Nuoding City's backwardness is not without reason.
It is truly remote here, surrounded by vast rivers and mountains. Finding a valley is not easy at all.
"With my current physical condition, most of these mountains are impossible to cross."
These aren't like the mountains in my previous life with developed roads. Without paved roads, one wrong step, and Su Wen would either fall to his death or end up in the mouth of a Spirit Beast.
This is also the true reason why Su Wen gave up his great idea.
It's not that he doesn't want a Spirit Bone of an old Spirit, but rather he doesn't have the ability to get it yet.
"If only my Flying Sword Technique could be developed, then my steps wouldn't be blocked by just a few mountains."
'Unfortunately, flying with my own Martial Spirit is not feasible, it feels like you are stepping with you left foot on right.'
'If I really want to fly, I still need external force.'
For example, using wings to flap and lift oneself with the assistance of air, but unfortunately, Su Wen has never truly succeeded in performing it.
There is another way to obtain the ability to fly, and that is through Soul Power.
After all, this is an extraordinary world.
Besides scientifically harnessing the power of air for flight, one can also use Soul Power to achieve it.
Su Wen is not clear about the principles of this aspect, but it doesn't prevent him from speculating that Soul Power can exert force on certain media in the external world through certain techniques, thereby lifting the Spirit Master with its power to fly.
In any case, Su Wen cannot fly, neither through the development of the Flying Sword Technique nor with paper wings.
"There is no way for now." Su Wen can only temporarily give up his plan to find the Blue Silver Emperor.
Temporarily!
"I am two years older than Tang San, and I graduated early from the Primary Spirit Master Academy. I still have three years before Tang San graduates and goes to Shrek."
Three years!
Su Wen believed that within three years, he can at least become a Spirit Elder, and if everything goes smoothly, there is also hope to break through to become a Spirit Ancestor within three years.
As long as Tang San goes to Shrek, Tang Hao will inevitably follow, and then there will also be hope to steal the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone.
"Let's focus on obtaining the second Spirit Ring first!"
Su Wen didn't continue to indulge in wild thoughts. He packed his bags, packed the small sweet potato that Old Jerry had prepared for him, and headed towards the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
...
One month later.
Su Wen arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
After staying overnight in a small town outside the forest to adjust, he entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone.
He took out a small bottle of powder and sprayed it on himself.
This powder could conceal his own aura, masking it as much as possible. Even if there were still faint traces of his aura, it wouldn't be a problem. Powerful Spirit Beasts wouldn't care for him, and weaker Spirit Beasts wouldn't be able to sense it.
"Most Spiritual attribute Spirit Beasts are of the animal type. Although they are not well-suited for absorption and fusion due to their mismatch with books at their core, I can attempt to accommodate them."
The book's accommodation ability is immense.
In the form of a book, recording the bloodline and abilities of Spirit Beasts might indeed be a perfect way to absorb Animal-type Spirit Beasts' Spirit Rings.
Of course, these are just conceptual possibilities.
Everything still depends on practice.
The Star Dou Great Forest is the largest gathering place of Spirit Beasts in the entire Douluo Continent, as well as the convergence point of spiritual energy on the continent.
It can be said that this place is the center of the entire continent.
There are many Spirit Beasts, but they are not encountered just by taking a few steps.
"The density of hundred-year Spirit Beasts is much higher here than in the Soul Hunting Forest."
Unfortunately, after searching for half a month on the outskirts, Su Wen still hasn't found a suitable target.
Spiritual attribute Spirit Beasts are just too rare.
Moreover, Su Wen has to be cautious in his actions, unable to conduct a thorough carpet search.
"The only thing worth celebrating is that the Star Dou Great Forest hasn't been too severely damaged yet. The variety of Spirit Beasts is incredibly rich, and even the Spiritual attribute Spirit Beasts, which make up a small proportion, are still quite numerous."
Su Wen has gathered relevant information from the Spirit Hall and knows that there are still many Spirit Beasts with prominent Spiritual attributes in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"As expected, the heavens are still favoring me."
With his gaze fixed on a distant figure, Su Wen tried his best not to make any noise.
It's a translucent ape.
Just from the name of the Spirit Beast, one can tell it has some Spiritual attributes.
However, Su Wen's happiness is not because it's a Spiritual attribute Spirit Beast.
"Although the translucent ape has Spiritual attributes, it's not particularly compatible with me after all. If I really can't find any other Spiritual attribute targets, it wouldn't be bad to come back and target the translucent ape."
Su Wen sprayed more medicinal powder on himself and quietly followed the translucent ape.
He followed the ape all the way, constantly searching for opportunities around. Three days later, he finally mapped out the translucent ape's cave.
"Ape-type Spirit Beasts are adept at brewing alcohol. They gather various spiritual herbs to make monkey wine. This translucent ape has higher intelligence. I wonder how effective the monkey wine it brews will be."
Patiently waiting, when the translucent ape left, Su Wen quietly entered its cave.
"Tsk, there are too many benefits to joining the Spirit Hall."
The medicinal powder that Su Wen used to conceal his aura came from the Spirit Hall. It's used by low-level Spirit Masters of the Spirit Hall and can better facilitate team hunting of Spirit Beasts.
Other large organizations have strong leaders leading teams and don't have a high demand for such auxiliary tools, so they won't focus on researching and perfecting them. On the other hand, small organizations don't have the financial resources like the Spirit Hall, so the things they develop won't have the same effectiveness as those from the Spirit Hall.
Venturing deeper into the cave, Su Wen saw many precious ores, but unfortunately, he didn't have a storage-type soul tool, so he couldn't take away these ores.
At the deepest point, there was a small pool with a diameter of one meter, emitting a strong fragrance.
Su Wen's gaze fell on the stone "jars" next to the pool.
"This should be the monkey wine brewed by the translucent ape."
Although they were called jars, their shapes were strange, but it was easy to tell that they were containers for sealing.
Su Wen opened one of the "jars", and immediately, the scent of alcohol wafted out. He didn't feel dizzy but instead felt his mind becoming clear.
"Hiss~~~"
Top-grade!
"It definitely has the effect of enhancing Spiritual Power!" Su Wen exclaimed excitedly.
He closed the jar again.
"It's inconvenient without a storage-type soul tool, but it's not a big problem."
After inspecting the area around the cave and finding no signs of the translucent ape returning, Su Wen sprinkled medicinal powder around him and chose the largest stone jar to carry away.
Since there were no other Spirit Beasts around, Su Wen decided to move the stone jar.
Su Wen found a cave far from the translucent ape's den.
"I won't bother looking for other Spirit Beasts for now. Let's drink first."
"This jar already weighs about ten catties. If it's not enough, I'll go get more."
And so, ten days later.
"The effect of this translucent wine is really good. My Spiritual Power has increased by at least fifty percent."
In the meantime, Su Wen went to steal two more jars, drinking a total of around twenty catties. After refining the medicinal power within, he can now manipulate his Spiritual Power.
"Unfortunately, the effect isn't as obvious after drinking too much."
Su Wen wasn't greedy. He adjusted his state and prepared to go out to continue searching for Spirit Beasts.
...
Three days later.
"Fire Cloud Fox?"
Fire Cloud Fox possesses the Spiritual attribute, but it's very weak, leaning more towards being proficient in the fire attribute.
Su Wen shook his head and was about to retreat when he suddenly felt something was amiss.
He carefully observed the footsteps of the Fire Cloud Fox.
"So insteady..."
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