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Chapter 294 Qian Daoliu: How about we go to the audience together? [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

"Huh? That book ended up in your hands again?"

Qian Daoliu waved his hand, and a golden light flashed in his hand, revealing a finely crafted book. He smiled and said, "I just like collecting these things."

Chen Hong couldn't help but roll his eyes at Qian Daoliu and said, "The 'Soul Ring Intent Study,' 'Martial Soul Classification,' 'Soul Beast Cultivation,' and 'Martial Soul Origin Study.' Whether they were completed books or manuscripts, they all ended up with you, right? Oh, and there's also 'Soul Guidance Device Pattern Study.'"

Qian Daoliu just smiled and didn't say anything.

For Qian Daoliu, reading these books once was enough to memorize them all. However, these original manuscripts have considerable collectible value for him.

After all, Qian Daoliu has a long lifespan. If Chen Hong doesn't outlive him one day, then these authentic works in his possession will be priceless treasures!

"However, speaking of which, the Star Dou Great Forest shouldn't be something that makes you so wary, senior, right? You're already a level 99 peak Douluo, and you need to be even stronger to dare to take me to the Star Dou Great Forest? That shouldn't be the case, right?" Chen Hong looked at Qian Daoliu with some doubt.

The Star Dou Great Forest is home to 100,000-year-old soul beasts. From Xiao Wu and Tang San, it's vaguely known that at least publicly, there are only two: one is the Azure Bull Python, also known as Madam Bull, and the other is the Titan Giant Ape, also known as Little Ape. Madam Bull—no, the Azure Bull Python—is likely approaching the Red 2 realm, which is close to 200,000 years old. The Titan Giant Ape is slightly weaker, but it seems to be around Red 1.5, or 150,000 years old.

Chen Hong was actually quite puzzled at first, wondering why Xiao Wu, who was the "big sister", was actually the undercover agent among the three 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

However, Chen Hong later understood that it was a matter of bloodline. Xiao Wu's bloodline was inferior to that of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, which meant that even though Xiao Wu was older than the other two, she could not surpass them in cultivation.

This is why Chen Hong has always opposed using age to distinguish strength levels. The three little ones, Xiao Wu and her companions, already demonstrate that the cultivation speed of soul beasts varies; some soul beasts can become Yellow Realm soul beasts in fifty years, while others take a hundred years.

Xiao Wu's bloodline wouldn't be too low-grade. Just like the saying, "If Blue Silver Grass is weak, what does it have to do with my Blue Silver Emperor?", Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit definitely doesn't have any necessary connection with low-level rabbits in the food chain. Therefore, Xiao Wu's cultivation speed wouldn't be slower than Bajie (the wild boar). Bajie basically maintains the lowest level of cultivation speed, gaining one year's cultivation every year and becoming a spirit in ten years. Xiao Wu's cultivation speed must exceed that of a "unit soul beast" (a standard soul beast that becomes a thousand-year soul beast in one thousand years).

Furthermore, Xiao Wu chose to transform into human form around the time she became a 100,000-year-old soul beast. In other words, Xiao Wu's true age is less than 100,000 years old, the same as the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

The Azure Bull Python's cultivation speed is roughly equivalent to "two dances of power," while the Titan Giant Ape should have around "one and a half dances of power." To be honest, Chen Hong is quite enamored with Madam Bull's body. If he could even slightly imitate a fraction of Madam Bull's "two dances of power," Chen Hong would be able to reach a high level in the bloodline realm, and he could even establish his own sect in Soul Beast Cultivation. The thought of creating a Beast Taming Sect, filled entirely with a bunch of immortal Soul Beast ancestors, is quite exciting.

"That core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest... it's a little eerie. I just feel something's off." Qian Daoliu raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of recollection flashing in his eyes. He frowned and said, "Those two 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the core area aren't really that troublesome. There are soul beasts in this world far more powerful than those two. As far as I know, there are two. One is in the ocean, the absolute overlord of the deep sea. I've only heard a little about it from legends."

"The other one is in the far north of the Heaven Dou Empire. Unfortunately, the Spirit Hall still doesn't know what terrifying existence lies in the core area of ​​the far north. All the Title Douluos who went deep into the far north to investigate never returned. So, even though I am a level 99 peak Douluo, if I were to encounter those two, my chances of survival would be slim."

Qian Daoliu shared some secrets with Chen Hong that were not available to outsiders, directly pointing out that among the soul beasts, there also existed terrifyingly powerful beings that could not be resisted by human power.

"If that's what you say, senior, then compared to other places, the Star Dou Great Forest does seem rather strange." After listening to Qian Daoliu's sharing, a hint of doubt flashed in Chen Hong's eyes. Finally, he frowned and said softly, "What you said about the ocean and the far north is that there are soul beasts that cannot be killed by human power. However, I found that there is no such record of the Star Dou Great Forest in the Spirit Hall's records."

"As the largest primeval forest on the entire continent, the Star Dou Great Forest is rich in resources and has a pristine ecosystem. From the perspective of the food chain, such an ideal environment is most likely to breed the most ferocious wild animals."

Qian Daoliu nodded and said, "That's what I think too. That's why I usually don't go deep into the Star Dou Great Forest. I am a priest of the gods, and my perception is a little different from that of ordinary people. I can sense a very subtle danger deep in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Actually, I've been trying to explore the Star Dou Great Forest. For example, I had the Spirit Hall focus on the 100,000-year-old spirit beasts inside the Star Dou Great Forest. Well, since I took office, the 100,000-year-old spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest have been gradually devoured by the Spirit Hall. However, the Star Dou Great Forest is still quiet, as if my perception is just an illusion. But for someone of my level, my sense of danger is unquestionable."

"So, senior, you suspect that there is a terrifying entity inside the Star Dou Great Forest? But you can only vaguely sense it, and can't pinpoint its location?"

"That's basically it."

"Then there's no need to doubt it. There's definitely a problem with the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. Senior, you must trust your intuition." Upon hearing this, Chen Hong, without much thought, urged Qian Daoliu to firmly believe in his intuition.

"Hmm?" Qian Daoliu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I've had this kind of intuition too. Of course, it wasn't about the Star Dou Great Forest. Perhaps my strength was too weak, and I hadn't ventured deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, so I didn't sense anything amiss inside. But once, during an attack, I sensed danger from a great distance, even before the enemy got close."

"..." Qian Daoliu looked Chen Hong up and down with some suspicion. "Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I am a priest of the gods; I can sense things that ordinary people cannot."

As Qian Daoliu spoke, he fell silent.

After a long pause, he finally said, "How about... coming with me to pay our respects?"

(End of this chapter)