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The journey to the Thunder Gorge was long, requiring at least a month's worth of travel.
Over the past few days, Xiao Lin and his three companions had been cultivating day and night inside their carriage without pause. It was only when they arrived in a city that they could find a hotel to sleep in and swap for a fresh carriage.
Now, they were about to board the final carriage heading toward Dragon City.
This carriage belonged to a merchant caravan.
The only reason Xiao Lin and his group were allowed to board was that they had taken on the responsibility of protecting the caravan. Otherwise, the merchant leader would never have let them join; the caravan would have preferred to recruit a few Soul Masters as guards instead.
For the remaining half of the month, they would be staying inside this carriage until they crossed the Shuo Wind Plains and reached Dragon City.
Inside the carriage, Xiao Wu curiously lifted the curtain and peered outside. In the next second, the beautiful scenery of the Shuo Wind Plains made her beautiful eyes ripple with delight, and she cried out in amazement.
"Wow! Third Brother, it's so beautiful here!"
Hearing Xiao Wu's shouts, Tang San also looked out of the carriage with curiosity.
Aside from an ancient road where carriages frequently traveled, the Shuo Wind Plains were vast and boundless. From time to time, biting, bitter northern winds blew across the endless grassland.
Here, aside from the plains themselves, the wind was the true protagonist.
"It really is. Though, Soul Beasts might appear out here," Tang San remarked.
While he marveled at the beauty of the grassland, his calm nature still led him to consider the possibility of danger.
"The Shuo Wind Plains frequently experience winds blowing in from various regions. There are winds from the Far North, winds from the Thunder Gorge, and even winds from the Wilder Highlands."
"Because of this, the number of wind-attribute Soul Beasts here is second only to those in the Great Desolate Desert of the Far West," Xiao Lin explained briefly, offering a bit of popular science from where he sat in the carriage.
If they didn't have any need for wind-attribute Soul Beasts, Xiao Lin would have gladly given them a proper lecture on the unique Soul Beasts native to this area.
"Don't let your guard down just because the Shuo Wind Plains look endless. There are still many grassland Soul Beasts here. The most terrifying ones aren't the solitary carnivores, but the Soul Beasts that move in packs and herds."
Xiao Lin then went on to explain the destructive power of the herbivorous herds in this region.
Once frightened, these Soul Beasts would charge recklessly toward a single direction without any fear of death. The immense impact of such a stampede was something even an ordinary Soul Ancestor might not necessarily be able to withstand.
This was because humans simply had too many physical weaknesses. Compared to Soul Beasts, a seemingly insignificant injury could prove fatal to a human. The impact of a thousand-year Soul Beast was already lethal enough.
Xiao Lin didn't tell Tang San and the others about these dangers for no reason; he just wanted to give them a fair warning. If they encountered an unstoppable herd of Soul Beasts, they could choose to abandon the merchant caravan.
At worst, they would just have to travel to Dragon City on foot. It wasn't that Xiao Lin was cold-blooded, but rather that he valued his own people more than strangers.
If anyone brought up the trolley problem in this world, they would surely be ridiculed. In this world, the choice was always to save the noble Soul Masters or the children with high potential...
Fortunately, Tang San was originally a member of the Tang Sect, so he completely agreed with Xiao Lin's mindset. As for Xiao Wu and Tang Ni, they were Soul Beasts transformed into humans, so they felt exactly the same way.
Xiao Lin and his companions all aimed to become Gods. Having the ideal to upgrade the Douluo Continent did not mean they would willingly sacrifice themselves to save others.
"Brother Lin, something is a bit off," Tang San suddenly muttered, his brow furrowing slightly as he looked up at the Spirit Gathering Soul Tool on the ceiling of the carriage.
"What is it?"
"Brother Lin, didn't you sense it?" Tang San asked.
"The wind blowing in right now is from the Far North, but the spiritual energy inside the Spirit Gathering Formation has clearly become much denser."
Tang San was exceptionally sensitive to spiritual energy.
