The Sunset Forest is characterized by its vast territory, sparse animal population, and abundance of poisonous insects, ants, and snakes.
In the southern part of the Sunset Forest lies a volcanic area, inhabited mostly by fire-attribute soul beasts, with a smaller number of light-attribute soul beasts. This is precisely the destination of Lin Yu and his group.
Although both Lin Yu and Qian Renxue have reached their bottlenecks, given their status, Qian Renxue, as the young master, should naturally have priority. Even though Qian Renxue herself said she didn't care, Lin Zhan still led the team towards the volcanic area.
Under Lin Zhan's leadership, after half a day, they finally approached the vicinity of the volcanic area, and the three of them could vaguely see the volcano in the distance.
However, as the old saying goes, "Looking at a mountain makes one's horse run itself to death," and actually reaching the foot of the volcano would take at least one or two hours.
As dusk approached, Lin Zhan surveyed the surrounding area and found a sparsely wooded spot.
After cutting down a few small trees nearby, Lin Zhan and Lin Yu set up camp there.
At first, Qian Renxue wanted to help, but Lin Zhan politely turned her away.
He wasn't sure if Qian Renxue would actually do the work, and Lin Zhan wasn't sure if She Long, who was secretly watching, would scold her.
Qian Renxue sat idly to the side, watching Lin Zhan and his son busy at work, her beautiful golden phoenix eyes unconsciously glancing at the skilled Lin Yu.
Although her grandfather had been strict with her when she was young, it was mainly about soul power cultivation. Anything unrelated to cultivation or studies was not permitted by Qian Daoliu, the Grand Elder.
All of this was observed by She Long and Ci Xue, who had been guarding Qian Renxue.
Immediately, disregarding their title as Title Douluos, the two stepped forward and joined the Lin family father and son in preparing.
After Lin Yu set up three tents, She Long and Ci Xue, each carrying two hundred-year-old Soft Bone Rabbits and several white fish weighing three or four pounds tied together with straw rope, appeared to be some kind of spirit beast.
"Seniors, leave these to me!"
Lin Yu's voice rang out. Having witnessed Lin Yu's skills before, She Long had no doubts and simply picked up the two rabbits and walked to the side. "I'll give them to you after I've finished processing them."
Ci Xue didn't speak, but he followed She Long to the side, and the two brothers quickly processed the Soft Bone Rabbits and white fish together.
At this time, Lin Zhan also used the felled trees to start a fire.
Generally speaking, it's not allowed to light fires in the forest at night, but the spirit beasts in Sunset Forest are not very strong, and they had two Title Douluos with them, so they didn't need to worry about that.
After everyone was ready, Qian Renxue, who was still disguised as Xue Qinghe, used her disguise-granting soul bone to remove the disguise and subconsciously sat down next to Lin Yu.
The next moment, Lin Yu took out various kitchen utensils, including pots and pans, from his storage soul tool.
Lin Zhan was ashamed; he wanted to disappear into the ground. His precious storage soul tool was being used to store kitchen utensils—truly a failure as a father!
The skinned Soft Bone Rabbit was skewered on two wooden sticks and roasted by Lin Yu. While roasting the rabbit, Lin Yu also marinated the white fish.
Half an hour later, the Soft Bone Rabbit, after being brushed with honey, turned golden and crispy.
"Is it ready yet?"
A pair of slightly slender golden phoenix eyes were fixed on the golden-brown rabbit, and a pair of soft, jade-like hands unconsciously tugged at Lin Yu's sleeve.
Lin Yu gently tapped it a few times with the tip of Qiu Mo's knife. "Ready!"
Immediately, Lin Yu wielded the Autumn Ink Dagger, severing the two fattest and firmest hind legs of the Soft Bone Rabbit, and tossed the rest to She Long and Ci Xue.
Lin Zhan was quite gratified by Lin Yu's actions; his son had been exceptionally mature since childhood, which had truly saved him a lot of trouble.
Just then, the white fish were almost cooked. Lin Yu handed the first one to Qian Renxue, and the rest were fine for each of them.
Taking a light bite of the white fish, he found it tender and chewy, with a slightly salty taste and a hint of sweetness.
It had to be said that the ingredients in Douluo Continent were far superior to those in his previous life, which made Lin Yu recall his past experiences working part-time in restaurants.
However, just as Lin Yu was lost in his memories, a shrill bird cry rang out, startling even Ci Xue and She Long.
Immediately, the two became alert, releasing the pressure of their Title Douluo aura, and a black shadow descended from the sky.
Once the group could see clearly, they realized the dark shape was actually a beautiful bird with a dark green crest, white and green downy feathers all over its body, and long plumage like a phoenix tail. It was undeniably beautiful.
However, this beautiful bird was somewhat unusual; its jewel-like purple eyes were filled with a sense of utter despair.
"Hmm, this is a Jade Lovebird!"
Being the young lady of the Spirit Hall, she was well-informed and, after finishing the last bite of the rabbit leg, immediately recognized the bird.
Besides Qian Renxue, She Long, Ci Xue, and Lin Zhan were all top-notch academic failures. As for Lin Yu, he was a complete academic idiot, good at pretending but not bad.
Before Lin Yu and the others could make a move, the Jade Lovebird approached them and began to chirp incessantly.
Helpless, Miss Qian had no choice but to introduce it herself, "The Jade Lovebird possesses a rich Azure Phoenix bloodline and can control certain life attributes, making it quite powerful.
However, its species is special; it is generally monogamous, flying together for life. If one dies, the other will also seek death, never living alone. This one looks to have a thousand years of cultivation, with many wounds on its body from eagle-like claws, presumably its mate has met with misfortune..."
For a moment, Qian Renxue's slightly slender golden phoenix eyes looked at Lin Yu, "I also remember you telling me you wanted to find a bird-like spirit beast with phoenix blood. This Jade Lovebird is quite suitable for you, why don't you give it a try?"
Lin Yu was taken aback. He had already prepared to find a suitable spirit beast for himself after finding Qian Renxue's fourth spirit ring.
He just hadn't expected his luck to be so good. The Douluo Continent itself doesn't have a concept of wood attribute; the Jade Lovebird's life attribute is essentially an extension of the wood attribute, so the attributes are quite similar.
Needless to say, his bloodline, that of the Azure Phoenix, was enough to elevate his martial soul to its peak during its second quality evolution.
"Alright, thank you very much, Young Master!"
Lin Yu thanked Qian Renxue. If she hadn't recognized the Azure Jade Lovebird, this soul ring wouldn't have been his turn; he might have been killed on the spot by She Long or Ci Xue.
The Azure Jade Lovebird seemed to sense something as well. As Lin Yu approached, it slowly closed its purple eyes, quietly awaiting death.
Autumn ink flowed like a stream of autumn water from Lin Yu's hand across the Azure Jade Lovebird's neck. The Azure Jade Lovebird, now collapsed on the ground, lifeless, and a pale purple soul ring appeared on its body.