After Yang Pingan moved a pile of items onto the carriage, he was ready to depart.
Among the many items, Yang Pingan prepared two daggers, a longsword, steel mesh, a small folding crossbow, a small entrenching tool, a large crossbow, and various arrows.
These items were specifically prepared by Yang Pingan, mostly designed and crafted by him personally.
When they were first made, even other blacksmiths were amazed.
To create these items, Yang Pingan specifically bought a pile of good iron ore, and he spent a long time thinking about the design blueprints.
The most important among them were the two crossbows, one large and one small.
The small folding crossbow was kept close, directly at his waist, and could be used for sneak attacks, though its drawback was its relatively weaker power.
The large crossbow, however, was a bit exaggerated.
Its bowstring alone was 1.5 meters long, almost reaching Yang Pingan’s height.
It was a pure iron bow, with the entire bow body forged from steel, and the bowstring was also steel wire.
Even the arrows were all crafted from high-quality iron.
Furthermore, everything was designed solely for the pursuit of power.
According to Yang Pingan’s estimation, this crossbow’s single shot could reach at least the attack power of a Spirit King, possibly even stronger, and should at least surpass a zhuge repeating crossbow.
Based on Yang Pingan’s own estimation, Spirit Beasts below the thousand-year level would be unable to evade the crossbow’s attack, and such an attack would likely be fatal.
Yang Pingan traveled with the carriage for an entire day, only arriving at Soul Hunting Town on the morning of the second day, as Soul Hunting Town was a full four hundred kilometers from Nuoding City.
Upon entering Soul Hunting Town, the surroundings were a cacophony of sounds: hawkers shouting to sell their wares, various shouts, and so on.
Yang Pingan, carrying a heavy pack, headed directly towards the Soul Hunting Forest.
Since entering Soul Hunting Town, Yang Pingan, in addition to carrying his heavy pack, had kept his face covered with a black towel, not revealing his slightly immature face.
Yang Pingan was now eleven years old, and his height had reached 1.6 meters.
From his height and physique, he could no longer be mistaken for a child.
The Soul Hunting Forest was fraught with danger, especially from so-called mercenaries and ordinary people, who could be even more dangerous.
He absolutely could not reveal any sign of weakness.
Before Yang Pingan could even enter the Soul Hunting Forest, a rather thin middle-aged man stopped him: “Young man, it looks like you need to enter the Soul Hunting Forest. Our mercenary group specializes in accepting commissions to hunt for spirit rings. We have an excellent reputation in this area and can definitely help you acquire a satisfactory spirit ring.”
With that, he walked past the middle-aged man and headed towards the entrance of the Soul Hunting Forest.
After his permit was verified, he entered the Soul Hunting Forest alone.
Behind him, the middle-aged man’s eyes seemed to flash with a cold light, and he then headed back into the town.
Upon entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Yang Pingan specifically looked around, and after confirming that no one was nearby, he quickly summoned the Purple Gold Mastiff.
After entering the forest, the Purple Gold Mastiff seemed particularly joyful, as if returning to nature.
“Purple Gold Mastiff, lead the way as quickly as possible. We need to reach the center of the Soul Hunting Forest soon, or there might be trouble.”
The Purple Gold Mastiff seemed to understand Yang Pingan’s words, letting out a howl and quickly running towards the center of the Soul Hunting Forest.
Yang Pingan then followed the Purple Gold Mastiff, also running quickly.
The Purple Gold Mastiff had a keen sense of smell and could transmit what it smelled to Yang Pingan through the connection between its Spirit and him.
This effect was an absolute cheat-like existence within the Spirit Beast Forest.
Although Spirit Masters possess a certain degree of perception, their perception range is very limited, especially for low-level Spirit Masters, whose perception range is very short.
Moreover, some Spirit Beasts can evade perception.
However, the Purple Gold Mastiff’s sense of smell was unavoidable.
Both humans and Spirit Beasts emit certain auras.
The Purple Gold Mastiff’s sense of smell was even more acute than a dog’s, reaching hundreds of meters, which was excellent for living in the Soul Hunting Forest in the early stages.
Yang Pingan ran wildly with the Purple Gold Mastiff for two full hours before stopping, leaving Yang Pingan a bit out of breath.
“Purple Gold Mastiff, sniff carefully. Is anyone following us?”
Upon hearing this, the Purple Gold Mastiff ran back for a while, then returned to its original spot and shook its head at Yang Pingan.
Only then did Yang Pingan relax a bit.
Entering the Spirit Beast Forest alone, in the eyes of many, made him an easy target.
It was highly likely that someone would come to rob and kill him.
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However, after searching for a while in the Soul Hunting Forest, they couldn’t even find a trace of him, let alone sense any Soul Power aura.
The group looked at each other, surprised that a living person could disappear so quickly.
In their eyes, anyone entering the Soul Hunting Forest would be extremely cautious, even walking very slowly.
But they were only a few minutes late and couldn’t find any information about Yang Pingan, as if he had vanished into thin air.
After resting for about ten minutes, Yang Pingan took the Purple Gold Mastiff and began searching for Spirit Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest.
The initial two hours of fast running were mainly to prevent anyone from following them.
The Purple Gold Mastiff, with its sensitive sense of smell, quickly avoided all dangers and Spirit Beasts.
There were indeed many Spirit Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, but they were generally low-level ones, especially Spirit Beasts like Thousand Jin Ants and Soft Bones Rabbits.
He could encounter one every few minutes, or even a group, but unfortunately, they were too weak.
Yang Pingan’s goal was very simple: Gold Attribute Spirit Beasts, especially Yellow Gold Attribute Spirit Beasts, which were likely to appear in the Soul Hunting Forest.
His main targets were Gold Armor Wolves, Crimson Gold Bears, Vajra Apes, Gold-Devouring Rats, and Gold-Devouring Insects.
He tried to avoid overly fierce Spirit Beasts.
Of course, if he could encounter Gold-type Spirit Beasts or Dragon-type Soul Beasts, that would be even better.
Of course, there was an even more important point: the Purple Gold Mastiff had to like it.
If the Purple Gold Mastiff had a particular craving for a certain Spirit Beast, then it would definitely be very suitable.
After searching for a full half day, with dusk approaching, he still hadn’t found a particularly suitable Spirit Beast.
He did encounter some Datura Snakes and an Iron-Skinned Brute Ox.
The Datura Snake was simply unsuitable, and the Iron-Skinned Brute Ox was only about a hundred years old.
Of course, he occasionally encountered people hunting for spirit rings.
Yang Pingan always quickly avoided them, trying not to meet other Spirit Masters.
At night, Yang Pingan directly dug a tree hole at the base of a giant tree and hid inside.
Outside, he arranged some stones and weeds, sprinkled some powerful Spirit Beast fecal powder, and even set up a small trap.
The Spirit Beast Forest was countless times more dangerous at night than during the day, and Yang Pingan dared not wander around at this time.