This was because his Blue Silver King was a plant-type Martial Soul, and his third soul skill came from the Soul Gathering Pumpkin, which could instantly siphon away spiritual energy and vitality.
His perception could never be wrong.
"Brother Lin, does this mean that the spiritual energy in the Far North is more abundant than that of the Wilder Highlands?" Tang San asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm quite certain of it," Xiao Lin replied.
"Furthermore, the quality of the Soul Beasts in the Far North is second only to those in the Star Dou Forest. There might very well be some incredible treasures hidden there. Generally speaking, the vaster an area is, the more likely it is to birth powerful Soul Beasts."
"And anywhere powerful Soul Beasts reside, the spiritual energy won't be lacking. The same goes for treasures. In fact, I've actually thought about using the Spirit Gathering Formation to search for treasures before."
To this day, Xiao Lin still remembered that he hadn't gone looking for the treasure from his last trip to the Far North. He would definitely have to check it out one day.
Hearing Xiao Lin's unconventional idea, admiration instantly flashed in Tang San's eyes.
Brother Lin always manages to discover strange uses for things, and he can always come up with the most unorthodox methods.
However, upon hearing Xiao Lin's words about Soul Beasts, Xiao Wu blinked her eyes and quickly chimed into the conversation.
"Brother Lin, does that mean Sea Soul Beasts have the highest number of powerful experts?"
"Of course. There might even be million-year Soul Beasts in the vast ocean. If we could obtain a million-year soul ring, our ascension to Godhood would pretty much be guaranteed."
Xiao Lin nodded with certainty, sharing some of the information he already knew.
When the other three heard the phrase "million-year Soul Beast," almost all of them gasped in a mouthful of spiritual energy at the exact same time.
"A million-year Soul Beast... Even a million-year Soul Beast can't become a God?"
Tang Ni had a look of curiosity on her face.
She felt somewhat fortunate that she had chosen to transform into a human; otherwise, how could she ever hope to achieve Godhood?
Although there was a rule that Soul Beasts could not become Gods, if even a cultivation level of one million years wasn't allowed to ascend, it was terribly unfair to the Soul Beast race.
"I'm not entirely sure. For a Soul Beast to become a God, they probably have to pass a million-year Heavenly Tribulation, and I don't believe any Soul Beast could actually survive that." While Xiao Lin claimed he wasn't sure, his dismissive tone already spoke the absolute truth of the matter.
"A million-year Soul Beast is too far out of reach for us. I reckon only Brother Lin would be able to defeat one and absorb its soul ring," Tang San remarked.
He didn't know what Xiao Wu and Tang Ni were thinking, merely feeling that a million-year Soul Beast was far too distant a concept.
Tang San felt that a two or three hundred thousand-year Soul Beast would be just right for him, though he might be able to try for a soul ring above three hundred thousand years for his second Martial Soul.
"You're overestimating me. A million-year Soul Beast isn't something I can handle alone," Xiao Lin said modestly, though in his heart, he was thinking that it might be possible with the assistance of the two Great Dragon Kings.
"However, this Spirit Gathering Formation Soul Tool can also be used to locate powerful Soul Beasts. Whichever area has a greater abundance of spiritual energy is bound to harbor higher-level Soul Beasts."
The moment Xiao Lin said this, Tang San was once again astonished by his wisdom.
As expected of you, Brother Lin.
As Tang San silently marveled in his mind, the spiritual energy inside the carriage suddenly surged drastically once more. This time, the wind blowing in from outside the carriage came from the direction of the Thunder Gorge.
Sensing the skyrocketing spiritual energy inside the carriage—which was about twice as dense as the energy brought in from the Far North—Tang San and Xiao Lin couldn't help but lock eyes.
This Thunder Gorge was definitely not ordinary!
The Far North had its Three Great Rulers, so it was normal for powerful spiritual energy to blow in from there, but what exactly did the Thunder Gorge have? Even if the Thunder Gorge was closer to them than the Far North, the energy shouldn't be twice as abundant.
"The Thunder Gorge really does hold a God Inheritance!"
Almost at the exact same moment, Xiao Lin and Tang San spoke in unison.
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