Chapter 165 - Purple-gold Divine Fish (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After seeing Ye Chen being so persistent, Li Xu finally nodded and said, “Very well, I’ll take advantage of it.” Even ten percent of the medicinal pills were priceless.
Ye Chen kept the fish and asked, “Master, Senior Brother Li, what exactly is this fish?”
“It’s called the Purple-gold Divine Fish. It generally only lives in the deep sea. I didn’t expect it to appear here. When the Purple-gold Divine Fish is young, its body is blood-red but when it reaches around five-hundred-years-old, its scales will slowly turn purple and its beard will grow longer. It’ll only turn purple-gold when it’s over ten thousand years old but once it does, it’s extremely precious. One bite can let a cultivator shed his mortal body and change his bones. Their Celestial Chi would increase greatly as if they have cultivated for dozens of years. It’s even possible for a low Celestial Chi cultivator to immediately break through to Earthly Venerable Rank. Even if they’re not cultivators, one bite is enough to extend their lifespan and treat any illness,” Master Apothecary Xuanyi explained.
“How old is this Purple-gold Divine Fish?” Ye Chen asked. The fish would only turn purple after five hundred years, so it seemed that this Purple-gold Divine Fish had grown for at least five hundred years.
“The Purple-gold Divine Fish’s beard will grow half a meter every five hundred years. This Purple-gold Divine Fish should be around two thousand years old. In general, there’ll only be one Purple-gold Divine Fish in a body of water. All Purple-gold Divine Fish are male when young but become female and start laying eggs after maturing. If there are too many Purple-gold Divine Fish in one body of water, they’ll kill each other if there’s insufficient food.” Master Apothecary Xuanyi sighed. “I’ve fished here for so many years but I’ve never even seen the shadow of the Purple-gold Divine Fish before. Who would’ve thought that Ye Chen would catch one immediately after arriving?”
“In other words, the lake only has this single Purple-gold Divine Fish?” Ye Chen rubbed his head. He had caught the sole Purple-gold Divine Fish. Perhaps the Soul-amassing Pill was the Purple-gold Divine Fish’s favorite food. The Purple-gold Divine Fish was a terrifying predator for other fishes. It was not surprising that the smaller fishes were scared away.
“That’s right but it’s difficult to determine. If this fish is taken to the Central Empire’s Mingyue Auction House, one tael can be sold for tens of thousands of Chi-amassing Pills. Even a Tier Five spirit artifact would only be worth a hundred thousand Chi-amassing pills.” Master Apothecary Xuanyi sighed emotionally. This fish was more than thirty catties. Just this fish alone had already made Ye Chen rich. Even if all the treasures in the Xiwu Empire were sold, it still might not be enough to compare. However, it seemed that Ye Chen had quite a few treasures himself. The sword from earlier was most likely a Tier Five or above spirit artifact, otherwise, it would not have been able to pierce the Purple-gold Divine Fish’s head. Unless a person was severely in need of money, no one would sell such a precious thing like the Purple-gold Divine Fish.
One tael of fish could be exchanged for tens of thousands of Chi-amassing Pills? Everyone grew dizzy upon hearing this figure.
‘What exactly is the Central Empire’s Mingyue Auction House to sell Tier Five and above spirit treasures? I wonder when I can take a look.’ Ye Chen was reminded of Little Rou at the mention of the Central Empire. ‘I wonder how Little Rou is doing in the Central Empire. Her parents are there and are supposedly the sect leader of a large sect. Little Rou’s life shouldn’t be too bad. I wonder what attainment level that girl has reached. With her talent and the support of a large sect, she should’ve advanced by leaps and bounds. I can’t fall behind.’
Lei Yi, Hao Feng, Yan Cheng, and a group of registered apprentices stared at Ye Chen. They seemed to feel that even if Ye Chen plucked out a leg hair, it would still be thicker than them!
“No one is allowed to tell anyone about Ye Chen catching the Purple-gold Divine Fish. Whoever dares to tell anyone will be expelled!” Master Apothecary Xuanyi turned to look at the apprentices behind and said seriously.
“Master, a few golden-armored imperial guards saw it. They might report it to Great Emperor Mingwu.” A subtle sinister light flashed in Lei Yi’s eyes. Although Ye Chen had caught the Purple-gold Divine Fish, whether or not Ye Chen could keep it was a different question. This was a world where might made right!
Ye Chen’s Astral Body saw Lei Yi and the others’ reactions. He scoffed in his heart. ‘They’re dreaming if they want to take the Purple-gold Divine Fish away from me with their strength. However, it’ll be a different story if it was Great Emperor Mingwu or one of the Heavenly Venerable Rank combatants from the Three Major Sects.’
Ye Chen had an urge to increase his strength. Otherwise, he would not stand a chance if he encountered a Heavenly Venerable Rank combatant.
“If Mingwu comes, I’ll talk to him. We made a deal before. One of the conditions for me to stay in the Xiwu Empire was that the fishes that my apprentices and I catch in this lake belong to us. That holds the same for the Purple-gold Divine Fish.” Master Apothecary Xuanyi glanced at the apprentices. “The golden-armored imperial guards stationed here are all Mingwu’s confidants. They’ll only tell Mingwu alone about this matter!”
Lei Yi and the other registered apprentices felt Master Apothecary Xuanyi’s gaze and lowered their heads, not daring to look at each other. Master Apothecary Xuanyi was warning them not to try any tricks. If a large incident like this was revealed to others, they would have to bear the consequences.
Master Apothecary Xuanyi looked up at the sky. It was getting late. Although they could still fish at night, since a Purple-gold Divine Fish was caught, it would be better to go back and deal with it quickly.
“Ye Chen, it’s getting dark. Let’s go back to Xuan Pavilion now!” Master Apothecary Xuanyi looked at Ye Chen.
“Yes, Master.” Ye Chen nodded. He understood Master Apothecary Xuanyi’s worries.
“We’re not fishing anymore?” Little Wingsy pouted. He was addicted to fishing now. Fishing was really interesting.
“No. Little Wingsy, Brother Ye Chen will make you fish soup tonight!” Ye Chen said. Who cared about the Purple-gold Divine Fish? They could talk after eating it. After Little Wingsy was injured by Tantai Ling, his injury was still recovering, and his strength was much weaker than it had been during his peak, so he needed a physic. If Little Wingsy’s strength recovered fully, he would be an existence equivalent to Daemon King Rank. He would not be afraid of any Heavenly Venerable One, Mystique Venerable One or even Godly Venerable One.