Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Zi Who Followed Secretly

"Little Ye, don't misunderstand. This old man was simply getting a little bored staying inside the academy, so I wanted to go out for a walk."

Elder Wang said it very lightly, as if he were merely stepping out for a stroll.

The Star Dou Great Forest was not very far from Shrek City, and to a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse, it truly was not much different from taking a walk.

"Well, Elder Wang, I'm only bringing dry rations on this trip."

"That's no problem. Once we reach the Star Dou Great Forest, whatever you want to eat, this old man will naturally make a move."

Although the strongest soul beasts on the outer edge were only just over a thousand years old, even thousand-year soul beast meat was still a rare delicacy after being cooked by Ye Tian.

It was true that thousand-year soul beast meat had no effect on Titled Douluo-level soul masters beyond filling their stomachs.

But Elder Wang, this old man, was simply craving it.

He had originally arranged for Master Ye to prepare him a table tomorrow, but the moment he came over, Little Ye was preparing to head to the Star Dou Great Forest right after.

Well now, wasn't that just perfect? One meal had directly turned into a buffet, and he could even choose whatever ingredients he wanted to eat. It could not get any better.

Elder Wang: Mm... choosing a soul ring for a child is an extremely important matter. No matter what, we'll have to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for ten days or half a month. We must find the one most suited to the child. We absolutely can't be perfunctory.

The other inner courtyard disciples and elders: How can you be so selfish! (Pah!)

"A-all right."

Ye Tian had nothing to say.

After temporarily handing the work in his hands over to the cafeteria's second-in-command, a food-type Soul Sage whose soul power had reached rank 71, Ye Tian also requested a week of leave from the inner courtyard's higher-ups.

A week should be enough time to help his nephew Bai Ran obtain his first soul ring.

As for the problem of his soul power only being rank 9.9 right now?

Ah, well~ he might just break through on the road to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Besides, finding a suitable soul beast was no easy matter.

Even though there was a Titled Douluo following beside him, and whatever soul beast they wanted, he could sense it with his spiritual power.

But just as Elder Wang had said, he was following along to "take a walk" and would not provide any special help.

Moreover, Elder Wang wished he could stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a few extra days.

After all, if one wanted to eat a meal cooked by Little Ye, even a Titled Douluo like him still had to line up and make a reservation.

The main thing was that Elder Wang was too embarrassed to compete with a group of inner courtyard disciples for the "dietary supplement" slots.

There was only so much fixed quantity each month. If he, Elder Wang, ate one more bite, the inner courtyard disciples would have one bite less.

Those children were the future of Shrek Academy, and dietary supplements made from ten-thousand-year soul beast meat were only truly helpful to soul masters below Soul Sage.

Elder Wang: I can still tell what matters more. It's not like I'm that shameless old thing Xuan Zi.

One day later.

Ye Tian appeared at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest with Bai Ran.

Sigh, they actually could have arrived several hours earlier, but Elder Wang had somehow obtained a thousand-year Boiling Blood Bull from somewhere.

Thinking that the meat of this kind of soul beast could replenish blood and vitality, and that his nephew Bai Ran would benefit quite a bit from eating it, Ye Tian had cooked it, processing it into a whole roasted bull.

Because of that, quite a bit of time had been delayed.

At the same time, Elder Wang happily took a roasted bull leg out of his storage soul tool.

A thousand-year Boiling Blood Bull was enormous. Aside from the dozen or so jin of beef tenderloin Ye Tian had taken, all the remaining meat had gone into his, Elder Wang's, pocket.

With a whole bull like this, if he ate sparingly, it should be no problem to make it last for a dozen meals or so.

Just as Elder Wang held the bull leg in his hand and was about to bite down, his skull suddenly hurt, and immediately after, the bull leg in his hand vanished without a trace.

At the same time, along with it came the voice he least wanted to hear at the moment.

"Wang Youcai, you bastard. You had something good and didn't even call me?"

"Xuan Zi, are you part dog? You could smell something tasty in my hand from this far away!"

Although Wang Youcai was only a rank 93 control-type Titled Douluo, while Elder Xuan was a rank 98 Super Douluo, the two of them were both figures from the same era, and they had spent so many years together in the academy, so Wang Youcai naturally would not be very polite to Xuan Zi.

Moreover, this fellow Xuan Zi had even snatched the roasted bull leg from his hand.

If he really were not unable to beat him, the food-protective Wang Youcai would definitely make Xuan Zi find out why the flowers were so red.

"How could that be?"

"Then how did you find your way here? Don't tell me you also came to the Star Dou Great Forest for a walk."

"Wang Youcai, have you forgotten? Little Ye requested leave from the inner courtyard's higher-ups, and I just so happen to be one of the inner courtyard's higher-ups."

When he received Ye Tian's leave request, especially when the reason the other party gave for requesting leave was to take his nephew to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a soul ring, Xuan Zi had chosen to secretly follow them.

He had originally planned to secretly kill a few thousand-year soul beasts and have Little Ye cook up a few dishes, but he had not expected Old Wang to beat him to it.

Unfortunately, most ten-thousand-year soul beasts were protected by powerful beings in the Star Dou Great Forest. Killing them for no reason would create unnecessary trouble.

Shrek City was so close to the Star Dou Great Forest that if anything strange happened there, Shrek would be the first to suffer. Elder Xuan was not so greedy for a bit of food that he would bring undeserved disaster down on the academy.

Xuan Zi: Youcai, how did you know I like eating roast beef legs?

Wang Youcai: Aminos, did I ask you?

"Youcai, take out all the beef. I don't want much—just give me a few thousand catties, simple as that."

In only a short while, Elder Xuan had gnawed away more than half of a several-hundred-catty beef leg.

Wang Youcai clicked his tongue at the sight. Eating like that, no fortune was big enough to support him. No wonder the academy set a fixed monthly food allowance for Elder Xuan.

If they did not put limits on him, this guy might really eat the academy into poverty.

"What are you thinking? The whole cow only weighs a few thousand catties total. If I give it all to you, what the hell am I supposed to eat?"

"Then we'll split it thirty-seventy."

"Seventy for me, thirty for you?"

"If you don't want me to beat you to your knees seven times in three minutes, then that's the split."

Elder Wang: Six six six. I've already become a Titled Douluo, yet I'm still getting bullied. Is there no justice left in the world?