Immortal Road.

The giant bluefish was restrained by the Xuan Tian Treasure Rod and had no power to fight back. It fell into the forest mountain domain and instantly lost the initiative.

The massive Thunder Pool Dharma Form crashed down, with endless plasma raging all around. After years of honing its skills, the fully perfected domain was now completely capable of suppressing ordinary fish monsters.

Only a domain can fight against a domain!

Lin Shan suppressed it effortlessly, firmly binding and locking it in place. He asked it curiously why it didn't use its domain to resist.

"Resist? I need to have the ability to do so!"

The big blue carp was on the verge of tears. It was just an ordinary fish that had grown wild and possessed no bloodline or clan to rely on. How could it know anything about the laws of the domain?
These words shocked Lin Shan to some extent.

Is the Immortal Realm version really this wild? How can a bluefish that doesn't even understand the realm grow to the Void Realm?
You should know that, let alone the lower realm, even the Void Realm cultivators in Yunzhou Immortal City are big shots, running rampant below the True Immortal level. Who would have thought that these wild monsters could do it so easily?

This shows how vast the Immortal Realm is, with abundant spiritual energy. Countless high-level creatures are hidden in the vast majority of wild and undeveloped areas.

Of course, the ability to catch the bluefish was also inseparable from the Xuan Tian Treasure Rod of the Old Taoist Jinchi and the power of Wenlingzi's double pupils. Without the advantage of being in the water, the bluefish was just a slightly larger wild game. It had brute force but no supernatural power, and it would be defeated when it encountered a domain.

They summoned the Yellow Turban Warriors, whose puppets possessed immense strength and carried the giant bluefish to the shore.

The fish was no longer as arrogant as before; it flailed its tail wildly on its shoulder, constantly begging for mercy.

"My lords, I'll do it again! I'll never do it again! Could you please put me down? I'm dying of thirst!"

Jinchi the old Taoist stepped forward and slapped it, but who would have thought that the fish scales were sharp, and he ended up with his hands covered in blood. In a fit of rage, he kicked it several times, and his legs were scratched so badly that he howled in pain.

"You were just calling me 'Master Fish' all the time. I love your arrogant attitude. Come on, keep cursing!"

The big bluefish was stubborn and couldn't think straight. It thought that this would get it away with it, so it changed its tone.

"Fine, you told me to curse, so I'll grant your wish! Old Man Fishing Mao, you have no fishing ethics, your methods are despicable, you call your friends and gang up on me, taking advantage of my lack of territory, and you went into the water to arrest me. If you let me go, I have nothing to fear in a one-on-one fight."

Lin Shan was tending the fire when he heard this and turned around in surprise, muttering a rhyming verse: "Is this bluefish going to take the postgraduate entrance exam?"
But then that guy's demeanor changed completely; he immediately became meek and obsequious, asking:
"My lords, did Little Fish imitate you well just now? Did she return to her unruly self as you said? Can you please release me?"

Jinchi Daoist was taken aback upon hearing this, then burst into laughter!

He kept hitting the fish's head with the fishing rod, making the big grass carp dizzy and disoriented.

"What an idiot! We've already caught you, how could we possibly let you go? I was just teasing you earlier, and you actually believed me?"

"What??"

The blue fish was furious, clearly lacking in intelligence. It rolled around in the thick palm of the Yellow Turban Warrior, trying to break free and fight the old Taoist, but was held down firmly.

"Don't be so smug. One day you'll fall into Master Yu's hands, and he'll make you regret it."

"okay."

Lin Shan had already started a fire, took out his 'ancestral tree branch', skewered the guy, and roasted him over the fire.

Looking at the old Taoist priest Jinchi jumping up and down beside him, he really couldn't understand it.

"With this level of intelligence, how did you manage to be bullied for thousands of years?"

Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest deflated like a punctured balloon, slumped to one side with his hands hanging limply, and stared dejectedly at the fish being grilled, feeling as if he had wasted his entire life.

Fortunately, Lin Shan stepped in. With a string of branches, no matter what kind of fish you catch, it won't make a ripple. This thing is the ultimate equipment for anglers.

The big bluefish exclaimed that the tree branch was weird, and started reciting rhymes nonstop, praying that it wouldn't get roasted.

"Shut up!"

Lin Shan found it annoying, so he took out a fire bag and frantically shook a seventh-order flame to burn it. This time, knowing how to eat it, the ruthless iron hand removed its internal organs first.

*Pfft pfft*
In no time, the fish scales fell off one after another, and the charred and curled fish skin emitted a fragrant aroma. With cumin, sesame, and chili powder all in one, the big bluefish cried out again.

"Sir, could you turn me over?"

Lin Shan couldn't understand what kind of fish monster it was. Was it afraid that he wasn't cooking it well enough? So he simply did as it said and flipped it over.

Once both sides are golden and translucent, call Jinchi the old Taoist priest to come and eat.

The two of them thoroughly enjoyed their meal!

