A Brief Time Travel (5)

Not long after the four of them finished all the food, they returned to their respective tents. Inside his tent, Zhao Xiaotian stared at the string of time above his head.

In the blink of an eye, the 87 hours had quickly become a 72-hour countdown. It had truly become a countdown of exactly three days.

Zhao Xiaotian took a black-and-white mask from his pocket and looked at it. Without realizing it, he had already been in this timeline for two days.

He thought of how, on his first day in this timeline, he had been surrounded and attacked by a group of Wind Baboons. In the end, when his Soul Power was nearly exhausted, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang—the useless man with only Rank 29 Soul Power—had appeared and saved him.

Zhao Xiaotian was still filled with emotion. He was afraid that his departure in three days would bring Flender and Liu Erlong grief. The reason he mentioned only Flender and Liu Erlong was because Zhao Xiaotian deeply despised Yu Xiaogang's way of doing things.

When they fought the Evil Soul Masters that day, Yu Xiaogang had hidden in a corner without using a single soul skill. Only after Zhao Xiaotian and Flender had finished the battle did that useless Yu Xiaogang appear before the three of them.

Although it was obvious that Yu Xiaogang held great hostility toward him, Zhao Xiaotian could not be bothered to argue with a piece of trash. Besides, the entire team did not revolve around Yu Xiaogang alone.

After shaking his head and tossing all those thoughts aside, he closed his eyes. The entire night was quiet, with only Flender keeping watch.

Flender was assigned to keep watch because his martial soul was an owl. He did not need to worry about becoming tired, and owls were also top nighttime predators among soul beasts.

Before long, the sounds of sleeping breaths came from within the three tents. Flender stood on a tree branch, releasing the Soul Power of a Soul Emperor as he vigilantly watched the movements around them.

Time flew by, and the sun soon rose. Zhao Xiaotian was the first to wake up and leave his tent. After stretching, he saw Flender in the tree, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

Zhao Xiaotian called out, "Boss Flender! You can go rest first. I can keep watch here."

Hearing him, Flender looked over and saw Zhao Xiaotian wearing his black-and-white mask. He jumped down from the branch, landed on the ground, and asked, "Can you handle it?"

"You've seen my strength before! Don't worry!"

Flender nodded at that, withdrew his Soul Power, entered Zhao Xiaotian's tent, and immediately fell asleep. Zhao Xiaotian took out some of the food left over from yesterday from his Soul Tool at the campsite.

A few hours later, it was noon. Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang had just stepped out of their tent when they smelled the fragrance of delicious food.

Zhao Xiaotian placed the final mushroom soup on the table he had just made. As he wiped the sweat from his forehead, he saw Liu Erlong staring at the food on the table like a greedy cat.

Although Yu Xiaogang pretended that he did not want to eat, his eyes gave him away. His gaze wandered around, and every so often, he would sneak a look at the food on the table.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaotian smiled. "Since you're awake, go brush your teeth and wash your faces. Then we'll eat first!"

Liu Erlong nodded, took out her towel and toothbrush from her Soul Tool, and ran toward the nearest stream. Yu Xiaogang, meanwhile, moved over to sit at the dining table and took out a book to read.

Zhao Xiaotian was no longer surprised by this, because he had known Yu Xiaogang for two days since arriving in this timeline, yet Yu Xiaogang had never brushed his teeth even once before sitting at the table.

Therefore, Zhao Xiaotian had specially prepared a separate set of eating utensils for Yu Xiaogang. Everyone else used gold bowls and gold chopsticks, while Yu Xiaogang alone used a porcelain bowl and wooden chopsticks like those used by ordinary families.

Although Yu Xiaogang was dissatisfied, he said nothing for the sake of getting food. He would only hold grudges in his heart and swear that he would make the other person pay the price someday.

Before long, Liu Erlong returned after washing up and sat in her seat, ready to eat. Zhao Xiaotian handed her a set of gold bowl and chopsticks, then served her a bowl of rice.

After thanking him, Liu Erlong picked up her chopsticks and began wolfing down the food. Perhaps because her martial soul was a dragon martial soul, Liu Erlong's appetite was extraordinarily large.

Liu Erlong had restrained herself so the others in the team would not say that she ate too much, but Zhao Xiaotian's cooking was simply too delicious, making her abandon all restraint over her appetite.

Zhao Xiaotian did not sit down to eat with them. Instead, he went to his tent and nudged Flender. "Boss Flender, get up and eat! We still have to go train in the Star Dou Great Forest later!"

Flender waved his hand. "You eat first. I'll come in a while."

Seeing that Flender had no intention of getting up so soon, Zhao Xiaotian could only give up. He left the tent, sat at the dining table, and began eating.

Not long after the three of them finished eating, Flender emerged from the tent looking half-asleep. He headed to the nearest stream to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After returning, he sat at the table and ate the remaining food. While waiting for Flender to finish eating, Zhao Xiaotian and the other two had already packed up their tents.

Only Yu Xiaogang's tent remained where it was, completely untouched. The reason he had not moved was because Flender would help Yu Xiaogang pack up his tent.

After some time, Flender helped Yu Xiaogang pack up his tent and led the three of them out of the forest. Of the four, only Flender carried Yu Xiaogang as they flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Xiaotian had the External Soul Bone, Shadow Demon Wings, which allowed him to fly rapidly through the air. Liu Erlong's martial soul was a Fire Dragon, so she could naturally fly as well.

After flying for some time, the four of them landed in a small town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Zhao Xiaotian said, "Boss Flender, let's head straight into the forest to train! If we spend the night in town, that won't count as training."

Flender nodded. "Alright! We'll do as you say!"

After entering the forest, the four split into pairs to train separately. They would regroup after two days, ask about each other's training experiences, and share the spoils they had obtained.

Because Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power was weak and he was also the most useless member of the team, he could only follow Flender, whose Soul Power Level was the highest among the four.

Liu Erlong followed Zhao Xiaotian toward the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest. Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang merely frowned in displeasure, but Flender still dragged him away.

Zhao Xiaotian and Liu Erlong had not walked long on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest before entering the middle region. The soul beasts in this area were already beginning to have higher cultivation levels.

The distribution within the Star Dou Great Forest was very clear. The outermost region was where ten-year and hundred-year soul beasts moved about, while the outer part of the middle region was where some hundred-year and Thousand Year soul beasts were active.

Beyond that was the middle region, where Thousand Year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts were active. Further inward from the middle region was the territory of soul beasts nearing eighty or ninety thousand years.

Moreover, the soul beasts there were exceptionally savage. The final area was the core region, where soul beasts between ninety thousand and Hundred Thousand Year levels lived.

There was a massive lake there, with a small island at its center. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth there was also the densest in the entire Douluo Continent.

Furthermore, throughout the ten thousand years of Douluo Continent's history, not a single Titled Douluo-level expert had entered that place. The reason no Titled Douluo had entered was because two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived there.

These Titled Douluos feared the power of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, so even those who considered themselves immensely powerful would reveal a timid side there.