The whale hunting conference was over, and the last batch of whale oil was also shipped out of the whale hunting city. Cheng Xiao felt it was a pity that the last two batches failed to produce a piece of whale glue.
But it only took a while for Cheng Xiao to adjust his mentality.
Three pieces of whale glue increased the upper limit
of his soul ring by 1,500 years, which was enough. Any more would be a bit greedy. After Cheng Xiao showed his talent, there were still some voices of opposition in his family, worrying that if Cheng Xiao died before he grew up, wouldn't all the investment be wasted?
Fortunately, Cheng Yu mediated and persuaded other people in the family to gamble on Cheng Xiao.
The Cheng family quietly mortgaged the family's property through various means, borrowed a large amount of gold soul coins, and with most of the family's working capital, finally invited a team of soul sects.
This team reached the highest level of 47, and the worst was 42nd level, with all four systems of control, strong attack, agility attack, and auxiliary. In terms of configuration, it is a good team.
"My name is Dai Chong, the captain of this team, a level 47 Battle Soul Sect." A sturdy man stepped forward and introduced himself.
"I am..."
Everyone introduced themselves one by one. After Cheng Xiao got to know everyone, Cheng Xiao introduced himself: "Everyone, my name is Cheng Xiao. This time the task is to help me complete an academy inspection. You need to hunt various types of soul beasts, a total of seven."
Cheng Xiao disguised this task as a theoretical research inspection of the academy. In order to obtain the admission notice of the Advanced Soul Master Academy, Cheng Xiao needed a resume that was good enough, so he hired this soul sect team.
This reason is reasonable. The students of the Advanced Soul Master Academy are not all soul masters with muscles in their heads. There are also students who concentrate on theory, but these students are more discriminated against and unwelcome.
Just like the Tiandou Royal Academy, except for the talented students who can compete for the first and second teams of Tiandou, most of them are not very strong. Some of them are admitted by virtue of their noble status, and some are recruited by the academy by virtue of their excellent theoretical scores.
If the academy only needs soul masters who fight and kill, is there any need for it to exist? It is more appropriate to change the name to a sect.
Dai Chong and the others thought that the student in front of them had a poor talent for cultivation and wanted to pursue theoretical research and be specially recruited by the Advanced Soul Master Academy, so they did not doubt it.
"According to the task requirements, you don't have to worry about leaving the soul beast with its last breath. You just need to kill the soul beast as soon as possible . But after killing it, you must step back and I will take its blood and other operations. You are not allowed to watch."
Cheng Xiao's goal was not to absorb the soul ring, but to obtain the soul beast's shadow, so he didn't care about the ownership of the soul ring. When he got enough shadows, he could try to hunt the soul beast himself without the help of others.
"No problem. Just according to the requirements on this list, at least seven soul beasts of two or three thousand years old, and the types of soul beasts are also specified. This price is not small, I wonder if you are ready?" Dai Chong dusted the task list in his hand, but his eyes looked at Cheng Yu behind Cheng Xiao.
Cheng Yu took out a purple card and placed it on the table in front of everyone: "Fifty percent of the mission reward, and the remaining fifty percent will be distributed to you through the Spirit Hall Commission Office after the mission is completed."
The moment they saw the purple card, Dai Chong and others' eyes began to light up. They put the card away and said without hesitation: "When do we leave?"
"Today!"
Cheng Xiao didn't plan to delay any longer and wanted to leave immediately.
Dai Chong and others looked at each other and nodded in agreement: "We have no problem."
Immediately, everyone prepared, and then the seven-member Soul Sect team took Cheng Xiao to prepare to set off.
"Be careful." Before leaving, Cheng Yu's face was solemn, and he didn't look relaxed at all. He knew the dangers of soul masters. Maybe he would go out upright today and come back horizontally tomorrow.
"Yeah." The eight people set out, watching the figure gradually disappearing from sight, Cheng Yu's eyes gradually lost focus, his lips trembled, and after a long while, a subtle sound came out.
"I hope everything goes well..."
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Starlight dotted the night sky, and outside the quiet Xingdou Great Forest, eight people gathered around the campfire and talked about tomorrow's arrangements.
"The first soul beast... King Kong Tiger?"
After hearing Cheng Xiao's goal, Dai Chong couldn't help but take a breath, grinning and said, "Brother, this soul coin is really not easy to earn."
King Kong Tiger is considered a hegemon among soul beasts, and its strength, attack power, and defense power are also well-known among soul beasts. What's more, Cheng Xiao asked for a two-thousand-year-old King Kong Tiger. Even if it was their team, they might suffer casualties if they were careless.
"Hey, otherwise how could I spend so much money to hire you?" Cheng Xiao said with a smile.
Dai Chong scratched his itchy scalp: "Tsk, it's difficult..."
"What? Are you going to give up this commission?" Cheng Xiao raised his eyebrows.
"That's not the case. The King Kong Tiger likes to live alone and its whereabouts are difficult to determine. It's not easy to find it." Deputy Captain Yang Lie explained: "We mercenaries do have some general maps of the activity areas of soul beasts. If we want to hunt the King Kong Tiger, we need to prepare for a long time. The danger will be greatly increased."
Generally, most people who obtain soul rings directly take action when they encounter soul beasts with suitable age and attributes. They rarely directly specify soul beasts, which will consume a lot of time.
And staying in the Star Dou Great Forest for a long time will greatly increase the danger.
Large sects generally don't worry about these problems. With the leadership of elders above Soul Douluo, they don't have to worry too much even if they stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a month or two, unless they encounter a 100,000-year soul beast.
Then again, there are only a few 100,000-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest? How can it be so easy to encounter one? If you really encounter one, you can only count it as your bad luck.
And they are just a small team of soul sects, and obviously don't have the confidence to wander around the Star Dou Great Forest for a long time.
"Is that so..." Cheng Xiao pondered for a long time, and it seemed that this couldn't be done, so he changed his mind.
"I have the following goals. You can consider which one is faster and more convenient."
Then, Cheng Xiao told them his selection ideas.
"The first one must have strong enough attack power, at least to be ranked well; the second one must have high enough defense power; the third one must be fast enough and the damage cannot be too low; the fourth one must be balanced enough in all aspects..."
Cheng Xiao's selection direction covers attack, defense, speed, endurance, control and so on.
Even if the shadow soul beast team formed in this way is weakened compared to when it was alive, it can defeat stronger enemies or soul beasts with perfect enough cooperation.
If it is really impossible to defeat the enemy, it can also rely on his soul power supply to revive infinitely and exhaust the opponent.
Under the dark night, Cheng Xiao's clear eyes flashed with an indescribable brilliance. His shadow team is finally taking shape!