pertwk Chapter 25 Entering the Sunset Forest
Chapter 25 Entering the Sunset Forest
Chapter 25 Entering the Sunset Forest
After about two hours in a carriage, Yang Wudi and Yang Podi finally arrived at the outskirts of Sunset Forest.
On the outskirts of Sunset Forest lies a small town for hunting souls. The town isn't large, but it's crowded with all sorts of people, mainly restaurants and hotels, as well as shops selling survival supplies for the Soul Beast Forest.
Seeing that Yang Podi was quite curious, Yang Wudi did not rush to enter the Sunset Forest. Instead, he took his grandson for a stroll.
The town of Rift Soul is mostly filled with shops selling all sorts of things, including forest necessities such as swords and other weapons, bows and arrows, ropes, tents, and even food such as dried meat, a fast food product from the forest.
Normal people cannot light fires in the Soul Beast Forest, and they dare not even do so. Firelight can easily attract some ferocious soul beasts, especially at night when various large and small soul beasts will appear, such as poisonous spiders and poisonous ants.
Of course, there are also some other important items, including the excrement of rare soul beasts, such as the excrement of Titan Giant Apes or some poisonous spiders, which are powerful hunters in the forest.
These little things may seem insignificant, but they are essential in the forest. With these things, you can avoid a lot of trouble at night, and their aura can scare away many soul beasts from sneak attacks.
Others sell items obtained from the Soul Beast Forest, including the corpses, limbs, and even vital organs of some soul beasts, such as rhinoceros horns, bear paws of bear-type soul beasts, or highly nutritious plants, or items with certain medicinal value.
There are even some vendors selling various poisonous herbs or medicinal plants, which were also found in the Soul Hunting Forest. Relatively few people enter the Soul Hunting Forest, and there are many places that have not been carefully explored by people, so many places will grow some rare herbs.
Of course, there's another group of people who are particularly numerous in the Soul Hunter Forest: mercenaries. Their main job is to hunt down the soul beasts and soul rings that people need, and the price is determined by the age and rarity of the soul beast. The prices are all extremely high.
For example, a simple hundred-year-old soul beast would cost at least several thousand gold soul coins, while a thousand-year-old soul beast would cost tens of thousands of gold soul coins. Some rare or more ferocious soul beasts would cost double or even more. As for ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, mercenaries rarely help hunt them anymore, because a normal ten-thousand-year-old soul beast requires a Soul Emperor-level expert to hunt, and it requires going deep into the Soul Hunting Forest, which is very dangerous.
Of course, normally if you hire mercenaries to hunt for soul rings, there's usually another issue to discuss: the soul beast's corpse and all its belongings belong to the mercenary team.
This can sometimes be very dangerous. If a soul bone appears, it can often lead to infighting or even the killing of the employer to silence them. After all, the value of a soul bone is extremely high. For example, the thousand-year soul bone that was auctioned last time was worth hundreds of thousands of gold soul coins.
After taking his grandson for a stroll around Soul Hunter Town, Yang Wudi and his grandson headed straight into Sunset Forest.
Sunset Forest is not a forest of soul beasts kept by the empire, and no token is required to enter. Although no 100,000-year-old soul beasts have been found yet, there are still quite a few high-level soul beasts, otherwise it would not be the largest soul beast forest in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Some mercenaries saw Yang Wudi and Yang Po and wanted to come up and sell their services, but they were all scared away by Yang Wudi's fierce face. Of course, some people saw Yang Wudi, an old man, leading a child into the Soul Hunter Forest, seemingly whispering something, and there were even shadowy figures moving around.
After entering the Sunset Forest, the two slowed down.
The Soul Hunter Forest is filled with towering trees and overgrown weeds. Blue Silver Grass dominates the vegetation, along with various unidentified grasses and vines; one even walks on top of these weeds. Clearly, it was only through repeated footsteps that an inconspicuous path gradually formed. Upon entering the Sunset Forest, one hears strange sounds—hissing, chirping, and even the roars of animals. Occasionally, a bird-like soul beast will fly overhead, its cry echoing through the air.
Yang Wudi was not in a hurry to take Yang Podi to hunt soul beasts. Instead, he kept introducing Yang Podi to some soul beasts in the forest, including the characteristics of the plants they saw.
For example, the bamboo grove we just passed by contained the spirit beast Guzhu. Although this type of spirit beast has relatively weak attack power, it's still quite dangerous to get close. Similarly, those seemingly simple vines we encountered on the road are also spirit beasts. If any person or animal gets too close, they could easily become entangled, which also poses a certain danger.
Of course, we also encountered some spider-like or ant-like soul beasts, but most of them were ten-year-old soul beasts, and their value was relatively low.
The two lingered in the Sunset Forest for almost a day without encountering any suitable soul beasts. Although there were two power-type soul beasts, they were too young and not worth their time.
When night fell, Yang Wudi found an open space, set up a tent, and scattered some excrement from some unknown soul beast around it.
The two then began chatting: "Po Di, how was your day in Sunset Forest?"
"Grandpa, I think the Soul Beast Forest is full of dangers. Even some small soul beasts might be very dangerous, and there could be unknown attacks at any time."
"Breaking the enemy, you're right. We must be absolutely careful in the Soul Beast Forest and never let our guard down for a moment. If we're not careful, we'll encounter all sorts of attacks, and some of them will be very strange."
"We are only on the outskirts of Sunset Forest right now. If we enter the central part of Sunset Forest, we will encounter many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. The highest I have ever encountered is a soul beast that is over 8 years old. The strength of those soul beasts is almost comparable to that of a human titled Douluo."
"Grandpa, a soul beast that's just over ten thousand years old should be easy for you to deal with, right?"
"Break the enemy, you're right. For me, a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is nothing. I can even defeat soul beasts that are 5 to 7 years old. But you must be absolutely careful not to get injured in the Soul Beast Forest. If you get injured, the smell of your blood will attract attacks from all kinds of soul beasts, one after another."
"Moreover, once you enter the Soul Hunting Forest, it's basically all for the purpose of hunting for Soul Rings. If you get injured, it will affect both absorbing Soul Rings and facing various attacks, so you must pay special attention to protecting yourself and avoid fighting Soul Beasts unless absolutely necessary."
"To defeat the enemy, there's one more crucial point you must remember: in the Soul Beast Village, the most dangerous thing is never the soul beasts, but humans. Just like now."
Clearly, Yang Wudi sensed something.
(End of this chapter)