Bear Tracks and Bee Shadows

The inner perimeter of the "Star Dou Great Forest", in the northwest direction.

This was the fifth day since Ling Yi and his group of four entered the forest. Guided by the full map view of the ' Blue Silver Domain ', they traveled through the gaps in the activity areas of various Soul Beast, covering more than 800 miles in just over two days.

Even after nearly five days, Zhang Ji and Woma still felt like they were in a dream.

When did the perilous "Star Dou Great Forest" become like one's own backyard, allowing people to stroll around it with ease?

Every nightfall, Ling Yi would find two giant trees not far from each other and, within the canopy that was thirty or forty meters high, use readily available materials such as branches and vines, along with some small tools taken from his Storage Soul Tool, to assemble two treehouses in an instant.

The treehouse wasn't big, only about four or five square meters in size, and it was a bit difficult for two people to lie down side by side, especially for Zhang Ji and Woma, the robust uncle and nephew.

Fortunately, during breaks, each treehouse operates on a system where one person keeps watch while the other rests, so the space is sufficient.

With the problem of sleeping outdoors at night solved, the next issue is food.

In this respect, it's alright. All four of them are Soul Master with considerable wealth in the Douluo Continent, and they all have Storage Soul Tool. It's only natural that they carry some food and water with them.

Just like Zhang Ji and Woma, their Storage Soul Tool contained some easily stored and accessible dry rations, as well as a small amount of water. If they ran out of water in the forest, they could simply use what they had on hand, such as killing some low-level Soul Beast or obtaining water from streams and ponds.

It is important to note that dealing with the blood and gore when dismembering prey, as well as starting a fire, may attract attacks from some Soul Beast that are sensitive to the scent of fire.

However, since they were in a dangerous place full of Soul Beast, and not here for tourism and leisure, the uncle and nephew did not have high requirements for food and water, as long as they could ensure their own energy consumption.

It's important to know that when Zhang Ji was still weak, he wandered the continent, Soul Hunting in the Soul Beast Forest with others, and he experienced harsh conditions like eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Therefore, when stopping to rest, take out dry food and water to simply fill your stomach, be vigilant about any potential dangers, and then quickly leave the place without lingering in one place for too long. This is the normal operation of a normal Soul Hunting Team.

But what did Ling Yi do with Yang Shelly during those four days?

During the day, things were alright. Although the dry food they ate looked much more refined, and the water containers were much more upscale than the water pouches and yellow gourds used by the uncle and nephew, things were still within the normal range.

But at night, in that treehouse, Ling Yi took out a Soul Tool that could isolate one's aura.

Barbecue/hot pot, brewing tea, enjoying tea and snacks, reading, playing chess...

Woma was in a mess, and Zhang Ji was in a mess too.

In a daze, Woma didn't even notice that the four of them had unknowingly arrived near the location mentioned in his intelligence.

"Whoosh—!"

The familiar pale blue light spread out in ripples, disappearing into nothingness more than ten meters away, leaving only the "Blue Silver Grass" on the ground swaying and trembling, continuing to spread in all directions in concentric circles.

Ling Yi closed his eyes slightly, his right palm facing upwards, holding up the "Azure Wood Blue Silver King" Martial Soul, and using the "Blue Silver Domain" to sense the "Blue Silver Grass" within a radius of dozens of miles.

Disregarding the faint aura of ordinary flowers, plants, and trees, the aura of Soul Beast under 100 years old is marked as white in the mental power perspective, yellow for those between 100 and 1000 years old, purple for those between 1000 and 10,000 years old, and black for those over 10,000 years old.

From a unique mental perspective, Ling Yi surveyed a strange scene resembling a radar map, focusing on the location of each Soul Beast.

1,700 meters to the left, three century-old "Fanged Pig" are rooting around a patch of shrubs in the soil with their tusks and snouts; 600 meters directly ahead, in a tree hollow, a group of "Man Faced Demon Spider," the oldest no more than ten years old, are fighting and devouring each other; 10,000 meters to the side and behind, under the giant tree where they rested yesterday, a group of century-old "Red-Eyed Lynx" are hunting down a lone century-old "Black-Backed Striped Python"...

"Um?"

Ling Yi closed his eyes, raised his eyebrows slightly, and focused his domain perception to the right front.

After more than ten breaths, Ling Yi opened his eyes, a hint of joy in them.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Ji, who was guarding nearby, immediately asked, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Not only Zhang Ji, but Woma's expression of anticipation was even stronger, his eyes fixed on Ling Yi without blinking.

Ling Yi flipped his hand and retrieved "Azure Wood Blue Silver King" back into his body. He gave Yang Shelly, who had come to his side, a bright smile, then looked at Zhang Ji and his nephew Woma, shook his head slightly, and said:

"I haven't found any trace of the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' yet, but I've discovered clues about the ' Golden-Patterned Bee '..."

"Golden-Patterned Bee?"

Woma's expectation turned to disappointment, but Zhang Ji remained calm, nodding slightly and saying, "According to your previous description, there must be a ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' Beehive within a ten-mile radius of where the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' lives. So, if we follow the ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' back to their Beehive and then search outwards from the Beehive, we should be able to find the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear,' right?"

"Senior, Brother Woma,"

Ling Yi shook his head and corrected him, "It means that there must be Golden-Patterned Bee Beehive within a ten-mile radius of the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear's ' lair, not that there is a ' Six-Armed Demon Bear's ' lair within a ten-mile radius of Beehive ' Golden-Patterned Bee's ' nest. These two are different."

"Compared to the ' Golden-Patterned Bee,' which are insect-type Soul Beast that seek out places with abundant flowers and plants, the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' are much rarer."

"To put it another way, a Soul Beast Forest spanning five hundred miles might simultaneously harbor more than twenty colonies of ' Golden-Patterned Bee,' but it's not certain that there might be two ' Six-Armed Demon Bear.'"

"Furthermore, it's not just the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' that likes the honey of the ' Golden-Patterned Bee '; in fact, almost every bear-type Soul Beast likes the honey of the ' Golden-Patterned Bee '."

"Therefore, even if we follow the ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' to the Beehive, we may not find any trace of bear-type Soul Beast in the surrounding area. Even if we do find them, they may not be the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' that Brother Woma is looking for."

Upon hearing Ling Yi's explanation, before Zhang Ji could say anything, Woma's face inevitably showed anxiety, and he said with a hint of hope:

"But Jiu Feng told me that he encountered the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' around here. If there are ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' Beehive nearby, then the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' shouldn't... shouldn't have missed the Beehive inside, right?"

Jiu Feng, Martial Soul "Rock Statue", is a level 57 Defense System Soul King and an old friend of Woma who serves in the Heaven Dou Border Army.

Still writing, next chapter before midnight~