Sunset Forest: Acquiring Dual Soul Rings, A Soul Skill Slot Not Wasted

Evening fell, the setting sun dipping below the horizon.

The fiery red sunset painted the entire Tiandou City in a beautiful, lingering glow.

At the Ye Family Clinic, the three members of Ye Shuyuan's family were eating dinner.

Ye Qingzhou shoveled a mouthful of food into his mouth while asking Ye Shuyuan, "Grandfather, when are we going to obtain my soul ring?"

Having finished his meal, Ye Shuyuan sipped a cup of light, clear tea and replied, "Tomorrow at noon. However, before that, I need to understand the talents and abilities of your Magnolia."

"Only based on these two characteristics can we select the most suitable plant-type martial soul."

"Tomorrow?" Ye Qingzhou poked at the food on the table and looked toward the reticent Ye Lingling beside him, "Sister, what about you? Do you want to come with us?"

Ye Lingling finished her last bite, set her bowl and chopsticks on the table, and shook her head: "I have to go back to the academy tomorrow."

"Besides, even if I went, I would only add to your trouble."

"When you get back, I'll introduce you to my friends at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

Ye Qingzhou responded, "Alright."

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy, huh..." Ye Shuyuan fell into deep thought.

Is it a bit too early for Ye Qingzhou to enter a high-level soul master academy at his current age?

But with him, a Title Douluo, present, Ye Qingzhou wouldn't learn anything useful at a primary or intermediate soul master academy anyway.

After dinner.

Ye Lingling returned to her room to engage in meditative cultivation.

Ye Qingzhou was explaining his martial soul to Ye Shuyuan.

"Jade bones and icy skin, a fragrance perceived before sight—these are the innate abilities of the Magnolia."

Ye Shuyuan murmured the eight words Ye Qingzhou had spoken: "Jade bones and icy skin, a fragrance perceived before sight."

He analyzed them: "Self-healing, toxin resistance, immunity to all evils, a keen intuition for danger and opportunity, and finally, a calming of the spirit."

Ye Qingzhou nodded.

"As expected of the Magnolia, one of the Four Gentlemen of Flowers." Seeing Ye Qingzhou nod, Ye Shuyuan stroked his beard, "This is countless times stronger than our Nine Heart Begonia."

The innate abilities it granted Ye Qingzhou alone were enough to surpass the Nine Heart Begonia.

Truly, a genius among the youth.

"Little Zhou, go back and rest first. As for the matter of the soul ring, Grandfather will make a good selection."

Hearing this from Ye Shuyuan, Ye Qingzhou didn't linger: "Then Grandfather, I'll head back first."

"Go on, go on." Ye Shuyuan waved his hand at Ye Qingzhou.

The next morning.

Ye Lingling returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy early for her classes.

Ye Shuyuan and his grandson, Ye Qingzhou, set off toward the Sunset Forest.

The Sunset Forest was located a hundred miles east of Tiandou City; though not as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest, it was still one of the most famous habitats for soul beasts.

The soul ring Ye Shuyuan had chosen for Ye Qingzhou could also be found in the Sunset Forest.

They wouldn't need to go to the trouble of traveling to the distant Star Dou Great Forest.

In just over half a day, the grandfather and grandson arrived at the outer perimeter of the Sunset Forest.

Unlike the Star Dou Great Forest, the Sunset Forest was divided into an outer perimeter and a core area, but it lacked a mixed zone.

At the same time, the vast majority of soul beasts in the Sunset Forest remained between the thousand-year and ten-thousand-year levels.

Only soul masters up to the fourth ring could barely find suitable soul rings here.

Once they reached the level of a Soul King, they would have to head to the dangerous Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Shuyuan and Ye Qingzhou walked through the massive forest.

Before long, Ye Qingzhou and Ye Shuyuan stopped under a large tree to rest.

"Grandfather, can you tell me about the two soul beasts suitable for me now?" Ye Qingzhou had been asking this question since early morning.

But no matter how he asked, Ye Shuyuan would only say one thing: wait until they reached the Sunset Forest.

"Also, also, didn't you say you were going to hire two soul master hunting teams to help me hunt the soul beasts? Where are they?"

Seeing Ye Qingzhou so impatient, Ye Shuyuan remained unhurried, speaking in a calm tone:

"Last night, I read a large number of books on plant and insect-type soul beasts and found two that are extremely suitable to serve as your soul rings."

Ye Qingzhou looked at Ye Shuyuan curiously and asked: "Oh? Grandfather, what are these two soul beasts?"

Ye Shuyuan replied: "The Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly and the Thousand-Blade Jade Butterfly."

"We will look for the Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly first; it is not exactly rare in the Sunset Forest."

"When it flies, it silently emits a fragrance. Creatures below its age limit will immediately fall into paralysis and drowsiness; it can be considered a decent control-type soul skill."

"Most importantly, you and Lingling will be fighting side-by-side for a long time in the early stages, and the healing is already sufficient."

Originally, Ye Shuyuan's idea was to first get Ye Qingzhou a single-target or group-healing soul skill for his first soul ring.

But he quickly cast this idea to the back of his mind.

The task of healing was already covered by their Nine Heart Begonia, so there was no need to repeat soul skill effects.

Having two soul skills with similar effects in one team was a complete waste of one person's skill slot and would hinder their future development.

Ye Shuyuan's choice and explanation received Ye Qingzhou's agreement.

This reminded him of that famous Master Yu Xiaogang and Oscar.

Oscar's first three soul ring effects had been chosen quite well, but after Yu Xiaogang arrived, he selected the Excitement Sausage soul skill for Oscar.

The effect of this soul skill completely overlapped with Ning Rongrong's amplification effect, with an increase of only ten percent.

This so-called Excitement Sausage was only useful for negating one instance of crowd control.

However, there were far too few control-type soul masters in the first Douluo series who could actually affect Tang San.

The only one who could contend with him was Hu Liena.

It was even far inferior to the Mirror Sausage that Oscar would obtain for himself later on.

It was a total disaster.

After a brief rest, Ye Qingzhou and Ye Shuyuan continued walking through the outer area of the Sunset Forest.

Regarding the age of the Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly, based on Ye Qingzhou's current physical fitness and the inherent weakness of insect-type soul beasts, he chose a range between seven hundred and eight hundred years.

Ye Shuyuan, walking in front, stopped and looked up: "Found it."

Following Ye Shuyuan's gaze, Ye Qingzhou looked up to see a butterfly with wings like withered branches drifting over their heads.

Ye Shuyuan's eyes lit up, and he accurately stated the age: "A seven-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly."

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took action, the powerful soul power exclusive to a Titled Douluo erupting from his body.

The extreme power pressed down on everything around them like an immovable mountain.

Nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—expanded fully.

The Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly, which had been flying in the air, fell to the ground as if it had gone limp.

The Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly was resisting tenaciously, attempting to break free from the control of a Titled Douluo.

But this was ultimately in vain.

For a Titled Douluo powerhouse, even an auxiliary-type, dealing with a hundred-year soul beast was as simple as drinking water.

The pleasure of this kind of overwhelming suppression could only be clearly felt in such situations.

Ye Shuyuan said to Ye Qingzhou: "Go, deliver the final blow."

Ye Qingzhou arrived beside the struggling Sleeping Fragrance Orchid Butterfly, intense white soul power gathering in his hand.

With a boom.