Chapter 16: First Entering the Soul Hunting Forest

Chapter 16: First Entering the Soul Hunting Forest
After Yang Ping'an loaded a bunch of things onto the carriage, he was ready to set off.

Among the many items, Yang Ping'an prepared two daggers, a long sword, wire mesh, a small folding crossbow, a small engineer shovel, a large crossbow, and a number of various bows and arrows.

These things were specially prepared by Yang Ping'an, and were basically designed and made by himself. When they were first made, even the other people in the blacksmith department were amazed.

In order to make these things, Yang Ping'an specially bought a bunch of good iron ore, and spent a long time thinking about the design drawings.

The most important of them are the two crossbows, one large and one small. The small folding crossbow is stored close to the body and placed directly on the waist. It can be used for sneak attacks. Its disadvantage is that its power is relatively weak.

The big crossbow was a bit exaggerated. The bowstring alone was one and a half meters long, which was even close to Yang Ping'an's height. It was a pure iron bow. The bow body was made entirely of steel, the bowstring was also steel wire, and even the bow and arrows were all made of fine iron.

And everything is just for the pursuit of power. According to Yang Ping'an's estimation, one strike of this crossbow can at least reach the attack power of the Soul King level, or even stronger. At least it should be stronger than Zhuge Crossbow.

According to Yang Ping'an's own estimation, soul beasts below the thousand-year level cannot avoid the attacks of bows and crossbows at all, and such attacks are likely to be fatal.

Yang Ping'an traveled with the carriage for about a whole day and only arrived at the Soul Hunting Town on the morning of the next day. After all, the Soul Hunting Town was a full 400 kilometers away from Notting City.

After entering the Soul Hunting Town, there was a lot of noise all around, with various sounds of people selling items, shouting, and so on.

Yang Ping'an, carrying a heavy bag, walked directly towards the Soul Hunting Forest.

Since entering the Soul Hunting Town, Yang Ping'an, in addition to carrying a heavy bag, has been covering his face with a black towel the entire time, not revealing his slightly immature face.

Yang Ping'an is now eleven years old and his height has reached 1.6 meters. Judging from his height and body shape, he can no longer be seen as a child. The Soul Hunting Forest is full of dangers, especially those so-called mercenaries and ordinary people, who may be even more dangerous. He must not show even the slightest bit of his weakness.

Before Yang Ping'an entered the Soul Hunting Forest, a thin-looking middle-aged man stopped him and said, "Young man, you look like you need to enter the Soul Hunting Forest. Our mercenary group specializes in hiring soul ring hunters. We have a great reputation around here and can definitely help you get a satisfactory soul ring."

Yang Pingan's eyes revealed a hint of ferocity, and he deliberately lowered his voice: "Get lost, I don't need it."

After saying that, he walked straight past the middle-aged man and went to the entrance of the Soul Hunting Forest. After checking the warrant, he walked into the Soul Hunting Forest alone.

The middle-aged man behind him seemed to have a cold light in his eyes, and then he walked towards the town.

Since entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Yang Ping'an looked around and after confirming that there was no one around, he quickly summoned the Purple Gold Mastiff.

After entering the forest, the Purple Mastiff seemed particularly happy, as if returning to nature.

"Purple Golden Mastiff, please lead the way as soon as possible. We need to reach the center of the Soul Hunting Forest as soon as possible, otherwise we may be in trouble."

The purple-gold mastiff seemed to understand what Yang Ping'an said. It just let out a howl and quickly ran towards the center of the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yang Ping'an followed the purple golden mastiff and ran quickly.

The Purple Gold Mastiff has a keen sense of smell, and can pass on what it smells to Yang Pingan through the connection between the martial soul and the human. This effect is absolutely a plug-in in the Inner Soul Beast Forest. Although soul masters have a certain perception ability, the perception distance is very limited, especially the perception distance of low-level soul masters is very short, especially some soul beasts can avoid perception.

However, the Purple Gold Mastiff's sense of smell cannot be avoided. Both humans and soul beasts will emit a certain scent. The Purple Gold Mastiff's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of a dog, and the distance reaches hundreds of meters, which is very good for living in the Soul Hunting Forest in the early stages.

Yang Ping'an followed the purple golden mastiff and ran all the way for two hours before he stopped. He was so tired that he was a little out of breath.

"Purple Golden Mastiff, smell carefully to see if there is anyone following us."

After hearing this, the Purple Golden Mastiff ran back alone for a while, and finally returned to its original place and shook its head at Yang Ping'an.

Yang Ping'an finally relaxed a little. Entering the Soul Beast Forest alone made him the best prey in the eyes of many people. If he wasn't careful, someone might come to rob him of his money and kill him.

What Yang Ping'an didn't know was that as soon as he entered the Soul Hunting Forest, five people followed him, including the thin middle-aged man who had stopped him at the beginning.

However, after searching in the Soul Hunting Forest for a while, they did not even find any human figures, let alone sense any soul power.

The group looked at each other in bewilderment; they couldn't believe that a living person could disappear so quickly.

In their eyes, anyone who enters the Soul Hunting Forest will be very cautious, even if they walk very slowly. However, they were only a few minutes slow and could not find any information about Yang Pingan, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.

After resting for about ten minutes, Yang Ping'an took Luo Shanpao to start looking for soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. The first two hours of fast running were mainly to prevent anyone from following them. The Purple Gold Mastiff used its sensitive sense of smell to quickly avoid all dangers and soul beasts.

There are indeed a lot of soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, but most of them are relatively low-level soul beasts, especially soul beasts like the Thousand-Jun Ants and Soft-Bone Rabbits. Basically, you can encounter one every few minutes, or even a group of them. Unfortunately, they are too weak.

Yang Ping'an's purpose is very simple. Gold-attribute soul beasts, especially golden-attribute soul beasts, are the ones that are likely to appear in the Soul Hunting Forest.

The main purpose is to find golden armored wolves, red gold bears, diamond apes, gold-eating rats, gold-eating bugs, etc., and try not to find some too ferocious soul beasts. Of course, it would be even better if you can encounter golden soul beasts or sub-dragon soul beasts.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, the Purple Gold Mastiff must like it. If the Purple Gold Mastiff is particularly eager for a certain soul beast, then it will definitely be a very suitable match.

After searching for half a day, it was almost dark, but they still didn't find a suitable soul beast. They did encounter some mandrake snakes and an iron-skinned bull. The mandrake snakes were completely unsuitable, and the iron-skinned bull was only about a hundred years old.

Of course, he would occasionally encounter some people who were hunting for soul rings. Yang Ping'an would quickly avoid them every time and try his best not to meet other soul masters.

At night, Yang Ping'an dug a tree hole at the root of a giant tree and hid himself inside the tree hole. He decorated the outside with some stones and weeds, sprinkled some powerful soul beast feces powder on it, and even set a small trap.

The Soul Beast Forest is countless times more dangerous at night than during the day, so Yang Pingan doesn't dare to run around at this time.

(End of this chapter)