The Star Dou Great Forest was the largest gathering place for soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, where many industrial chains sprang up around it.
Led by the elders, Xu Mingxi came to the northern part of the Star Luo Empire and entered one of the entrances to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Although it was called the entrance, it was actually quite a distance away from the Star Dou Great Forest.
Soul hunting groups and caravans from all over the place had set up a small town here to serve those who wanted to enter the Star Dou Great Forest.
The town was filled with shouting, bird trading, and even the occasional fight.
This was a lawless and chaotic place.
Xu Mingxi and the other three people were all wearing black robes. The old people in the town could tell at a glance from their height that these four people must be old people who were bringing the younger generation to obtain spirit rings.
After all, these youngsters must be very young and geniuses.
In the Douluo Continent, martial souls were mostly passed down through blood, and most of the genius elders were not bad, but not a single old man in the city wanted to be the first to act.
Xu Chunyi walked in front and led the team to a pub, intending to rest there and set off again tomorrow.
"Sir, would you like to stay at the hotel? The wind baboon meat here is a delicacy."
"Two rooms, one night, no need to prepare food."
The elder tossed a few gold soul coins and brought the three people upstairs.
If you go out, you better be careful. There are all kinds of people outside the Star Dou Great Forest, so it's safer to eat the food stored in the soul guide.
Before Xu Mingxi brother left the sect, the sect leader specially gave each of them a storage soul guide.
They are all ring-shaped, and the space is not large, only three cubic meters, but it is completely sufficient.
An old man lives with a young child. The two of them were related to the future fate of the sect, so they couldn't be careless in the slightest.
Nothing happened all night, and the next morning, the grand elder woke Xu Mingxi up.
"Mingxi, wake up. The view of the Star Forest is wider in the morning, and it'll be safer for us."
"I'll be right there, Grandfather. Wait for me."
As usual, the elders led the two little ones forward.
But when they officially entered the Star Dou Great Forest, the two elders let them go.
"From now on, it's up to you to make your own way. If you want to become a powerful soul master, it's not enough to just blindly practice."
The two elders stood in front and behind, protecting the two children in the center. Xu Mingxi walked while looking around.
Before leaving, the sect leader had told Xu Mingxi about the Star Ancestor's past.
Back then, after the Star Ancestor absorbed the Star Summoning Soul Skill, he only used it as a soul skill to strengthen his cultivation.
The selection of the next soul ring would still follow the sect control route.
As a result, it wasn't until the seventh soul ring that he accidentally absorbed a 50,000-year-old star spider.
Star Douluo found that his cultivation speed was much faster than before, and he didn't even encounter any bottlenecks before reaching level 80.
The two soul rings behind Star Douluo subconsciously searched for soul beasts that had a greater connection with starlight.
Every time he absorbed a soul ring, he felt his cultivation speed increase.
In the end, I was stuck in the bottleneck between level 97 and level 98 for several years.
But his breakthrough ended there, and Star Douluo was stuck at level 99 all his life.
In his later years, he always regretted his choice of the second to sixth soul beast.
If you choose a soul beast that has a deeper connection with starlight, you will be able to see the scenery of Extreme Douluo.
The sect leader consulted ancient books for a long time and found that there were only three types of soul beasts that were most suitable to become Xu Mingxi's second soul ring.
The first type was called Starlight Grass, a special existence among the Star Gathering Grass clan. This grass was extremely rare and the Star Crown Sect had never seen such star gathering grass in all the years they had cultivated it.
The second soul beast was called the Star Tiger. There were mysterious patterns on the surface of the tiger's skin. It was inactive during the day and active at night.
It had the most special ability, which was to attract star power to surround its body, thus greatly increasing its speed.
The third type was the Star Energy Turtle that Xu Mingxi had seen before. The Star Crown Sect had a map that led to the Star Energy Turtle tribe,
but the Star Energy Turtle was a last resort out of desperation. If the first two types couldn't be found, this method could be used.
But Xu Mingguang's situation was simple. A Falling Stone Bear soul beast that can produce Falling Star Soul Skills is his best choice.
A suitable soul beast was hard to find, and the group had been searching for it on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest for half a month.
