The tedious training continued day after day…
Zhou Sidong benefited the most. He ran in the morning, received his father's instruction in martial arts in the morning, and in the afternoon, his mother taught him the mandatory courses for Soul Masters, such as how to identify Soul Beast types, their lifespan, and their weaknesses.
As veterans of the Martial Soul Hall, the couple imparted knowledge from the Martial Soul Hall, from the inside out, from the general to the specific, essentially sharing everything they knew.
Before bed, Zhou Sidong would complete three sets of one hundred repetitions and then soak in a medicated bath, ending a busy day.
And so, two and a half months passed.
There were only three days left until the start of the Notting Elementary Soul Master Academy.
The day before, his father, Zhou Shijie, took his son to the nearby Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
Zhou Shijie never expected that his son would successfully break through to level ten after two and a half months, thus qualifying to obtain his first Soul Ring. Such progress could be described as lightning-fast.
Perhaps the nightly medication played a crucial role, Zhou Shijie thought.
Zhou Shijie couldn't help but marvel at his son's freakish talent. He recalled that back then, after awakening his Martial Soul, his Innate Soul Power was only four. It took him two years to barely reach level ten.
Now, his son reached it in two and a half months. Zhou Shijie didn't hesitate and personally took his son to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
The Soul Hunting Forest was over four hundred miles from Notting City. The father and son set off by carriage the day before and finally arrived at their destination this morning.
Soul Hunting Forest.
The Soul Hunting Forest was a forest specifically for the state to raise Soul Beasts. Soul Masters who came to hunt Soul Beasts in groups were everywhere. The father and son walked on the road towards the forest entrance, stepping on a cobblestone street. On both sides were wooden houses, shops, and vendors selling Soul Beast organs. In short, it was just like a market.
Ahead was an iron fence, and the Soul Hunting Forest was within it. This was the only entrance to the forest. In front of it was a hundred-person patrol, holding steel spears, with serious expressions, and a sense of solemnity and killing intent spreading out.
"We're here."
Zhou Shijie led his son to the gate and then took out a special hand order issued by the Martial Soul Hall.
Without a hand order from the Martial Soul Hall, no one was allowed to enter without permission.
The forest was deep, quiet, and deserted.
The father and son walked through the dense forest, with Zhou Shijie tightly protecting his son behind him, not daring to relax for a moment.
This was Zhou Sidong's first time in the Soul Hunting Forest, and he was inevitably excited, but also vigilant, as there were many dangers hidden in the dark.
He had learned from his parents that the Soul Hunting Forest was very dangerous; even a team of Soul Masters with full equipment could easily lose their lives to Soul Beasts.
The Soul Hunting Forest outside Notting City had a considerable number of Soul Beasts, generally with lifespans of ten to a hundred years. It was said that there were also thousand-year Soul Beasts in the deepest parts of the Soul Hunting Forest, but no Soul Master had dared to go there.
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the trees nearby.
The sensitive Zhou Shijie immediately shielded his son behind him. When a four-meter-long, emerald-green snake emerged, six Soul Rings ignited beneath Zhou Shijie's feet. He wielded his massive Tremendous Hammer, and with a single strike, he smashed the four-meter-long Mandala Snake into snake jerky.
A full-power blow from a Soul Emperor, this four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake was utterly and completely dead.
"This is a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake."
Zhou Sidong squatted down. This was the first time he had witnessed a Soul Beast with his own eyes. The Mandala Snake's pupils were unfocused, and blood flowed across the ground. At the same time, some sporadic yellow spots appeared on the dead Mandala Snake's body.
"Look closely; the Soul Ring is about to appear," Zhou Shijie reminded him.
The father and son were quite lucky today. They encountered a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake shortly after entering the Soul Hunting Forest. Unfortunately, the Mandala Snake was already dead; otherwise, it would have been a very suitable Soul Ring for his son.
One could only say, a father's love is like a mountain. Ads by Pubfuture Pubfuture Ads A brilliant yellow, hundred-year Soul Ring appeared before the father and son. The yellow Soul Ring spun around the Mandala Snake's body. The first time seeing a Soul Ring's creation almost made Zhou Sidong unable to tear his eyes away.
"This is a hundred-year Soul Ring," Zhou Sidong watched with some fascination.
After his parents took turns teaching him about Martial Souls, Zhou Sidong was very familiar with how a Soul Master absorbed Soul Rings.
Unfortunately, this four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake had died in vain.
Because Zhou Shijie had instantly killed it, Zhou Sidong couldn't absorb the Soul Ring at all.
The father and son continued to search forward. Before leaving, Zhou Sidong gave the dead four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake a strange look.
It couldn't be that coincidental, could it? It shouldn't be.
Night fell.
The Soul Hunting Forest seemed especially eerie under the cover of darkness, the rustling of leaves carried by the wind.
His father was on guard around the campsite, telling Zhou Sidong to rest quickly, that nothing would happen tonight.
Zhou Sidong gazed at his father's imposing back, a warmth welling up in his heart.
"Little Snow, come out quickly."
Zhou Sidong called out softly, and the next second, Little Snow emerged from between his eyebrows.
"I've roughly scouted the Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. There's a three-hundred-year-old Unicorn Lizard two kilometers from you. Four li to the east, there's a five-hundred-year-old Firehorn Rhinoceros, while six li to the west, there's a Soul Devouring Demon Spider that has just entered its thousandth year."
"Soul Devouring Demon Spider?" Zhou Sidong was shocked.
He mainly cultivated the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul, and the first Soul Ring was best suited to insects or reptiles.
Of course, if he could find a Soul Devouring Demon Spider to serve as his first Soul Ring, Zhou Sidong would be very happy.
The four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake that his father had accidentally killed this morning was obviously suitable for him, but unfortunately, Zhou Sidong's ambitions lay elsewhere.
After nearly three months of grueling training, soaking in medicinal baths filled with precious herbs every night, Zhou Sidong's physical condition was now capable of absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring.
With his Innate Full Soul Power of twenty, his maximum Soul Ring absorption limit was at 764 years. This was the advantage the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul granted Zhou Sidong.
Then there was the legacy of his biological father, Qian Xunji, whom he had never met, but who had already passed away. This caused Zhou Sidong's soul to be nourished for many years by his biological father's life essence.
As Little Snow had said, even the soul tremors produced during the absorption of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring would no longer frighten Zhou Sidong.
Zhou Sidong made a small plaque with Qian Xunji's name on it, occasionally taking it out to pay his respects.
Although he was ashamed of his biological father's methods, Qian Xunji was still his biological father. As a son, Zhou Sidong would never have the right to blame his father.
"Now there's a problem facing me: how am I going to hunt that thousand-year Soul Devouring Demon Spider?"
After saying that, Zhou Sidong looked at his father patrolling the forest not far away.
"This is easy!"
Little Snow smiled slightly and snapped her fingers.
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