Douluo, there is a system but I don't want to use it

Chapter 26 Soul Hunting
"Fengyan, the trees in front of us are sparse, and the rocks have a faint metallic luster. There may be a gold-eating beast. Let's go and take a look."

After searching in the Xingdou Great Forest for a week, the two saw a mountain peak that day, so Fang Tian suggested going up to take a look.

"Well, let's go up and take a look. I hope it's as you expected." Qiu Fengyan said with a smile.

The two were exhausted after a week of searching. Fang Tian decided to search the mountain, and whether there was any result or not, they would leave the Xingdou Great Forest to rest.

It's easy to get into trouble when you're exhausted in a dangerous place like the Star Dou Great Forest, so safety is the top priority.

The two searched along the hillside and saw many caves dug by gold-eating beasts. It seemed that there were gold-eating beasts here for sure, but they didn't know if there were any of the right age.

The two searched for another half an hour and found several holes of suitable size, where they prepared to release the bait.

Although gold-eating beasts often devour metal, their favorite food is soul beast termites.

Swallowing metal can make the scales of the gold-eating beast tougher and stronger, while eating termites can make the gold-eating beast grow faster.

The two put down the bait and hid nearby, waiting quietly.

The bait had been prepared long ago to make soul hunting more convenient and quicker.

Half an hour later, a cautious head finally poked out of a cave.

The gold-eating beast hides during the day and comes out at night. It has a well-developed sense of smell. It is good at digging holes, but moves very slowly. When it encounters danger, it will curl up and rely on its scales to protect itself. It is basically the same as the pangolin on Blue Star, even its appearance is similar.

After a while, a gold-eating beast about two meters and three meters long, as thick as a bucket, and covered with scales crawled to the bait and enjoyed the food.

"System, identification." Fang Tian could naturally tell the age of this gold-eating beast, but with the system, in order to be more accurate and to put his mind at ease, Fang Tian still turned on the system.

Name: Gold Devourer
Age: 2305

Soul skills: armor, armor breaking, digging

Introduction: A slow-moving soul beast with strong defense, that eats metal and is good at digging holes.

Fang Tian confirmed the information and shut down the system.

"Plop." The gold-eating beast fell to the ground.

The bait used is specially added with ingredients. The sleeping grass, which is increased in quantity without increasing the price, has a strong medicinal effect and is fair to everyone.

"Feng Yan, come here quickly! This gold-eating beast is just right for your martial soul. And it meets the best age that I calculated, so you should absorb it quickly." Fang Tian packed up the remaining bait and called on Qiu Fengyan to absorb it quickly.

As early as when he was in Soto City, Fang Tian explained his theory on soul ring absorption to Qiu Fengyan, and used himself as an example to calculate the maximum soul ring lifespan that she could withstand.

After Qiu Fengyan came out, he did not hesitate at all. He directly summoned his martial soul and stabbed it into the gold-eating beast's eyes. In a moment, a purple soul ring slowly formed above the gold-eating beast's corpse.

Qiu Fengyan sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the gold-eating beast's soul ring.

The absorption process was not smooth. During the process, Qiu Fengyan's face looked grim, his whole body was shaking, and even blood was oozing from his body.

Three hours later, Qiu Fengyan finally absorbed the thousand-year soul ring of the gold-eating beast without any danger, and stood up with a happy face. "Uncle, I succeeded in absorbing it! The soul skill increases the armor penetration by 50%. And I am now level 32, which is a direct increase of two levels. In the past, absorbing soul rings would increase one level." Qiu Fengyan told Fang Tian about his unexpected gains with a happy face.

"It is possible to absorb soul rings beyond the limit, so there is no need to be surprised. You will encounter such things again in the future." Fang Tian explained with a smile.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Qiu Fengyan nodded with a smile.

Fang Tian actually missed one thing. The meditation method that Qiu Fengyan is using now is still the most basic meditation method in Douluo Continent. Otherwise, absorbing the soul ring this time would not have taken so long, and it would not have been so dangerous.

However, there should be no need to worry about this situation next time. When Qiu Fengyan practices the Eight-Section Brocade from the outside to the inside and opens the Eight-Section Brocade internal power operation route, he can abandon the Douluo Continent's elementary meditation method and use the Eight-Section Brocade internal power route to cultivate soul power. This is much more advanced than the Douluo Continent's meditation method.

"Since you have already absorbed the spirit ring, let's go. Let's leave the Xingdou Great Forest and go back to rest."

"Ah, leaving? You haven't attached the spirit ring yet." Qiu Fengyan asked puzzledly.

"We have been searching here for a week straight. We are exhausted both physically and mentally. It is very dangerous to continue staying in the Star Dou Great Forest. Let's go back and rest first before continuing to search." Fang Tian explained to Qiu Fengyan.

"So that's how it is. You're more thoughtful."

Fang Tian and his companion left the Xingdou Great Forest and went to a nearby town to rest for three days.

During these three days, Fang Tian discovered that he had forgotten an important thing. He actually forgot about the map before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, what shocked Fang Tian was that there was no one selling the map of the Star Forest in the town. Only the big forces would bother to draw maps, and even if there were maps, ordinary soul masters could not afford them.

Fang Tian had no choice but to give up and instead inquire about the terrain outside the Star Dou Great Forest, trying to find an area where the plant soul beasts he needed might live.

Three days later, Fang Tian and his companion finished their rest and had completely gotten rid of the fatigue of the past few days. They ran towards the Star Dou Great Forest in high spirits.

According to his own calculations, Fang Tian prioritized searching places where there might be plant soul beasts such as the Sunlight Vine.

Sunvine generally grows in places such as jungles, mountains or ridges where the sunlight is strong and the trees are sparse.

Fang Tian and his companion began their searching journey.

This time, because they had a clear target and it would not move, the two searched much faster and found the target in just three days.

A 3,000-year-old sun vine was found on a ridge.

The three thousand year old Sunlight Vine is about twelve meters long, with three opposite leaves on each vine section. The leaves are dark green and black, and almost all the sunlight shining on them is absorbed. After absorbing sunlight, the Sunlight Vine can convert it into soul power or life force, or turn it into a scorching sun ray to attack the enemy.

Because the sun vine can convert sunlight into life force, even if the sun vine is broken into several pieces, as long as there are leaves, it can absorb sunlight and convert it into life force, so that this piece of vine can grow roots and re-root into the soil, turning into a new sun vine. Therefore, the vitality of the sun vine can be said to be extremely tenacious.

After Fang Tian confirmed the age of the Sunlight Vine with the system, he directly added kerosene. Half an hour later, the Sunlight Vine was burnt to death.

Fang Tian went up and killed the Sunlight Vine, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the soul ring.

Fang Tian could originally absorb spirit rings that were less than 3,500 years old, so it was very easy for him to absorb this 3,000-year-old spirit ring. He only took half an hour to complete the absorption.

(End of this chapter)