After resting for a quarter of an hour, everyone continued deeper into the forest. The Sunset Forest was vast, and it was home to plenty of Soul Beasts.
Still, finding a suitable one would take some effort.
They didn't stop until nightfall, when they reached an area where Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were known to roam. The Soul Beasts here were powerful and dangerous, but their Soul Rings were of higher quality, too.
They found a relatively safe spot and pitched their tents. There was no need for them to take watch, so Xuan Qing went straight inside to rest.
The Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Osler were assigned to keep watch. Four boys, all told. Did they have any objections?
The four said that the others were the ones they depended on. With Demon Dragon Douluo here, they could stroll right through even if they ran into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
All they had to do was keep watch. What was the big deal? If you wanted to cling to someone powerful, you had to accept the responsibilities that came with it. They would handle the dirty, exhausting work, while the big shot carried them to victory. It was only fair. No problem at all.
The atmosphere inside the tent was a little strange.
Xuan Qing lay on the far left, Zi JI was to his right, and Zhu Zhuqing lay on the far right. The tent wasn't small, but all three could hear one another breathing.
A thought suddenly popped into Zi JI's mind: Should she just devour him now?
They had been together for nearly four years. Who knew how hard she had struggled to hold back all this time?
A higher-ranking dragon's allure to lower-ranking dragons was fatal. With the Azure Dragon's aura clinging to her bloodline,