Sunset Forest

Looking at the familiar figure before him, Lu Shiyuan felt as though an immense wave of surprise had enveloped him.

"Fei Yu, you're back!"

"What, are you unhappy to see your sister, Xiao Yuan?" Xiao Feiyu looked much the same as she had a year ago, without any major changes.

Her eyes held a hint of indulgence as she looked at Lu Shiyuan, and a faint smile rested on her lips.

Lu Shiyuan shook his head repeatedly. Seeing Xiao Feiyu return could only make him happy.

Not only happy, but also filled with an overwhelming sense of security.

She was a genuine Super Douluo. Even Ning Rongrong probably did not receive the treatment of having a Super Douluo as her personal protector.

Though Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo loved her dearly, they were ultimately elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Their sect came first in their daily lives, so they could not spend every day hovering around Ning Rongrong.

Xiao Feiyu took Lu Shiyuan's left hand. She had intended to catch up with him, but the instant she touched him, her body stiffened slightly.

"You absorbed a Soul Bone?"

"Mm, a left arm bone. Its age has already reached twenty thousand years."

After a year of cultivation, Lu Shiyuan had continuously increased the Soul Bone's age. It had now been developed to twenty thousand years.

Xiao Feiyu was genuinely happy for him. "Not bad. Your strength has improved even faster than we expected. Has there been any news about the mission for your second Soul Ring?"

Lu Shiyuan frowned slightly.

We?

Could there be someone besides Fei Yu?

Before he could ask further, though, his body abruptly froze.

He stared at Xiao Feiyu in disbelief. A moment later, he suddenly laughed. "Fei Yu, you really are my lucky star. Would you believe me if I said I'd been waiting for this mission for three months, and the moment you came back, it appeared too?"

"Of course. I believe whatever Xiao Yuan says." Xiao Feiyu knew far more than Lu Shiyuan did.

Lu Shiyuan looked delightedly at the system interface. The previously empty mission list now contained a new mission.

[Mission: Defeat any Soul Beast over three thousand years old alone. Reward: Void-Time Dragon Eyes' second Soul Ring]

A three-thousand-year Soul Beast corresponded to the Soul Ancestor realm in the human world.

Lu Shiyuan was currently only a one-ring quasi-Soul Grandmaster. For anyone else, this mission would have been little different from suicide.

After all, the mission required him to defeat it alone.

But Lu Shiyuan was not without a chance. First, his first Soul Ring was exceptionally old, so his combat strength could not be judged by ordinary standards.

Second, the Soul Bone he had absorbed was already around twenty thousand years old, and it was equally impossible to overlook.

Finally, the domain skill innate to the Void-Time Dragon Eyes could also make up for the gap in combat strength.

The difficulty was high, but compared with having his cultivation realm stuck and being unable to advance, Lu Shiyuan felt that this mission had to be completed.

Besides, it was only difficult. It was not as though he had no hope at all.

With Xiao Feiyu here, his life would definitely be safe.

With no worries holding him back, he could fight Soul Beasts to the death without restraint.

If he could win, great. If not, he would run.

He could come back three days later. Then he would be a fine man again.

After all, he could make countless mistakes, but a Soul Beast only needed to make one mistake before it was finished.

"Oh, right, Fei Yu. Xiao Wu has also broken through to level twenty. While we're out this time, let's find somewhere quiet for her to condense a Soul Ring."

Xiao Feiyu looked at Xiao Wu in surprise. This girl's cultivation speed was this fast too?

When she had first encountered this little rabbit more than a year ago, Xiao Wu had seemed to be only level eleven.

In just one year, she had actually risen nine levels in one go.

Even for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had taken human form, her improvement should not have been this fast.

Xiao Wu shyly scraped the ground with the tip of her shoe. "It's all because of the cultivation technique Brother gave me. After using it, my cultivation speed practically took off."

Besides that, she had also been driven by Lu Shiyuan's intense efforts.

Compared with spending every day doing nothing but playing, the positive feedback from settling down to cultivate was no weaker at all.

Having experienced the joy of growing stronger, Xiao Wu naturally became ever more enthusiastic about it.

Moreover, cultivating allowed her to stay by Brother's side all the time, making Xiao Wu even more willing to cultivate.

Besides, her level was still low. If she could maintain a pace of nine levels a year after becoming a Titled Douluo, that would be truly shocking.

No, it should be called utterly inconceivable.

That very day, Xiao Feiyu arranged a long leave for the two of them. She then spent another day preparing the supplies needed for the journey, and the three left Notting City the following day.

"Fei Yu, are we still going to Star Dou Forest this time?"

"No, Sunset Forest will do this time. Star Dou Forest is too far from Notting City. If we're only looking for a three-thousand-year Soul Beast, Sunset Forest is more suitable."

Not only were the Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest older, but they were generally much stronger than those in Sunset Forest.

The purpose of their trip was not to hunt Soul Rings, but to complete a mission.

Since they were completing a mission, naturally they had to pick the softest target to squeeze. Who would raise the difficulty for themselves for no reason?

Lu Shiyuan fell into thought. Sunset Forest... he wondered whether he would have a chance to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

That place had the immortal herbs every transmigrator coveted.

Moreover, what tempted him was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's boost to cultivation speed.

He wanted to try drawing upon the energy within the spring waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to increase the age of his Soul Bone.

Improving a Soul Bone was far too difficult. An entire year had only increased it by five thousand years.

Though he had not deliberately sacrificed cultivation time, merely nourishing the Soul Bone with the Soul Power within his body every day, that speed was still far from satisfactory.

At this rate, when would he ever raise it into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?

There were six pieces in a complete Soul Bone set. Each one would consume a tremendous amount of time. If he wanted to turn all six into Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, would that not take until the end of time?

However, Lu Shiyuan did not know the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Although Xiao Feiyu could ignore those poisonous mists, it would be useless no matter how capable she was if they could not even find the place.

Forget it. He would take things one step at a time. Maybe he would stumble across it if he got lucky.

If he deliberately found Dugu Bo before Tang San did, he could also cut off one of Tang San's greatest sources of support.

In any case, judging by what had happened over the past year, Tang San had already formed a grudge against him. Given Tang Someone's conduct under the Way to Death, once he became successful in the future, he would definitely choose an opportunity to take revenge.

Since the two sides were already standing opposed to each other, he might as well prepare in advance.

As for why he did not eliminate Tang San ahead of time, it was not as though Lu Shiyuan had never considered it.

Unfortunately, before Xiao Feiyu left last time, she had repeatedly warned him not to entertain any improper thoughts.

Though Xiao Feiyu had not explicitly named Tang San at the time, Lu Shiyuan had understood.

Especially that phrase, "He still has a great use," which told him Tang San was also an extremely important part of whatever Xiao Feiyu was doing.

Since he could not make a move against Tang San in advance, he could only target the opportunities around him.

Xiao Wu followed beside the two of them, hopping about with boundless joy.

She had always been lively and restless. After patiently staying in Notting City for a year, she had long since grown bored.

If Lu Shiyuan had not been with her every day, this girl would certainly have rebelled.

Now that she finally had a chance to leave the city and could condense her second Soul Ring along the way, she was in the best mood of the three.

Several days later, the trio finally arrived at Sunset Forest.

Xiao Feiyu immediately released her senses at full strength, searching for a suitable Soul Beast for Lu Shiyuan.