Oscar nodded and said, "The Starry Sky Great Forest is a good place, of course, it's also an extremely dangerous place. It's the cradle of soul beasts, the favorite place of powerful soul masters. Of course, it's also the place where soul masters suffer the most casualties."

  "Is that the forest where our Heaven Dou Empire raises soul beasts?"

  "Of course not. Those forests that raise soul beasts are nothing, it's hard to even find a thousand-year-old soul beast there. Only Soul Masters and Soul Sages of that level would go there. The Star Dou Great Forest is one of the three most famous soul beast habitats on our Douluo Continent. Its area is so vast that it's almost equal to the land area of the Balak Kingdom, spanning across the Tian Dou Empire and Xing Luo Empire borders. Two-fifths of its area is within our Tian Dou Empire, while another three-fifths is in the Xing Luo Empire. It's a huge primitive forest with complex terrain, including wetlands and swamps. The soul beasts there are also extremely terrifying, the closer you get to the center of the forest, the stronger the soul beasts become. It's said that even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts exist inside. Any Soul Master, as long as they have enough strength and good luck, can find their most suitable soul ring within. My second soul ring was obtained in the Star Dou Great Forest."

  Tang San's eyes lit up, "So that's how it is. I hope you'll have a better harvest this time."

  Oscar burst out laughing, "If that's really the case, then sausages will be plentiful in the future. Everyone can eat as much as they want, after all, we're brothers." Ha ha.

  There was little time for the crowd to prepare, and on the second day, early in the morning, after eating breakfast, when everyone gathered at Caochang, Zhao Wuji had already been waiting for them.

  When they saw Zhao Wuji, all the disciples were somewhat stunned, wanting to laugh but not daring to really laugh out loud.

  Zhao Wuji looked indeed somewhat wolf-like, with at least three dark bruises on his face that had not yet faded, especially the panda-eye shape around his left eye socket, which was really laughable.

  Of course, at the same time, the seven students including Tang San were also shocked. How could Zhao Wuji become like this? Tang San remembered very clearly that although he had brought some trouble to Zhao Wuji that day, he hadn't left any scars on his face. The injuries on Zhao Wuji's face looked like they were caused by blunt force trauma. With his 76th rank Soul Saint strength and the defensive power of the Great Bear, who could have injured him? Was it Dean Flender? But Flender, with his Cat Eagle martial soul, was a swift and agile type of Battle Soul Master, so it seemed impossible for him to inflict such injuries on Zhao Wuji.

  "What are you looking at? You bunch of little rascals, are you itching for a fight?"

  Upon hearing the words "Little Rabbit", Xiaowu clearly became somewhat unwilling and said in a low voice: "Why not say Little Bear Blind?"

  Zhao Wuji's eyes widened, "Xiao Wu, what are you talking about?"

  Tang San subconsciously took a step to the side, waving his hand behind him at Xiao Wu while shielding her with his body, his protective feelings evident on his face.

  Seeing Tang San, Zhao Wuji's face clearly showed a hint of embarrassment, and he didn't pursue the matter of Xiao Wu's teasing. He snorted and said, "Alright, let's get moving. Bai, you lead the way."

  He nodded, his expression immediately becoming serious. "The Star Dou Great Forest is no place to be trifled with," he said to the others. "There are many soul beasts inside, and their attacking power is extremely strong. They have a particularly bad impression of humans. Everyone must be careful in responding. Tang San, you're at the front, Oscar and Ning Rongrong, you two follow behind Tang San, Fatty and Xiao Wu, you two take the left and right sides, I'll be with Zhu Zhuqing at the back. After entering the forest, we must maintain this formation, always being on guard. Let's set off."

  For Dai Mubai's arrangement, Tang San secretly admired him. As the oldest and strongest student, his arrangement was just right, placing the two auxiliary system soul masters in the team to protect them. In terms of overall strength, he was second only to Dai Mubai himself, who took the rear position. The rear guard was always more important than the vanguard at the front, after all, Tang San had Fatty and Xiao Wu on both sides ready to provide support at any time, while Dai Mubai in the rear guard had to be vigilant about even more directions.

  Zhao Wuji stood by, watching coldly, and did not join their ranks. He walked out of the academy with seven students. Of course, there were no carriages here. As soon as they left the academy, everyone started running forward.

  Not long after they set off, the students began to understand the importance of the second lesson that Dean Flanders taught them yesterday.

