Chapter 312: Chapter 208: Fish King_1
The north wind howled, and snowflakes fluttered.
A black-canvas-covered boat took advantage of the snowstorm to approach, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the center of the lake and claimed its area.
All parties watched this in surprise.
Just as they were about to act, they saw…
The fisherman stopped rowing, sat down at the bow, and drew out a fishing rod from nowhere, starting to fish under the watchful eyes of all.
“Is it him?”
“The Fisherman!”
“It’s that man again!”
Seeing this, the various factions ground their teeth in frustration yet were helpless to do anything and dared not make a rash move.
In this period, the Fisherman’s name had already spread throughout Wuzhe Lake.
Everyone knew that his fishing skills were extremely high, and his martial arts were even more formidable; even Li Suhong, the young miss of the Le Family, was no match for him.
Who would dare to provoke such a person?
The common folk didn’t dare, and neither did the “Immortal Masters” above the common folk seem willing to make a move.
In the end, they could only let him be, blatantly snatching food from the bowls of the major powers.
But to their surprise, he wasn’t satisfied and even came to the center of the lake to fish.
Wasn’t this going too far?
But even though he was going too far, the various factions still dared not act recklessly and could only turn their eyes to the dragon-patterned big boat.
“Hmph!”
“Such audacity!”
“Under the watchful eyes of all, in broad daylight, he steals from Great Xing!”
Yuwen Jie gave a cold snort, ready to act.
“No rush!”
Shen Hongyu, who was beside him, stopped him, “It is said that this man’s fishing skills are unmatched. Let him try. If he really has the skill, then it wouldn’t be a bad thing to use him; perhaps he can find the Fish King’s trail earlier.”
“Fairy Hongyu speaks wisely.”
Zhu Yang smiled agreeably and said, “This man calls himself the Fisherman, and his fishing skills are indeed extraordinary. He can catch hundreds of Spirit Fish in one night, so he must have a unique method. Perhaps he really can fish out the Spiritual Fish King.”
Given what the two of them said, Yuwen Jie also suppressed the thought of taking action: “Then let’s wait and see!”
If the big heads didn’t act, the lesser powers certainly said even less.
No one interfered, and Xu Yang sat calmly at the bow, scattering bait to make a nest, then leisurely began to fish.
The bait was still the flesh of the Blackfork Fish, cleansed with mana, purified with lightning. It was greatly attractive to Spirit Fish, but it might also attract some demonized monster fish.
The rod was still a bamboo rod, a magic artifact made from bamboo. Its quality was average, only a mid-grade, made mainly of century-old bamboo with parts of black scales covering it as dragon patterns, finished with eel tendons for the line.
It was enough for fishing.
Once the bait entered the water, the Yuan Spirit Energy dispersed, starting to attract schools of fish.
“Splash splash!”
Before long, there was a sound of water, and a large number of shadows gathered under the water, competing for the Yuan Spirit essence of the bait.
“Squeak squeak!”
The line twitched, the rod dipped and with a flick of Xu Yang’s wrist, a hundred-pound Blackfork Fish soared out of the water and landed heavily next to him on the deck.
Xu Yang was unruffled as he removed the fishhook made from Blackfork Fish’s bone, then pulled out a bamboo fish-basket from the cabin and casually tossed the fish into it.
Oddly enough, the fish-basket seemed to be only a certain size and by all accounts shouldn’t have been able to hold a hundred pounds of Blackfork Fish, but somehow it did, without any signs of struggle or noise.
“A storage magic artifact?”
“Indeed he is a Qi Refiner!”
“But to use a fish-basket as a storage bag…”
“Truly an oddball!”
The crowd found this strange, but they didn’t pay it too much mind.
Xu Yang continued to fish, and before long he had another catch, but it was still the ferocious Blackfork Fish.
This was to be expected. After all, Spirit Fish were small in size and few in number. If the Blackfork Fish competed like this, they certainly wouldn’t get a bite of the bait.
