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Chapter 53 God's Nest Upgrade
Before daybreak, the gate of Linhe County creaked open.

The villagers who had been waiting outside formed a long queue and passed through the checkpoint in an orderly manner.

These people carrying bamboo baskets or sacks are all here to attend the morning market.

At the same time, many city residents also go out to work.

Zhang Yuan mixed in with the bustling crowd and left the city, and soon arrived at the dock area.

Get on the boat and go down the river.

As usual, he rowed upstream and reached the river bay as quickly as possible.

Because Zhang Yuan arrived very early, there was no sign of other fishing boats in the huge river bay.

He moored his sloop beside the reeds and took out five eel cages from the cabin.

Eel cage is a tool used to catch river eels. It is made of woven bamboo strips, with pointed ends and a drum shape in the middle like a weaving shuttle, and there are cleverly designed openings at both ends.

Once an eel gets in, it can't get out.

These five eel cages were given to Zhang Yuan by Sun Bo!
The old fisherman told Zhang Yuan that if he wanted to catch white loach, eel cage was definitely the best choice.

In his life, he had only seen two white loaches caught by others.

One of them was caught right here in an eel cage!
Then, Zhang Yuan took out pork liver, blood tofu and other meaty things from the bucket and stuffed them into the eel cage as bait.

According to Sun Bo, the white loach likes blood the most, so if you want to catch it, you have to spend some money.

But whether you can succeed or not depends entirely on luck.

Uncle Sun has been fishing for nearly forty years and has set up eel traps countless times.

I have caught a lot of river eels, but never a white loach!
In fact, given the old fisherman's piety to the Dragon God, he would release it even if he caught it.

Zhang Yuan also knows how to release animals - and put them into the God's Nest to parasite!
He sank eel cages filled with bait into different areas of the reed marsh.

These eel cages are all tied with long ropes, at the other end of which is tied an empty gourd that can float on the water.

After releasing the eel cages, Zhang Yuan was not idle either.

Start casting nets to catch fish in the river bend.

The sky gradually brightened, and the morning light shone on the water again, making the ripples sparkle beautifully.

As time went by, more and more fishing boats came into the river bay.

Zhang Yuan felt that it was about right.

So the eel cages that had been put down earlier were collected one by one.

Meat baits such as pork liver and blood tofu have a time limit. If they are soaked in water for too long, their effectiveness will naturally be greatly reduced.

At least there is no possibility of attracting white loach again.

He was full of anticipation when he took the cage out, but the reality was quite cruel.

All five eel cages were fished out.

As a result, apart from some small fish and shrimps, there were only a lot of snails.

This is actually quite normal.

If the white loach was so easy to catch, it wouldn't be worth the high price!

Zhang Yuan was not discouraged.

The next morning, he lowered the eel cage again.

This time, not only did the number of eel cages increase to nine, but Zhang Yuan also used new blood bait.

Pig bladders filled with pig blood, sheep intestines soaked in sheep blood, and even a live chicken!
Zhang Yuan spent a lot of effort for these special blood baits.

It also cost some money.

This time, Zhang Yuan gained more than yesterday.

The white dragon loach is still nowhere to be seen.

But into one of the eel cages, a white eel more than two feet long crawled into it!

Eel is not only nutritious, but also tastes very delicious.

So the price is not bad.

However, Zhang Yuan neither used this fat river eel for sacrifice nor sent it to the dock for sale.

In the evening, he took it back to his home and asked his mother to cook a pot of river eel soup. It was the first time he tasted the delicious river fish!

After eating and drinking, just as Zhang Yuan came to the yard to practice the Rock Posture, he suddenly felt a slight tingling and numb sensation on the back of his left hand.

He looked down subconsciously, and saw the emblem of God's Nest appearing on the back of his hand, emitting a faint glow!
[Host: Zhang Yuan]

[Realm: First level (bright strength)]

[God's Nest: Level 2 (0%)]

[Host: Level 2 Black Giant Ant (18%)/4 times Strength]

[Host: Level 2 Jade Mantis (5%)/Intermediate Sword Skills Mastery]

[Host: Level 2 Golden Grasshopper (3%)/4x Agility]

[Qi and blood: 155/158]

[Source Quality: 0]

After investing a large amount of source material, the main body of the God's Nest finally completed its first upgrade!
The Level 2 God's Nest not only added a new nest cell, but Zhang Yuan also clearly felt that the connection between himself and the host became more stable and sensitive.

At the same time, some more information about the God's Nest appeared in his mind!

Originally, Zhang Yuan's understanding of God's Nest was limited to his gaming experience in his previous life.

But the reality is undoubtedly quite different from the game.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan used the Divine Nest to improve his combat power on the one hand, and on the other hand he was also studying this magical existence.

He didn't expect that the upgrade of the God's Nest would actually provide him with such valuable information.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh, feeling very happy.

It’s not easy!

But the upgrade of the God's Nest did not bring good luck to Zhang Yuan.

In the following days, he still failed to catch the white loach - trying various blood baits was useless!
If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Zhang Yuan is ready for a long battle.

But what he didn't expect was that the number of fishing boats appearing in the river bay area suddenly increased in recent days.

These fishing boats all belong to the disciples of the Angry Whale Gang.

They were openly fishing in the bends with nets, and some had eel cages everywhere!
Zhang Yuan realized that these guys were also here to catch white loaches.

The worst has happened!

Although Zhang Yuan didn't know the real purpose of Chao Hongjie's purchase of the white dragon loach at a high price.

But obviously the word had spread.

That's why so many people came here!
The white loach is very rare, and catching it depends entirely on luck.

There are so many fishing boats casting nets and traps in the river bend now. If this rare creature really is a descendant of the Dragon God, it would have escaped long ago and there is no way it could lie there and be caught.

And even if the white loach doesn't run away, as long as it burrows into deep mud, who can catch it?

Zhang Yuan felt despair just thinking about it.

Could it be that this most likely fourth host is going to be missed like this?

With a slightly depressed mood, Zhang Yuan returned to the dock.

When he handed today's catch to the fish market vendor for inventory, he saw Chen Zhize rushing over: "Zhang Yuan!"

Zhang Yuan quickly asked, "Brother Chen, what's the matter?"

Chen Zhize took him aside and asked in a low voice, "Do you know about the White Dragon Loach?"

Zhang Yuan was shocked and replied, "That day, Chao Hongjie brought Chao Bao to me. In addition to apologizing to me, he also said that he wanted to buy the white dragon loach at a high price to use as a medicine to treat Chao Bao's mother's illness."

"Shit!"

Chen Zhize spat in disdain and said, "I just got a piece of news last night. The celestial being from Nanxun Prefecture said that he wanted to buy the white dragon loach."

"One white dragon loach for one Qi-increasing pill!"

The incense master of the outer hall looked at him with a gleaming gaze: "This is a magical elixir that can help one break through to the Qi realm!"

(End of this chapter)