High Martial Arts: Starting from the Strongest Junior High Student

Before we knew it, night had fallen.

Zhang Xuexin sat cross-legged to the side, absorbing the starlight.

Bright starlight drifted into Xue Xin's body. Chen Shi sat by his fishing rod, enjoying the cool sea breeze. Looking down, he saw that the underwater scene was clearly illuminated by the starlight, revealing depths of four or five hundred meters and numerous fish migrating within.

Chen Shi became increasingly skilled at fishing.

Gu Bai told him that if he was ready, he would start timing him for seven days. During those seven days, he would have to solve any problems he encountered, such as eating, sleeping, or encountering danger.

Finally, at midnight, Chen Shi officially began the sea fishing challenge.

Xuexin was taken back by the Beiyang officers. She did not intend to participate in the competition and wanted to prepare for another six months.

While fishing, Chen Shi kept looking up at the brilliant Milky Way in the sky. There were no tall buildings, only an endless sea. The world was divided in half by the sky and the sea. The small boat swayed in the ocean current, and the boy waited quietly in the sea breeze for the fish to take the bait.

Gu Bai told him to wake him up if something happened, then lay down on the deck and fell asleep.

Before dawn, Gu Bai was awakened by the violent rocking of the fishing boat.

When he opened his eyes, he was dumbfounded. He saw that Chen Shi had already used all six rods at the same time, and two fish had taken the bait. He used his Black Martial Arts to hold the fishing rods, and then pulled the lines with both hands at the same time.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss..."

The sound of the string being pulled was like a rapid, light whistling wind.

Two fish were pulled out of the water. Chen Shi swung his black weapons with both hands, piercing their heads. Then, stepping on the black weapon pedals, he placed the fish on the deck from the left and right. Before he could process them, another fishing rod moved.

Chen Shi quickly stepped forward to pull the line, and then casually let out the line again from the fishing rod he had previously reeled in. He used his hands, feet, and even his mouth, making complex and numerous movements, but he didn't panic.

He was as calm as a seasoned warrior, and Gu Bai admired him greatly.

After climbing ten poles in a row, Chen Shi was able to breathe a sigh of relief and dismember the sea monster corpses piled on the deck one by one. Because of his high level of skill with the weapon, his movements were very clean and efficient, and he became faster and faster.

Black Martial's scimitar slashed across the heavy sirens' bodies, clearly pulling out all their internal organs and setting them aside. Then he bled them, removed their bones, extracted their essence, and sorted them out.

He felt his proficiency in multitasking was slowly increasing during the challenge.

The fishing boat kept moving, and fish kept taking the bait.

After each dismantling and loading, the loading dock scans the value of the goods and then gives Chen Shi a point.

The Siren's quality is divided into two categories.

First comes class, then rarity.

The first, second, third, and fourth ranks correspond to the first four realms of human martial arts cultivation. Next are the four qualities of ordinary, excellent, outstanding, and superior, representing the talent of the sea monsters. There are definitely higher qualities, but those are sea monsters that can not be caught.

Most of the first and second tiers are average, most of the third tiers are excellent, and most of the fourth tiers are outstanding. The scores will be calculated automatically, so Chen Shi doesn't need to think about it.

Fourth-tier sirens are generally not easy to catch, as they are highly intelligent and their activity range is relatively far.

Chen Shi still wanted to give it a try, so he sent the fishing boat 5000 nautical miles away.

Gu Bai watched all this quietly and said, "You need to balance work and rest, otherwise you won't be able to last seven days."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I am exceptionally gifted."

Gu Bai stopped trying to dissuade him, thinking that everyone who could participate in this competition was exceptionally talented.

He knew that Chen Shi possessed the legendary internal skill of "blood flowing for eternal life," but the problem was that even the most physically fit person needed to sleep, right? And wouldn't they get sleepy? That was what Gu Bai was thinking.

Soon, the whole morning had passed.

Chen Shi kept moving, and his total score was already close to 10. Along the way, he also caught a deep blue sapphire fish, which was worth 6000 yuan because the scales of this fish were made of aquamarine, a very expensive metal.

And it's not just aquamarine fish; you might also catch a deep ruby ​​fish, which is worth 20,000 points each!

There's also the most valuable Golden Fish, which is entirely made of sea gold. Each one costs 8 points, and the sea gold liquid inside is the material used to make low-level divine orbs.

However, this kind of fish is so rare that even the royal family of the Siren Clan doesn't have enough to go around.

In the afternoon, Chen Shi caught another deep blue sapphire fish. He touched the sapphire on the fish's body, completely mesmerized. It was so beautiful, shimmering with a mesmerizing blue light under the sunlight.

He forgot there were still fish on the hook nearby and casually asked, "Can I take this fish home and cook it myself?"

"What are you planning to do? Why don't you put the line back first?" Gu Bai raised an eyebrow and glanced at the fishing rod that was twitching slightly to the side.

Chen Shi quickly turned around to reel in the rod, pulled up a third-tier, outstanding-quality sea monster, slapped it to death, and then dismembered it.

As he was dismembering the aquamarine, he said, "I want to make jewelry out of it, like rings or something."

Gu Bai raised an eyebrow and said, "If you want it to look good, one isn't enough. It will have impurities and lack luster. You'll need at least two. Then you'll have to pay someone to help you refine it, and finally find someone to process it. I can help you find someone, but I'll have to charge you."

"What are you going to do with this ring? Give it to your girlfriend?"

"Yes." Chen Shi chuckled, then lowered his head to kill the fish.

Gu Bai asked in surprise, "Two of them are worth 16,000 points, and with the refining and processing, it'll definitely be 20,000 merit points."

"Are you willing to part with it?"

"Twenty thousand isn't much," Chen Shi said with a smile. "That's fine."

"I want to see if they have sea gold; those should be even prettier."

"Holy crap!" Gu Bai exclaimed in shock, "Young man, you dote on your girlfriend that much?"

Chen Shi smiled without saying a word, then asked in return, "Brother Bai, aren't you married with children?"

Hearing this, Gu Bai turned to look at the sea beside him and said, "My son has gone to university."

"There should be a chance for me to reach the Martial Venerable level in the future."

"And what about your wife?" Chen Shi asked as he reeled in his fishing rod.

Gu Bai pointed to the northern sea and said, "She is more powerful than me. She is a Martial Venerable and used to be my superior. She died in the beast tide five years ago."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Chen Shi looked at Gu Bai somewhat embarrassed.

Gu Bai turned around and asked, "What kind of expression is that?"

Everyone dies.

"It's enough that someone remembers and someone pays respects."

"Hearing what you said reminded me of some things."

"Huh?" Chen Shi asked curiously.

Gu Bai's right hand, which was hanging limply by the side of the boat, clenched slightly, and regret appeared in his eyes as he looked at the sea.

"I once caught a golden fish."

"But I didn't make a diamond ring for her."

Chen Shi lowered his head and remained silent.

Gu Bai then said, "Actually, I did think of that at the time."

"But I think we should try the next one? Life is so long, there will always be another golden fish."

The fishing boats became quiet.

The old fisherman, wearing a fisherman's hat, gazed at the vast sea before him, a sea he could never fathom in his entire life, and remained silent for a long time.