After a month of training this time, Xu Zihuang definitely couldn't leave like this. Instead, he found Fan Yu and He Caitou before that and briefly explained the reason for the matter to them.
Although Fan Yu was a little worried, he also knew Yu Tianhuang's character very well and did not stop him after all. He just told Yu Tianhuang that if there was any accident, he should escape immediately and put safety first.
There is nothing to prepare since there is a storage soul guide.
Xu Zihuang took off his school uniform in the dormitory, put on a close-fitting black and purple outfit, and then came to the Sun and Moon Square. Jing Hongchen landed here with everyone from Shrek Academy. Xu Zihuang, Orange, and Keke had agreed to gather
The location is also here.
It was still early at this time. The golden sun rising from the east had not strayed far from the horizon. It was warm and soft. The Ming capital was located in the middle of the Sun and Moon Empire, and the temperature was much lower than that of Shrek City, which was located in the central and southern part of the mainland.
Dressed just right.
Orange and Keke didn't let Xu Zihuang wait long. The two slim figures gradually appeared in Xu Zihuang's sight, with their backs facing the rising sun. Under the illumination of a few rays of golden sunlight, they added a bit of holy and pure flavor out of thin air.
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The school uniform of the female students of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is a uniform short skirt, which is naturally not suitable for wearing when going out for training.
Orange put on a white outfit, which perfectly outlined her slim figure. Against the background of this white outfit and the sun, her crystal clear white skin was even more highlighted.
Ke Ke changed into a green outfit. Although it was not as stunning as Orange, she was still pretty and cute.
After a short adjustment, Tangerine returned to its previous image. Gentle, beautiful, and somewhat lazy in nature.
Ke Ke looked at the smile on Orange's pretty face and couldn't help but joked: "Sister Orange, you really like him. You are actually willing to take him home."
"Who said you were going to take him home?" Juzi rolled his eyes at Keke with a charming look.
"It's just that I haven't gone home for a long time. I just went to the nearby Mingdou Forest to practice."
Two-thirds of the border between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire is the steep Mingdou Mountains, and the other third is the Mingdou Forest, which is rich in mutant soul beasts.
The border town where Orange was born is located in the southeast of the Sun and Moon Empire, just close to the area where the Mingdou Mountains and the Mingdou Forest meet. Of course, some branches of the Mingdou Mountains go deep into the Mingdou Forest.
There are also soul beasts that survive.
Generally speaking, these branches also belong to the Mingdou Forest.
"Speaking of which, we haven't seen Xiaoli for a long time. Xiaoli should be six years old this year, and we can help her awaken her martial spirit. The nearest city is a hundred miles away, which saves Xiaoli from running away.
Just one trip." Keke chuckled.
While the two women were talking, they had already walked in front of Xu Zihuang.
Orange glanced at Xu Zihuang and said meaningfully: "Tianhuang, you should know where the Mingdou Forest is, right?"
Xu Zihuang, who felt something in his heart, nodded calmly.
"Of course I know. I have practiced in the Mingdou Forest for a period of time before."
When they left the Sun Moon Empire, they surrounded it from outside the Mingdou Forest. There is no problem in saying so.
Keke couldn't help but feel a little surprised. The top five soul beast settlements on the mainland are the Star Dou Forest, the Evil Forest, and the Far North, followed by the Mingdou Forest. Even the scenery mentioned by Xuan Ziwen
The overall quality and strength of the soul beasts in the Yang Mountain Range are inferior to that of the Mingdou Forest, ranking at the bottom.
If the Star Dou Forest feels unfathomable, then the Ming Dou Great Forest is wild and ferocious. Neither the Sun Moon Empire nor the Star Luo Empire dare to station their troops in the area adjacent to the Ming Dou Great Forest.
On the mountain range, for some unknown reason, there are a lot of mutant soul beasts living in the Mingdou Forest. Those mutant soul beasts are very powerful and extremely aggressive.
Therefore, the danger of training in the Mingdou Forest is even worse than that of the Star Dou Forest.
But thinking about Yu Tianhuang's terrifying soul ring ratio, Keke felt relieved.
Orange continued quietly: "The town where I have lived since I was a child is near the Mingdou Forest. I want to take a trip home during this trip. We can just take a rest there before entering the Mingdou Forest.
Test the soul guide."
Xu Zihuang deliberately showed a thoughtful expression, and then showed a warm smile.
"Senior Orange, it's up to you to decide. Didn't Teacher Xuan say that you are the captain for this trip?"
Keke said: "Okay, Sister Juzi, let's set off first. The road is far away, and we may not be able to get there before dark even if we try our best. By the way, Tianhuang, did you bring the flying soul guide? No.