  Thanks to yesterday's experience and Dean Flanders' reprimand, everyone is no longer as repelled by Oscar's sausage.

  As they continued on their journey, even the strongest of them, Dai Mubai and Tang San, were constantly exhausting their physical strength.

  But with Oscar's sausages as supplies, they were surprised to find that the consumption brought by this run was actually nothing.

  Every hour, eating a sausage conjured up by Oscar's Wu Xuan, everyone's energy can be maintained, even Ning Rongrong can barely keep up with the crowd.

  Without truly applying it, one would never understand the importance of auxiliary soul masters. Oscar's sausage had a wondrous effect, causing everyone to look at him with new eyes and earning him the best treatment. Since they hadn't yet entered the forest, the strongest, Dai Mubai and Tang San took turns supporting Oscar's arm, helping him bear some of his weight as he moved forward, allowing him to more easily recover his soul power and continue his auxiliary role.

  Ning Rongrong no longer received such treatment, she seemed very silent, and on the way, she didn't even use her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to provide auxiliary effects for everyone. The whole person became very silent, neither refusing Oscar's sausage nor using her own martial soul, vaguely, as if isolating herself from the entire small group.

  The Stardust Great Forest is located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Barak, with a small part bordering the Kingdom of Barak. Soto City itself is also in the southeast of the Kingdom of Barak, not far from the Stardust Great Forest, less than 500 kilometers away.

  So here is naturally the best choice for Shrek Academy students to obtain soul rings.

  With the help of Oscar's sausage, in just one day, when night fell, Shrek Academy and his party had already traveled more than 400 kilometers, and were getting close to the Starry Forest.

  It seems that they won't be able to reach their destination today, so Zhao Wuji ordered the group to rest. As it happened, they had just arrived at a small town, and continuing forward would make it uncertain whether they could resupply or not.

  Entering the town, it was much more lively than Tang San had imagined. The scale of the town was about three times that of the village where Shrek Academy was located. Except for the lack of city walls, this place was like a small city, with shops lining the streets and all sorts of stores available.

  Tang San carefully observed that the shops here mainly operated in areas related to Soul Masters, such as those specializing in selling weapons, armor, detoxification and recovery potions, and even clothing stores selling special garments with over a dozen pockets for storing various items, suitable for Soul Masters' adventures.

  Oscar sighed, "As the saying goes, 'rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat the water', I'm afraid that's the truth. This small town is obviously relying on the Starry Forest for survival, and around the Starry Forest, there are probably not a few towns like this."

  Tang San said with some surprise: "But isn't this place still nearly a hundred kilometers away from the Star Dou Great Forest, isn't that a bit far?"

  Oscar laughed and said, "You must have gotten used to the domesticated soul beasts in the national reserve forest. Those domesticated soul beasts are relatively gentle and don't actively attack humans. The Starry Night Forest is a place where wild soul beasts gather, it's different. Not only are the soul beasts more ferocious, but some of them on the outskirts even often wander out of the forest range. If the town is too close to the Starry Night Forest, it might not be good."

  Tang San smiled and nodded, thinking to himself that it was true what they said: reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, indeed, after walking out, he could learn many more things.

  At this time, Zhao Wuji pointed to a seemingly ordinary hotel in front of him and said: "Let's stay here. Rest for one night and set off early tomorrow morning. You are responsible for your own accommodation and food expenses."

  Shrek Academy was originally not wealthy, and people like Zhao Wuji and Flender had no income, so the economic situation was really not good. But Tang San and others actually all had subsidies from the Soul Master Hall, so their daily expenses were naturally enough to use.

  The hotel was a two-story building, the first floor lobby was a simple restaurant, and the second floor was for accommodation. Zhao Wuji opened a single room for himself and went upstairs directly. Dai Mubai and others discussed briefly and opened a four-person room for the four boys to live in, and also opened a three-person room for the three girls.

  "Let's eat first and then go up. I've been eating sausages all day, I'm about to vomit." Ma Hongjun spoke out the hearts of everyone, even Zhu Zhuzheng nodded in agreement. The seven people found a table in the corner and sat down.

  Tang San asked Dai Mubai, "Should we call Teacher Zhao to eat together?"

  Dai Mubai shook his head and said, "No need to, the teachers who come out with us won't pay any expenses for us, nor will they accept any benefits from us. This is a rule set by Dean Flender."

  Chubby smiled and said: "Isn't this also pretty good? Everything is clear and transparent, I like the unpretentious feeling of the academy the most."