Xu Mingguang unexpectedly found the rockfall bear he needed.
Judging from the size and color of its fur, it should be over 700 years old. The two elders immediately took action to capture it.
Xu Mingguang took out a dagger and instantly turned the stone-collapse bear into his second soul ring.
But there was no sign of the soul beast Xu Mingxi needed.
That day, after walking for half a day, Xu Mingxi suddenly had a new idea.
"Grandpa, Second Elder, since we can't find them, why don't we let them come to us."
The soul beasts Xu Mingxi needed were all closely related to starlight. Could a place with abundant starlight attract them?
The idea was recognized by the two elders. After all, this was just the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Not to mention ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, even soul beasts over five-thousand years old were rare, so there was no need to fear them at all.
As night fell, the stars twinkled in the sky, and Xu Mingxi sat on the ground looking up at the starry sky.
A crown of stars appeared, the first soul ring lit up, and starlight was drawn down from the distant sky, covering Xu Mingxi with a layer of star veil.
The surrounding environment was also illuminated by starlight, and the place where Xu Mingxi was was like a bright light in the midst of darkness.
The nearby soul beasts could naturally see him clearly. In the distance, a tiger soul beast raised its head while eating.
It looked towards Xu Mingxi, as if it felt some sort of attraction.
Without much intelligence, it ran towards something that caught its attention.
The second elder standing beside Xu Mingxi was already in a state of high alert, and countless soul beasts nearby had been immobilized by his Star Attraction Technique.
"This is it."
A tiger with mysterious patterns suddenly leapt out of the bushes in front of Xu Mingxi. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that some starlight had gathered on its body.
The second elder used the Shooting Star Technique to stun it, then used the Pulling Star Technique to immobilize it.
"Mingxi, it's your turn, kill it."
Xu Mingxi, who was still using his first soul skill, seemed to sense something and shook his head at the second elder.
"Grandpa, take this Star Tiger with you, and let's go somewhere."
The three of them were suddenly confused. Hadn't they already ordered the Star Tiger? What was Mingxi doing now?
However, the three of them also believed in Mingxi and felt that she definitely wouldn't do something without purpose.
The Great Elder carried the Star Tiger on his shoulder and walked in front, while the Second Elder protected it from behind, occasionally casting Star Attractor Spells at the Star Tiger to prevent it from moving.
Soon, under Xu Mingxi's guidance, everyone arrived at a valley full of familiar star gathering grass.
Could it be...
As the trio wondered, Xu Mingxi moved, as if starlight was guiding him, walking towards the depths of the valley.
Sure enough, Xu Mingxi was overjoyed when he saw the star gathering grass with yellow patterns in front of him.
This starlight-gathering grass with yellow patterns was the starlight grass recorded in the sect's ancient books. The yellow pattern was formed due to the absorption of starlight over a long period of time.
"Grandpa, I'll choose it."
"Mingxi, why don't you think about it some more. This soul skill given by the Starlight Grass may not be useful."
Although it was possible to acquire soul skills that had no attack, defense, control, or assistance.
But Xu Mingxi still wanted to choose Starlight Grass, simply because Starlight Grass mutated after Star Gathering Grass absorbed starlight for a long time.
Its connection to starlight was incomparable to the Star Tiger.
Xu Mingxi wanted to become a god.
Even though there was no Star God title, he still had ambitions to create his own Star God title.
Although the two elders didn't know what Xu Mingxi was thinking, fortunately, the Star Light Grass was also part of the sect leader's plan.
Furthermore, it was merely a second soul skill. Unless it was a reinforcement skill, it was of no use to Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo.
Judging from Star Tiger's appearance, the only soul reinforcement ability it could possibly produce was speed reinforcement.
For those soul masters who possess the Star Crown Martial Soul, who possess the soul skill of Star Protector, standing still and expending power is their normal state, and the last thing they need is speed enhancement.
The Star Light Grass had no attacking ability, so Xu Mingxi quickly killed it with a single slash of his sword.
A yellow soul ring appeared on the spot, and judging from the color, it didn't seem as dark as the Fallen Stone Bear's soul ring before.
Xu Mingxi sat quietly. Under the guidance of his soul power, the soul ring continued to move towards his head.