"The Master said, 'Soul beasts are not that easy to hunt down. Some soul beasts born with great strength, even if they haven't been cultivated for long, still have very strong attacking power. This so-called group hunting of soul beasts is done by multiple people cooperating with each other, separately hunting the soul beasts they need and obtaining soul rings. With the help of others, one only needs to attack the soul beast once at the end. It's the most common and safest method for hunting soul beasts on the continent. But, is forming a group really that easy?'"

  The master looked at those shouting soul masters and a hint of disdain flowed out of his eyes.

  "A truly excellent hunting team must consist of at least five parts: the Food-type Equipment Soul Master is responsible for supplies, the Recovery-type Equipment Soul Master is responsible for status and soul recovery. The Agility-type Battle Soul Master is responsible for reconnaissance, the Strength-type Battle Soul Master is responsible for defense, and the Attack-type Battle Soul Master is responsible for annihilating the enemy. A team with these five parts can be considered a complete team. Moreover, the coordination between them cannot be formed in just one or two days. The process of tacit understanding alone requires at least several years of cooperation. More importantly, members of the same team must have absolute trust in each other. Otherwise, when encountering danger, it is easy to collapse instantly."

  Tang San asked in surprise: "Why did we lose? Is it because our strength is not enough?"

  The master shook his head and said calmly, "In the future, you may also have the opportunity to join a group like this. When choosing a group, you can even ignore the strength of other members, but there is one thing you must remember: in the group you join, you can turn your back on anyone."

  Tang San still didn't quite understand Master's meaning, but Master also didn't give any further explanation. He led him towards the depths of the market.

  Although the market was noisy and chaotic, when they walked out of the market and saw this vast forest in front of them, Tang San couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

  The tall trees show their age, on the outskirts of the forest, there is a circle of huge iron fences, facing one side of the forest, exposing a large number of sharp thorns. The height of the fence exceeds ten meters, looking extremely solid.

  But that's not all, outside the fence, a team of one hundred soldiers are patrolling there, these soldiers are all wearing jīng iron full-body armor, holding long guns, with strict military discipline, one hundred steel warriors standing together, giving people a sense of solemnity and killing.

  The master said in a low voice, "The captive hunting soul forest is not a place where anyone can enter. Only the soul masters who have obtained the warrant issued by the Martial Soul Temple can enter the hunting soul forest to hunt for soul beasts. Although there are also those who sneak in, but those people will hardly have a good ending. These soldiers are just peripheral defenders, and inside the hunting soul forest, there is also a special law enforcement team of the Martial Soul Temple that checks warrants at any time. Those people are not sympathetic."

  Tang San asked: "Teacher, does this Hunting Soul Forest belong to the Martial Soul Temple or the country?"

  The master's face changed slightly, and he made a silencing gesture to Tang San. "Don't ask similar questions outside again. I'll tell you about the relationship between the Soul Master Hall and the country later. Obtaining the command is not difficult, first, you need the recognition of the Soul Master Hall, confirming that you have indeed reached the peak of a certain level of strength, requiring soul rings to advance. Secondly, you need at least three guarantees from nobles."

  While speaking, the master's hand had already gained a token, the black token was made of unknown material, and the pattern on it was composed of three shapes: ZhōngYāng was a sword with its tip pointing downwards, to the left and right of the sword were an axe and a strange beast that Tang San had never seen before.

  The master handed the card to Tang San, "Remember this mark, it's a special sign of the Martial Soul Hall. In the Martial Soul Hall, there are six kinds of marks. The way to distinguish between them is very simple, just look at the patterns on them. The lowest mark only has one sword, symbolizing the martial soul of a former chief executive of the Martial Soul Hall, and the next higher mark has an additional hammer beside the long sword, symbolizing a former elder of the Martial Soul Hall who was extremely powerful."

  "Tang San raised an eyebrow, 'Teacher, these two people must hold extremely important positions in the Soul Master Temple, right? But I've heard before that Beast Souls are stronger than Tool Souls. These two Soul Masters should be Tool Soul Masters, shouldn't they?'"

  The master patted Tang San's head, smiling: "Those who say that tool soul is stronger than beast soul obviously don't understand souls well enough. The strength or weakness of any soul has two key points. One is the amount of soul power attached when awakened, and the other is the method and process of later cultivation. Perhaps before level thirty, beast souls are a bit stronger because they can be attached to oneself, but at higher levels, there's no difference between the two. Strength or weakness depends on individual cultivation."

  "This command medallion of mine is the third-grade medallion of the Wu Soul Temple. With it, I can basically enter most of the soul-hunting forests in the Tian Dou Empire. The standard for measurement is that these soul-hunting forests have not had any ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts appear. And unlike the first two types of command medallions which must be returned to the Wu Soul Temple after completing the soul beast hunt, this one can be held onto for life. On this medallion, there's an extra Blue Electric Overlord Dragon, which is considered a top-tier existence in the Beast Martial Soul. Although its master isn't from the Wu Soul Temple, the family it represents is deeply respected by the temple."

  For some reason, when the master mentioned Blue-Eyes White Dragon, a hint of inexpressible desolation flowed out of his eyes.

  Tang San asked: "Those three higher-level badges behind, are they respectively another mark of a martial soul?"

  The master nodded and said, "That's right. These six martial soul marks represent the six powerful Soul Masters, also representing the six powerful families. Three of them are in our Tian Dou Empire, while the other three are in the Xing Luo Empire."