Rainbow Swan

The forest was dimly lit. Tall, straight trees blocked out most of the sunlight, leaving only sparse, mottled rays filtering through the branches and leaves, making the forest seem especially mysterious and eerie. Shifting mist filled the woods, yet it was strangely quiet, as if no living creature had ever set foot here.

Dongfang Yu followed Yue Guan onward with a pounding heart, unable to stop himself from grumbling inwardly, Is this a haunted forest or the Star Dou Forest?

"We're here," Yue Guan said, coming to a stop.

Dongfang Yu looked around. Hmm, quiet and creepy... but surely this place wasn't actually haunted, right?!

There wasn't even a birdcall here! All he could hear were endless sinister whooshing sounds! Every so often, a cold gust would slap against him, like some damn horror movie!

"Uncle Yue... you didn't get the location wrong, did you?" Dongfang Yu asked hesitantly.

"Of course not. This is the place," Yue Guan answered confidently.

"Then where's the goose?" Dongfang Yu asked, the corner of his mouth twitching. He truly didn't want to stay here a moment longer.

"Goose? It's called a Rainbow Swan!" Yue Guan corrected him solemnly.

"Hmm... finding a Rainbow Swan will be somewhat difficult. It's only a hundred-year soul beast, but it's rarely seen." Yue Guan muttered to himself before falling into thought.

Dongfang Yu sharply sucked in a breath! So this old man hadn't even prepared anything?

"Uncle Yue..." Dongfang Yu called out in a gloomy tone.

Yue Guan, who had been concentrating on his thoughts, jumped in fright. "Kid, don't you know people can be scared to death?"

Dongfang Yu was speechless inwardly. A Title Douluo is afraid of ghosts too?

"Um... Uncle Yue, I have an idea. Maybe we can give it a try." Dongfang Yu looked very serious.

"Oh? Let's hear it." Yue Guan was intrigued.

"Just find a toad."

Yue Guan asked in confusion, "A toad? What does that have to do with finding a Rainbow Swan?"

"It does. Toads want to eat swan meat, don't they? Maybe a toad can help us find one." Dongfang Yu said with a straight face.

"You..." Yue Guan was briefly at a loss for words. This brat actually dared to joke with him like that!

An hour later, it was nearly dark. Let alone a Rainbow Swan, the two of them hadn't even seen the shadow of a toad.

Yue Guan frowned and pondered, "That shouldn't be possible."

Dongfang Yu shook his head helplessly. "I'd better think of something." He had figured it out by now. Yue Guan might have been a cultivation genius, but when it came to using his brain, he had to rely on himself.

Rainbow Swan? Though it was a swan, it was still a goose in the end!

What did geese like? Or what were their natural enemies? What were they afraid of?

Dongfang Yu sank into thought. Countless animals flashed through his mind, but he couldn't come up with a good solution.

"Ah!" Dongfang Yu suddenly shouted.

Yue Guan forcibly suppressed his anger and withdrew the hand he had stretched out behind his back. "What is it?"

"I've figured out how to lure out the Rainbow Swan." Dongfang Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly.

Yue Guan looked at Dongfang Yu in confusion, waiting for his answer.

"Although the Rainbow Swan is a swan, the supreme among flying soul beasts, it's still a goose. What do geese like? Or rather, what animals are afraid of geese?" Dongfang Yu deliberately kept him in suspense. Then, seeing Yue Guan take a dagger from behind his back, he immediately answered.

"Cough, cough... That's why you should read more books. Naturally, snakes are afraid of geese!"

Yue Guan quietly put away the dagger and asked curiously, "Snakes? Will that work?"

Dongfang Yu said earnestly, "Of course. I can tell Uncle Yue never studied properly."

"There are two main reasons snakes fear geese. First, goose droppings contain substances that frighten snakes. If a snake carelessly gets them on its body, its flesh will rot, it will be infected with bacteria and viruses, and eventually die slowly. That's why snakes fear goose excrement. Second, geese are highly aggressive. Their necks are long, making it difficult for snakes to attack them or bite their throats. Besides, geese can strike snakes with their hard beaks."

Hearing Dongfang Yu rattle off so much, Yue Guan's mouth twitched. "Where did you read that? What bacteria... why have I never heard of it?"

Dongfang Yu froze. He had nearly forgotten that this world had no animal encyclopedia. As for a soul beast encyclopedia, he had no idea whether it covered such things, and he hadn't read one either.

"Cough, cough. I only happened to hear someone mention it. Let's try it. It's better than running around like headless flies, right?"

Yue Guan pondered for a while. "Your suggestion could work. Let's give it a try."

"Uncle Yue, remember to catch a snake with two to three hundred years of cultivation. If it's too strong, the swan won't be able to beat it. If it's too weak, the swan won't be interested." Dongfang Yu felt it was better to remind him.

"I know. Do you need to teach me how to do things?" Yue Guan replied irritably before leaving.

Dongfang Yu sighed softly, helpless inwardly. A Title Douluo sure talks tough.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Yue Guan returned, holding a half-dead snake in his hand.

Dongfang Yu glanced at its markings and guessed, "A rattlesnake, around 270 years of cultivation?"

Yue Guan nodded slightly. "Not bad, kid. You've got sharp eyes."

"Mm, this rattlesnake is just right."

Afterward, the two made some preparations and hid in the grass, quietly waiting for their prey to take the bait.

Another hour passed, and night had already fallen. The night was as still as a pool of water, as if every living creature had fallen asleep. Everything seemed so peaceful...

The moon gradually rose higher, dressed in pure white gauze, serene and tranquil, gentle and graceful. Her face, like a silver platter, peeked through the willow branches and left behind a soft smile.

Under the moonlight, Dongfang Yu and Yue Guan had lain in ambush for an hour. Their faces were so dark they were nearly blending into the night.

Damn it, am I seriously not worthy? Dongfang Yu was on the verge of cursing aloud!

It would have been one thing if he hadn't received a golden finger after transmigrating, but now he couldn't even find a soul ring? And back at Spirit Hall, a "pure, kind, gentle, and approachable" beautiful teacher was waiting for him.

One thing after another... Dongfang Yu truly suspected that the heavens were trying to torment him to death!

"Shh!" Yue Guan held down Dongfang Yu, who was about to explode.

Dongfang Yu quickly calmed down as well and looked toward the rattlesnake. He had laid a "heavenly net" around that spot! As long as that damned goose dared to come, it would never escape!

"Goose, goose, goose..." A cry came from the sky.

Hearing that call, Dongfang Yu, who had only just calmed down, nearly stood up and continued with, "Its curved neck sings toward the sky!"

What kind of damned place was this, this place, this place!!!

Damn it, the geese in this world actually cried like that! Could they get any weirder?!

"It's here." Yue Guan's expression turned solemn.

Seeing that Yue Guan was completely unaffected by the goose's cry, Dongfang Yu couldn't help thinking, A Title Douluo's composure is terrifying indeed!