The three resumed their search through the forest. Compared with Ning Rongrong's Tricolor Deer, however, Zhu Zhuqing's fourth soul ring was undoubtedly much harder to find.
The Hell Spirit Cat was a shadow-type martial soul, and soul beasts of this type were mostly solitary hunters.
They had no fixed haunts and generally roamed throughout their territories.
Nor did they frequent open ground. They could only be encountered in dark, densely wooded areas.
This made the search far more difficult, unlike Tricolor Deer, which were generally found near a handful of fixed breeding grounds.
The three walked all day, but even by nightfall, they had not encountered a single shadow-type soul beast over six thousand years old.
"All right, let's stop here for today. It's best not to travel at night. Let's get some rest."
Sunday glanced at the darkening sky and spoke to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who were walking behind him.
Hearing Sunday's words, Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement.
Soul beasts were difficult to find in the first place. With Sunday leading them, nothing would go wrong, so waiting a few more days was no problem.
Ning Rongrong, meanwhile, jumped for joy and cheered when she heard they could rest.
"Wonderful! We can finally rest. My feet hurt from all that walking."
As she spoke, she tossed away the grass in her hand, ran beneath a large tree, spread out a mat, and sat down. While doing so, she beckoned to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Zhu Zhuqing, come over here! Let's rest together for a bit.
"This mat is really comfortable. I brought it from home especially."
Seeing Ning Rongrong like this, Zhu Zhuqing could not help smiling helplessly, her expression fond.
"All right, I'm coming."
Sunday could do nothing about the carefree Ning Rongrong either.
With a casual motion,