I was just fishing, how did I become a Great Old One?

The morning sunlight shone on the terrace of Villa No. 13 in Yulong Bay, dispelling the last trace of gloom from last night.

Jiang Li stretched and woke up from the leather bed worth tens of thousands of yuan.

"This money was well spent; it's so much more comfortable than sleeping on that hard bed in my rented room."

He sighed and glanced at Big Yellow, who was fast asleep on the carpet beside the bed.

After last night's "whole fish feast," Big Yellow seemed to have some indigestion (actually, it was an energy overflow that was evolving). Its skin had a strange metallic sheen, and it would occasionally twitch and exhale two bubbles that could only be seen in higher dimensions.

"This dog has such an ugly sleeping posture."

Jiang Li kicked it in disgust. "Get up, go guard the house. I have to go to work."

"Woof..." (Just five more minutes of sleep...)

Big Yellow rolled over and continued to play dead.

Jiang Li ignored it and, after washing up, went to the backyard of the villa.

There is a private swimming pool there, which is about fifty square meters.

However, the pool is now filled with dark green filthy water, with withered branches and rotten leaves floating on the surface. Every now and then, a few black bubbles will bubble up, emitting a nauseating fishy smell.

This is the legendary paranormal phenomenon of "black water gushing from the swimming pool".

In fact, this is a [Abyssal Leech Mother] (C-level evil spirit) that has been lurking in the drainage system. It has turned the entire swimming pool into its hatching nest, and the black water is all its highly toxic mucus.

But in Jiang Li's eyes...

"Tsk tsk, how lazy was the previous owner? The water stinks like a septic tank and they didn't even bother to clean it?"

Jiang Li pinched her nose, looking disgusted.

"If you put fish in this, won't they all end up belly up?"

He's a man of action.

Now that you've bought a house, you should live comfortably.

Jiang Li found a thick, long steel bar used to unclog drains in the storage room, then put on a pair of rubber gloves and water boots, standing fully armed by the pool.

"Drain the water first, then scrub the pool."

He walked to the drain valve by the pool and turned it hard.

"Creak—"

The valve is rusted shut and won't budge.

"Hey! You want to mess with me?"

Jiang Li raised an eyebrow and focused his energy in his dantian, drawing strength from years of carrying corpses.

"Open it!"

"Snap!"

With a sharp crack, he snapped the cast iron valve handle in two.

Fortunately, the valve core had been violently turned, and the drain at the bottom of the pool slowly opened, allowing the black water to begin swirling and flowing downwards.

"Splash..."

The water level is dropping very slowly.

About half an hour later, the water level had receded by half.

Just then.

"Glug! Glug!!"

The deep water in the center of the pool suddenly began to churn violently, as if some enormous creature had been disturbed.

An even stronger stench rose up with the steam.

Immediately afterwards, a thick, black tentacle, like that of a python, suddenly emerged from the murky water and slammed it onto the surface, splashing up black waves several meters high.

"hiss--!!!"

The piercing screech echoed through the empty backyard.

If it were a normal person, they would have been terrified and wet themselves upon seeing this scene.

But Jiang Li's eyes lit up.

"Holy crap! I was wondering why the water was draining so slowly, it was clogged!"

He looked at the "tentacle" churning in the water and instinctively assumed it was a huge, slippery...

"Is this... a giant catfish? Or has an eel come to life?"

Jiang Li rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"It's so big, it must weigh at least fifty or sixty pounds, right? If it were braised..."

He remembered the delicious sauerkraut fish he had yesterday, and his mouth watered instantly.

"Big Yellow! Wake up! Come help! We need to catch fish!"

Upon hearing the words "catch fish," the big yellow dog inside the house reflexively sprang up and charged out like a whirlwind.

However, when it reached the edge of the pool and saw what was inside, it braked suddenly and almost scraped its toenails raw.

"Woof?!" (Is that a fish?!)

Big Yellow stared at the monster that was slowly rising to the surface of the water, and its fur stood on end.

It was a bloated creature made up of countless slippery black chunks of flesh, without a fixed shape, only countless sucker-like mouths that opened and closed, and countless tentacles.

【Abyssal Leech - Mother】!

It sensed its territory had been invaded and was in a state of extreme rage, its countless compound eyes fixed on the man and dog on the shore.

"Big Yellow, look how fat this fish is! It's just a bit deformed; why does it have so many whiskers?"

Jiang Li, carrying the steel bar, was eager to try. "You stay up there and block it, don't let it escape. I'll go down and catch it!"

Before Big Yellow could even react, he finished speaking.

"thump!"

Jiang Li jumped directly into the half-filled pool of dirty water.

