Chapter 117: Star Dou Great Forest
Soon, Lin Mo, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy together.
It was afternoon, and several teams were scattered across the training field, practicing their combat skills.
Qin Ming was standing at the edge of the training field, speaking with the Shi Family Brothers. Hearing footsteps, he turned around. When he saw Lin Mo, he was clearly stunned for a moment.
"Lin Mo?" Qin Ming sounded somewhat surprised. "You're back?"
"Teacher Qin." Lin Mo stepped forward and bowed slightly.
Qin Ming sized him up with emotion in his eyes.
His impression of Lin Mo was quite deep. Although Lin Mo had been enrolled for some time, the number of days he had actually spent at the academy could be counted on one hand.
In the eyes of Qin Ming and the other teachers, Lin Mo had basically spent the past two years cultivating by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's side and rarely showed his face at the academy.
"Is there a reason you came back this time?" Qin Ming asked.
"Yes," Lin Mo said directly. "I heard that Teacher Qin is leading the team to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Yu Tianheng's fourth spirit ring."
"I would like to join this Spirit Hunt as well."
He paused, then said calmly, "My cultivation has also reached a bottleneck, and I need a spirit ring to break through."
Hearing this, Qin Ming showed a look of realization and nodded thoughtfully.
"That's right," he said with a sigh. "More than two years ago, not long after you enrolled, your cultivation had already broken through to Rank 30."
"I didn't expect that after Rank 30, your cultivation speed would still remain so fast, allowing you to reach the Rank 40 bottleneck so quickly."
He looked at Lin Mo with approval in his eyes. "In that case, you should come along. It will also be a good chance for all of you to cooperate and familiarize yourselves with one another's abilities."
"The Spirit Master Competition is about to begin, so team integration is very important."
Hearing Qin Ming's words, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, who were standing behind Lin Mo, looked at each other and could not help covering their mouths as they chuckled.
Teacher Qin had misunderstood. With Lin Mo's current cultivation, how could he only be Rank 40?
Lin Mo did not explain and simply nodded. "Then I will have to trouble Teacher Qin."
A misunderstanding was fine. He had no intention of explaining the details to Qin Ming. It was not necessary.
Taking advantage of the pause in conversation, Lin Mo focused slightly and sensed Qin Ming's spirit power fluctuations.
Because he had consumed the Gaze Through Autumn Water Dew and his Body Martial Soul had newly awakened the Spirit Eyes, his mental force far exceeded that of Spirit Masters at the same rank. Even though Qin Ming was a Spirit Emperor slightly above Rank 60, Lin Mo could still sense him quite clearly.
The spirit power fluctuations from Qin Ming indicated that he had only recently broken through to Rank 60.
However, if Lin Mo remembered correctly, Teacher Qin's fifth spirit ring was not a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, but a thousand-year one.
In terms of spirit ring configuration, he was slightly inferior to other Spirit Emperors.
Regarding the number of ten-thousand-year spirit rings, Qin Ming, just like Lin Mo, a Quasi-Spirit King, only possessed one ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
Qin Ming naturally had no idea what Lin Mo was thinking.
He clapped his hands and called over the others practicing on the training field.
The Shi Family Brothers, Yu Feng, Oslo, and Yu Tianheng, who had just returned from his clan, soon gathered around Qin Ming.
When Yu Tianheng saw Lin Mo, his eyes clearly brightened, but he quickly regained his composure and simply nodded to Lin Mo in greeting.
"Everyone is here." Qin Ming swept his gaze over the eight students present and said solemnly, "The main goal of this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest is to hunt for suitable fourth spirit rings for Tianheng and Lin Mo."
"At the same time, this is an important chance for our team to train together before the Spirit Master Competition. Everyone must follow orders and must not act without authorization. Understood?"
"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.
Qin Ming nodded in satisfaction. "Before we set off, I'll first explain our destination: the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"The reason we are choosing the Star Dou Great Forest is simple."
He looked at Yu Tianheng and Lin Mo. "Once a Spirit Master's cultivation breaks through Rank 40, if they want to obtain a spirit ring that is suitable and of high enough quality, it is basically impossible to find one in a man-made Soul Hunting Forest."
"Generally speaking, they must go to wild Spirit Beast gathering grounds. The Star Dou Great Forest is currently the Spirit Beast forest with the highest overall quality and richest variety of species on the continent."
"Any Spirit Master with ability and ambition for their future will make the Star Dou Great Forest their first choice when hunting for spirit rings."
"The species, quantity, and overall quality of Spirit Beasts there are far superior to other gathering grounds."
Hearing Qin Ming's words, Yu Tianheng immediately became fully alert.
He subconsciously glanced at Lin Mo, his eyes filled with clear battle intent. "Lin Mo, after we both obtain our fourth spirit rings and return to the academy, let's spar again."
"This time, when I returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, my gains were... very good."
Halfway through his sentence, Yu Tianheng's expression involuntarily turned a little sour, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Clearly, the days of bitter cultivation in seclusion within his clan were not memories he would call pleasant.
Lin Mo smiled and said calmly, "I'm ready anytime."
On the side, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's expressions became somewhat strange when they heard Yu Tianheng's words.
Yu Tianheng clearly did not know Lin Mo's true current cultivation. One wondered whether he would still be so spirited once he found out.
Qin Ming waved his hand. "In that case, prepare to set off."
"Everyone, check your personal belongings, especially antidotes and potions. Make sure you have everything. Gather at the academy gate tomorrow morning on time and prepare for departure!"
"Yes!"
Everyone dispersed to make their final preparations.
The next morning.
At the main gate of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the group of nine had already gathered.
Besides Qin Ming, who was leading the group, the other eight were the current members of the Emperor Fighting Team: Lin Mo, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, the Shi Family Brothers, Yu Feng, and Oslo.
They were also the final members of Heaven Dou Team One, which Heaven Dou Royal Academy would send to participate in the Spirit Master Competition.
There truly were no talents in Team Two who had caught Qin Ming's eye, so the members of Team One ended up being them.
Qin Ming swept his gaze over everyone. After confirming that everything was in order, he nodded.
"Let's go."
The group immediately set off, heading out of Heaven Dou City.
They first needed to take a carriage to the town nearest to the Star Dou Great Forest, then enter the forest from there.
Inside the carriage, the atmosphere was much livelier than it had been at the academy.
Compared to the tedious day-after-day cultivation at the academy, the upcoming spirit-hunting journey clearly made these young people much more excited.
Yu Feng leaned by the window, looking at the scenery rushing past outside, and muttered, "Finally, we can go out and move around. I was about to suffocate at the academy."
Oslo leaned against the seat opposite him, hands behind his head, and said lazily, "I hope we have better luck this time. Let's not be like last time, searching for days without finding a suitable Spirit Beast."
Yu Tianheng sat near the carriage door, his eyes full of anticipation.
He had been looking forward to his fourth spirit ring for a long time. During this trip back to his clan, his elders had given him many suggestions, and he had already set his sights on a specific type of Spirit Beast.
If he encountered one, he definitely could not miss it.
Lin Mo sat quietly by the window, his gaze fixed outside.
Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan sat beside him, talking in low voices and occasionally glancing at Lin Mo, faint smiles on their lips.
Qin Ming sat at the very front, resting with his eyes closed.
The carriage headed south, steadily moving toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
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