129 I Admit My Defea (1/2)
”Aiyee!”
Emmie was upset. It had wrapped itself up securely within its tendrils from top to bottom, refusing to reply to Yun Yang’s call.
Do you want to fish with my energy?
Big brother, surely you jest!
Even if you catch a fish of one hundred thousand catties, it can't be worth what I have to give up for you to do so!
”It is a Seven-Scaled Fairy fish. There are a lot of benefits from eating it.”
”Aiyee!”
”It's true! Try it if you don’t believe me. If it’s useless, I’ll feed you ten jade pendants!” Yun Yang promised.
”Aiyee?”
Emmie retracted part of its tendrils, revealing half of its body and waved them towards Yun Yang suspiciously.
”Really! Ten jade pendants is a lot, isn’t it?”
”Aiyee...”
”Too little? Emmie, don’t be too greedy. Alright, as long as you agree, I’ll give you two jade pendants tomorrow morning, two more before noon, two more at noon, two pieces in the afternoon and another two pieces at night! This should suffice, right?”
Yun Yang clenched his teeth.
”Aiyee!”
Emmie finally agreed, waving its tendrils around in joy.
Master is rarely so generous; he’s going to give me so many valuable items tomorrow!
In response, a scintillating ball of energy dropped out.
”This ball is too much, what a waste. Let's divide it into a hundred parts, alright?” Yun Yang negotiated.
”Aiyee!”
One can always be bought if the price is high enough – Emmie easily agreed and got down to work.
Yun Yang cast his fishing rod into the lake once more.
The elder glanced at the amateur from the corner of his eye, still feeling thrilled in his heart and so very confident.
Here the amateur goes again!
Suddenly, the water surface where Yun Yang’s fishing line sank into began to bubble, as if a lot of fish were violently trashing underneath.
The buoy that had not moved all this while dropped abruptly.
Yun Yang was delighted to see it, raising his fishing rod to see the fishing line swishing – a big fish had been caught!
The old man stared in surprise.
It was obvious that Yun Yang was slow in setting the hook. Usually, the fish would have long escaped but how could he still catch it now? The elder watched Yun Yang's shouts and exclamations as well as his terrible follow-up method, there was obviously no skill involved as he pulled the rod up by sheer force.
After much pulling and dragging, a big fish of about a dozen catties was hauled up.
The old man was speechless. ”What line are you using?”
Yun Yang smiled happily. ”Wild silk yarn! Soft and flexible!”
”What about your hook?”
”Mystical steel! They can’t run away once they bite onto the hook…”
The elder raised his head to stare at the sky as if to confirm if he was still in Tianxuan Continent.
It was true that wild silk yarn was soft and flexible but it was too light; it would float the moment it entered the water.
Although the mystical steel hook was substantial, it was full of the cold air of yin; fish would usually avoid it the moment they felt the cold.
This fellow had actually caught a fish using the combination of wild silk yarn and a mystical steel hook!
It was the most peculiar thing he had seen in his life.
”Luck. It must be luck. It won’t happen again…” The old man murmured irritably to himself and resumed his fishing.
He then realized in shock that there were no fish taking his bait now!
Where Yun Yang was, the water was murky from the rippling and bubbling movements. There seemed to be a competition underneath the surface among the fish as if only one of them could take the bait if it won!
As if to confirm the elder’s imagination, the buoy on Yun Yang’s fishing rod sunk once again.
As Yun Yang set the hook, a large fish of about twenty catties was forcefully hauled up.
The old man was a little bewildered, disbelieving what he was seeing…
It was the official opening of Yun Yang’s fishing show as he kept dragging big fish after big fish using his extremely poor fishing skills, knocking the creatures out and releasing them…
The water turned murkier as the water churned violently. Some fish that were impatient had even jumped out of the water and charged right at Yun Yang’s fishing hook with all their might.
”This is eerily abnormal…”
The elder mumbled to himself. I’m not using any random ingredients. These baits were specially made to cater to the fish’s appetite, using treasured materials and rare gems. There are even Fish Charm Herbs, worth thousands of years, in them…
What is going on?
What is this?
”What bait are you using?” The old man finally could not help asking.
”This one.” Yun Yang tossed a ball over casually.
The elder caught it and took a sniff. After inspecting it carefully, he was sure that it was an ordinary form of bait.
He tried hooking them to his hook and indeed, the buoy remained still as no fish bothered to head over in his direction.
Yet the fish over at Yun Yang’s side were crowding together as if rushing to the market. They had formed a big shaded area on the water surface, cramming together.