Chapter 173: Heading to Sunset Forest
Shi Lin walked out of his workstation and came to the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile's side. He reached out and took out the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile's spirit bone, which was a golden crocodile skull-shaped spirit bone.
"Holy crap, it really is a spirit bone!" Shi Lin exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes wide.
Shi Lin glanced around and, finding no one nearby, put the spirit bone into his soul tool without hesitation.
However, after taking the spirit bone, Shi Lin frowned slightly. At this time, the flesh of the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile had been pressed into shape. If someone came here to dismantle the spirit beast's corpse, they would definitely find that a spirit bone had been produced here.
Shi Lin had originally planned to use the crocodile skin to make a carriage lining, but now it seems he should forget about it.
After all, no carriage is as valuable as a spirit bone.
"Never mind, I'll leave first," Shi Lin said helplessly, pursing his lips.
With a wave of his hand, Shi Lin put the corpse of the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile into his soul tool, while also leaving behind the corpse of another crocodile spirit beast.
Then, Shi Lin said something to the waiter next to him, stood up and left the shop.
As Shi Lin walked along the streets of Heaven Dou City, he pondered to himself. He never expected that on his first day at the shop, he would actually obtain a spirit bone after just one visit.
Moreover, the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile is a high-quality spirit beast, and the spirit bones it produces are also top-tier, so its value is around two to three million gold soul coins.
After calculating it this way, all the gold soul coins he spent in Heaven Dou City were returned in one go.
"It really is fate." Shi Lin shook his head helplessly.
After returning to the courtyard, he went straight to his room and took out the spirit bone.
It must be said that the quality of the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile is truly excellent, and the aura emanating from this spirit bone is also very eye-catching.
The spirit bone was entirely golden and translucent, emitting a faint golden light, and it also had blood-red veins inside, making it seem completely out of place for a thousand-year-old spirit beast.
But at that moment... Shi Lin suddenly thought of a problem.
With this spirit bone placed in such an obvious spot, how could that young man who was selling spirit beast corpses not have seen it?
Shi Lin thought about it from another angle, and everything seemed a bit illogical, but he couldn't figure out what the young man was trying to do.
Shi Lin picked up the spirit bone and examined it carefully. The spirit bone was fine. He also glanced at the spirit beast's corpse, which was also fine.
Shi Lin's eyes darted around, but he really couldn't figure out what the problem was, nor could he understand who would go to such lengths as to use a spirit bone as bait.
"This is strange," Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
Shi Lin pondered for a moment, then sealed the spirit beast's corpse and spirit bone.
For Shi Lin, a five-thousand-year-old spirit bone was no different from a chicken bone; absorbing it would take up space, but not absorbing it would be a waste of money.
Therefore, the best solution for Shi Lin is to temporarily seal it. If there are no problems, that would be ideal. If there are problems, he would be useless, but he could still attack or defend.
After sealing the spirit bone, Shi Lin sat in his room and began to cultivate.
The matter was left unresolved for the time being, and Shi Lin didn't want to deal with it anymore.
Moreover, how could a five-thousand-year-old spirit bone not cause Shi Lin to rack his brains over it?
...
Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three months, Shi Lin kept a low profile, focusing all his energy on cultivation except for acquiring various materials at the Nabao Pavilion.
Apart from the Dragon Blood Golden Crocodile's spirit bone, Shi Lin did not acquire any other spirit bones, but he did acquire quite a few gold, silver, jade, agate, and gemstone items.
These items can be used to refine Gu worms, so this acquisition will save Shi Lin some gold soul coins.
In Heaven Dou City, Shi Lin has no freedom whatsoever. Not to mention, several courtyards near Shi Lin's courtyard are already inhabited by members of the Heaven Dou royal family.
These people have nothing else to do but monitor Shi Lin.
So, besides cultivating, Shi Lin had nothing else to do in Heaven Dou City.
Today, Shi Lin has finally broken through to level 30!
As his cultivation gradually stabilized, Shi Lin let out a long breath.
"Finally, I've broken through!" Shi Lin exclaimed excitedly, jumping out of bed.
Now that I've successfully broken through to level 30, I can absorb a spirit ring and then refine a third-tier Gu worm.
It seems that the effects of third-tier Gu worms are stronger than those of second-tier Gu worms!