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It was truly convinced.

Is this the world of the strong? Catching this thing like a fish?

The underwater monster clearly hadn't expected this human to be so brave, delivering himself right to its doorstep.

It excitedly waved its tentacles, instantly weaving them into a large net that enveloped Jiang Li, its large, sucker-like mouths filled with sharp teeth yearning for blood.

"Wow! It's quite slippery!"

Jiang Li grabbed one of the tentacles that was pulled towards him.

The mucus on the tentacles is extremely corrosive; it will cause skin ulceration if it comes into contact with ordinary people's skin.

But in Jiang Li's hands, it was like holding a slightly sticky loach.

"Come here!"

Jiang Li exerted force with both arms and pulled the enormous monster directly into his arms.

"hiss--!!!"

The monster let out a terrified scream; it felt as if it were being clamped by a hydraulic clamp and could not break free.

"Snapped!"

Jiang Li used the steel bar in his other hand to strike the monster's "head" (which was actually its core aggregate) without any hesitation.

"Stay still! What are you doing moving around for! You're splashing me with water!"

This steel bar was driven down, carrying with it Jiang Li's unwavering determination to "clean the sewers".

The monster's core was instantly dented, and green liquid splattered everywhere.

It was afraid.

It wanted to run away.

It loosened its tentacles, trying to crawl back into the drain.

"Trying to run away? No way! You've dirtied this whole pool of water, you have to pay me back!"

Jiang Li reacted quickly, grabbing the monster's bloated body as if he were embracing a giant black sumo wrestler.

"rise!"

Uprooting a willow tree!

Jiang Li forcefully pulled the monster, weighing hundreds of kilograms, out of the water, and then it drew a beautiful arc in the air.

"Bang!"

The monster was slammed heavily onto the tiled ground on the shore, dazed and confused, its tentacles trembling wildly.

Seeing the opportunity, Big Yellow pounced and bit off one of its tentacles.

"It tastes a bit sour... but it's quite chewy," Da Huang thought to himself.

Jiang Li climbed ashore, wiped the dirty water off his face, and looked at the still wriggling "big fish" on the ground.

"This thing... doesn't quite look like a catfish?"

Jiang Li examined it carefully. "The skin is so wrinkled, and it has so many suckers... Could it be a variant of some kind of deep-sea octopus?"

"Whatever, as long as it's edible, it doesn't matter what it is."

He originally intended to kill him on the spot.

But then I thought, I'm going to pick up my younger sister to visit the new house today, and it wouldn't be good if she saw this bloody scene and it scared the little girl.

"Let's keep it for now, we'll kill it tonight."

Jiang Li found a large, abandoned plastic bucket (left over from renovations), shoved the C-grade terrifying evil spirit inside, and then placed a large rock on top of it.

"Big Yellow, keep an eye on it, don't let it run away, this is tonight's extra treat."

Big Yellow lay by the bucket, drooling as it nodded.

……

After cleaning the "fish", Jiang Li took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

Let's check the time, it's 10 a.m.

"It's time to pick up Xiaoyu."

Jiang Li walked out of the villa. He originally wanted to take a taxi, but then he thought that he was now a person with millions in assets. It would be too embarrassing to take a taxi.

"By the way, I still have Fatty Wang's car here."

The night before last, after Fatty Wang brought him back, in order to curry favor with the big boss, he deliberately left the big Land Rover behind, saying it was for the big boss to use as a car and he would come back to pick it up in a few days.

"Perfect, I'll use this opportunity to offer my own flowers to Buddha."

Jiang Li took the car keys, drove the imposing Range Rover, and roared out of Yulong Bay.

……

Jianghai University, downstairs from the girls' dormitory.

Jiang Xiaoyu was standing by the roadside chatting with her roommates, her backpack on.

"Little Fish, did your brother really buy a house? And he's going to take you to live with him?"

A stylishly dressed short-haired girl asked, her tone tinged with doubt.

Her name is Zhao Qian, and she is Jiang Xiaoyu's roommate. She loves to compare herself to others and, knowing that Jiang Xiaoyu's family is not well-off, she often verbally belittles her.

"Yeah, my brother said he bought a new house and wants me to go over and check it out." Jiang Xiaoyu smiled a little shyly.

Actually, she wasn't sure herself.

Although her brother gave her a good phone and said he made a lot of money, buying a house... in Jianghai City, even in a slightly remote area, the down payment would be several hundred thousand yuan, right?

My brother has only been working for a few days.

"Oh my, where did you buy that house? It's not one of those old, run-down apartments, is it?" Zhao Qian said sarcastically. "With house prices so high these days, if your brother borrowed money at exorbitant interest rates to buy a house just to save face, he'll be in for a rough time."

