Three days later, once the adults had taken care of the relevant matters, they all headed out, some returning home and others attending to business.
Chen Cong, Chen Xun, and Zhu Hongzhen took the three youngsters-Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and Zhu Wuneng-out to find the Soul Beasts they needed.
Their first stop was the location of the Sword Willow Vines Chen Cong had mentioned.
One point needed explaining: a high-level Soul Beast's territory was not devoid of low-level Soul Beasts. Otherwise, what would it eat?
High-level Soul Beasts merely claimed an area as their territory. Aside from the Soul Beasts they ate, they sometimes actually sheltered the growth of lower-level Soul Beasts, since the resources within their territories were better.
The Sword Willow Vines were probably an example of this. In fact, more than a dozen Sword Willow Vines grew among the rhinoceros beetle colony, and the seven-hundred-year Sword Willow Vine Chen Cong had mentioned was the youngest.
As for how the rhinoceros beetles and Sword Willow Vines interacted, and what sort of interdependent relationship they had formed, that remained unclear.
When they reached the area where the Sword Willow Vines grew, they saw towering vines standing there, their branches like swords and their green leaves like blades. They looked delicate, yet possessed tremendous vitality.
They intertwined with one another, as though guarding each other's territories.
Chen Cong carefully observed their surroundings. He noticed that the aura of Soul Power here was exceptionally dense, and its fluctuations seemed unusual.
"Second Granduncle, Great-Grandpa Zhu, Father, let us try taking on this Sword Willow Vine first. Sorry for the trouble, but could you hold off the other Sword Willow Vines for us?" Chen Xiaojun proposed to the three adults.
"All right. The three of you can give it a try." Chen Cong