If so, I still have extra here."
"Senior Keke, I've thought about it." Xu Zihuang responded, taking out an exquisite and compact dark purple flying soul guide from the storage soul guide.
He and Ning Tian bought this at an auction together. It is the most advanced flying soul guide in the Sun and Moon Empire. Although it is only level five.
"Not bad. We in the Sun-Moon Empire can get the most advanced flying soul guides." Keke exclaimed in admiration, with a little pride in her eyes.
As a member of the Sun and Moon Empire, she is sincerely proud of the strength of her motherland's soul guidance technology.
"Then let's go." Orange, as the captain, spoke. The three people who released the flying soul guides immediately rose into the sky.
Two blue tail flames spurted out from the folded wings of Ke Ke's flying soul guide, and the overall color of her flying soul guide was sky blue.
The flying soul guides of Xu Zihuang and Orange were purple and orange, which were their favorite colors. Three pairs of folded wings spread out in the air and flew straight to the southeast.
As Keke said, the journey is quite long. This trip almost spans the southern part of the Sun and Moon Empire, covering a distance of more than two thousand kilometers. Moreover, the time for rest and recovery of soul power must also be considered.
The three of them flew easily in the air, and the folded wings also released a layer of light, forming a layer of light on their bodies. During the flight, even their hair was not blown too much.
Ke Ke flew at the front, and occasionally let out a few exclamations. Apparently she had been holding back in the laboratory for a long time recently, and finally came out and started to let herself go.
After flying for two hours, at noon, Orange and Keke's soul power was almost exhausted, so they decided to rest for a while.
Looking at Xu Zihuang who was just sitting on the rock with no intention of meditating to restore his soul power, Orange asked doubtfully: "Aren't you going to restore your soul power?"
Xu Zihuang was overlooking the scenery in the south of the Sun and Moon Empire along the way. If there had not been that palace incident, this place would have been his fiefdom. He felt a little bit in his heart.
Hearing Orange's words, he subconsciously raised his eyebrows without reacting for a moment.
"Restore soul power? My soul power is always in a full state."
Orange and Keke looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes, and said in unison: "What a freak."
Although Orange and Keke relied on drugs and some special methods to raise their soul power to the level of soul kings, their soul power lacked flexibility when operating. This is the side effect of eagerness for quick success. I have never experienced soul power carefully.
The various changes in the promotion process, whether it is the accumulation and control of the soul power itself, are not as good as those of traditional soul masters who originally belonged to Douluo Continent.
Then there is no comparison with Xu Zihuang.
Xu Zihuang's situation is still too abnormal. The soul power he consumes when using the flying soul guide and the soul power he recovers on his own basically remain at the same level.
This is something that elite disciples from the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy such as Beibei and Xu Sanshi cannot do.
In this way, his ability to continue fighting is naturally extremely terrifying.
The two top martial souls, as well as the ultimate martial soul, gave him an astonishing foundation far beyond ordinary people. The soul king's cultivation level has a total soul power comparable to that of the average soul saint.
This has never happened in Zhongdu.
It took more than an hour for Keke and Orange to restore their soul power to its optimal state.
In order to try their best to reach their destination before dark, they made a simple meal with some dried meat, dry food and water.
Ke Ke held her chin in one hand and chewed dry, tasteless dry food with a grimace.
But she didn't complain. As Orange's closest best friend, she knew about Orange's life experience. Her father was forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to the battlefield with the Star Luo Empire, and never came back. Her mother also died of excessive grief.
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Most of the town where Orange was born was in ruins and has only begun to be rebuilt in recent years. In a prosperous border town that once had thousands of people living in it, less than a hundred people survived. Most of them were the elderly, women and children.
In the past, Ke Ke would go home with Orange every year. This was also the period when Orange was in the lowest mood.
The three of them took off again. Maybe it was because they were getting closer to their hometown where they had lived since childhood. Orange seemed a little silent, his eyes darkened, as if he was immersed in remembrance. Xu Zihuang and Keke both understood and did not interrupt.
, fell behind Orange.
There is still more than a thousand kilometers away from the destination. The three of them stopped for a while and rested for a while. When they were about to arrive at their destination, the sky was already filled with stars.
The night sky in the southern part of the mainland is as clear as ever.
Through the bright moonlight and bright starlight, you can clearly see the endless steep mountains not far away, as well as the endless ancient forest connecting to the south of the mountains.
It is the narrow Mingdou Mountains with a length of more than a thousand kilometers and the Mingdou Forest, the gathering place for soul beasts in the southernmost part of the mainland.
Because of the humid and high-temperature climate, the trees in the Mingdou Forest look much lusher and taller than those in the Star Dou Forest.
