Chapter 71: Eight Thousand Year Soul Locking Falcon!
Hearing this, Xiao Wu nodded silently; she understood this truth better than anyone.
To ease the heavy atmosphere, Lin Yuan changed the subject, his gaze falling on Xiao Wu's battle armor.
"How is it? Are you satisfied with the combat effectiveness of this one-word battle armor?"
At the mention of the battle armor, Xiao Wu's eyes instantly lit up, the previous gloom swept away.
She gestured excitedly, "Brother! You're amazing! This battle armor is simply miraculous!"
"Although I feel my spirit power isn't high enough to fully activate all its amplification circuits,"
"the boost in strength and speed alone, plus the defense from the metal—that Spirit Grandmaster earlier slashed me with his blade, and it didn't even leave a mark!"
Seeing Xiao Wu's beaming face, Lin Yuan smiled.
"As long as you're satisfied." Lin Yuan rubbed her head... The next day.
Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu left the tavern and headed straight into the Star Dou Great Forest.
In the early morning, the Star Dou Great Forest was shrouded in mist.
Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, casting dappled shadows, and the air was filled with the fragrance of earth and a faint scent of blood.
Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu didn't hire any mercenary groups. The two figures moved nimbly through the jungle at high speed, yet silently.
"Brother."
Xiao Wu followed closely behind Lin Yuan, vigilantly observing their surroundings as she asked softly, "The Star Dou Great Forest is so big. Do you know roughly where those two types of Spirit Beasts you want are?"
"If we just wander around like headless chickens, we might not even run into them if we search for a month."
Lin Yuan stopped and identified the direction, nodding. "I know the general location. Whether it's the Thousand-Eye Demonic Eagle or the Soul Locking Falcon, both are birds of prey and prefer living in groups."
"They usually build their nests on cliffs or at the tops of extremely tall ancient trees."
"If we head toward higher terrain, we can't go wrong."
Xiao Wu nodded, then seemed to think of something and asked curiously:
"By the way, Brother, what year level do you plan to hunt for your second spirit ring? Your first spirit ring was a thousand-year one, so what about this time?"
Regarding the age of his first spirit ring, once their relationship reached a certain level, he didn't hide it from Xiao Wu.
This was because he knew Xiao Wu's character. Since they were living together, there was naturally nothing to hide.
It was only because current conditions didn't allow for it; otherwise, Xiao Wu would have gone from being an adopted sister to a different kind of'sister' by now.
Lin Yuan used the god slaying spear to push aside the thorns ahead while saying nonchalantly, "It has to be at least seven or eight thousand years."
"Actually," Lin Yuan looked back at Xiao Wu, "if possible, I even want to try and see if I can directly absorb a ten thousand year spirit ring."
"Ten thousand years?!"
Xiao Wu cried out in surprise, her rabbit ears standing straight up as she shook her head repeatedly.
"No, no! Absolutely not!"
"Brother, are you crazy?"
"Spirit Beasts over ten thousand years are fundamentally different from thousand-year Spirit Beasts!"
"After they die, their Souls don't dissipate immediately; instead, a strong resentment remains!"
"This requires a Spirit Master to not only endure the impact of energy when absorbing the spirit ring but also to resist Soul Shock!"
Xiao Wu said with a serious face, "This is why a Spirit Master must reach level fifty and have strong enough mental force to be qualified to absorb a ten thousand year spirit ring."
"You're only level twenty right now. Even if your body can hold up, your Mental Sea will be crushed by the resentment, and you'll turn into an idiot!"
Seeing Xiao Wu's anxious look, Lin Yuan stopped and looked at her with a half-smile.
"Oh, I couldn't tell."
"My Xiao Wu usually seems so dazed, so how do you know such high-level theories of the Spirit Master's world so clearly?"
"Even that half-baked Grandmaster might not necessarily know the term 'Soul Shock'."
"Uh..." Xiao Wu's face instantly froze.
Oh no!
I let it slip!
As a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast in human form, this knowledge was common sense to her.
But in the human World, this was a secret known only to high-level Spirit Masters.
"That... well..."
Xiao Wu's eyes darted around, her fingers twisting together as she stammered, "I... I heard my mother say it before..."
Fortunately, Lin Yuan didn't press her further on this. After all, he had long known that Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast in human form.
Xiao Wu pouted. Lin Yuan clearly knew why she knew, yet he insisted on asking.
How was she supposed to answer that!
Then, Xiao Wu asked softly, "Brother, are you really going to absorb an eight thousand year one? Even if you ate ten thousand year whale gum, that only allows you to absorb a five thousand year spirit ring at most, right?"
Lin Yuan smiled. "That's because I had good luck when I went out this time and obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone. After absorbing it, my Physique improved again."
A Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone!
That was a supreme treasure of the Spirit Master's world!
"Brother... you... you just told me so casually?"
Xiao Wu lowered her voice, looking around nervously for fear that walls might have ears.
"Do you know how precious this thing is?"
"If others found out, even a Titled Douluo wouldn't be able to resist killing you to take the bone!"
Seeing Xiao Wu look even more nervous than he was, Lin Yuan felt a warmth in his heart.
He smiled and reached out to rub her head.
"What's between us?"
"You are my sister and the person I trust most."
"Could it be that you would team up with outsiders to harm me for a bone?"
Hearing this, Xiao Wu shook her head vigorously and swore solemnly, "Absolutely not! Even if I die, I will never reveal a single word of my brother's secret!"
Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction. "I believe you, which is why I told you."
He suddenly leaned close to Xiao Wu's ear and whispered with a mischievous grin, "After all, we've lived and eaten together for the past two years; we've basically seen everything there is to see of each other."
"What part of me is there that you haven't seen?"
"Ah!"
Xiao Wu was like a cat that had its tail stepped on; her entire face turned beet red.
In her mind, the shameful image of her clinging to Lin Yuan like an octopus after accidentally eating the whale gum surfaced again.
"You... you rogue!"
"I'm ignoring you!"
Xiao Wu spat, covering her burning cheeks as she ran ahead.
Though she cursed him, her heart was warm and sweet.
This unreserved trust made her feel that she had finally found a true reliance in this human World... Three days later.
Below a steep cliff.
Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu finally found their target.
"Shh—"
Lin Yuan pulled Xiao Wu behind a large rock and pointed to the cliff face above them.
There, on the cliff, were dozens of huge nests.
Over a dozen massive birds of prey with iron-gray feathers and eyes as sharp as knives were circling in the air.
Soul Locking Falcons!
A powerful type of Spirit Beast known for its speed and mental locking!
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