The next day, Danheng rose early and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest while most of the people in town were still asleep.
There were too many strange characters in this place. The forest was quieter. Though Soul Beasts occasionally came out to harass him, it was still far better than facing a pack of humanoid creatures all day.
Before leaving, Danheng specifically went to check on Shi Nian.
Yep, he was sleeping soundly. If Danheng had not reached out to check his breathing, he would have thought the man had already kicked the bucket.
The last person who had used spiritual power to observe him seemed to have been Flender, the Dean of Shrek Academy?
Flender had only watched from afar, but Shi Nian had relied on his spiritual power, far beyond that of ordinary people, to probe him directly.
The result was obvious.
After being glared at once, he had lain here unconscious ever since.
At this rate, Canghui Academy's trip to hunt Soul Rings would probably be delayed for quite some time, unless their academy sent more people.
"Honestly, you could count the normal people on this continent on your fingers."
After arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest, Danheng did not choose to linger around its outskirts.
Most of the Soul Beasts here were only around a hundred years old. Their intelligence was not particularly high, and they pounced on any human they encountered. It was better to go deeper in, since he had come to find Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old.
After traveling some distance deeper into the forest, the surroundings gradually grew quieter, and the number of Soul Beasts also decreased.
"The Star Dou Great Forest truly deserves its reputation as the largest Soul Beast forest on the continent. Every