Just to the west of the intersection of the Mingdou Mountains and the Mingdou Forest, there are vaguely dotted lights. It must be the small town where Orange lived when he was a child.
The orange flying in the front suddenly stopped, maintaining its balance and suspended in the air.
"Let's land here. The area where the Mingdou Forest intersects with the Mingdou Mountains is home to a very annoying flying spirit beast called the Magic Vulture. They like to attack humans and birds flying by."
The magic vulture is a very powerful flying spirit beast, known as the killer in the clouds. It also lives in groups.
There are hundreds of tribes, and a group of demonic vultures led by thousand-year-old demonic vultures can even threaten the lives of ten thousand-year-old soul beasts. Such a swaggering past is really not appropriate.
The three of them landed on the spot in the mountains, less than twenty kilometers away from the small town in front of them. Although the mountainous road was rugged, with everyone's Soul King level cultivation, they were able to reach it within half an hour.
Enough to get there.
The silver moon is moving lightly, the shadows of the trees are dancing. The breeze is blowing on the face, and the sound of cicadas is endless.
The bright moon leaves the branches startled by magpies, and the breeze chirps cicadas in the middle of the night.
These two sentences can perfectly describe the beautiful scene in front of you.
If there had been no war, the people in this border town might still be living a peaceful life without fighting against the world.
Keke looked at the orange beside her and said with a cute smile: "Sister Orange, you have to feed us well tonight. I'm counting on you to show off your skills."
"You dare to say anything crazy!" Orange, who had just calmed down his emotions, glared at Keke angrily, and then glanced at Xu Zihuang with a blush on her face.
Fortunately, Xu Zihuang didn't have any special reaction. He just raised his head and looked at the small town in front of him, feeling a bit strange in his heart.
Although he decided to give up everything he could in order to seek revenge and realize his ambition. But he always remembered his father's teachings that royal children should protect the people under their command.
His great ambition to unify the continent did not end with the idea of ending the disputes on the continent.
The town where Orange has lived since he was a child is within his father's fiefdom. Strictly speaking, everyone in this town, including Orange, is his subject.
That's why he showed anger when he saved Orange. He also felt a little guilty towards Orange.
But in the eyes of Orange, his behavior is another story.
Xu Zihuang smiled bitterly and said: "Senior Orange, to tell you the truth, I passed by here when I was training in the Mingdou Forest a few years ago. I remember that at that time, this place was still devastated."
Orange looked at Xu Zihuang with a gentler gaze, but she was not in a hurry to reveal that she was the girl who was saved by Yu Tianhuang.
"That's because this town was implicated in the war with the Star Luo Empire. When the war broke out, it was only ordinary civilians who suffered." Orange sighed softly, his eyes blurred. Big drops of crystal light came from the corners of his eyes.
slide.
"My father was forcibly drafted and went to the front line because of that war and never came back. My mother also became seriously ill because of excessive grief and left me."
"Sister Orange, don't be sad. Thinking about things that have passed will only make you more sad. We have to look forward. There will be more good things waiting for us in the future, right?" Ke Ke comforted Orange while holding Orange in her arms.
, and gave Xu Zihuang a vicious look.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all my fault for bringing up Sister Orange's sad incident."
Xu Zihuang was silent for a moment, took out a silk handkerchief from the soul guide, stepped forward and handed it to Orange.
"Sorry, Orange-senpai."
"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry. When you come to my house, I, as the host, should entertain you well. Now I let you comfort me." Orange took the handkerchief handed over by Xu Zihuang and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about these things. Let's go to the town first. We're almost exhausted after traveling all day." Seeing that Orange's mood improved, Keke hurriedly changed the topic. She didn't notice at all, she had the impression
Sister Orange, who has never accepted any gifts from the opposite sex, actually accepted the handkerchief from Xu Zihuang.
Orange pulled Ke Ke and walked forward along the mountain road, crying through tears.
"It's really getting late, let's go there now."
"Sister Orange, are you okay? Why do you cry and laugh sometimes?" Looking at such an abnormal Orange, Keke couldn't help but be confused.
Xu Zihuang just followed the two women silently.
But soon Orange and Keke started talking quietly again, but fell behind him.
Fortunately, the town is within sight, so there is no need to worry about taking the wrong route.
The outline of the town gradually became clearer. At the entrance of the town was a wooden observation tower about ten meters high. There were several torches on the observation tower, and the flames swayed and danced in the wind.
A middle-aged man in his forties, who was half leaning on the fence with his eyes closed and concentrating, suddenly became alert. The middle-aged man was thin and only about 1.7 meters tall. His long messy hair was scattered behind him, and he was originally gray.
Half of the brown hair has turned gray.
