I'm in."

Among the shouting Soul Masters, some were recruiting others into their teams, while others were looking to be recruited. Aside from these Soul Masters driven by profit, there were also many merchants selling goods. Their prices were steep—fully double those in Notting City.

Ye Feng had a Titled Douluo as his master, so naturally, he did not need to team up with anyone else. Sword Saint Chen Xin led Ye Feng to the iron fence at the edge of the forest. Besides the ten-meter-high fence, there were also fully armed imperial soldiers stationed there.

"To enter the Soul Hunting Forest, you need a permit issued by Spirit Hall. If you have no permit and lack sufficient background or strength, then once Spirit Hall's dedicated Enforcement Team catches you inside the forest, you will face severe punishment." As Sword Saint Chen Xin spoke, he flicked his finger, shooting a token toward the captain of the guarding soldiers.

The captain of the guards stared at the permit in his hand in astonishment. He walked up to Sword Saint Chen Xin and respectfully returned it with both hands. "Your Excellency!"

Sword Saint Chen Xin took back the permit and led Ye Feng into the Soul Hunting Forest.

"Ye Feng, you have not obtained a single Soul Ring yet. Remember, from now on, you are not to be more than ten meters away from me. Do you understand?" Sword Saint Chen Xin instructed sternly.

"Yes, Master," Ye Feng replied.

Then Sword Saint Chen Xin began lecturing Ye Feng. The lesson was nothing more than basic knowledge for Soul Masters: ten-year Soul Rings were white, hundred-year Soul Rings were yellow, thousand-year ones were purple, ten-thousand-year ones were black, and hundred-thousand-year ones were red. As for the legendary Million Year Soul Rings, they were a sacred golden color and carried a divine aura.

From Sword Saint Chen Xin's words, Ye Feng could tell that his master's knowledge of Martial Souls, Soul Beasts, and Soul Rings was no less extensive than Master Yu Xiaogang's.

"Ye Feng, what exactly is the background of that child named Tang San whom you met yesterday?"

As they walked, Sword Saint Chen Xin suddenly asked Ye Feng this.

When Sword Saint Chen Xin had found Ye Feng yesterday, Tang San had happened to be by Ye Feng's side.

"Master, what is it?" Ye Feng asked curiously.

"I sensed the aura of the Clear Sky Hammer from him," Sword Saint Chen Xin answered.

"The Clear Sky Hammer? No way." Ye Feng deliberately tested Sword Saint Chen Xin, pretending to be surprised. "His Martial Soul isn't the Clear Sky Hammer. It's the useless Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass."

"Then he has Twin Martial Souls?" Sword Saint Chen Xin stopped walking and instinctively looked at Ye Feng. Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, yet his disciple Ye Feng possessed Three Lives Martial Soul.

"Master, how can you be certain that he has another Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer?" Ye Feng asked curiously.

"I can't be wrong." Sword Saint Chen Xin was briefly stunned before continuing forward. As he walked, he said, "Martial Souls and Soul Masters are closely connected. Once one's strength reaches a certain level, even if a Soul Master does not use their Martial Soul or Soul Power, one can still determine what type of Martial Soul they possess from the aura they emit. I have sparred with a Soul Master who possessed the Clear Sky Hammer, so I remembered its unique aura."

"Oh." Ye Feng responded blandly.

"Ye Feng, I advise you not to get too close to that little girl with rabbit ears." Sword Saint Chen Xin immediately shifted the topic to Xiao Wu.

Ye Feng froze.

Only then did Ye Feng remember that his master was a Titled Douluo. Before transformed Soul Beasts reached level sixty in Soul Power, there were differences between them and humans. Only after their Soul Power surpassed level sixty would they become no different from humans.

Ordinary Soul Masters could not identify transformed Soul Beasts whose appearance was no different from that of humans, but Soul Douluo-level Soul Masters and Titled Douluo-level Soul Masters could still see through their Soul Beast identities from the aura they emitted.

When Sword Saint Chen Xin had found Ye Feng yesterday, he had not only encountered Tang San—he had also seen Xiao Wu.

Now that Sword Saint Chen Xin had said this, Ye Feng knew that Sword Saint Chen Xin had already seen through Xiao Wu's Soul Beast identity.

"Why?" Ye Feng asked despite knowing the answer.

"Because... she is a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast." Sword Saint Chen Xin stopped and turned to look at Ye Feng.

"No way?" Ye Feng feigned surprise.

"I can't be wrong. She may have fooled your eyes, but she cannot fool mine. I never expected you to be so lucky as to encounter a transformed Soul Beast. Once your Soul Power reaches level eighty, we'll kill her. Then you can obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone." Sword Saint Chen Xin looked at Ye Feng with a hint of envy in his eyes.

Even as a Titled Douluo, Sword Saint Chen Xin did not possess a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. As a Titled Douluo, he also knew what this would mean for Ye Feng!

Once Ye Feng's Eighth Soul Ring became a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, his combat strength would soar dramatically. By then, even as a Soul Douluo, Ye Feng would have the ability to fight a Titled Douluo.