Flender Was Stunned

Tang San was very surprised when he saw it, and asked, "Teacher, shouldn't a Beast Martial Soul manifest by possession? Why is your martial soul..."

Master said with slight bitterness, "Because my martial soul mutated. Unlike Xiao Yu's martial soul, which mutated to become stronger, mine mutated in a bad direction."

His own words had touched Master's sore spot, and Tang San said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Teacher. I brought up something painful for you."

"It's fine. I'm used to it already. Let me introduce my martial soul to you. His name is Luos an Pao. You can also call him San Pao. Because his attacks can only be launched three times every so often, he's called San Pao."

"San Pao, lead the way."

San Pao made "luo luo" sounds as he waddled left and right, sniffing as he walked.

"San Pao's sense of smell is very keen. He can scent the traces and strength of spirit beasts, and because of the mutation, he consumes very little Soul Power. I can keep him summoned for a long time."

Master took out two sharp daggers and handed them to Tang San and Ye Yu.

"When we kill a spirit beast later, I'll leave the final blow to you. Use these daggers."

Tang San took one, but Ye Yu did not. He raised his own fist and said, "Teacher, I think my fist is more useful than a dagger."

"Then all right." Master withdrew the dagger and took out a beautiful belt.

"Xiao Yu, I'm giving this belt to you."

The belt was entirely black, engraved with dark patterns, and inlaid along its length with twenty-four pieces of white jade. The jade pieces were round and about the size of a thumb.

Ye Yu naturally knew what this was: Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night!

"Thank you, Teacher." Ye Yu did not stand on ceremony. After accepting it, he fastened it around his waist.

Master sighed softly. "This belt would only be buried if it stayed with me. In your hands, perhaps it can shine brilliantly. Each piece of jade contains one cubic meter of storage space. Based on my research, this belt is definitely a top-tier Soul Tool."

Tang San was curious. Soul Tool? That was another completely unfamiliar and novel term.

Master explained, "A Soul Tool is a device made by Soul Masters using Soul Power. Generally speaking, no one has much use for them. They can only store some things and have no offensive function. Soul Masters also have no need for weapons, so Soul Tools aren't valued by people either. They're almost becoming antiques."

"Xiao Yu, give this belt a name."

Ye Yu said, "Let's call it Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night."

Master nodded. "Mm, a very pleasant name."

Tang San also really wanted one. If it could store weapons, then carrying Hidden Weapons in the future would be much more convenient.

"Teacher, could you find one for me?" Tang San asked.

"Of course. If you want this kind, I'll look for one for you when we return. I originally planned to prepare another gift for you, but since you also want this kind of Soul Tool, I'll find you one similar to Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night."

Having accepted Tang San and Ye Yu as disciples, he naturally had to give each of them a gift. Since he had given Ye Yu Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, he naturally would not be biased and would give Tang San a gift of equal value as well.

Master looked at Flender and said solemnly, "Then Xiao San and I will follow San Pao to search for a suitable spirit beast. Flender, I'll leave Xiao Yu to you."

"Don't worry. I'll definitely bring him back safely."

When Flender said this, he actually had no confidence in his heart. Although in Soul Hunting Forest, with his strength, he could go wherever he wanted and could ensure Ye Yu's safety, if Ye Yu wanted to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring, then even if Flender wanted to protect him, he would not be able to.

Master and Tang San followed San Pao deeper in one direction, while Ye Yu and Flender went straight in.

When Master and Tang San approached the Hundred-Year Spirit Beast area, San Pao very quickly began making urgent sounds.

"Luo luo, luo luo..."

Master knew that a powerful spirit beast had appeared.

"Hm?"

Tang San smelled a faint tea fragrance. His expression changed slightly, and he covered his mouth and nose. "Teacher, there's something poisonous."

Rustling sounds continued. Tang San used Purple Demon Eye to look into the distant shrubbery, and a pair of dark-green, diamond-shaped eyes flashed into view, making one shudder.

