Strange behavior

After entering Sunset Forest, Tang San, who hadn't said much until now, suddenly spoke:

"Everyone, my Soul Power also increased to Level 40 last night, so I need a Soul Ring this time too?"

"Oh? That's good." Chen Feng raised an eyebrow. "Have you decided what kind of Soul Ring you want?"

"Naturally, we should focus on enhancing Life Force. It would be good if we could have some other special abilities as a bonus. But it depends on what kind of Soul Beast we encounter," Tang San said, expressing his thoughts.

Back then, Chen Feng made a plan for cultivating his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. In this plan, Blue Silver Grass would gradually transform from a herbaceous plant into a woody plant.

In order to realize this plan, Chen Feng specially chose the Jade Bamboo as the Soul Beast for Tang San's Second Soul Ring. This is because bamboo, as a herbaceous plant, has properties that are more like wood, and can play a good role in connecting the past and the future.

The subsequent Spirit Water Wood Lotus completely transformed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul into a woody one, thus fulfilling Chen Feng's vision.

Now that the Blue Silver Grass has been strengthened by the Dark Jade Divine Bamboo, its strength is no longer an issue. Therefore, Tang San wondered if he could obtain some special abilities.

Of course, this special ability cannot conflict with Tang San's fundamental path, such as the presence of poisons.

Chen Feng understood Tang San's meaning and said:

"In that case, we'll focus on plant-type Soul Beast, though we can consider some special animal-type Soul Beast. However, plant-type Soul Beast aren't very noticeable in the forest, so you'll need to be careful. We'll take care of the animal-type Soul Beast."

"No problem." Tang San nodded.

He possesses the ability to communicate with plants, so if there are indeed plant-type Soul Beast nearby, it shouldn't be difficult to find them.

The others had no objections to the arrangement. Before coming to Sunset Forest, Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing, who needed Soul Ring, had already explained their respective needs.

Meng Yiran undoubtedly needs Poison Attribute Soul Ring, while Zhu Zhuqing needs Soul Beast capable of creating darkness. If she encounters Dark Soul Cat, that would be ideal, but other soul beasts with similar abilities can also be considered.

The group searched as they walked through the forest. Bai Chenxiang, who could fly and was very fast, took on the scouting task during the day.

When night fell, it was naturally Zhu Zhuqing, who had night vision, who came.

In addition, Tang San's ability to communicate with plants makes their team quite safe in Sunset Forest, and they are unlikely to encounter sudden attacks.

Sunset Forest is not as vast as Star Dou Great Forest, and it is also much less dangerous, so everyone is not as tense and depressed as they were in Star Dou Great Forest.

As they maintained their formation and ventured deeper into the forest, they occasionally chatted to liven up the atmosphere.

Although Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had been here before, they had only followed Dugu Bo along the path leading to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The other places were still very unfamiliar to the three of them, and Chen Feng and his companions had no intention of leading the team towards the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang San's parents now live there, and it's not suitable for too many people to know about it. Let Tang Hao and Ah Yin live there quietly in seclusion.

The group spent most of the day in Sunset Forest, but they couldn't find any suitable Soul Beast, not even Soul Beast that matched their age.

The low danger level of Soul Beast Gathering Place has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is less likely to encounter any danger, but the disadvantage is that, as it is now, it will be very difficult to find a Soul Beast you like.

As dusk settled, Flender called to the students who were searching for Soul Beast, "Take a break, we'll start looking again tomorrow."

Meng Yiran needs Poison Attribute Soul Beast that are mostly nocturnal, and Soul Beast that are good at creating darkness obviously don't like to run around in broad daylight.

As for the Soul Beast that Tang San needs, it doesn't matter whether it's day or night; he can find them anytime.

So Flender plans to rest early today and continue searching before dawn tomorrow, hoping to increase his chances of finding a suitable Soul Beast.

Everyone agreed with Flender's idea and began preparations for setting up camp.

Since almost everyone had a Storage Soul Tool, they were very well prepared for the camp, and three tents were quickly set up.

Following the same arrangement as back in the Death Desert, where the teachers shared one tent and the students shared two, everyone quickly settled into their tents to rest.

As for the night watch, this time it was Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing in charge, and the others would take turns later.

