The mountain where the Body Sect stood was very tall, but all five of them were physically strong. Apart from walking for a short while just after leaving the sect, they soon broke into a full-speed run. They quickly reached the foot of the mountain and continued running toward the distant valley.
Some Soul Beasts lived in the forest at the mountain's foot, but most were not particularly strong, so Chen Yu and Jiang Yixi would not choose this place to obtain their Soul Rings. Of course, even with few powerful Soul Beasts around, the group tacitly agreed not to fly directly over the forest. Instead, they planned to pass through the woods before using their Flying Soul Tools to continue their journey.
As for where they would obtain their Soul Rings, naturally, it would be the largest gathering place of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent—the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Star Dou Great Forest straddled the borders of the three nations originally belonging to the Douluo Continent. The group did not choose to fly along the shortest route and enter the Star Dou Great Forest from the Heaven Dou Empire. Taking that route meant they might pass Shrek Academy, and the Body Sect's disciples had to avoid contact with people from Shrek Academy as much as possible. Thus, under Chen Yu's lead, they took a detour, intending to enter the Star Dou Great Forest from the Star Luo Empire.
This was certainly no short journey. If Dai Yunze had been alone, the distance would have been nothing to him. The other four were different, however. They did not have such vast reserves of power to sustain prolonged use of their Flying Soul Tools, so they needed to stop and rest from time to time, recovering their Soul Power