Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

Day two!

Early in the morning, Qi Dao's family prepared water and dry food and set off for the Soul Hunter Forest.

The Soul Hunting Forest is located 400 miles northeast of Notting City and is one of the places in the Heaven Dou Empire where soul beasts are kept.

The vast majority of low-level Soul Masters will enter the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for their first Soul Ring.

Of course, most of the soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest are only kept for ten or a hundred years, and those that are a thousand years old are extremely rare.

To hunt for soul rings that are over a thousand years old, one can only go to natural hunting grounds, such as the Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, the Far North, and so on.

In addition, the Soul Hunting Forest has another drawback: there are relatively few types of soul beasts in the forest, especially rare soul beasts with powerful bloodlines.

However, Qi Dao did not believe that one's first spirit ring had to be obtained by absorbing a powerful spirit beast.

What suits you best is the best!

If you can increase the age of your spirit rings to suit your own needs, that would be ideal.

If you can't absorb the soul ring to its maximum potential, there's no need to dwell on it or insist on pushing yourself to the limit.

The three of them traveled by horse-drawn carriage for a whole day before finally arriving at their destination.

Outside the Soul Hunter Forest, there are large houses and shops, and various shouts and calls rise and fall, making the streets very lively.

After the carriage stopped, Qi Dao's family quickly arrived in front of a house.

Pushing open the door, there were five people inside, some sitting and some standing, all members of the Qi Father and Qi Mother Soul Hunting Group.

Although it is called the Soul Hunting Group, there are actually only seven people in the group, including Qi's father and mother.

Upon seeing the three members of the Qi family appear, all five people turned their attention to them, and the two who were sitting stood up to greet them.

"Commander, Deputy Commander, you've arrived!"

Father Qi smiled slightly and said, "Thank you all for your hard work this time!"

One of the women, with a gentle demeanor, smiled and said, "Commander, you're being too polite. Adao is also our nephew."

Others echoed this sentiment.

This is also a perk of their Soul Hunting Group.

When a team member's child needs a spirit ring, the Soul Hunting Team will unconditionally help hunt for spirit rings.

Another middle-aged man, slightly overweight, sighed, "I remember Adao was only nine years old this year, and he broke through to level ten at nine. Was there really no mistake in the soul power test when he awakened his martial soul?"

"Yes, I had a level 2 innate soul power back then, but it took me a full six years to reach level 10."

"Truly, new talents emerge in every generation. Adao will surely surpass us and become a powerful Soul Master in the future."

In the Soul Hunter Group, everyone's eyes flashed over Qi Dao, some with curiosity, but mostly with envy.

Especially when they compared Qi Dao to their own children, they were immediately filled with anger and felt an urge to punch him.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Qi's father said, "Alright, let's go!"

The group nodded in unison and then walked out of the house.

Soon the group arrived at the entrance to the Soul Hunter Forest.

A squad of a hundred soldiers patrolled the area and immediately approached Qi Dao and his group upon seeing them.

"The warrant!"

Qi's father immediately took out a token from his waist.

This token is a pass to the Soul Hunter Forest, and it requires the joint guarantee of three nobles to be issued.

Without a warrant, one cannot enter the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt souls.

Qi's father had to ask Dean Hans to intervene to obtain this warrant.

After the soldiers checked the token in Qi's father's hand, they immediately let him pass.

"Go inside!"

...

Upon entering the Soul Hunter Forest, the previously gentle woman asked, "Captain, what is your goal for Adao's first soul ring?"

Qi's father looked at Qi Dao.

Qi Dao took the initiative and said, "Aunt Ye Hui, let me explain this."

"I want to absorb a metal-attribute soul beast for my first soul ring. Ironclad Turtle, Iron-Bone Wolf, Silverwing Bird, Golden Sword Bamboo are all fine."

"In addition, I hope to absorb a spirit beast that is over 500 years old for my first spirit ring."

"Five hundred years!!"

In an instant, apart from Qi's parents, everyone gasped in surprise, and all eyes turned to Qi Dao.

Ye Hui looked at Qi's father and mother with a solemn expression.

"Captain, absorbing a spirit ring is no joke! Failure could mean death!"

The others also showed signs of worry.

Most of the members of the Soul Hunter Group came from humble backgrounds, and their first soul ring was only a ten-year soul ring.

In their minds, even if the first spirit ring is only a little over a hundred years old, it is already extremely remarkable.

Moreover, in all these years they've lived, they've never heard of anyone whose first spirit ring is over five hundred years old.

Let alone the first spirit ring, the age of the second spirit rings of everyone present was generally between three hundred and five hundred years.

That's why they were so shocked when they heard that Qi Dao actually wanted to absorb the first soul ring that was over five hundred years old.

Seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Qi's parents immediately revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

Qi's father could only explain, "I know what everyone is worried about, but don't worry, Adao dares to absorb a soul ring that is over five hundred years old, so he naturally has his reasons."

"He is my son, and I am more worried about his safety than you are. If he wasn't truly confident, how could I have agreed to help him hunt a soul beast that is over five hundred years old?"

At this point, although the others still found it somewhat absurd, they had no choice but to believe it.

The group headed into the Soul Hunting Forest. Although they encountered many soul beasts along the way, most of them were only ten-year-old soul beasts and posed no threat to them.

After all, Qi's parents' Soul Hunting Team was a group composed entirely of Soul Masters of level 25 or above.

Let alone a hundred-year-old soul beast, even a common thousand-year-old soul beast, the seven of them working together are not afraid at all.

"Dear uncles and aunts, the armored tortoises are quite territorial and prefer to be active in shallow water or muddy riverbanks. We can go and check out the mixed water area first; we might find something there."

Qi Dao suggested as he walked through the crowd.

After hearing this, everyone looked at Qi Dao with slight surprise.

Ye Hui said, "Ah Dao, it seems you have a good grasp of theoretical knowledge!"

Qi Dao humbly replied, "I enjoyed reading when I was at the academy, and my teachers taught me a lot."

"Alright, let's listen to Adao and go check out the mixed waters first."

Once everyone had a goal, they immediately sped up.

Several hours later.

A vast expanse of water came into view.

The Soul Hunter Forest is quite large, with mountains, lakes, and a complete range of ecological environments.

"Ironclad Turtle!"

Within the Soul Hunter group, a burly middle-aged man pointed at a dark turtle lazily crawling on the shallows in the distance and shouted.

The other person shook their head.

"Unfortunately, judging by its size, it's not even a hundred-year-old soul beast."

"No rush, take your time searching, this body of water is vast."

Qi Dao looked around and offered his suggestion.

"If there really is an armored tortoise over 500 years old in the Soul Hunting Forest, then it must have a superior status in this water area, occupying the most fertile territory for easy daily hunting."

"Also, Ironclad Turtles are attracted to metal, so if you can find metal-containing ore, you can search that area..."

After listening to Qi Dao's analysis and insights, a look of astonishment flashed across everyone's faces.

One of them couldn't help but exclaim, "That kid, Adao, is really something!"

Even if I don't become a powerful Soul Master in the future, I can still become a master of theory.

Qi Dao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

A theoretical master?

This is not a compliment in the Douluo Continent!