Shi Lin took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions, and then walked out of the room.
At this moment, Shi An was cultivating in the courtyard. In the past few days, Shi Lin had broken through his power, so Shi An had been cultivating in the courtyard to prevent Shi Lin from suddenly coming out and not being able to find him.
"Brother An!" Shi Lin came to Shi An's side and greeted him.
"Young Master, you're out!" Shi An immediately exited his cultivation state and smiled at Shi Lin.
Shi An also knew that Shi Lin had successfully broken through!
"Let's pack up, we're going out for a bit." Shi Lin raised an eyebrow and said to Shi An with a smile.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's words, Shi An's eyes visibly lit up.
Shi Lin's statement proves that he has successfully broken through level 30.
"Yes, young master, everything is ready." Shi An nodded excitedly.
Shi Lin nodded to Shi An, and then they each returned to their own rooms, with signs indicating "Seclusion" hanging on the doors of their rooms.
The two people used a mechanism in their room to enter the underground passage.
After being modified by Shi Lin's workers, the entire courtyard was filled with hidden mechanisms.
The two soon met up in the tunnel.
"Congratulations on breaking through to level 30, young master," Shi An said respectfully, bowing to Shi Lin.
"Hehe, I'll have to trouble Brother An to go to Sunset Forest with me." Shi Lin said with a smile to Shi An.
"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely ensure your safety," Shi An said earnestly to Shi Lin.
"Brother An, have you prepared all the antidote herbs and mosquito repellent materials I asked you to prepare these past two days?" Shi Lin turned around and asked Shi An.
Shi An immediately took out a soul tool and handed it to Shi Lin.
"Young Master, everything is ready, and I've also prepared a gemstone and a medicine packet to repel insects," Shi An introduced to Shi Lin.
After hearing Shi An's introduction, Shi Lin nodded in satisfaction.
"Let's go, let's set off!" Shi Lin waved and said to Shi An.
A low-grade light cluster gu was placed every thirty meters in the tunnel, which was just enough to illuminate the tunnel.
Shi Lin and Shi An walked down the stairs for nearly ten meters before reaching the end of the stairs.
After three months, Shi Lin's workers not only dug out a several-hundred-square-meter secret chamber for practicing Gu under the courtyard, but also dug out a secret passage leading away from Heaven Dou City.
The secret passage ends at a village that Shi Lin secretly bought, where the workers now live.
The village is only a dozen kilometers away from Heaven Dou City, so it took three months for this underground passage to be completed.
This tunnel is located ten meters underground, and it could only be successfully dug with the help of the Earth-Escape Gu.
The straight tunnel in front of Shi Lin is the passage to leave Heaven Dou City.
The passageway was straight and wide, with two very long railway tracks in the center, and a small car on the tracks.
There was no other way; it was more than ten kilometers long, and walking would take quite a bit of time, so this railway track was designed to save a lot of time.
Shi Lin took out a horse from his personal space and harnessed it to the rickshaw.
Currently, Shi Lin only possesses the Wind-Riding Gu of frogs, which are not suitable for pulling a cart due to their hopping motion.
As Shi Lin unleashed a burst of spirit power, the horses immediately began to run. The railcar was pulled with very little effort, and the horses moved with ease.
A dozen minutes later, Shi Lin and Shi An arrived at the end of the tunnel. After stopping the carriage, they put the horses back into their personal space.
"Young Master, you haven't been to this village before, have you? Would you like to go up and take a look?" Shi An suddenly asked Shi Lin with a smile.
"I've never been there before. Let's go up and take a look, see what they've built the village into." Shi Lin's eyes lit up, and he nodded.
"This way, please." Shi An gestured for him to come out, and then led Shi Lin out of the tunnel.
Emerging from the tunnel, one finds a spacious hall, spanning several thousand square meters, with walls covered in design plans and drafts for the underground chambers.
There were more than a dozen tables in the hall, with various tools and pencils on them, used for surveying maps and making design drawings.
"Young Master, let's go this way. We can get out from here," Shi An said to Shi Lin with a smile. Then he led Shi Lin to a set of steps and brought him back to the ground.
At this time, houses were under construction in the village. Shi Lin was rich, so the village was full of houses with blue bricks and tiles. However, these houses were not built uniformly; they were arranged in a staggered and orderly manner, making them very beautiful.
