Chapter 17 – 15 Big Fish! Magical Fish Stone_2
Chapter 17: Chapter 15 Big Fish! Magical Fish Stone_2
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Lu Qing reacted quickly, taking a step forward to stabilize his stance.
“Nice try, ambushing me!”
Clasping the fishing rod tightly, he felt the tug from the line, his face lit up with excitement.
This is definitely a big fish!
Such strength, surely it’s not something a fish less than five pounds could exert.
Roaring!
When the fish couldn’t break free, it started to exert more force, pulling the fishing line taut and creating a whooshing sound.
“Think you can slip away from my hands? No way!”
Seeing the fish exert force again, Lu Qing wasn’t the least bit panicked. He slightly loosened his grip, releasing most of the tension.
Then he tightened again, continuing the struggle with the fish below.
His new fishing rod, certified by a superpower, could withstand a hundred pounds of force, and he didn’t believe the fish could break it.
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“Brother, you can do it!”
Little Yan, standing by his side, was very nervous.
But she dared not shout loudly, fearing she might scare the big fish away, so she could only clench her small fists and quietly cheer for her brother.
The next period was a time of wit and strength between Lu Qing and the fish.
The two sides tugged back and forth for half an hour before Lu Qing felt the fish’s strength start to wane.
“I’ve finally worn you out,” Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
This tussle had drained quite a bit of his energy.
Had it not been for the acupuncture he received from Elder Doctor Chen a couple of days ago, which replenished a lot of his primordial Qi, he might not have lasted.
Once the fish reached its limit, it had no chance of escaping from Lu Qing’s grasp.
After a while, with another burst of effort from Lu Qing, the big fish, which had struggled with him for a long time, finally surfaced.
The siblings finally got a clear view of the fish’s true appearance.
“What a big fish!”
Upon seeing the fish’s head and back, Little Yan couldn’t help but exclaim loudly.
Even Lu Qing couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.
Goodness, with this size, this fish must be over ten pounds!
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Qing clutched the fishing rod tightly.
Fishing, especially near the end, requires utmost attention.
Otherwise, if the fish were to escape at the last moment, he might rue it deeply even at his eightieth birthday.
However, despite utmost caution, a mishap still occurred as Lu Qing prepared to land the fish.
He realized a significant problem:
He hadn’t prepared a landing net!
Of course, this wasn’t really his fault, as they didn’t have a net at home.
Not just a landing net, they didn’t even have a simple net.
Without a net, he couldn’t simply scoop up the fish; Lu Qing had no choice but to continue playing it.
Only when the fish was utterly exhausted did he let Little Yan hold the rod while he lay on the bank, planning to personally lift the fish up.
This was actually risky because a fish of this size might still have some strength left. A swish of its tail could potentially knock someone unconscious.
Fortunately, this fish had indeed been worn out completely by Lu Qing.
In the end, all was well; Lu Qing managed to lift the fish.
“Brother, this big fish looks even taller than Little Yan!”
When the fish was lifted away from the riverbank, Little Yan measured it and immediately marveled.
“It does seem a bit taller.”
Lu Qing checked and it indeed was.
This big fish was over a meter long, even taller than Little Yan by a bit.
“Let me see what kind of fish this actually is.”
Lu Qing saw that the fish, with its elongated body and neatly arranged scales like armor plates, looked quite imposing.
He immediately used his superpower to check the fish’s information.
As he focused his gaze, a dense white light soon emerged from the big fish.
“It’s a white light.”
Lu Qing felt a touch of disappointment.
He had hoped that such a big fish might reach the Red Light level.
But then again, he considered himself a bit too greedy.
If this fish were at the Red Light level, whether he could have landed it at all was still in question.
After all, he had only seen Red Light level objects twice before.
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One was Elder Doctor Chen, and the other was Snow Silkworm Silk.
And both were out of the ordinary.
Elder Doctor Chen was a practitioner of cultivation, and Snow Silkworm Silk was even more an exotic treasure.