The giant bluefish is hundreds of feet long, and an ordinary person could not finish eating it in a year. However, as a cultivator in the Void Realm, he naturally has the means to shrink it. The flesh is also more compact in the process of being condensed. Every inch of the fish meat is comparable to a spiritual pill. After entering the abdomen, it is quickly refined and flows into the limbs and bones.

Even so, I still felt slightly full.

"Hiccup~"

Old Taoist Jinchi was so full that his face was shiny with oil and his hair stood on end.

"This guy is really good. He could probably give us enough for twenty years of hard training. You couldn't even buy him a pill for a hundred or so seventh-grade spirit stones on the market. You could just eat a fish with him!"

Wenlingzi still only took a small bite, elegantly tearing off a few pieces of meat to taste, and making a few comments that were neither salty nor bland.

"It's plumper and more delicious than that silver carp from before."

Upon hearing this, the large blue carp, its head now just a skeleton, darted around with its eyes darting about, and asked in confusion.

"Silver carp? Where are the silver carp? I know of more than a dozen silver carp in this lake with the same cultivation level as me. If you let me go, I'll take you to find them one by one."

What? ? ?
There are more than a dozen silver carp in the Dongxu stage, so wouldn't there be even more other fish? If they ate up this lake, they would probably become immortals!
Lin Shan suddenly found himself in a whole new world!

If I come to the Immortal Realm to be a fisherman, why would I worry about not having enough cultivation or not having a high enough realm?
Fishing and eating fish every day—what an idyllic life!

Delicious food, improved cultivation, and in the end, no coins needed—all thanks to nature's bounty. This is just too good to be true!

Stop dreaming.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi poured cold water on him.

"Most of the fish monsters live in deep water and in groups. Those swimming in the shallow waters near the shore are mostly low-intelligence wild fish with no other fish to rely on, and they rely entirely on my relentless efforts to bait their nests over the past thousand years. Believe it or not, if I, the old Taoist priest, stopped feeding them at each of my nests, these guys would disappear without a trace within a month."

"That's true."

The big blue carp chimed in, saying it was only natural.

"If you don't bait the spot, what's the point of me staying here? I might as well go back to the rivers, lakes and seas to live a happier life. If it weren't for my craving for your corn, I would have flown far away long ago. Speaking of which, I'm about to die anyway, can you feed me a few more bites?"

Unexpectedly, the big blue carp was so greedy that it was still thinking about eating grain even on its deathbed. The old Taoist priest Jinchi had been fighting with it for thousands of years and had developed some affection for it. So he simply took out dozens of kilograms of grain from his pocket and fed it all to it.

The big bluefish was overjoyed and swallowed it all. Since it had been completely eaten and emptied out, it fell out of the carp intact with a splash.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Unfortunately, Master Fish can no longer digest spiritual food. All his cultivation has come to nothing. Perhaps this is the fate of an ordinary bluefish."

The old Taoist priest Jinchi sighed and reached out to help it close its eyes and rest in peace, but he forgot that fish don't have eyelids, and he couldn't close them no matter how many times he tried.

"Never mind, your fish eyes still have some use. Let's remove them as the last bit of value we leave to the world."

"No, don't gouge out my eyes!" The big blue fish's eyes darted around, and it was about to refuse when they were gouged out on the spot. Tears streamed down its empty eye sockets, and its cries were incredibly pitiful.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi killed him, ending his suffering prematurely.

Then he gave the fish eye to Wenlingzi and sighed with emotion.

"What hardship is there in the life of a fish? What torment is there in the life of a fish?"

The cycle of nature, the law of the jungle, is an unchanging law since ancient times. He felt that he had committed another act of killing by brutally destroying two such intelligent beings.

“I still have to kill these fish, because I have a thousand-year-old karmic connection with them. Now that this old grudge has been settled, I am no longer bound by karma, and my shackles and constraints are lighter.”

Lin Shan was too lazy to listen to his rambling and urged him to hurry up and go to the next hideout.

Ever since he tasted the sweetness of success, he has spared no effort for cultivation, and at the same time, he has become increasingly envious of this guy's Xuan Tian Treasure Rod, which is simply a perfect fishing tool!

The Annihilation Avatar hiding in the Star Palace was also eager to make a move and get a share of the spoils.

If it can be continuously devoured with strange Dharma forms, the conversion rate is much higher than eating fish. Perhaps it can reach the late stage of Void Realm even faster than the mid-stage of Void Realm!

However, Lin Shan could not allow his clone to surpass him by too much, and he would prioritize his main body in everything he did.

Two more dens were raided.

With the combined efforts of the three, they also managed to catch the other two large grass carp and fat crucian carp that had been lurking around and feeding on others.

At this moment, the two of them were so full that they could hardly walk, but remembering that there was still a highlight at the end, the so-called golden-scaled dragon fish, they mustered their spirits and rubbed their hands together in anticipation!

"These four are all ordinary fish that have become spirits. They have cultivation but no combat power. They are also stupid and easily get carried away. But this last one is different."

The old Taoist priest Jinchi had a solemn expression and gave many instructions.

