Chương 20: Chapter 20: Soul Hunting Forest

"Ugh~"

Getting up from the wooden bed, Ye Qiu felt uncomfortable all over. After stretching his body, a refreshing sound echoed.

He swiftly picked up the package he had prepared last night. Although Tang Hao, disrupted his plans yesterday, it didn't matter. Today, he would continue.

"Hey? Ye Qiu, where are you going in such a hurry?"

Seeing Ye Qiu about to leave with a package, Tom, Grandpa Jerry's old partner who was preparing breakfast, called him.

"I have some urgent matters. By the way, I hope I didn't disturb you last night, old lady?"

Ye Qiu was quite concerned about the elderly lady, who wasn't in the best health, especially considering he had eaten quite a few snacks while working.

"No, it's nothing. Old people sleep soundly."

"That's good!"

After a brief exchange, Ye Qiu also had Nuoding Academy's Xiao Wu in mind.

He borrowed paper and a pen from the old couple and wrote a letter. He instructed Jerry that if he didn't return in three days, deliver this letter to a student named Xiao Wu in Nuoding Academy.

"Xiao Wu? Is it that annoying girl who often comes here to wait for you and disturb your work?"

Facing Tom's evaluation of Xiao Wu, Ye Qiu didn't want to argue too much and awkwardly scratched his head.

Seeing Ye Qiu like this, Tom chuckled with a somewhat elderly laughter, looking kindly at him. "Hehe! Don't worry; my old man will help you get it done!"

"Really?" Ye Qiu then looked at Tom, who was squatting on the side and starting a fire.

"Ah, yes, yes, I'll definitely deliver it!" Tom nodded in a somewhat flustered manner.

Seeing the interesting interaction between the old couple, Ye Qiu felt unusually warm. Perhaps this was what it looked like to grow old together.

"Thank you, Grandma Tom!" Ye Qiu slightly leaned forward, expressing his gratitude to the two elders and handing over the letter.

Grandma Tom nodded. A considerate child like this was rare.

Taking the letter in hand, she gave Tom a meaningful look. "You can rest assured and go!"

"Okay." Ye Qiu looked at the pancake handed to him by the old man at the door and didn't hesitate to accept it. His stomach was indeed a bit rebellious.

As he walked to the door, Grandma Tom's voice echoed,

"It's obvious. That lively girl really likes you!"

Turning back, looking at them,

Grandma Tom just smiled, and she looked at her old companion who was still squatting on the ground. The two of them quietly gazed at each other.

Ye Qiu's mouth slowly curled up. Without disturbing the two elders, he slowly pushed open the door, draped in a black robe, and walked into the surging crowd.

Xiao Wu really liked him?

Yes, he knew, he always knew.

It was him, who had the chance to take her out of the quagmire from the beginning but, for his own selfish reasons, still brought Xiao Wu to Nuoding City.

'By the way, when did I start to have feelings? Was it that night? Maybe. But it doesn't matter now. Xiao Wu is still waiting for me, and I have to work harder!'

Ye Qiu's pace was rapid and firm. Since it was his fault, then let him be the one to save Xiao Wu!

...

Near Nuoding City, there was a Soul Hunting Forest, a place where the Soul Beasts were raised by the Tian Dou Empire. Although most of them were low-level Soul Beasts, for Ye Qiu at this stage, this instance was just right!

The forest was guarded by the Empire's army and the Martial Soul Hall's forces, jointly managed by the Empire and the Martial Soul Hall.

Although Ye Qiu wore a black robe, his small stature and voice still revealed that he was a young kid.

However, no one came to trouble him. During Soul hunting, the humans in the forest might be even more dangerous than the Soul Beasts!

Around, various voices were calling out:

"Come and see! Look here! A grass-eating snake with a lifespan of ten years, only ten gold soul coins, and you can have it."

"Brother, do you want to team up for soul hunting? Our Earth Wolf Mercenary Group is definitely the most professional in this area! Starting at fifty gold soul coins, once inside, you can choose from various ten-year Soul Beasts and hundred-year Soul Beasts!"

"Selling Soul Beast meat here! This is the Copper Boar that the Earth Leopard Mercenary Group just hunted from inside, a three-hundred-year Soul Beast. Only one gold soul coin per kilogram. Don't miss this opportunity."

...

Where there are people, there is hustle and bustle.

Ignoring the various sales pitches around him, Ye Qiu walked straight towards the entrance. As for hiring others to help him hunt for souls? It was not appropriate. What he needed to do was not something he wanted others to see, and besides, he had no money!

After completing the handover of the token at the entrance,

"Remember! No slaughtering of Soul Beasts. If discovered, you will be executed without mercy!"

Facing the other party's warning, Ye Qiu nodded indifferently, tied the package in his hand to his back with a rope, and quickly ran inside.

The deeper he went, the denser the trees became. It seemed like there were many eyes peering at him. This faint sense of danger made Ye Qiu somewhat excited. It was very stimulating!

He was already looking forward to entering the largest Star Dou Great Forest on the Douluo Continent.

In the outskirts of the Soul Beast Forest, the Soul Beasts were mostly low-level, and some of them hadn't even reached the ten-year cultivation level.

Swoosh!

Ye Qiu jumped onto a tree trunk, reached for the blindfold covering his eyes, lowered his black hat, revealing a blood-red eye with a hint of purple.

"Sharingan! Activate!"

Swish! Through the jungle, countless images flashed through Ye Qiu's mind as he carefully observed the distance, searching for his target.

Just as he was observing from a distance, looking for a target, a slender little snake slid down from a branch above his head.

It was a ten-year Green Line Snake. The snake venom had a numbing and hallucinogenic effect. It wasn't something lethal; it just bit off pieces of prey's meat without causing pain.

Spitting out snake letters, it slowly lowered its head above Ye Qiu's shoulder.

At that moment, a smile appeared on Ye Qiu's lips, and he found his target!

"Hiss~" The Green Line Snake opened its mouth wide, revealing its fangs, ready to bite Ye Qiu's neck.

"By the way, the Sharingan of the Three-tomoe is really useful." While still talking, Ye Qiu suddenly turned his head.

The eyes of the Green Line Snake flashed with a faint red light, and it abruptly stopped its charge towards Ye Qiu's head.

Ye Qiu reached out his palm, and as if the little snake had gained intelligence, it slithered into his palm, slowly coiling up there.

"Illusion. It's really effective!"

Controlling it to bite its own tail, the little snake softened.

"Thinking of biting me? Whether you can survive during this time depends on your luck!"

After saying that, Ye Qiu hung it on a tree branch and quickly headed towards the location he had just spotted.

There was a small canyon there, home to a group of Rampaging Apes.

Rampaging Apes, group-living Soul Beasts, mostly with a hundred-year lifespan. They were hot-tempered, had a strong territorial sense, and would rush to attack any invaders.

During battles, they could even enter a berserk state, with all attributes increasing by fifty percent, but the disadvantage was that they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe.

Since entering the academy, Ye Qiu had rarely used his hands. Even though he had martial skills, he couldn't use them proficiently. This group of Rampaging Apes was his chosen whetstone and appetizer!

(End of this chapter)