In the forest, Lu Feng stopped in front of a vine.
The vine was about as thick as an adult's arm, with lush branches and leaves, coiled around a large rock. Seven gourd-shaped fruits—three large and four small—hung from it.
"This Thousand Night Fruit grows by absorbing moonlight. It takes the essence of a thousand nights to produce these seven fruits."
Lu Feng looked at the three largest fruits and nodded with satisfaction.
The Thousand Night Fruit was an extremely rare spiritual medicine that could increase one's spiritual power.
On the Douluo Continent, cultivation methods for spiritual power were not common. The Qian family might have a spiritual power cultivation method, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's Distracted Control could barely be considered half a method.
In most cases, a soul master's spiritual power could only be slightly increased through the growth of their soul power.
That was why head-type soul bones were so precious.
Lu Feng sat cross-legged on the rock, quietly waiting for the fruits to ripen.
These few Thousand Night Fruits had already absorbed enough moonlight essence. Tonight was the time for harvest.
Luo Wupao squatted on Lu Feng's shoulder, vigilantly staring at the surroundings. From time to time, it would twitch its nose, sniffing the scents in the air.
After Luo Wupao had been upgraded to purple quality, Lu Feng discovered that its sense of smell was extremely sensitive.
No soul beast within a radius of tens of kilometers could escape its 'dog nose'. It was simply a mobile radar. Therefore, it had taken on the role of a sentry.
"Luo, luo!"
Suddenly, Luo Wupao let out a sharp cry.
"Wupao, what's the situation!"
Lu Feng shot up from the rock. With a raise of his hand, the Zhuge Godly Crossbow appeared in his grasp.
"Luo, luo!"
"Two Soul Ancestors? Coming for me, are you sure?" Lu Feng's brow furrowed as he asked again.
"Luo, luo!" Luo Wupao bared its teeth, making a fierce expression.
"They've been following me since I entered the forest?"
Lu Feng's eyes narrowed, his face grim.
Since killing the Three Freaks of the Huang Family, Lu Feng had never fought a Soul Ancestor powerhouse.
In his battle with Huang Da back then, although he had looked majestic, suppressing Huang Da, that was with Man Sandao and Yali helping to bear the firepower.
If it were a one-on-one duel, with Lu Feng's current level of twenty-five soul power, he could probably only last three minutes against a Soul Ancestor powerhouse.
Not to mention, now there were two of them!
"Let's go!"
Lu Feng quickly made a decision. He looked back at the Thousand Night Fruits, a resolute look flashing in his eyes.
If the spiritual medicine was gone, he could find more. He only had one life.
"Damn, I'm so unwilling."
Lu Feng looked at the bright red fruits, his fists clenched tightly.
The Thousand Night Fruit had to absorb enough moonlight essence to fully mature; not a single day less would do.
Eating these three fruits was equivalent to at least three years of cultivating his Purple Demon Eye.
Lu Feng went under the vine, took out a shovel from his soul tool, and dug a large pit in a few moves. Then, he took out two barrels of gunpowder and buried them.
After doing all this, Lu Feng's figure flashed and disappeared into the jungle.
Several kilometers away, two men in black were shuttling rapidly through the forest.
"Second Brother, how much further?" a man in black asked anxiously.
The person speaking was about 1.7 meters tall, with a very sturdy build, strong muscles all over, and a hideous scar on his face.
"Boss, just ahead. Don't worry, nothing within a five-kilometer radius can escape this nose of mine."
The other soul master's build was also very robust, and his height, in particular, was a full 1.9 meters.
"That kid, are you sure he's just an ordinary person?" the scar-faced man confirmed again.
"Mm, I've been following him for three or four days. This kid has basically just been wandering around a few spirit hunting markets. I'm one hundred percent sure he's just an ordinary soul hunter," the tall soul master said confidently.
"Alright, after this job, we'll go to Suotuo City to relax."
The tall soul master nodded. He was about to say something when he suddenly sensed something unusual.
"Boss, that kid might have discovered us. He's moving very fast, running towards the depths of the forest."
"What!" Hearing this, the scar-faced man exclaimed in surprise.
"Chase!"
A thick soul power surged from the scar-faced man's body. With the Brute Bull martial soul possession, his already majestic body expanded again, and his thighs thickened by a size.
"Swish!" The scar-faced man stomped hard on the ground, and his whole body shot out, leaving only a sunken footprint.
"Awoo!" the tall soul master roared.
His martial soul was a Hound. After the martial soul possession, his entire aura instantly became sharp.
"Swoosh!"
The tall soul master shot out, and in a few breaths, he had surpassed the scar-faced man.
The two soon arrived at the rock where Lu Feng had been.
"Boss, that kid was here before. Now he has run 1 kilometers away," as he spoke, the tall soul master pointed towards the depths of the forest.
"No hurry," the scar-faced man said slowly.
He walked to the rock and fell into deep thought as he looked at the gourds on the vine.
"Boss, if we delay the Third Prince's mission, we'll both be in deep trouble," the tall soul master said in a deep voice.
In just that short while, he had sensed that Lu Feng had run another half a li away.
"Second Brother, we're the First Prince's men. We can just half-ass the Third Prince's orders. Didn't he just ask us to investigate the kid's background? We can just say he's a core disciple of the Spirit Hall later, can't we?"
As he spoke, the scar-faced man pointed at the fruits on the rock, his face full of excitement. "Do you know what this is? Thousand Night Fruits! And it looks like they'll be ripe in the next two days."
At this moment, the tall soul master also walked to the rock and asked with confusion, "Boss, what's the use of this fruit?"
"Hmph, it's not much, just worth ten years of your salary," the scar-faced man snorted coldly.
"What? This thing is that valuable?"
Hearing this, the tall soul master was about to go and pick the fruits.
"Don't move!" the scar-faced man barked. "This fruit must absorb moonlight to grow. Before it's fully mature, it's worthless."
"There's such a rule? It's even more delicate than those noble ladies."
After the tall soul master finished speaking, he subconsciously craned his neck towards the rock and sniffed the scent of the Thousand Night Fruits.
"What's that smell? It's so strange, it smells like saltpeter."
"Boss, there's something under the rock," the tall soul master said, pointing at the bottom of the rock.
"Oh? Let me take a look," as he spoke, the scar-faced man walked towards the root of the vine.
By the side of a pool, Lu Feng rolled in the mud, trying to use the mud to cover his own scent.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion came from the distance, followed by a fierce blast wave that sent ripples across the surface of the water.
"Awoo!"
"Caw, caw, caw!"
"Flap, flap!"
The next moment, the roars of numerous soul beasts were heard. Some of the weaker soul beasts began to flee the area quickly.
"Hmph!" Lu Feng looked at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance and snorted coldly.
"Trying to cause trouble for me is simply courting death!"
However, just as Lu Feng had gotten ashore, he heard a sharp sound of breaking air coming from behind him.
Lu Feng took two steps, his figure moving three or four meters to the right like a ghost, narrowly avoiding the attack.
"Clang!"
A dagger struck a large rock on the shore, its blade embedding itself completely.
Lu Feng looked back and saw a large man nearly two meters tall staring at him, his eyes filled with a murderous glint.