Since it wasn't their first time venturing out to obtain Soul Ring, everyone cooperated very well and quickly prepared food and security measures around the camp.

When Tang San returned after scattering the medicine powder to repel snakes, insects, and rodents around the area, he saw Ma Hongjun using his Phoenix Flame to start a fire.

"Can we start a fire here?" Tang San asked, puzzled.

Before, whether we went to the Star Dou Great Forest or the Death Desert, we never lit a fire at night.

"Of course! The teacher said the Sunset Forest is relatively safe; there aren't any terrifying creatures like the Titan Giant Ape, so we can make a fire at night," Ma Hongjun replied.

"That's right, and the weather gets very cold in the north at night. Without cooked food and hot soup, it would be very difficult to get through the night. Making a fire is necessary," Flender added.

"Oh." Tang San nodded in realization, having gained some experience.

As Flender said, dinner was quite lavish with a fire, and everyone had at least a bowl of hot soup. After everyone finished eating, they all felt very Bashi.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone went into their tents one after another.

Inside the adults' tent, since Liu Erlong was the only woman, she was naturally placed on the edge.

Beside her was Flender, followed by the Grandmaster and Zhao Wuji; this was the order they had in the Death Desert, and it hadn't changed since.

Flender originally thought that since the Grandmaster and Liu Erlong had recognized each other as brother and sister, it would be more appropriate for them to stand next to each other.

However, the Grandmaster refused this arrangement, separating himself from Liu Erlong by Flender.

Just as he had said before, Liu Erlong should not be given even the slightest illusion, so this arrangement was undoubtedly the most appropriate.

Liu Erlong had no objections. She knew that she and the Grandmaster had no hope left. Now, she only hoped that her cousin wouldn't get too deeply involved with the Pope.

After all, it was the Pope who dumped the Grandmaster back then, so the Grandmaster should have decisively given up on him no matter what.

The arrangements were much simpler for the students; the boys and girls each had their own tent, so neither side was crowded.

Dai Mubai was the first to take the night watch. He stood by the campfire in front of the camp, carefully observing the surrounding movements.

Although Sunset Forest is not Life Forbidden Zone, if one is careless at night and allows some dangerous Soul Beast to sneak in, there is still a possibility of trouble.

As Dai Mubai was paying attention to the movements around him, he was unaware that a ferocious-looking Soul Beast was silently approaching from a certain distance away.

Inside the girls' tent, Meng Yiran stared blankly at the top of the tent.

Gu Yue Ling, who was standing nearby, noticed this scene and asked:

Can't sleep?

"Um."

What are you thinking about?

Meng Yiran paused for a moment, then said:

"I've been thinking about the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Actually, I feel like I don't have much hope of getting Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring."

Gu Yue Ling turned her head in confusion and asked:

"Why do we think that way? After this period of training, everyone's physical condition has improved, so it's not necessarily hopeless."

Meng Yiran shook her head slightly. "I'm not Warrior, Ling'er. I haven't had any special physical training before, so the effects of less than a year of training are limited."

The original fighting style of the Serpent Cane was biased towards controlling Soul Master, because the Serpent Cane is poisonous.

After Meng Yiran successfully obtained the Foundation Ring, she rarely clashed directly with her opponents anymore. She would just spray Poison Mist to finish them off, and naturally, she didn't think about training her physique.

After Meng Yiran consumed the Fierce Spirit Blood Amber, the Serpent Cane gained the ability to Transforming Serpent after she used the Snake Transformation Method, which completely dispelled Meng Yiran's desire for close combat.

Therefore, there is a reason why she said her physique was not good enough, and it is understandable that she had no hope of getting Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Also, Poison Attribute Soul Beast are unlike other Soul Beast. Those snakes, insects, and rodents aren't exactly friendly, so trying to communicate with them like before would probably be very difficult," Meng Yiran said.

"So what are you planning to do?" Gu Yue Ling asked.

"I might have to use the Hunting Ring Method this time, if I encounter a suitable Soul Beast but it doesn't cooperate," Meng Yiran said after a moment's thought.

"That's no problem," Gu Yue Ling said. "If it really comes to the worst, the Hunting Ring Method can be used. I believe the others aren't exactly old-fashioned either."

