You practice immortality, I farm 2

Chapter 899 Dark Fish

After a while, Lu Xuan returned to Shi Zichen's vicinity.

"Friend Shi, Lu bought a relatively ordinary set of fishing gear from the fish shop owner."

He chose a suitable fishing spot about twenty or thirty feet away from the middle-aged monk and took out the black jade spirit rod, ice silk and other items.

"The black jade spirit pole is a fourth-grade fishing tackle. For a cultivator who has just entered the ranks of fishing treasures, it is already quite good."

Shi Zichen commented simply.

“Hope it brings me good luck.”

Lu Xuan smiled, carefully wrapped the ice silk around the black jade spirit pole, then hung the agarwood hook on it, grabbed a fist-sized bait from the box, and threw it accurately not far ahead.

The location he chose had relatively calm water flow, and the bait sank quickly into the Qianbaozhen River.

"Make a nest first."

As he thought about it, he hung a small ball of special bait on the agarwood hook and threw it into the real river.

Afterwards, his mind fell on the area of ​​the agarwood hook.

As early as when the pagoda spirit brought him here, it had already reminded Lu Xuan that the special water in the Thousand Treasures River had strange effects on the body and soul, so he did not dare to probe his spiritual consciousness into the river.

The time spent fishing passed quickly, and an hour was gone in the blink of an eye.

Lu Xuan and Shi Zichen each took a position, quietly sensing the changes in the fishing line and float.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, there is something I don't understand. Could you please give me some advice?"

Lu Xuan sent a message to Shi Zichen who was not far away.

"Friend Lu, please speak."

Shi Zichen looked straight ahead and transmitted his voice.

"Spiritual fish, water beasts, or other beings that can live in such a strange place as Qianbao Zhen River are of relatively high rank."

"Logically speaking, its intelligence is not low, how could it be caught by some special bait?"

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you may not know that the intelligence of the creatures in the True River is quite simple."

"They have lived in the Qianbaozhen River for generations, and their bodies have long been integrated with the river water. After being washed by the river water for a long time, their intelligence can be said to be reduced to only the most basic instincts, so they will not easily detect the trap behind the bait."

The middle-aged cultivator transmitted a message to Lu Xuan.

"I see."

Lu Xuan nodded lightly.

“So, Fellow Daoist Lu, remember not to enter the True River, lest you lose your soul, assimilate your body, and become a walking corpse.”

"I have been fishing in Qianbaozhen River for more than a hundred years, and I have seen the scene of monks' corpses being caught more than once."

Shi Zichen said.

"Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist Shi. I will definitely pay more attention to it."

Lu Xuan said quickly.

The two exchanged a few brief words, and then each of them became like a fossil, motionless, immersed in the treasure of fishing.

Before he knew it, three days had passed and Lu Xuan still had nothing to show for it.

He lifted up the black jade spirit pole, but the bait on the agarwood hook did not change at all.

"Friend Lu, don't be impatient. Fishing for treasures in the Thousand Treasures River is more difficult than fishing in the secular world. It requires a lot of patience."

"It is common for no fish or aquatic animals to take the bait for months or even years."

"Haha, although Mr. Lu doesn't have much else to say, he still has enough patience."

Lu Xuan smiled and transmitted his voice.

"To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist Shi, I am a spiritual plant master. It usually takes me decades to cultivate a high-level spiritual plant to maturity. Compared to that, the time it takes to fish for treasures is nothing."

He explained to Shi Zichen.

Shi Zichen nodded, and focused his mind back on the Wu Yao Spirit Pole in his hand, no longer paying attention to Lu Xuan.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind. [Dark Blind Fish, a fourth-grade spiritual fish, has a simple intelligence and contains pure Yin Qi in its body. It absorbs Yin and water-attributed natural treasures. After processing, the meat is extremely delicious. After taking it, it can dissolve Yang poison and fire poison, and increase the speed of practicing Yin-attributed exercises.]

"Finally I got my bait."

Lu Xuan felt happy.

"A fourth-grade spiritual fish, not bad. The problem is, after it ate my bait, why can't the fishing line or the hook detect any changes?"

He thought secretly in his heart.

"Maybe it just ate a little bit of the bait used to bait the nest, or maybe it didn't swallow the hook."

His mind was always focused on the area of ​​water, and that thought never appeared in his mind again.

"Adjust the bait."

He lightly swung the black jade fishing rod, and the fishing rod, which was more than ten feet long and weighed a thousand pounds, was immediately raised high.

Lu Xuan retracted the agarwood hook and took out the wooden box containing the bait.

"I like Yin-type water-type natural treasures...try adding some other ingredients."

He took out two stalks of ice firefly grass from the storage bag and crushed them. The azure grass scraps mixed with the bait gave off a slightly icy scent.

Then, he dripped a drop of the fifth-grade spiritual liquid Mo Yin Quan into the bait. The Mo Yin Quan contained extremely pure and rich Yin energy.

With these two approaches at the same time, he didn't believe that the dark fish could resist such temptation.

Lu Xuan thought with full confidence.

The black jade spirit pole was swung with force, and the agarwood hook sank rapidly into the Thousand Treasures River where undercurrents were surging.

After waiting for a moment, a familiar thought came to my mind.

"Come on, eat as much as you can!"

Lu Xuan suddenly became extremely alert, feeling every subtle change of the fishing rod in his hand.

The dark fish in the deep of Zhen River had never tasted such delicious bait. Its simple intelligence had no idea that there might be hidden dangers, and it gobbled the bait specially prepared by Lu Xuan like crazy.

In the air, the ice silk suddenly sank.

Lu Xuan was already prepared and lifted it up with force.

Huge waves were rising in the water below, and a giant dark fish appeared and disappeared from time to time.

"Did you catch a treasure?"

Shi Zichen, who was not far away, was attracted by the movement on Lu Xuan's side. He used magic to fix the Wu Yao Ling Pole on the river bank, and in a flash, he came to Lu Xuan's side.

"It looks like a dark fish, a fourth-grade spiritual fish. Fellow Daoist Lu is quite lucky."

He has been fishing in Qianbaozhen River for more than a hundred years and has caught many dark fish. He is experienced and can recognize the origin of the giant fish below at a glance.

Lu Xuan didn't bother to answer him. His arms turned into crystal jade color and he pulled the black jade spirit pole into a bow shape.

When Lu Xuan noticed that the giant dark fish had relaxed, he swung the agarwood hook hard, tightly hooked the giant fish, and pulled it ashore.

"It is indeed a dark fish."

A hint of envy flashed in the middle-aged monk's eyes.

For a fisherman, the greatest pain is that two people choose a fishing spot, one catches a lot of fish, and the other catches nothing.

I am not afraid of coming back empty-handed, I am afraid of others constantly catching fish.

He had some of this mentality at the moment.

He has been guarding this fishing spot for more than a month, but not only has he failed to successfully fish up any treasure, he hasn't even had the chance to notice any spirit fish or water beast taking the bait. How can he not be envious?

"Hehe, just luck, I caught a huge fish without knowing what was going on."

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

He was able to succeed in one fell swoop, entirely relying on his special ability to improve the bait in a targeted manner and increase the probability of catching the dark fish.

"That method really works."

His heart was filled with joy.

(End of this chapter)