The deep and weathered eyes were shining brightly, but his right hand was completely broken.
Black soul power overflowed from his body surface, and the skin all over his body quickly turned black, and his eyebrows curled, as if they had turned into two tentacles.
One white and one yellow, two soul rings emerged from the feet one after another.
In such a remote town, there is actually a great soul master.
At the same time as he released his martial spirit, he jumped up and found three shadows that were approaching and could not be seen clearly. He waved his left fist and hit the ground heavily.
The second soul skill, seismic wave.
A layer of intense yellow halo bloomed instantly.
The martial spirit of middle-aged people is called Thousand Jun Ants. This kind of soul beast can be seen everywhere in the major soul beast forests. The status of Thousand Jun Ants in the beast martial soul is equivalent to the status of Blue Silver Grass in the weapon martial soul.
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A very standard low-level martial spirit.
The effect of his second soul skill, Seismic Wave, is to use the trembling power of the earth to make opponents within a certain range lose their balance.
It's not powerful, but it's enough to scare away the group of ten-year ghost wolves that came to harass them during this time.
But what the middle-aged man didn't expect was that his yellow halo was blocked in a certain area.
Taking a closer look, what appeared in front of him was a tall and tall purple-eyed boy. It was this purple-eyed boy who used his soul power to force back his second soul skill, Seismic Wave.
The person coming was undoubtedly Xu Zihuang.
Orange and Keke came out from behind Xu Zihuang, and their eyes suddenly lit up when they saw the middle-aged man.
"Uncle Lu?"
"Orange? Keke?" The middle-aged man opened his mouth in surprise, and his tense body relaxed.
"Orange, why are you back so early this year? Isn't it the day of vacation for the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy yet? And who is this young man?"
The middle-aged man whom Orange and Keke called Uncle Lu looked at Orange with a look of endearment, but when his eyes fell on Xu Zihuang again, there was an ambiguous smile.
"Uncle Lu, he is my classmate like Keke. We are here for training this time and we are going home by the way." Orange seemed to be afraid that this misunderstanding would be spread, so he quickly explained.
Xu Zihuang smiled and said hello to Uncle Lu.
"Hello, my name is Yu Tianhuang. I study under the same instructor at the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Senior Sisters Orange and Keke."
"Young man, you're welcome. My name is Lu Li, old man. If you don't mind, just call me Uncle Lu together with Orange and the others." Lu Li chuckled and his attitude was very friendly.
Keke asked curiously: "Uncle Lu, when was a lookout built here? I remember there wasn't even one when I came here last year."
"Hey. I don't know what happened recently. A group of ghost wolves escaped from the Mingdou Forest to a branch of the Mingdou Mountains near us. During this period, they often come to harass me. In order to prevent accidents, I came here.
Keep it." Lu Li sighed helplessly.
"Orange, Keke, you are going to stay for a few days this time. You are back, everyone will be very happy."
Orange shook his head.
"Uncle Lu, I won't disturb everyone's rest tonight. Let's go visit them one by one tomorrow."
"That's fine, then I won't keep you. You can go back and rest early." Lu Li nodded, and then he didn't know what he thought of. He tiptoed to the observation deck and took out two ropes tied to his feet and
Wings of pheasant.
"These are the two pheasants I just caught today. Orange, you can take them back and entertain Ke Ke and this young man."
"Thank you, Uncle Lu." Orange smiled sweetly. Keke hurriedly caught the two pheasants and said with a smile.
"Okay, I have the roast chicken cooked by Sister Orange tonight."
Before leaving, Xu Zihuang suddenly took out a bottle of white wine from the soul guide and threw it to Lu Li on the observation deck.
"Uncle Lu, let's go first."
Lu Li subconsciously took it and looked at the clear amber liquid in the bottle, slightly stunned.
When he was young, he had been working outside for many years, and he had some experience. He could tell that the quality of this bottle of white wine must be of excellent quality.
But when he raised his head again, the figures of Xu Zihuang and the others had disappeared into the town.
Lu Li smiled knowingly.
"This young man has a good nature, his appearance is worthy of Orange, and his strength is also strong. The most rare thing is that he can be recognized by this girl Orange."
The buildings in the town are mainly three-story wooden lofts, which is also to adapt to the humid and rainy climate here.
The road is paved with stones of different sizes, which can only be said to be barely smooth.
Orange led Xu Zihuang and Keke towards the center of the town, and said to Xu Zihuang: "Uncle Lu is a very nice person. When the war broke out with the Star Luo Empire, he later escorted everyone in the town to a safe place.
.Unfortunately, when Uncle Lu was young in the Soul Beast Forest, his right hand was infected by the venom of a poisonous soul beast, so he had to cut off his right arm as a last resort."