Xiao Wu was in the same tent, hesitated for a moment and said:

"However, we still need to try communication methods first. If the other party is truly stubborn, then this is the only way."

She knew that, given the current situation, hunting rings was something that couldn't be completely eradicated, nor did she intend to completely eliminate it.

In Xiao Wu's heart, there are good and bad Soul Beast. As long as those innocent and kind Soul Beast are not killed, she will be content.

Like the Flying Lightning Rat and Wind Slime before, Soul Beast that do not actively attack humans and have a kind nature should be protected.

As for those vicious and ruthless ones, let them be dealt with as they please.

"Do you all think the same way?" Meng Yiran turned her head to look at the others.

"Xiao Feng and I share the same attitude: we won't harm Soul Beast that aren't hostile towards us and are willing to cooperate," Ning Rongrong said.

Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang nodded in agreement.

Xiao Wu smiled and said, "Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Yiran, although we have goodwill towards Soul Beast, we won't blindly prohibit killing. When Xiao Feng first tried the Ring Expansion Method, he also prepared for both killing and not killing."

"Really? I didn't know that?" Ning Rongrong asked.

Xiao Wu paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that this was something Chen Feng had said during his conversation with Er Ming. Only she, Tang San, Chen Feng, and Er Ming knew this; no one else was aware of it.

She thought for a moment and said:

"Oh, I remember now, this is what we talked about when he and his Xiao San came to see me."

"Oh, I see." Ning Rongrong suddenly realized.

Just as Xiao Wu was about to say something more, Gu Yue Ling suddenly whispered:

"Keep quiet."

Xiao Wu shut her mouth in confusion, while Gu Yue Ling sat up and looked in one direction with a serious expression.

Seeing this, the others also stood up, looking at Gu Yue Ling with confusion, not quite understanding what had happened.

The tent fell silent, and the forest outside was also quiet, with only the occasional crackling of the campfire.

Gu Yue Ling sat there quietly without saying a word, but the other girls were all intelligent, and they could tell from Gu Yue Ling 'Gu Yue Ling expression that she must have noticed something was wrong with her surroundings.

So they remained silent, simply waiting for Gu Yue Ling to react.

After a while, Gu Yue Ling suddenly activated her Martial Soul Possession, and golden light shone from her eyes, transforming them into a pair of majestic Golden Dragon Eyes.

She slowly got up and gradually unzipped the tent, trying not to make a sound.

Once the zipper was fully unzipped, Gu Yue Ling leaned close to the tent opening and sniffed lightly, her expression visibly darkening.

She took a deep breath, then suddenly darted out, shouting:

"Soul Beast are attacking! Teachers, come out quickly!"

The other two tents were immediately alerted. Flender and Liu Erlong rushed out of their tents first, followed closely by the Grandmaster and a somewhat confused Zhao Wuji.

"What happened?" Flender asked seriously.

Gu Yue Ling pointed in a direction and said in a deep voice:

"Teacher, go check over there quickly! There should be a Soul Beast there. We mustn't let it get away."

Although Flender was somewhat puzzled, he did as instructed, spread his wings, and flew away.

Liu Erlong looked around and asked Gu Yue Ling:

"Only over there? How did you find it?"

Dai Mubai was on night watch, also came over. He looked at Gu Yue Ling with a somewhat confused expression.

He hadn't heard anything or noticed anything amiss around him, but Gu Yue Ling suddenly rushed out to warn him, leaving Dai Mubai momentarily bewildered.

Gu Yue Ling looked in the direction Flender had flown off to and replied:

"I heard a little noise, and I had a feeling, how should I put it? Just take it as intuition."

"Intuition?" Dai Mubai's expression was somewhat strange.

At this moment, the boys also came out of the tent. Chen Feng looked at Gu Yue Ling with a strange look in his eyes.

This situation does seem very strange to him. Logically speaking, even if Gu Yue Ling discovered something, she shouldn't be in such a hurry to come out and warn him.

Just like back in the Death Desert, Chen Feng was 80% certain that the Great Rock Snake Tribe was brought there by Gu Yue Ling, but Gu Yue Ling didn't react at all that time.

But Gu Yue Ling's current behavior is quite unexpected, and Chen Feng feels that there might be something going on.