Tang San saw it clearly. It was an upright triangular snake head.

Master lit a fire striker and shone it over, sucking in a breath while also becoming somewhat excited.

"It's a Mandala Snake. Should I say we're unlucky, or lucky?"

Master's expression was grave. "I originally planned to hunt a three-hundred-year spirit beast for you, but if it's a Mandala Snake, then one hundred years is enough. Even dealing with a hundred-year one would be somewhat tricky. Hopefully it's a hundred years. If it's two hundred years, we'll run at full speed immediately."

"Understood, Master." Tang San nodded.

Master slowly approached with the fire striker, wanting to see the Mandala Snake's entire body so he could judge exactly how old it was.

Stimulated by the flame, the triangular snake head lifted. Its forked tongue flickered in and out as it made eerie "hiss hiss hiss" sounds toward San Pao.

Suddenly, the Mandala Snake moved, its speed extremely fast. Master immediately ordered an attack.

"San Pao, attack! Fart Like Thunder, Blast the Heavens and Ground Split Luos an Pao!"

With a pfft that sounded like a peal of thunder, a powerful wave of air swept out over a wide area. Although the Mandala Snake was fast, San Pao had also launched his attack immediately, and the Mandala Snake had not moved out of the attack range.

The Mandala Snake was sent flying. Master fixed his eyes on the airborne Mandala Snake, observing how many years old it was.

However, in an instant, Master's eyes widened and his pupils shrank. He cried out to Tang San, "Xiao San, run!"

Without hesitation, Tang San turned and ran with Master.

Master smiled bitterly. "Looks like our luck was far too 'good.' The one we ran into was actually a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake. Its body is four meters long, absolutely four hundred years old. With my strength, I can't fight it."

Master felt it was a pity. If the Mandala Snake became Xiao San's first Soul Ring, it would be the most suitable.

At that moment, in the central region of the Soul Hunting Forest.

Along the way, Ye Yu and Flender encountered many one-hundred-year, three-hundred-year, and five-hundred-year spirit beasts. Flender kept introducing the spirit beasts to him as they went, saying how suitable they were for him and asking why not just choose this one.

Flender sounded just like he was running a pyramid scheme, making Ye Yu smile wryly. "Dean Flender, there's no need to recommend Hundred-Year Spirit Beasts anymore. Even a nine-hundred-year one won't do. I want a thousand-year one!"

"You brat." Flender sighed helplessly and nodded. "Fine. Then I won't deliberately slow down anymore."

Ye Yu nodded. "Mm. Dean Flender, pick up the pace."

Flender sped up, moving as fast as a cheetah, but in Ye Yu's eyes, he was still slow.

"Dean Flender, go faster. Don't worry about me. I can keep up."

Although he was only using one percent of his speed, Flender was already surprised that Ye Yu could keep up with him. And now Ye Yu was telling him to go even faster, saying he could still keep up?

Flender asked in astonishment, "Are you sure you can keep up?"

"Mm. If I take off the weights I'm wearing, I should be able to."

As he spoke, Ye Yu took off his outer garment, removed the vest underneath, and casually tossed it down at his feet.

"Clothes enhanced with gravity? Still, how heavy could they be?" Flender figured they were at most under five hundred jin. After all, Ye Yu was only six. Even if Master had said Ye Yu's body was abnormal, Flender felt five hundred was already the limit.

He had seen geniuses before. Geniuses of this age could at most withstand a hundred jin of gravity, so thinking five hundred was already him regarding Ye Yu very highly.

"Xiao Yu, if I go any faster, even if you take off the vest, you won't be able to—"

Rumble!

At the same time, the vest hit the ground and directly erupted with a roar. Flender felt the ground beneath his feet tremble.

Flender's eyes widened as he looked at the ground. The area where the vest had landed had caved in and shattered over a large patch, and multiple cracks spread out from the depression, reaching as far as ten meters away.

"This..." Flender froze on the spot, his face filled with shock.