This Voice Pack Was Definitely Up to No Good!

Ning Fengzhi: "???"

Chen Xin: "???"

Gu Rong: "???"

He would meet four wives in the Great Star Dou Forest?

Three were asleep in the forbidden zone of life?

And one was trapped in the Lake of Life?

Were those really wives he should be marrying?

Come to think of it, where was the Lake of Life?

A breeze stirred the layers of leaves, carrying the rich scent of vegetation through the forest.

Ning Fengzhi forced down the thoughts churning in his mind. What he had just heard in Ning Wen's thoughts was far too shocking.

Having multiple wives was nothing unusual.

After all, he had more than one wife himself.

If anything, that was simply how this world worked.

Forget three or four wives. Some nobles with more extravagant tastes had nearly a hundred.

The problem was the identities of Ning Wen's four future wives.

Set aside the one trapped in the Lake of Life.

The other three had to be Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old.

How else could they be sleeping in the forbidden zone of life?

That was the forbidden zone of life!

It lay at the very heart of the Great Star Dou Forest. Even an Ultimate Douluo might not make it out in one piece.

Ning Fengzhi quietly exchanged glances with Chen Xin and Gu Rong. None of the three could hide the shock in his eyes.

"I've found a Soul Beast that fits Little Wen's requirements quite well."

Chen Xin gave a dry cough, trying to break the strange silence. "Let's go take a look."

Chen Xin was only a level ninety-six Super Douluo for now, but with his powerful spiritual perception, finding a suitable Soul Beast was no difficult task.

The four of them walked slowly into the dense forest.

Chen Xin led the way, his sharp gaze sweeping their surroundings. Any Soul Beast lurking nearby sensed his terrifying pressure and fled far away, not daring to come close.

Gu Rong brought up the rear, keeping Ning Fengzhi and Ning Wen protected between them.

[Back when I roamed the entire Great Star Dou Forest, every beast bowed before me. Even Di Tian, greatest of the ten Ferocious Beasts, had to lower his proud head. I never had to put up with this!]

Here we go again!

Why not say Di Tian was your mount while you're at it?

At least make your bullshit believable.

Ning Wen rolled his eyes and silently gave the Voice Pack the middle finger.

Di Tian was the head of the Black Dragon clan, a descendant of the Nine-Headed Dragon King, the greatest of the continent's ten Ferocious Beasts, and once the Dragon God's chief guard. He was proud beyond measure.

Making him bow in submission would be harder than marrying Gu Yuena.

After all, with the extraordinary wisdom Gu Yuena had inherited from the Dragon God, she might just fall for it and give herself away.

[Hmph. What do you know?]

[Di Tian really did want to be my mount!]

[But do you think I'd let just anyone do that? Only my wives get to be beneath me!]

Ning Wen's mouth twitched.

He had not expected the Voice Pack to evolve.

Now it was actually talking back.

And slipping in dirty jokes while it was at it.

Only your wives get to be beneath you?

Are we supposed to believe you mean that literally?

Chen Xin raised an eyebrow, a thoughtful look flashing across his eyes.

The heart of the Great Star Dou Forest was terrifying.

To this day, no one had ever explored all of it and lived to tell the tale.

Those ten Ferocious Beasts were probably the strongest Soul Beasts in the Great Star Dou Forest.

Before long, they reached a stream.

Its water was clear and bright. Sunlight fell across the rippling surface, scattering flecks of gold that danced with the current. The air brimmed with vitality.

At the water's edge, a blood-red tiger stood with its head lowered, drinking.

Its crimson fur gleamed as though forged in flame. Its muscular frame held explosive power, and at nearly three meters long, its shoulders reached the height of an ordinary person. A savage, beastly presence spread quietly around it.

Though it drank with its head lowered, its back remained taut and its ears twitched, alert to every movement nearby.

"A Bloodflame Tiger. It's known for its powerful body and explosive strength, so it suits your requirements well, Little Wen."

Ning Fengzhi continued, "Unfortunately, it has already cultivated for more than eight hundred years."

The age of a Soul Ring a Soul Master could absorb depended on his physical condition and the quality of his Martial Soul. There was no single standard for everyone.

But throughout history, no Soul Master had ever absorbed a Soul Ring over six hundred years old as his first.

"Uncle Ning, Grandpa Sword, I want this one."

Ning Wen looked at the Bloodflame Tiger and, after a moment's silence, spoke.

He had never taken Whale Rubber, but he had received plenty of random rewards from the Voice Pack over the past few days.

Most of them boosted basic attributes such as physique, intelligence, and strength.

Ning Wen already had to endure the Voice Pack's relentless barrage of melodramatic nonsense, along with the embarrassment it caused him.

So he had tried asking it to hide those most basic rewards. To his surprise, it had worked.

Encouraged, Ning Wen had then tried to get it to mute its voice as well.

That had been the end of that.

The Voice Pack had not paid him the slightest attention.

So while absorbing a Thousand Year Soul Ring might be pushing his current physique too far, an eight-hundred-year Soul Ring should be fine.

"All right."

Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Wen a long look, then nodded.

The Crimson Blood Tiger by the stream sensed the strangers and jerked its head up!

A fierce light blazed in its scarlet, slit-pupiled eyes, and a low growl shook the forest.

Perhaps sensing danger, the Bloodflame Tiger tensed and slowly backed away, step by step. Its scarlet eyes were filled with fear and wary caution.

But it had retreated only a few steps.

Chen Xin released just a trace of his pressure. The Bloodflame Tiger froze, its legs turning weak. Its massive body stood rigid and trembling, too frightened even to growl.

The next moment, its legs gave out and it collapsed heavily to the ground.

[To think my first Soul Ring in this life would be a mere eight hundred years old!]

[Its age can be raised later, but it still feels humiliating.]

[It can't be helped. My body is too weak right now. I couldn't withstand a Soul Ring of a higher age.]

[I'll have to do what I did in my past life and buy a batch of Whale Rubber from whales of different ages.]

[It's a treasure whose value has been badly overlooked. Whale Rubber nourishes a Soul Master's body, strengthens the resilience of his meridians, and raises the upper limit of the Soul Rings he can withstand. The earlier he takes it, the better it works.]

At that, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong all wore strange expressions.

As men, they naturally knew what Whale Rubber was used for.

In this era, people thought of it only as a tonic for sexual vitality and kidney health.

They had never heard that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and let a Soul Master absorb older Soul Rings.

Ten thousand years later, most Soul Masters would know it as common knowledge.

Legendary Immortal Herbs were nearly impossible to come by, but Whale Rubber was comparatively easy to obtain.

The sea was vast and boundless. Other resources might be scarce, but there was no shortage of giant sea Soul Beasts from which Whale Rubber could be extracted.

If Whale Rubber truly had such remarkable effects, it would be an unprecedented opportunity for the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.