The two arrived at the small town in front of Soul Beast Forest.
The townspeople casually glanced at the two poorly dressed, very young children.
"Judging by their clothes, they have no money. One has Soul Power at level ten, the other at level five. Coming to Soul Beast Forest, they must have neither money nor connections."
After one look, the townspeople reached their conclusion and stopped paying attention to them.
After all, quite a few people like this came to Soul Beast Forest every year to hunt for Soul Rings.
Children like them were usually looking for their First Soul Ring. They would either go to a low-level Soul Beast gathering ground like Soul Hunting Forest, or they would not come to such a dangerous place. Since they clearly did not have the qualifications to enter Soul Hunting Forest, they must not have any backing.
Their clothes also showed that they had no money, and they did not look like children from any noble family. Having seen this sort of thing often enough, the townspeople no longer bothered with them.
As for helping them? Don't be ridiculous. Everyone here was here for money. Otherwise, they would not be staying in this place.
With no one bothering them, the two children entered Soul Beast Forest without incident.
"Whoa!"
Xu Wenlong exclaimed in amazement. In his previous life, for various reasons, he had never left his home province. The only trip he had ever taken was in elementary school, when he visited relatives in the capital with his family.
So, faced with these towering trees, he could not help but marvel.
Such enormous trees were rare on Earth in his previous life. Every one of them stood dozens of meters tall, somewhat like that forest where the female giant appeared in that old anime from his previous life.
But this was far larger, and just after entering, he had already seen many magical species that did not exist on Earth.
"Whoa, so this is a slime. But it's nowhere near as good as Slime King."
Xu Wenlong crouched down and poked the blue Water Slime on the ground with a sigh.
"But it's so soft. Next time, I can have the Shocker Organization modify some."
Xu Wenlong thought. Indeed, a slime.
"What's Slime King?"
Zhen Jianwu looked curious, but he also happily crouched down and poked the Water Slime on the ground.
"So comfortable!" ×2
The two gradually became engrossed.
Even when the slime rallied and rammed them with its soft body, all they felt was an even more pleasant sensation.
After all, what would it feel like if an adorable kitten with its claws retracted patted you with its soft little paws?
So, after they finished playing, the two set off again.
"By the way, Wenlong, have you decided what Soul Beast you want for your first Soul Ring?"
Zhen Jianwu asked curiously. He knew that the Soul Ring best suited to one's Martial Soul was the best choice.
Of course, if the age limit was higher, then it was still better to choose the higher-age one.
Naturally, Zhen Jianwu tactfully did not ask Xu Wenlong about the age limit of his Soul Ring.
That was because, not only in Zhen Jianwu's eyes, but in the eyes of most academy students and even most teachers, the First Soul Ring was a white ten-year Soul Ring.
As for a Hundred Year Soul Ring, don't make him laugh. Leaving aside whether two little brats with no background or strength could obtain one, a Hundred-Year Soul Beast was not something they could handle.
Although Xu Wenlong's earlier performance had made Zhen Jianwu curious, Xu Wenlong had not displayed any corresponding strength. Therefore, Zhen Jianwu was not particularly confident that Xu Wenlong could deal with a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
"A Soul Ring? It would be great if there were a hundred-year grasshopper-type Soul Beast. Insect Type would work too."
(I suddenly thought of that Ant Senior from Bilibili. I'm dying of laughter.)
Xu Wenlong thought of the three thirty-thousand-year ants Tang San had encountered in the original story and understood that this was the ceiling for Insect Type.
Among the ten fierce beasts in the second part, only one was plant-type. Moreover, Tang San's first Martial Soul was the incredibly powerful Blue Silver Emperor, so plant types were a unique category on Douluo Continent.
As for Insect Type, don't make him laugh. There were no hundred-thousand-year or even higher-level existences among them.
Those beast types were probably stronger because each of them had some special ability.
Of course, if there were no high-age Soul Beasts, then low-age insect types certainly existed.
After all, ten-thousand-year ones were hard to find, but Hundred-Year Soul Beasts were surely everywhere in Soul Beast Forest.
"Oh, that would match your Grasshopper Martial Soul perfectly, Wenlong."
Zhen Jianwu did not object at all to Xu Wenlong hunting a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, because he would not strongly oppose anything Xu Wenlong wanted to do.
Zhen Jianwu believed that Xu Wenlong must have some hidden trump cards. Of course, if Xu Wenlong wanted to obtain a Thousand Year Soul Ring, then Zhen Jianwu would definitely stop him.
Since grasshoppers, or locusts, were mostly herbivorous, though it was not impossible that they had become carnivorous insects in the forests of Douluo Continent.
Thus, they would be easiest to find in the grasslands where locusts often stayed.
So Xu Wenlong led Zhen Jianwu through the grass in search of locust Soul Beasts.
However, whether because their luck was bad or because they were searching in the wrong direction, the strongest locust Soul Beasts they encountered were all Ten-Year Soul Beasts.
"Why is this happening? There isn't even a single hundred-year locust Soul Beast."
Xu Wenlong was puzzled. After searching for so long, the strongest locust Soul Beast they had found was only ten years old.
"Um, I read in a book that most high-age Soul Beasts have territorial instincts. I also read that the strongest Soul Beast in this Soul Beast Forest is only a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, so the Hundred-Year Soul Beasts each occupy patches of territory throughout the forest."
Zhen Jianwu recited what he had read in a book.
"Right. If Soul Beasts have territorial instincts, then in a forest with only one ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Thousand Year Soul Beasts must be in the depths. That means the outer region must be Hundred-Year Soul Beast territory."
"Following that logic, Ten-Year Soul Beasts would definitely not dare enter the territory of Hundred-Year Soul Beasts. So those Ten-Year Soul Beasts would forage around the edges of Hundred-Year Soul Beast territory."
Xu Wenlong analyzed.
"In other words, as long as we go somewhere with fewer Ten-Year Soul Beasts, we'll definitely have entered the territory of a Hundred-Year Soul Beast!"
Zhen Jianwu answered, raising his index finger.
"And although Soul Beasts may differ in minor classifications, creatures of the same species must share the same habits. The things a hundred-year locust eats would definitely be the same things ten-year locusts eat. So the more scattered locusts there are around an area, the more likely there's a locust Soul Beast inside!"
Xu Wenlong also raised his index finger, touching it against Zhen Jianwu's.
"Then it has to be there!"
The two recalled all the various Soul Beasts they had encountered before, including the places where locust Soul Beasts had wandered.
Thinking it over, they remembered a place where locusts had been scattered everywhere. Such an obvious spot had to be where the hundred-year locust Soul Beast was located.
Thus, the two leisurely headed toward the location of the Hundred-Year locust they had deduced.
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