Chapter 916 Giant Silver-Horned Fish
“By the way, Fellow Daoist Shi, Lu has something to ask.”
“Friend Lu Dao, it’s okay to talk.”
Shi Zichen had just drank a small bottle of Ice Marrow Spirit Brew, and his attitude towards Lu Xuan was extremely polite.
“I heard that demons and evil things are often caught in the Qianbaozhen River. Is this possible?”
"Lu is just a spiritual planter. If he accidentally encounters a demon, he will probably die. So I would like to ask fellow Taoist Shi how to avoid the evil things of demons?"
Lu Xuan asked in confusion.
He has three strains of soul insect fungi in his hands that are very attractive to demons, but he is worried that he is not strong enough and catching them rashly will bring risks, so he wants to get more information from Shi Zichen, a senior fisherman.
However, he considered that if the other fellow Taoist had a strong interest in fishing monsters, it would most likely arouse suspicion, so he asked in reverse.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, there is no need to worry. There are indeed demons and evil spirits in the Qianbaozhen River, but they are extremely rare.”
“Usually they only lurk in some special locations, or are more likely to appear when a spiritual tide breaks out.”
“Therefore, when fishing for treasures normally, the possibility of encountering demons and evil things is very slim.”
Shi Zichen explained in detail.
"I see."
Lu Xuan nodded slightly.
“Thank you Taoist Shi for clarifying my doubts. Mr. Lu has itchy hands and wants to try his luck.”
He bowed his hand to Shi Zichen.
“I wish fellow Taoist Shi can catch enough spiritual fish and water beasts.”
Then, he walked several miles down the river bank, selected a suitable location, and took out the black jade spiritual rod and bait.
After everything was ready, he swung the spiritual pole vigorously, and the spiritual light flowed on the surface of the spiritual pole, suddenly stretching to more than ten feet. The fishing line made of ice silk and the agarwood hook fell into the Qianbaozhen River.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
“What’s strange is that there is no such dark fish in this water area?”
Lu Xuan looked puzzled, raised his arm vigorously, and the agarwood hook with the bait came out from the depths of the water.
In order to catch the dark croaker this time, he deliberately sprinkled a lot of special bait, but he didn't expect it. No spiritual fish has bitten the hook yet.
“Then let’s think of other ways and switch to the ordinary bait first.”
Although ordinary fishing bait is not very attractive to a certain kind of spiritual fish, it has universal appeal to most spiritual fish and can increase the probability of the spiritual fish biting the hook.
After biting the agarwood hook, he can learn the detailed information of the spirit fish and make targeted arrangements.
After changing the bait, his mind has been focused on the agarwood hook.
Five days later, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.
【Black Corpse Fish, a fourth-grade spiritual fish, has a simple mind and a variety of evil corpse energies in its body. It likes to eat the carrion of monster beasts and monks. It has a strong pollution ability. It may cause mutations after being consumed. 】
“Bad luck!”
“Unexpectedly, there was no treasure. Instead, I was bitten by a spiritual fish with a lot of corpse energy.”
Lu Xuan sighed secretly.
The black corpse fish has extremely strong pollution ability, and even the evil spiritual plants in Feng Yuan Star Cave cannot absorb it.
There is no use in catching it. Instead, he has to spend energy to deal with the large amount of corpse energy. Lu Xuan simply doesn't want it to take the bait.
After cleaning up the weak corpse energy remaining on the black jade spiritual pole, he came to Shi Zichen and watched him fish for a long time before returning to his position.
The spiritual pole was thrown out, the fishhook was dropped, and the black corpse fish had disappeared, and no detailed information about it appeared again. Lu Xuan was very patient and waited quietly for the new spiritual fish to bite the hook.
Five days later, another thought came to his mind.
[Silver-horned giant fish, a fourth-grade spiritual fish, is huge in size, weighing thousands of kilograms, has simple intelligence, has a huge horn on its head, and contains pure thunder spirit breath. It likes to eat all kinds of thunder-type heavenly materials and earthly treasures, fish meat After processing, the thunder spirit breath can temper the bodies of monks and monsters and increase the strength of the physical body. 】
“Okay! Shipped!”
Lu Xuan suddenly became excited.
The fish float floating in the turbulent Zhen River looked extremely calm, but he already knew that there was a fourth-grade spiritual fish underneath, and it was on the verge of biting the hook.
“Gone?”
After a while, when my mind fell into the true river, that thought no longer appeared.
Lu Xuan looked calm and confident in catching the giant silver-horned fish.
The creatures in the Qianbaozhen River have suffered certain mutations in their souls and bodies due to long-term erosion by the special river water.
The spiritual intelligence has become extremely simple. It is not as smart as ordinary fourth- and fifth-level high-level monsters. Only some basic instincts are left.
If you want to get it out of the Qianbaozhen River, you can basically only fish it.
Monks cannot enter the Qianbaozhen River. Once they accidentally fall in, they will quickly lose their minds, or be directly eaten by various beings inside, or become a fishing target for others thousands of years later.
It is not very feasible to use fishing nets to catch fish.
After all, the number of spiritual fish and water beasts in Zhenhe is not very large compared to the entire water area. If you put a net in, the possibility of catching spiritual fish and water beasts is extremely slim.
Furthermore, finding a fishing net that can be used to catch high-level spiritual fish and water beasts is much more difficult than finding a fishing rod with the same effect.
Perhaps only those large sects are willing to spend such money.
For ordinary monks who fish for treasures, the most primitive method of fishing with a fishing rod is the most cost-effective.
In the eyes of those spiritual fish and aquatic animals with the instinct to eat, the lure of bait is much greater than that of fishing nets and other magical weapons.
After the spirit fish and aquatic beast bite the hook, the rest is a matter of wrestling between them.
The monk's physical body, soul, spiritual pole level, treasure used to capture, timing... are all factors that can affect whether he can catch the fish.
Of course, the most difficult thing is to get the spirit fish and aquatic beast to take the bait.
However, this is not a big problem for Lu Xuan.
He can make precise adjustments in time according to the preferences of various spiritual fish and aquatic animals, maximizing the effect of the bait. As a result, the number of spiritual fish and aquatic animals that can be attracted will also increase sharply.
“The giant silver-horned fish weighing several thousand kilograms, even if the inedible parts are removed, can still be a feast for all the spiritual beasts in the cave.”
Lu Xuan said secretly in his heart.
“Thunder is a treasure of heaven and earth…there are several kinds in the gluttonous sac, so let’s use the thunderstorm lotus seeds.”
He has been working in the Thunder Star Cave for many years and has collected an extremely rich collection of thunder-type heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds, Thunder Death Crystal, Yimu Green Thunder Liquid, Dark Green Thunder Liquid…
After thinking about it, the fourth-grade Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds are the most cost-effective.
Lu Xuan stretched out his palm, and five or six silver-white lotus seeds quietly appeared in his palm.
He clenched his fist, and the silver lotus seeds suddenly shattered into fine powder, and wisps of tiny lightning flashes appeared from time to time.
Following that, he took out another piece of fishing bait and mixed the silver-white powder into it.
In this way, it has become a special bait that the giant silver-horned fish must eat.
(End of this chapter)