If this big fish also reached the Red Light Level, it might have some special abilities.
In that case, it was uncertain who would pull whom.
It was possible that on the very first try, he would be dragged into the water.
After calming his mind, Lu Qing focused his attention on the new piece of text that appeared.
[Green Armored Fish: A large fish species, covered in green armored scales, considered a tyrant in the river, containing Fish Stone.]
[Rumor has it that in the throat of a fully-grown Green Armored Fish, there lies a Fish Stone; obtaining and polishing it to wear can have soul-soothing and mind-stabilizing effects.]
When Lu Qing read the information on the text, he was immediately delighted.
Fish Stone!
This big fish he just caught contained a Fish Stone!
Lu Qing was not unfamiliar with Fish Stone.
In his previous life, he had caught a wild Green Fish weighing over twenty pounds, which had a Fish Stone inside it.
At that time, a boss had offered him over ten thousand for it, but he didn’t sell it.
As for the reason, besides liking it, it was naturally because there had always been a rumor in the fishing community.
It was said that Fish Stones of a certain age could safeguard one’s safety.
Whether the Fish Stone from his previous life could ensure safety was unclear to Lu Qing.
But the Fish Stone inside this Green Armored Fish was recognized by his superpower as having soul-soothing and mind-stabilizing effects.
It happened to be that Little Yan, since the death of their parents, had not been sleeping well at night, often waking up from nightmares needing his embrace to continue sleeping.
If the Fish Stone from this Green Armored Fish really had such magical effects, that would be wonderful.
In excitement, Lu Qing almost could not help himself from ripping open the Green Armored Fish.
Fortunately, he still had his senses and ultimately controlled himself.
“Brother, how are we going to take this big fish home? The bucket seems too small.” At this moment, Little Yan asked in some distress.
She had just measured, and the big fish was much taller than the wooden barrel they brought; it wouldn’t fit at all.
“No problem, in a moment your brother will twist some grass ropes and carry it back!” Lu Qing confidently said.
It’s just a fish that weighs about ten or twenty pounds.
The fish has been caught, how hard could it be to carry it back?
“Is that so? Are we going to continue fishing?” Little Yan asked again.
This question stumped Lu Qing.
With his usual experience, after the long struggle and pulling with this Green Armored Fish, he had covered the entire nearby water area of the fishing spot.
Generally, at such times, the bottom would be stirred up and even if there were fish, they would have scattered.
But then he thought about the Blood Apricots he picked earlier and hesitated.
According to the information given by his superpower, Blood Apricots were delicacies for some Strange Fish.
As a seasoned fishing enthusiast, he was quite curious about these so-called Strange Fish.
What special characteristics could those labeled as “strange” by his superpower have?
Even this Green Armored Fish possessing a Fish Stone didn’t seem to earn the title of strange from his superpower.
What kind of strangeness did these so-called Strange Fish have?
After some hesitation, Lu Qing decided to fish a little longer.
They were said to be Strange Fish, perhaps they were not scared away by the Green Armored Fish?
Thus, with such luck in mind, Lu Qing filled a bucket with water, positioned the head of the Green Armored Fish downward, barely soaking it in the bucket, then sat back at the fishing spot.
However, he also made up his mind to fish just a little longer.
After a while, if no fish bit, he would head home, otherwise, the Green Armored Fish might not last too long.
Dead fish are never as tasty as live ones.
Having reset his stance, Lu Qing this time directly hung a Blood Apricot on the fish hook.
He cast the hook into the water and began quietly waiting.
Time ticked by second by second, and quickly, half an hour had passed.
The float showed no signs of movement, as if it had stopped.
“Looks like it stirred up the area after all, even the Strange Fish couldn’t avoid it.” Lu Qing sighed.
This result was not beyond his expectations.
He just had held a bit of hope earlier.
“Let’s head back.”
Just as Lu Qing was preparing to pack up his fishing rod to head home,
suddenly, he saw the float sharply dive into the water!