But that didn’t matter to Xu Yang, who hadn’t expected to catch the Spiritual Fish King instantly.
Slow and steady, first catch Blackfork Fish, then add bait to make a nest. With so much Yuan Spirit essence, if the Spiritual Fish King was still around, it would certainly be lured out.
Xu Yang was confident and continued to fish.
However, what he hadn’t expected was that this sitting would last…
Three days later, the blizzard was still raging without any sign of stopping.
The temperature dropped again, and although the lake had not frozen over, it was ice-cold to the bone.
The vitality of the fish decreased, and even the strange Blackfork Fish began to hibernate.
All the large boats had already stopped fishing, first because they literally couldn’t catch anything, and second because…
“Bang!”
The water surface burst open as a fish shadow flew out, landing heavily on the deck, another Blackfork Fish with scales like armor.
But the fisherman was not annoyed, he unhooked the fish, placed it in his basket, and then continued casting his rod to fish.
“Another Blackfork Fish!”
“How many does that make now?”
“Five, five hundred seventy-three!”
A bitter voice could be heard from all the boats around, as they looked at the fisherman who fished with ease, not knowing what expression to wear.
He had been fishing there for three days and nights.
They had been watching for three days and nights.
And the result of these three days and nights…
“Three days, three days, he’s caught over five hundred Blackfork Fish, and seven to eight hundred other kinds of Demonized Monster Fish.”
“There are also Spirit Fish, over six hundred Spirit Fish!”
“With so many fish, how can that basket still hold them all?”
“Could that be a Spiritual Artifact?”
“This man actually possesses a Storage Spiritual Artifact…”
“His aura is unclear, his mana is not visible, it’s also unknown what level his cultivation is.”
“Could it be that he’s a Golden Core?”
“Impossible, Great Golden Core cultivators… Impossible!”
As they watched the fisherman continue to fish tranquilly, putting another Spirit Fish into his basket, the crowd was startled and also felt an inexplicable heat; they couldn’t help but stare at the fish basket full of the scent of fish.
More than a thousand Demonized Monster Fish and over six hundred Spirit Fish, all now in that small basket.
Even without the Spiritual Fish King, such a catch was extremely astonishing.
If they could snatch that basket…
With this thought, the onlookers’ eyes blazed even hotter.
On the Dragon-patterned big boat, Yuwen Jie and Shen Hongyu were somewhat moved, “This man’s fishing skills are actually so superb?”
“Good!”
On the other side, on the Le Family’s boat, Zhu Yang burst out laughing, “What a fine Wuzhe Fisherman, truly living up to his reputation. But you all fight like snipe and clam, are you not afraid of the fisherman gaining the advantage? Hahaha!”
The various parties had different thoughts.
But Xu Yang didn’t care; he just kept fishing.
“Crackle and pop!”
Bright lights suddenly appeared in the deep water, along with shocking electricity, forming into the image of a Jiao Dragon.
“Eh!?”
“This is…”
“The Fish King!”
“The Spiritual Fish King!”
“It has emerged!”
Everyone’s pupils shrank in alarm, and they sprang to their feet, ready to act.
“Don’t!”
“The Fish King is mystical, has immense Divine Skills, and can even perform Water Escape.”
“Wuzhe Lake has a peculiar terrain; the underwater currents are extensive and interconnected. If the Fish King becomes frightened and flees, it will be unknown when it will reappear to the world again.”
“Let him catch the Fish King. Then we’ll make our move and be the oriole behind!”
Although ecstatic, reason still prevailed, and everyone quickly grasped the situation and did not act rashly, their eyes fixed firmly on the fisherman, waiting for the ultimate outcome.
The fisherman didn’t disappoint them either; in just a moment, he lifted his fishing rod, and the water surface burst apart again as a brilliant golden light soared, like a long shadow resembling a dragon or snake.