Chapter 135: Heading to the Soul Hunter Forest
The next morning, Shi Lin got up early.
After a quick wash, he put on a set of clothes suitable for combat underneath and a set of casual clothes on top before leaving his room, since he was about to enter the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts.
Next, Shi Lin found Shi An, and the two of them got into a carriage and headed towards the village where Du Yunqing lived.
Next, he needed to persuade the old man to join his family, and Shi Lin was confident he could convince Du Yunqing.
Before setting off, Shi Lin and Shi An purchased some daily necessities. When they visited yesterday, they saw that Du Yunqing and his grandson were living in poverty, so this was considered an investment in advance.
"Grandpa Du, I'm bothering you again." Shi Lin knocked on the door and called out to Du Yunqing and Du Ming inside.
"Creak..."
Du Yunqing opened the gate and let Shi Lin and Shi An into the courtyard.
"Come in and sit down," Du Yunqing said with a smile, inviting Shi Lin and Shi An to rest in the courtyard.
"Grandpa, what have you decided? Do you want to come back with me?" Shi Lin said with a smile to Du Yunqing.
"Sigh… Although what you said makes a lot of sense, I still think…" Du Yunqing sighed, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Shi Lin.
Judging from his appearance, Shi Lin knew that Du Yunqing didn't want to leave this place with him.
"It's alright, Mr. Du, let me tell you about our family."
"Our family is located in Notting City, in the Barak Kingdom under the Heaven Dou Empire. That place is on the border and is relatively poor, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful. If there were no war, it would be a very suitable place to retire."
"Although Notting City is poor, my family is not so poor. Our family's main businesses are the liquor business and pig farming, so we would like to invite you to join our family and help us brew liquor."
"Of course, your salary in our household will not be less than a thousand gold soul coins a month. I don't know how talented your grandson is, but if he wants to become a soul master, I can help him. If he wants to brew wine, I will also help him."
Shi Lin spoke earnestly to Du Yunqing, his expression sincere and his attitude earnest, which didn't seem like he was lying.
"Does your family also brew wine?" Du Yunqing looked at Shi Lin with a puzzled expression.
Shi Lin nodded seriously, then took out a jar of wine brewed from his own top-grade wine gu from his soul tool.
"Mr. Du, this is our family's homemade wine. Please have a taste." Shi Lin opened the mud seal and showed it to Du Yunqing.
As the wine jar was opened, a fragrant aroma of wine mixed with bamboo leaves wafted out instantly.
"Yunniangzhu wine? No, this tastes very strange. Could it be that Yunniangzhu was used when brewing the wine?" Du Yunqing instantly recognized the aroma of Yunniangzhu wine.
However, this is wine produced by Gu worms, which is milder and smoother, which is why Du Yunqing is so confused.
"Interesting, very interesting! If I'm not mistaken, this wine isn't brewed. Although I don't know the brewing technique, the quality is undeniable." Du Yunqing took out his wine set, tasted the wine, and carefully smacked his lips.
"Wait, this shouldn't be brewed, but rather a product of soul power," Du Yunqing said with a faint smile to Shi Lin.
Du Yunqing's gaze seemed to see right through Shi Lin, making Shi Lin feel a little uncomfortable.
However, Shi Lin increasingly felt that Du Yunqing was amazing. He could tell that this was not brewed by simply tasting it, after all, so many wine merchants had not been able to find any problems with it.
"You guessed right, it is indeed not brewed, Elder Du. Please think carefully about my conditions." Shi Lin stood up and said to Du Yunqing.
"I will study it carefully," Du Yunqing nodded and said earnestly to Shi Lin.
The request that Shi Lin had just made was still very attractive to Du Yunqing at this moment.
"Elder Du, I'm going to hunt soul beasts today. This hunt will take about three days. Please think it over carefully during this time. I'll take my leave now," Shi Lin said to Du Yunqing, then bowed respectfully.
"Don't worry, I'll think it over carefully. By the way, once you enter the Soul Hunter Forest, please be careful." Du Yunqing lowered his eyes and sighed as he spoke.
"Alright, Elder Du, we'll take our leave now!" Shi Lin clasped his hands in a fist salute to Du Yunqing, then led Shi An away from Du Yunqing's courtyard.
Afterwards, Shi Lin and Shi An boarded the carriage and left the village, heading towards the Soul Hunter Forest.
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After leaving the village for some distance.
"Young Master, should we ambush these two and take them away in the middle of the night?" Shi An said to Shi Lin.
"If all else fails, then this is the only way. With Old Master Du's brewing skills, we must bring him back to Notting City," Shi Lin said with a heavy expression.
The batch production of top-grade wine gu is extremely important to the Shi family. If the plan goes smoothly, as long as a group of people loyal to the Shi family are cultivated, Shi Lin can turn all of them into Soul Masters!
That's quite a force to be reckoned with.
Given enough time, the Spirit Hall will have to step aside.
Shi Lin pursed his lips, his eyes filled with solemnity.
There are many brewers, but there are not many brewers of Du Yunqing's caliber. Therefore, Shi Lin should try to persuade Du Yunqing to join the Shi family first.
"Brother An, let's not think about that for now. Let's study the hunting of soul beasts first. Although the Illusory Winged Butterfly has a gentle nature, it is extremely lethal and it is also a social animal." Shi Lin suddenly changed the subject and said to Shi An.
"Young Master, I... can't help with things that require thinking. Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it." Shi An smiled foolishly and said.
Shi Lin responded and then sat in the carriage to examine the information on the Illusory Winged Butterfly, trying to figure out how to kill an Illusory Winged Butterfly with a thousand years of cultivation.
The bloodline of the Illusory Winged Butterfly comes from the top-tier soul beast, the Void Butterfly, which is said to be a top-tier spatial divine beast capable of traversing any space-time.
Therefore, the Illusory Winged Butterfly is also quite powerful, skilled in using spatial blades and spatial teleportation, and has virtually no rivals among soul beasts of the same level.
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Two hours later, Shi Lin and Shi An finally arrived at their destination, the Soul Hunting Forest.
After the two of them got off the carriage, they handed the Soul Hunting Token to the guards of the Soul Hunting Forest and then entered the Soul Hunting Forest.
There was no extortion or bribery during this process.
Shi Lin felt that the Star Luo Empire was more suitable than the Heaven Dou Empire to unify the continent...
As for the carriage, Shi Lin spent two silver soul coins to have it boarded in the stable next door.
After entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Shi Lin took out a map and carefully checked the direction before leading Shi An toward the Illusory Winged Butterfly.
The Illusory Winged Butterflies are the strongest group in the entire Soul Hunting Forest, so their territory is located deep within the forest, requiring a long journey to reach.
It wasn't until sunset that Shi Lin and Shi An arrived near the territory of the Illusory Winged Butterfly.
Although the Illusory Winged Butterfly has a gentle nature, it is extremely lethal, so there are no powerful soul beasts nearby, only some weaker soul beasts.
"We're only a few hundred meters from the Illusory Winged Butterfly. Let's rest here tonight and hunt soul beasts first thing tomorrow morning, hoping to absorb the soul ring smoothly," Shi Lin said to Shi An after putting away the map.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An looked around and soon arrived at a flat area.
Shi Lin and Shi An decided to set up camp here and then challenge the Illusory Winged Butterfly tomorrow.
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