Two Super Douluo Escort; Star Dou Great Forest

Elder Xuan held a chicken leg in his hand.

The moment he heard Yan Shaozhe speak, he stopped what he was doing.

Indeed.

After entering the Star Dou Great Forest, anything could happen.

Especially once they entered the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Soul Beasts weren't buildings. They didn't stay fixed in one place, forever motionless. They had their own territories, but that didn't mean they remained within them at all times.

Xuan Zi had once led a team into a disastrous situation.

Back then, that elite team had encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and been wiped out. If Zhang Lexuan hadn't knelt and pleaded until her knees gave way, Elder Xuan would have retired long ago. He wouldn't still be serving as the Inspection Corps' deputy commander and a Sea God Pavilion Elder.

Now that Yan Shaozhe was going out, naturally he couldn't avoid the possibility of something like that happening.

What's more.

Both Lu Heqiu and Ma Xiaotao.

Were deeply cherished by Mu En.

No matter how he looked at it, Elder Xuan had no reason to refuse Yan Shaozhe. Besides, he also wanted to see what age Soul Beast this little fellow would hunt for his First Soul Ring.

His physical strength was even greater than a Soul Emperor's, his Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul, and even Mu En had praised his spiritual power.

Someone like him.

Breaking the continent's record with his First Soul Ring was only to be expected.

"Mm, then we'll go together."

"But we'll have to wait until Mu En has recovered."

Xuan Zi opened his wine gourd and took a swig. He agreed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Shaozhe, just not yet. Mu En had expended too much energy. Although outsiders didn't know it, Xuan Zi, as Shrek's second-strongest figure in the open, couldn't possibly leave during this period.

He had to stay at Shrek Academy and safeguard its top-level strength, lest a bunch of petty villains start eyeing the academy.

Yan Shaozhe understood how important this was.

He didn't urge him.

After all, there was no rush to hunt for a Soul Ring. Even if they really delayed it by a year or two, it wouldn't matter.

He was only half a year old!

He was already ahead of the vast majority of Soul Masters!

Other children didn't begin awakening until they were six. This little fellow had awakened more than five years earlier. His talent aside, those extra years of cultivation meant that his future achievements were bound to be extraordinary.

The four of them split off in three directions and flew away.

Ma Xiaotao still held Lu Heqiu in her arms. Although he had been able to stand on his own at the Sea God Pavilion, he was unsteady and still couldn't fly. Ma Xiaotao could only rely on the special properties of her Martial Soul to carry him as she skimmed along at low altitude.

"Little fellow, you're not planning to choose a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as your First Soul Ring, are you?"

"Setting aside divinely bestowed age limits,"

"No one has ever chosen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as their First Soul Ring."

Ma Xiaotao spoke to Lu Heqiu in her arms as she carried him.

Lu Heqiu waved his little hand, but didn't answer her.

His physical strength was even greater than Mu En had expected.

Although the first seal hadn't completely shattered, Mu En had broken a small hole in its chains. The power within was now pouring out continuously, strengthening Lu Heqiu's body.

It wouldn't be long.

Lu Heqiu's physical strength would be nearly on par with a Titled Douluo's.

Add to that the advantages of his Body Martial Soul.

Then his First Soul Ring was certainly worth looking forward to.

Ma Xiaotao landed on her toes in front of the room and stepped inside. She gently set Lu Heqiu on the bed, then began thinking back over the day. The little fellow had surprised her in so many ways.

Not only could he suppress the Evil Fire in her body, he had also awakened his Martial Soul and gained the protection of the Sea God Pavilion Master and several Titled Douluo. The road ahead would be smooth for him.

Suddenly.

Ma Xiaotao seemed to remember something.

She looked at Lu Heqiu with a strange expression. Her pretty face, which had been calm moments earlier, turned bright red, and she stood there breathing heavily.

"You're barely a year old now."

"And it'll take me at least twenty years to reach the Titled Douluo level and completely resolve my Martial Soul problem."

"Doesn't that mean... for the next twenty years, we can't be more than fifteen meters apart?"

Lu Heqiu was still young, but what if ten years passed?

Would they still need to share a room then...? Ma Xiaotao really didn't dare imagine it. Could that possibly end well?

Hearing those words, Lu Heqiu thought even further ahead than Ma Xiaotao. He knew the Evil Fire was suppressed because of the power leaking out of the seal inside him, but as the seal gradually came undone, that power would grow weaker.

The area covered by that power would also shrink in the future.

Right now, it was fifteen meters.

But once the first seal was undone.

That distance might become ten meters, or even...

Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath.

She didn't force herself to keep thinking about it. Instead, she began considering whether they should move to a more convenient room, and how they would get through tonight...

Three whole days passed.

Only then did Mu En lie back down on the recliner in the Outer Academy.

Though he still looked somewhat tired, he was in much better spirits than he had been at the Sea God Pavilion a few days earlier.

Ma Xiaotao had also been a little embarrassed these past few days. The bathroom incident hadn't happened again, but every morning she woke up to find Lu Heqiu lying on top of her and sucking. Even Gong Changlong had become a full-time nanny, searching for beast milk every day.

Elder Xuan stood before Mu En and nodded slightly.

"Mu En, then we'll be off."

"If anything happens, we'll come straight back."

Mu En said nothing, only giving a slight nod.

The four figures flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Elder Xuan and Yan Shaozhe were both extremely cautious as they protected Ma Xiaotao and Lu Heqiu in her arms. With two Super Douluo escorting them, ordinary people looking up at the sky could see only a streak of light flashing past.

Neither of them intended to be away from Shrek Academy for long, so they used their full speed on the journey and didn't worry about safety at all.

It wasn't until they were close to the Star Dou Great Forest.

That they slowed down, recovering their Soul Power as they talked.

"Elder Xuan, how should we search for a Soul Beast for this little fellow?"

"He has a Body Martial Soul, and we have no experience raising one. We can't even determine what sort of Soul Beast to look for."

Though Yan Shaozhe was still in the air, the Soul Power he used was far less than what he replenished with each breath. There was no need to worry about his combat strength declining.

"Hmph!"

"You think the Body Sect has experience raising Body Martial Souls?"

"All they do is turn themselves into giant poison sacs. Cultivating their Martial Souls is much more dangerous than it is for other Soul Masters!"

"We'll follow Mu En's instructions."

"We'll take this little fellow along and search by luck. If we find one, we'll ask him whether he wants it."

Elder Xuan spoke with disdain. It was obvious he didn't think much of the Body Sect either. Yan Shaozhe didn't press the matter and simply continued onward with Ma Xiaotao.

The streak of light didn't stop at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Instead, it descended toward the Mixed Zone.