"No, my brother is very steady," Jiang Xiaoyu retorted.

"Tch, what's the use of being steady? These days you need money." Zhao Qian curled her lip. "My boyfriend just said he's coming to pick me up in a BMW. Why don't we have him give you a ride on his way? It'll save your brother from having to take the bus."

Just then, a white BMW 3 Series slowly drove up and stopped on the side of the road.

The car window rolled down, and a young man wearing sunglasses leaned out: "Qianqian, get in the car."

Zhao Qian glanced at Jiang Xiaoyu smugly: "Look, my boyfriend's here. Xiaoyu, really, you don't need to see him off?"

Jiang Xiaoyu shook her head: "No need, my brother said he'll drive here."

"Driving? What kind of car? A Wuling Hongguang?" Zhao Qian scoffed.

Just then.

"boom--!!!"

A deep, violent engine roar came from the school gate, the sound of a large-displacement engine instantly drowning out all other sounds.

Everyone's attention was drawn to it.

A black Range Rover, like a steel beast, drove aggressively into the dormitory area.

Its massive body and sharp lines shimmered with a luxurious luster in the sunlight.

The students on the roadside quickly made way for them, their eyes filled with envy.

"Holy crap! A Range Rover! This car must cost over two million, right?"

"Wow, so handsome! Which rich kid is here to pick up his girlfriend?"

Zhao Qian was also stunned. Compared to this behemoth, her boyfriend's BMW 3 Series looked like a toy car.

"Which department's most beautiful girl has been taken care of this time?" Zhao Qian muttered sourly.

Just as everyone was speculating about who the luxury car was targeting.

"Squeak—"

The Land Rover came to a smooth stop in front of Jiang Xiaoyu.

The car window slowly rolled down.

Jiang Li's face, wearing sunglasses (bought for ten yuan at a roadside stall) and smiling brightly, was revealed.

"Little fish! Get in the car!"

Jiang Xiaoyu: "!!!"

Zhao Qian: "!!!"

The entire room fell silent.

Jiang Xiaoyu rubbed her eyes, looking at the person in the driver's seat in disbelief.

"Brother?! This is...your car?"

"I borrowed it from a friend, just wanted to play around with it for now," Jiang Li said casually, then leaned out and waved to Zhao Qian and the others who were still in a petrified state.

"Hey, are you all Xiaoyu's classmates? Come over to my house sometime, we just installed a big swimming pool, we can throw parties."

After saying that, he opened the car door for his still dazed sister and put her in the passenger seat.

"Hold on tight, we're taking you home!"

The roar resumed, and the Land Rover sped away, leaving behind only shattered glasses and Zhao Qian's striking face.

……

In the car.

Jiang Xiaoyu touched the leather seat, feeling like she was dreaming.

"Brother, you really... struck it rich?"

"Absolutely," Jiang Li said smugly as he drove. "Like I said, I'm a high-end talent now."

"Where is our new home?"

"Have you heard of Royal Dragon Bay?"

"Royal...Royal Dragon Bay?!" Jiang Xiaoyu almost jumped up. "That's the most expensive villa district in Jianghai City! Bro, did you rob a bank?"

"What utter nonsense! ...Pah, what utter rubbish!"

Jiang Li rolled her eyes at her. "That's money I earned through my own abilities! It's just a matter of a few fish."

"A few fish can buy a villa?" Jiang Xiaoyu felt her worldview was collapsing.

You'll know when you get there.

Half an hour later.

The car drove into Royal Dragon Bay and stopped in front of Villa No. 13.

Looking at the magnificent detached villa and the spacious yard in front of her, Jiang Xiaoyu blushed with excitement.

"Is this our home?"

"Yes, this will be our home from now on."

Jiang Li opened the door and led his younger sister inside.

"Woof!"

Big Yellow wagged its tail and came to greet us, still wearing the pink collar around its neck, looking both comical and adorable.

"Dahuang!" Jiang Xiaoyu happily hugged Dahuang.

"Take your time to look around and choose a room you like."

Jiang Li put down his backpack. "I'm going to the backyard to prepare some ingredients. I'll cook you a big meal tonight."

"good!"

Jiang Xiaoyu excitedly ran upstairs to choose a room.

Jiang Li rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the backyard.

There, from the bucket weighed down by the large stone, came a series of angry crashing sounds.

"Don't rush, don't rush, I'll send you on your way now."

Jiang Li took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and revealed a smile befitting a top chef (butcher).

"Tonight's main course—braised abyssal octopus (leech), let's make it!"