"Let me think about how Tang San helped Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan solve their poison problems," Shi Yu brainstormed, trying hard to recall.
Senior had to figure out the specific steps; solving the poison issue was the key to handling Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo's personality might be a bit reclusive, and he could indeed kill someone, even if that person had no grudge against him.
But if you truly helped him, he would most likely not kill you, remembering the favor for many years.
This could be seen from the fact that Dugu Bo dared to stand up and confront the Pope when Tang San was targeted by the Hall of Spirits.
"Dugu Yan's problem can be solved by injecting the poison into a Soul Bone."
"Dugu Bo's problem is relatively more complex; it seems to require the medicinal properties of the Fiery Apricot and Eight-Cornered Black Ice Herb mixture to detoxify," Shi Yu tried hard to recall.
Senior didn't understand medicine and could only memorize the answer by rote.
Senior wasn't sure if Tang San used other medicines for auxiliary treatment, but what was certain was that those two immortal herbs were key to saving Dugu Bo.
Of course, the operation of injecting the poison into the Soul Bone was also necessary; the medicinal properties of the two immortal herbs mixed together mainly played an auxiliary role.
After figuring out how to deal with Dugu Bo, Shi Yu started to get a headache over another problem: Senior didn't know many immortal herbs.
There were many medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, some of which might even be highly poisonous. If Senior didn't recognize them and rashly touched them, there would likely be problems.
Senior didn't want to end up accidentally poisoning himself instead of getting the immortal herbs.
Dugu Bo's problem had a solution, but this problem was truly a bit unsolvable.
Shi Yu couldn't get a medicinal herb encyclopedia in a short amount of Time to recognize those herbs.
It seemed Shi Yu could only rely on luck, touching only the immortal herbs that had been mentioned as much as possible, and absolutely not touching other medicinal materials if Senior didn't need to.
It was even best to reduce breathing; the smell emitted by some medicinal herbs might be poisonous.
"Fortunately, I have Space ability, so the problem shouldn't be too big," Shi Yu had already thought about how to collect those immortal herbs.
Shi Yu didn't understand immortal herbs as well as Tang San, who could collect them in the most perfect way.
But Shi Yu had Senior's own unique methods, which Tang San did not possess.
As Shi Yu thought, Senior fell asleep. The tens of thousands of Naruto's Instant Transmission Shi Yu had used along the way had left Senior physically and mentally exhausted, and Shi Yu slept until noon.
Someone passing by still woke Senior up.
"Little brother, why are you sleeping here?" Someone walked over and asked with a slight smile.
Shi Yu rubbed Senior's eyes. The person in front of Senior was dressed very unusually, giving off a sense of nobility at first glance, and Senior's demeanor was also extraordinary.
Who is this... Shi Yu muttered in Senior's heart, but on the surface, Senior said, "I want to go to Sunset Forest to get a Soul Ring. I didn't want to rest in the forest at night, so I just lay here for the night."
While speaking, Shi Yu stood up, folded Senior's clothes, and held them in Senior's hand, not putting them directly into Senior's Storage Soul Tool.
This person also had seven companions, all middle-aged men, who looked like Senior's guards or bodyguards. Some of them gave Shi Yu a faint sense of danger, possibly indicating great strength.
In this situation, Senior naturally didn't want to expose that Shi Yu also had a Storage Soul Tool.
In this era, Storage Soul Tools were considered rare items. Even if they weren't short on money, they might still be tempted by it.
"It's pretty much what I guessed, but are you entering Sunset Forest alone?" The man, who looked to be only in his twenties, looked around but didn't see anyone who seemed to be Shi Yu's companion.
Besides their group, there was only Shi Yu here, so where could they see anyone else?
"Mm." Shi Yu nodded.
"Then you must be careful about your safety. Sunset Forest is dangerous, and you might lose your life in there if you're not careful," the man kindly reminded.
"Thank you for the reminder, I will be careful," Shi Yu replied politely.
The man said no more and led the others towards Sunset Forest.
After a moment of hesitation, Shi Yu chose a different route from theirs.
This kind of Soul Beast forest didn't have a fixed entrance; one could enter anywhere.
Shi Yu preferred to act alone and didn't want to follow behind them.
"If that person was willing to ask us, perhaps we could help him get a Soul Ring along the way."
"But he seems to have quite a bit of backbone. It will depend on whether Senior is lucky or not," said a burly man among the group.
"Hopefully Senior is lucky," the man said kindly, glancing towards Shi Yu.
The Old man closest to Senior lingered his gaze on Shi Yu for a while longer. Senior's intuition told Senior that this person didn't seem simple.
Shi Yu didn't use Senior's Naruto's Instant Transmission ability, not wanting to easily expose Senior's capabilities.
It was also just right to walk slowly, eating as Senior went. After filling Senior's stomach, Shi Yu would have more energy.
Senior entered Sunset Forest, using Senior's Space ability to fly, reaching a position slightly higher than the trees.
Looking into the distance, Shi Yu saw many mountain peaks at a glance, but couldn't determine which one was the peak Senior wanted to reach.
Shi Yu took a step, moving nearly two hundred meters, continuously moving rapidly above the forest.
When entering a Soul Beast forest, it's best not to fly in the air, as it's very conspicuous and easily makes you a target for Soul Beasts.
In the forest, there aren't only land-based Soul Beasts; there are also flying Soul Beasts, and they often treat humans flying in the air as prey.
Shi Yu was targeted by a flying Soul Beast, which aggressively swooped down towards Senior.
Shi Yu was awe-inspired and started running in the air, each step covering one or two hundred meters, easily leaving the Thousand Year flying Soul Beast behind.
This flying Soul Beast was also somewhat persistent, chasing hard.
Shi Yu landed and ran on the ground for another minute, covering several kilometers, completely shaking off the Soul Beast.
Running in the forest was very inconvenient; there were too many trees inside. Senior had to be careful about Senior's Space landing point; it was easy to bump into a tree if Senior wasn't careful.
The distance covered by running for a minute inside might be less than the distance covered by running for half a minute outside.
Shi Yu arrived at the foot of the first mountain peak, hoping this was the peak Senior wanted to reach.
However, that wasn't the case. What Senior saw when Senior reached the summit wasn't a valley, but a Ten Thousand Year Phoenix.
This was a Ten Thousand Year flying Soul Beast that Senior didn't recognize, but the energy color it displayed was black, and Senior knew very well what that represented.
The simplest way to determine a Soul Beast's age limit was to determine the color of its energy.
Ten years is white, a hundred years is yellow, a thousand years is purple, ten thousand years is black, and a hundred thousand year Soul Beast is red.
One also needed to be careful to distinguish whether the Soul Beast's energy attribute itself had a unique color.
For example, if you see a fire-attributed Soul Beast whose energy appears red, its age limit might not be a hundred thousand years.
Based on the energy color, one could only make a rough identification, which was not accurate enough.