"The Golden Scaled Dragon Fish is a rare species of lake fish, possessing the bloodline inherited from its clan. It is unknown why it was driven out from the depths of the Azure Cold Pool, but its strength is indeed at the peak of the Void Realm!"

"Moreover, it possesses a bloodline supernatural power that can transform its entire body of fish scales into ten thousand swords returning to their origin. Combined with the raging waterfall, it is as if a god of death has descended. I have personally witnessed it shoot down a Void Realm cultivator of its own kind!"

"Therefore, we should try to lure them out of the water and out of their comfort zone first, and then find a way to join forces to kill them."

"Never go in alone; that guy has the ability to kill instantly."

Lin Shan and Wen Lingzi didn't take it to heart; instead, they solemnly promised to remember it and said they would be careful when the time came.

We arrived at a shallow area, which was a swampy mudflat.

Clumps of small yellow flowers bloomed all over it, creating a peaceful and undisturbed scene.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi was unusually cautious. He walked slowly to the baiting spot, looked around, and pulled out a fishing net.

They found that the inside was indeed empty, except for a pile of fish skeletons at the bottom of the net, all of which had been gnawed clean.

What are you looking for?

Suddenly, a voice came from somewhere, sounding somewhat old and carrying the weight of years.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi was startled and looked around nervously, as if he had done something wrong.

The voice then said:
"You're late this month. Quickly offer ten thousand catties of spirit grain as tribute, and you can leave."

Lin Shan and Wen Lingzi exchanged surprised glances, then opened their eyes and activated their Star-Slaying Demon Eyes and Double Pupils, searching the water area in all directions.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi, who had previously been indignant, actually bowed and smiled obsequiously.

“Master Jinlin, I’ve found something good this time. It’s not spirit food, but spirit pills. Would you like to try some?”

"Stop talking nonsense and throw them down right now. And what are you doing with these two? Are you trying to drag me ashore?"

This must be the Golden Scaled Dragon Fish. Its words were arrogant and condescending, and it spoke as if it were a high-ranking official, treating the old Taoist priest Jinchi as a servant or steward. No wonder the latter hated it to the bone.

In order not to arouse the other party's suspicion, we can only temporarily stall and keep the situation quiet.

"These two are old friends of the Taoist priest. They heard that you were resting here and came to pay their respects. They even brought some treasures to present to you!"

"Oh? What treasure is it? Let me see it."

Upon hearing that someone wanted to offer a treasure, the fish official finally lowered his guard. It seems that although his intelligence was higher than the previous ones, it wasn't by much.

The old Taoist priest Jinchi quickly gave the two of them a meaningful look.

Lin Shan and Wen Lingzi understood each other and took out the two pairs of fish eyes they had just earned. Under the sunlight, they shimmered like gemstones, truly living up to their reputation as fish eyes that could be mistaken for real gemstones.

"These are two pairs of fish eyes from the Void Realm, which were found in the market by two fellow Daoists. They heard that you, sir, love jewelry, so they came here to present them to you."

As the old Taoist priest Jinchi spoke, he instructed the two of them to throw the fish eyes into the lake.

Both knew that you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub, so they both did exactly as instructed.

After a while...

Sure enough, a surprised laugh followed, sounding quite pleased.

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad at all. It is indeed a fine treasure. It is clear, bright and dazzling, and suitable for collection. My treasure trove will have another pair of collectibles."

As he spoke, he began urging the old Taoist priest Jinchi to hurry up and distribute the grain, without even a word of thanks.

Wenlingzi clenched her fists, seemingly angered by the rudeness. Even Lin Shan couldn't help but wonder, why give this guy something in the first place? Is it like throwing good money after bad?
The old Taoist priest Jinchi quickly and secretly advised them not to rush.

"A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. That golden-scaled dragon fish has a hoarding habit and countless treasures on its body. If we can take it down, all the treasures inside will be ours."

Oh?
That makes sense when you hear it that way.

The two could only suppress their anger and watch as the old Taoist priest Jinchi endured the humiliation and took out the remaining Duowu fish balls.

The aroma was indeed extraordinary, immediately attracting the creature at the bottom of the lake, who ordered it not to dawdle and to drop it down quickly.

The old Taoist secretly took out the Xuan Tian Treasure Rod, acting as slyly as a thief. This rod could even become invisible at crucial moments, allowing him to hook the bait and cast it into the lake!

There was a distance below, and sure enough, I didn't notice the small movement. After a while, the float moved slightly and was then instantly pulled into the lake.

It's now!

Jinchi the Taoist priest suddenly jumped up and desperately tried to lift the pole upwards!
Lin Shan then threw out the Yellow Turban Warrior, and the man and the puppet went forward to help, but even so, he still felt that he was not strong enough, as if he was dragging an ultimate behemoth below.

"Ow~~~"

A dragon's roar came from the bottom of the lake, a deep and piercing sound that shook the heavens, carrying a rumbling anger.

"You're courting death! How dare you plot against me? Are you perhaps trying to offer yourselves as bait, to be added to my golden platter?" (End of Chapter)