Anyway, this place will serve the underground trainers in the future, so it's not a big problem if it's a little better.
"Young Master, this is where they live. They've bought a lot of slaves recently, and the nearby land has been cultivated and planted with crops. From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary village," Shi An explained to Shi Lin with a smile.
Looking at the well-constructed village, Shi Lin nodded with great satisfaction, pleased that his foreman was quite capable.
At that moment, the foreman, who was inspecting the construction work in the village, saw Shi Lin emerge from the secret passage.
He paused for a moment, then instinctively ran to Shi Lin's side.
"Greetings, young master!" The foreman bowed respectfully to Shi Lin.
"No need for formalities, this village is quite well done." Shi Lin patted the foreman on the shoulder with satisfaction and said with a smile.
"It's all thanks to Young Master's full support. Without Young Master's gold soul coins, this village wouldn't have been able to be built so well." The foreman stood up and smiled at Shi Lin as he spoke.
"You're too kind. Keep up the good work, and your benefits will be improved," Shi Lin said to the foreman with a smile.
"Young Master, is there anything I can do for you this time?" the foreman asked Shi Lin.
"There's nothing you need to do. On the contrary, is there anything you need me to do? I don't plan to make a profit here, so you can invest a lot of money here," Shi Lin said with a smile to the foreman.
This will be Shi Lin's base in the future. As long as it can train qualified Spirit Masters for Shi Lin, any amount of money invested will be worthwhile.
More importantly, Shi Lin now has money, and if he doesn't put it to good use, he'll be losing money.
"We have enough gold soul coins for now, and enough Earth-Escape Gu..." the foreman said to Shi Lin.
"Okay, it's best if nothing's wrong. I'm about to go out for a bit, so I'll be going now. I won't keep you from your business." Shi Lin smiled at the foreman and said, then left the village with Shi An.
"Respectfully seeing off young master!" The foreman bowed respectfully to Shi Lin.
Shi Lin led Shi An to the outside of the village, and after getting into the carriage, they headed straight for Sunset Forest.
After making inquiries, Shi Lin learned about a high-quality space-attribute spirit beast, which was located in Sunset Forest.
The Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes is also located in Sunset Forest.
Shi Lin also wanted to see the magical Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes. He was very curious about this magical place, but he couldn't take anything out of it.
After leaving the village, Shi Lin took out a map, confirmed the route, and then Shi Lin and Shi An boarded the Wind-Riding Gu.
They found a secluded path and rushed off into the distance.
...
As the sun set, Shi Lin and Shi An arrived outside Sunset Forest.
It has to be said that the Wind-Riding Gu is incredibly fast.
"Young Master, Sunset Forest is full of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts. Let's set up camp outside." Shi An stopped Shi Lin, who wanted to enter the forest, and said with a slight frown.
Upon hearing Shi An's words, Shi Lin pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Shi Lin originally planned to set up camp in Sunset Forest so that he could use Gu worms to explore the surrounding environment at night.
However, Shi An is also right. Sunset Forest has the largest number of poison-attribute spirit beasts in Douluo Continent, making it a paradise for poison spirit masters.
Therefore, Shi Lin still needs to be careful with those poisonous insects.
"Alright, let's set up camp outside then. It's really too dangerous inside." Shi Lin nodded, agreeing with Shi An's suggestion.
Then, the two found a ravine nearby, put down the two small wooden houses, and replaced the Gu worms on their bodies with offensive Gu worms, which they then released.
Both of them should get a good night's sleep tonight, and then enter Sunset Forest early tomorrow morning.
...
The next morning, Shi Lin got up early, washed up with Shi An, tidied up the campsite, and went straight into Sunset Forest.
Before entering Sunset Forest, Shi Lin took out two second-tier copper armor gu. After forming a contract, they could form a bronze armor on the surface of the skin. The most terrifying things in Sunset Forest were the poisonous snakes, insects, rats and ants.
In addition, Shi Lin sprinkled all sorts of mosquito-repelling materials on himself and Shi An.
Finally, Shi Lin and Shi An each contracted a second-tier detoxification gu and a second-tier healing gu, and their pockets were also filled with a lot of detoxification pills.
Sunset Forest is different from Star Dou Great Forest; it has many poisonous spirit beasts, so Shi Lin and Shi An should be careful.
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