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Chapter 2 This place is not safe to stay any longer, let's leave!
Mingfei remained silent for a long time.
In Douluo Continent, a person with innate full soul power of level ten is already a genius who appears only once in a century.
His soul power was twice that of a full soul.
This means that he doesn't need any cultivation; as long as he obtains a spirit ring, he can directly break through to the second-ring Great Spirit Master.
And in the entire world, only Qian Renxue is at the 20th level of the Innate Realm.
It was a gift from the angels.
This is the gap.
But his joy didn't last long.
Because he noticed something else—quietness.
It's too quiet.
The awakening of a martial spirit, especially such a violent self-awakening, should theoretically trigger extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth.
Soul power fluctuations, swirling winds and clouds, even a clap of thunder would be fine.
But there was nothing there.
There was no wind, no light, and nothing unusual.
He stood on this wasteland, just like an ordinary person.
The underworld is helping him hide.
The perception was vague, but he could feel it—the underworld automatically opened an invisible curtain the moment he awoke.
It absorbed all the fluctuations, all the energy, and all the anomalies.
The outside world could not perceive it at all, as if this awakening had never happened.
Mingfei let out a long breath.
This is good.
very good.
If the Spirit Hall detects his awakening, he will have no chance to resist given his current strength.
But this also made him realize a problem—his position.
He recalled the original owner's memories and confirmed his location.
The southeastern part of the Tiandou Empire is about fifty miles from Tiandou City.
That massive capital city was the heart of the Heaven Dou Empire, where the branch halls of the Spirit Hall, the powerful members of the Heaven Dou royal family, and the spies of various forces all gathered.
Fifty li is a long distance for an ordinary person, but for a Soul Master, it's only half a day's journey.
"We can't stay here."
Mingfei made this judgment almost instinctively.
He's too weak right now. Even with innate soul power at level 20, no soul rings, and no combat experience, any two-ring Grand Soul Master could easily take him down.
Once he is discovered, he will not be recruited.
An unregistered, self-awakened orphan at the innate level 20 would be someone any power would want to control.
He needs time to grow.
He needed to get away from Heaven Dou City, away from the Spirit Hall's sight, and away from anyone who might notice him.
He needs to find a place.
A remote, deserted place where he could hunt and accumulate resources in peace.
Mingfei closed his eyes and searched his mind for the original owner's memories.
In the northeastern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, there is a vast forest spanning three provinces. It is home to a wide variety of soul beasts, but its fame is far less than that of the Star Dou Great Forest.
It is recognized as the second largest soul beast forest on the entire continent.
There are many Soul Master teams coming and going, and it is close to several small towns, making resupply convenient.
The forest is a better place to hide.
Sunset Forest.
The eye of ice and fire.
Perhaps we can try our luck.
Ming Fei opened his eyes and took one last look in the direction of Tian Dou City.
The city was on the other side of the horizon, out of his sight, but he could feel its immense and heavy oppressive aura, like a sleeping giant that might open its eyes at any moment.
"Wait for me to come back."
He turned around and walked towards the northeast.
The Sunset Forest requires traversing two small towns and takes approximately five to seven days to reach.
He only had enough dry rations for three more days, after which he would have to find something to eat on the road.
But at least, he has a direction now.
Behind him, the wind blew across the wasteland, swirling up a few withered leaves and gradually erasing the footprints he had left behind.
No one knew that in this desolate wasteland, someone who shouldn't exist had just opened their eyes.
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It took Mingfei most of the day to travel from the wasteland to the official road.
Although it was called an official road, it was actually just a dirt road compacted by wheels and hooves.
The wild grass on both sides grew to waist height, and when the wind blew, it bent down in large swathes, as if something was swimming across the water.
There were fresh tire tracks and dried footprints on the road, indicating that quite a few people walked on this road.
Mingfei walked northeast along the official road.
He didn't run, nor did he deliberately speed up; he just walked at a normal, unhurried pace.
A seven or eight-year-old child walking alone on the street is already eye-catching enough; if he also acts unlike a child, that's when things get really troublesome.
When the sun peeked out from behind the gray-white clouds, he saw the first village.
It's called a village, but it's really just a dozen or so mud-brick houses crammed together around a well, with a few old men sitting by the well, basking in the sun.
There was no sign or name at the entrance of the village, not even a decent fence; just a dirt road branching off with a few houses scattered on either side.
Mingfei did not enter the village.
His current identity is that of an orphan of unknown origin, without identification, household registration, or any documents that can prove his "existence".
Entering the village means you might be noticed, being noticed means you might be questioned, and being questioned means you might be exposed.
He doesn't know how much "legitimacy" he has in this world, so the safest approach is to avoid everyone.
But avoiding everyone means no food.
Before the original owner collapsed, he had two dry biscuits on him. They were as hard as rocks, and taking a bite would make his gums ache, but at least they could fill his stomach.
On the way, Mingfei broke off a small piece, held it in his mouth, and slowly softened it with his saliva before swallowing it. One piece of bread was enough to last him for two days.
Sunset Forest is still to the northeast; at this pace, it will take at least five more days to get there.
He found a stream by the roadside, filled his stomach with water, and used the crumbs of the dry biscuits to wash them down before continuing on his way.
The next evening, he met his first person.
It was an old man driving a donkey cart, with a white beard, a face full of wrinkles, and coarse cloth clothes with seven or eight patches.
They were driving an old donkey that was so thin you could see its ribs, and there were several sacks of unknown contents piled on the cart.
The old man saw Ming Fei walking by the roadside, paused for a moment, and then called out to him.
"Kid, are you alone?"
Mingfei stopped and glanced at the old man.
There was no malice in the old man's eyes, but rather curiosity and a little bit of worry.
A seven or eight-year-old child walking alone in the wilderness would be abnormal in any world.
"Let's go ahead and visit our relatives," Mingfei said.
His voice was low and timid, like a child who was not good at talking to strangers.
The old man looked him over for a while, sighed, and tore off half a pancake from the cart and handed it to him.
"Here you go, look how skinny you are. This place is far from any village or shop; aren't you afraid to walk alone at night?"
Mingfei took the cake and thanked him in a low voice.
He didn't refuse; refusing would have seemed abnormal.
A true orphan will not refuse food.
The old man let him get on the donkey cart and gave him a ride along the way.
The donkey cart moved very slowly, and the old donkey's hooves made a dull sound on the dirt road.
Occasionally, when the wheels rolled over a stone, the entire cart would lurch violently.
Mingfei huddled in the middle of the sack, head down, looking very honest.
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