Chapter 164 - Catching a Big Fish (1/2)

They started to fish again. Li Xu made some progress and managed to catch a finger-long Red-winged Tadpole Fish. Along the way, Ye Chen caught dozens of fishes but they were all small ones. No large ones took the bait and even Little Wingsy did not catch any more Golden-armored Fish. According to Li Xu and Master Apothecary Xuanyi, the Golden-armored Fish was extremely intelligent and was much smarter than the Rainbow Fish and Red-winged Tadpole Fish. Once one Golden-armored Fish had taken the bait, the other Golden-armored Fish would not fall for the same bait again.

After three to four hours, there were no major gains except for a few small fishes. Ye Chen had almost used up all the bait that Master Apothecary Xuanyi had given. Ye Chen pondered. His Celestial Chi energy could not be changed but the bait could and did not necessarily have to remain the same. Perhaps he could use other herbal mixtures.

After some thoughts, Ye Chen secretly made a Soul-amassing Pill and divided it into six portions after crushing it. He added one portion on the hook and added a trace of Celestial Chi before flinging the line into the lake.

Soul-amassing Pills, Soul-consolidating Pills, and the ancient alchemy method were all Ye Chen’s secrets. He would not tell anyone about them for now. He did not know if the herbal mixture made by this Soul-amassing Pill would be able to attract a big fish to take the bait.

Ye Chen was not sure if the Soul-amassing Pill could be used as bait. However, his success rate in refining Soul-amassing Pills was not bad, so he was not afraid of wasting the pills.

After the hook was thrown, Ye Chen immediately felt the float move.

Ye Chen immediately yanked the line, only to find that the bait was still on the hook and no fish had bitten on the hook. What happened? The float did move earlier so a fish should have bitten it already.

Ye Chen threw the hook back into the water but the float remained still for a long time.

The water was extremely calm. It seemed like the fishes had all dispersed.

‘Looks like a herbal mixture made with the Soul-amassing Pill can’t be used as bait. It scared all the fishes away.’ Ye Chen was somewhat disappointed.

Just as Ye Chen was preparing to retrieve the bait and change it into ordinary bait, his Astral Body suddenly felt something. There seemed to be something deep in the lake that was swimming toward him at a very fast speed.

Ye Chen was slightly apprehensive. He did not know what was happening. Suddenly, the float sank into the water. Ye Chen felt a strong pull and the Flameshadow black gold fishing rod instantly bent into an arch.

“A fish took the bait!” Ye Chen was overjoyed and gripped the fishing rod tightly. The fish was extremely fierce. The rod almost slipped out of Ye Chen’s hands.

Little Tanuki jumped up and down on Ye Chen’s shoulder, extremely excited. However, it could not do anything to help.

“Little Wingsy, come help me!” Ye Chen urgently cried.

“I’m coming.” Little Wingsy put down his fishing rod and hurried over. He also quickly gripped Ye Chen’s fishing rod.

The Flameshadow black gold fishing rod was bent out of shape. It was arched even more severely than when Little Wingsy caught the Golden-armored Fish. If the fishing rod was not made from Flameshadow black gold, it would have already snapped.

After Little WIngsy grabbed the rod, Ye Chen immediately felt the pressure on him relieved.

“It’s coming up!” Little Wingsy cried excitedly.Read latest chapters at novelhall.com

Master Apothecary Xuanyi and Li Xu also approached the two. Ye Chen and Little Wingsy had gripped the fishing rod, so they could not help at all. They could only stand by and rub their hands anxiously. The Golden-armored Fish caught earlier had shocked them greatly. They wondered what fish Ye Chen had caught for the fishing rod to bend this much!

Lei Yi, Hao Feng, and Yan Cheng were unable to sit and fish quietly. They stood up and looked at the fishing rod with envy. Their hearts were beating wildly.

If only this fish had bitten their hook instead! They completely forgot that if this fish had bit their hook, instead of them catching the fish, it would end up dragging them directly into the water!

The stone Ye Chen and Little Wingsy were standing on loosened and showed some signs of crumbling.

“The stone won’t hold. Little Wingsy, watch out!” Ye Chen shouted and suddenly pulled.

Beside Ye Chen, Little Wingsy also pulled as hard as he could. With a jerk, a large prune-colored fish was thrown out of the water. It was around a meter long and its fuschia scales sparkled under the sunlight. Its tail continuously shook and it had two long beards that danced in the air. It was even larger than Little Wingsy’s current size.

Seeing this fuschia-colored fish, Ye Chen was rendered speechless. ‘Holy hell, it must weigh at least several dozen catties! It’s several times larger than the Golden-armored Fish!’

“The fishy is up!” Little Wingsy was so excited that he tossed the fish onto the bank and leaped at it like a little tiger.

Li Xu and Master Apothecary Xuanyi watched the fuschia-colored fish swept through the sky, dumbstruck. Purplish-red, bearded, and dozens of catties heavy. ‘Heavens, are my eyes deceiving me?!’ All the thrilling events they had encountered in their entire lives could not compare to what they saw today!