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After everything was ready, the huge autumn hunting team left Tiandou City and headed towards the Sunset Forest under the escort of the Imperial Guards.
The Tiandou Empire has ten provinces, five of which are directly controlled by the Tiandou royal family. The four feudal kingdoms, the Barak Kingdom, the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom, the Silves Kingdom and the Morik Kingdom each control a province. Finally, there is a duchy second only to the kingdom, occupying the smallest province in the east of the empire.
The Sunset Forest, where the autumn hunting is carried out, is located in the northeast of Tiandou City. It can also be regarded as the north of the central area of Tiandou City, and is a hundred miles east of Tiandou City.
The terrain here is rugged, with hills and valleys, numerous rivers and dense forests. It is famous for its sunsets and beautiful scenery. The area around the forest is also a huge scenic area.
Due to its northern location, the temperature here is lower than that of the Star Forest, and the plants are mainly northern temperate plants.
There are many soul beasts in the Sunset Forest, including thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Although the overall area is not as large as the Star Forest, there are also many high-level soul beasts.
The autumn hunting team set out in the morning and arrived at the hunting ground in the evening.
This autumn hunt was not formal because there was a war going on this year and the border armies of the two countries had not yet retreated. Emperor Xue Ye did not participate. It was just an exchange activity for the princes and was basically a formality.
Moreover, the protagonist of this autumn hunt is not the royal family, but Dugu Yan.
"So annoying!"
In the evening, Dugu Yan, who was forced to deal with a bunch of princes, returned to his tent in annoyance.
"Every one of them is as shameless as a dog-skin plaster, trying to talk to me. Don't they feel bored?"
"Especially that Bars, he really has no shame at all!"
"…"
Xuan Ming and Ye Lingling sat by the fire, listening quietly to Dugu Yan's complaints.
Ye Lingling just happened to break through to level ten yesterday and was able to obtain her first soul ring. At Xue Qinghe's suggestion, she also came along.
"No, please say something."
Dugu Yan felt dry in the mouth after talking for a long time, but the two people next to him were like mutes and didn't say a word from beginning to end.
"What?" Ye Lingling asked puzzledly.
"Don't you think they are annoying?" Dugu Yan said.
"No." Ye Lingling said.
"They didn't bother us, they just bothered you."
Duguyan's expression froze, "Lingling, you have become a bad person."
"Sister Yanyan, if you really don't want to bother with them, just release some poisonous fog and teach them a lesson." Ye Lingling said.
"Isn't that what you did when you were at Tiandou Royal Academy?"
"How can it be the same?" Dugu Yan said helplessly.
Those who bothered her in Tiandou Royal Academy were all noble soul masters, and even if they were beaten up by her, those people did not dare to say anything.
But what kind of situation is this? Can she do it?
"Then you can find the eldest prince." Ye Lingling said.
"He will definitely find a way."
"The eldest prince can't leave now." Dugu Yan sat down.
Although this autumn hunt was not formal, the necessary procedures still had to be followed. The emperor gave full authority to the eldest prince Xue Qinghe to be responsible for the autumn hunt. Now he has no time at all and is busy arranging various matters for the autumn hunt.
"Miss Dugu doesn't seem very happy." A man who looked somewhat similar to Xue Qinghe and was about the same age as Dugu Yan walked over.
"The third prince?" Dugu Yan was stunned.
"Why are you here?"
"The autumn hunting is complicated, so my father asked my brother and I to learn a little, so he asked me to come along as well." The third prince also sat down.
"However, I am not interested in these procedures and arrangements, so I will leave it to my brother to handle alone."
The third prince looked at Xuan Ming, who had obvious appearance features, "This person must be the genius with twin martial spirits, right?"
"His name is Xuan Ming." Dugu Yan introduced.
"This is Xue Haizang, the third prince of the Tiandou Empire. He is also a genius with extremely high cultivation talent."
"Although he is the same age as me, he is already at the ninth level of the innate realm, and his current cultivation is three levels higher than mine."
"I don't deserve to be called a genius." Xue Haizang said.
"It's just some talent. There is still a big gap between it and the innate full soul power and twin martial souls."
Xuan Ming raised his head and looked at the Third Prince who seemed humble but was actually arrogant.
In the original novel, the second prince was the most outstanding son of the Tiandou royal family, with extraordinary talent. However, when he was about to be appointed as the crown prince, he was suddenly poisoned and died at the age of twelve.
That is the beginning of this year.
The third prince was extremely talented in soul master training, but he also died the second year after the second prince, at the age of eleven.
However, judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that the third prince will die in this autumn hunt.
"Third Prince, Xuan Ming is a bit introverted, please don't mind."
Seeing that Xuan Ming looked at Xue Haizang and stopped talking, Dugu Yan hurriedly began to explain.
"Don't mind, my brother told me something." said the third prince.
"However, I would like to see the legendary talent field."
Dugu Yan was stunned, "He..."
"Don't get me wrong, my brother has already blocked it. I also learned about it from General Ge Long." said the third prince.
Xuan Ming is Dugu Bo's man, and now Poison Douluo is a guest of the Tiandou royal family. After that incident, his royal brother took the initiative to suppress the matter.
Although the twin martial souls could not be concealed, there were still many excuses to deceive people in the field of talent.
He also learned this information because he had some friendship with Ge Long.
"I'm curious too. I wonder if it's convenient for you, little brother Xuan Ming..."
"It's inconvenient." Xuan Ming said without raising his head.
The Third Prince's expression froze, "It's inconvenient... then forget it."
"I'm tired and need to rest first." Xuan Ming turned and walked into the big tent.
"Um..." Dugu Yan was a little embarrassed.
"Third Prince, don't get me wrong. Xuan Ming is just a loner. I didn't mean to offend you."
"Well, I know..." The third prince's expression was unnatural.
He heard that this kid had a very pleasant conversation with his royal brother!
Is it inconvenient to meet him?
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Midnight.
A dark shadow quietly broke into Xue Qinghe's tent, and none of the guards patrolling around noticed it.
"Young Master, we have found the target in Sunset Forest, and we are preparing now." Snake Spear Douluo said.
"However, with so many powerful spirit masters accompanying us on this trip, isn't this plan too far-fetched?"
Although this autumn hunt was not formal, there were so many princes and kings participating, and there were several Soul Emperors as guards, and there were nearly thirty Soul Kings and Soul Masters. Under such circumstances, it always felt unreliable to use soul beasts to kill Bals.
If the Soul Emperors find out the clues, this matter will be troublesome.