Chapter 307 – Green-Horned Dragon Carp
Chapter 307 – Green-Horned Dragon Carp
The boundless sea surface was undulating.
The several zhang long fishing rod in Lu Xuan’s hand stretched out as far as it could from the wooden building, and the silver-white fishing line fell in the distance.
Following the fish line all the way down, one could see a first-rate sea fish swimming around haphazardly, and inside the belly of the sea fish was a fish hook painted with faint runes.
He heard Shi Zhong talk about the occasional Dragon Carp sightings in these waters, and that one could fish for them with a living sea fish.
So the idea of trying it came to him.
Suddenly, a huge force came from the fishing line, and under the spiritual sense perception, the sea fish along with the hook was swallowed by a huge fish in one gulp.
Lu Xuan pulled hard, and just as the giant fish burrowed out of the water, a water blade formed, cutting the fishing line, and the fish hook inside the sea fish was also crushed by its bite.
The giant fish regained its freedom, and with a flash of green light on its head, the fish’s tail threw itself with force, utilizing the Water Escape Technique to instantly escape.
Lu Xuan was able to get a full view of the giant fish as it surfaced.
The length of about a zhang, body slender, body surface has many dark green scales, two pale green fish whiskers trailing to the tail part of the fish, head, there is also a three-inch or so horns, but also for the giant fish to add a few points of the extraordinary.
After the giant fish bit the bait, Lu Xuan was informed of its details.
[Green Horned Dragon Carp, third-grade demonic beast, juvenile stage, with a thin true dragon bloodline in its body, born with enormous strength, will automatically comprehend the low-grade middle-grade water arts during its growth, and can perform the Water Escape Technique within a certain range].
“Green Horned Dragon Carp?”
Lu Xuan looked in the direction where the giant fish had disappeared, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
He had seen a Dragon Carp at the Song Clan’s Song Sining’s place, which was only a second grade demonic beast, whereas the green-colored giant fish that he had just almost caught was actually a third grade Green Horned Dragon Carp.
“I remember that the true dragon bloodline in that dragon carp’s body was extremely thin, while this dragon carp just now, the true dragon bloodline in its body is thin, perhaps this is the reason for the difference in their grades.”
“Juvenile stage third grade fae dragon carp, just right to catch back and raise a white light mass out of it.”
Lu Xuan thought in his heart and took out a fresh spirit fish from the pool.
Then he controlled it, carefully cut open the fish’s belly, put the fish hook into it, added some of the Dragon Carp’s favorite bait, and then used the Moonflower Bead to stop the bleeding and heal its wounds, restoring it to seventy to eighty percent of its normal appearance.
Then, borrow a new fishing rod from Shi Zhong.
The body of the rod was made of third-grade spirit wood, the hook was forged from third-grade spirit ore, and the fishing line was refined from third-grade blood jade spider silk.
Instantly, the birds and the bees were replaced.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, you really found a Fae Dragon Carp?”
Shi Zhong was afraid of influencing the appearance of the Green Horned Dragon Carp, he didn’t dare to breathe a single breath as he transmitted his voice to Lu Xuan.
Zhou Bingyu also stood quietly at the side, silent.
“That’s right, it’s very different from the Dragon Carp I saw earlier.”
Lu Xuan threw a First Grade Sea Fish into the distant sea and returned.
Shi Zhong instantly came over with excitement, his eyes staring dead center at the direction where the fish hook had fallen.
Fae Dragon Carp ah! Even if he wasn’t capable of catching it himself, it would be great to feast his eyes on it.
The sea fish had been swimming in the depths of the sea water, and due to its injuries, its swimming speed was getting slower and slower.
After about half an hour had passed, suddenly, Lu Xuan sensed that the sea fish was swallowed in one gulp, his arm’s veins rippled, and the bones inside were like crystallized jade as he threw it back with force.
The ten foot long Green Horned Dragon Carp was brought out of the sea.
Due to the change in equipment, the Green Horned Dragon Carp did not break free from the fish hook and line at the first time.
Lu Xuan’s spiritual energy surged, the runes on the fish hook quietly changed, and several channels of spiritual energy spread, trapping the Green-Horned Dragon Carp.
The Greenhorn Dragon Carp let out a dull roar as dozens of sharp water blades shot out, wanting to quickly cut through the fish line.
Although it was a third grade sea fish and gifted, it was still in the juvenile stage after all, and was unable to untie itself as easily as before.
A black rope flew out from Shi Zhong’s sleeve, and in a flash of lightning, the Green Horned Dragon Carp was bound and brought back to the wooden building.
“It is indeed a Fae Dragon Carp, and judging by its divinity, it should be a Third Grade Demon Beast.”
“Congratulations, fellow Daoist Lu, for actually catching such a Fae Dragon Carp!”
Shi Zhong looked at the green-horned Dragon Carp bouncing on the ground, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
Catching a third grade sea fish, even though it was only a juvenile fish, was an experience he had never had before.
“It’s also thanks to fellow Daoist Shi’s fishing rod that I managed to catch this spirit fish.” Lu Xuan said with a smile.
Shi Zhong was envious, but he didn’t have any thoughts about this Greenhorn Dragon Carp.
After all, a third grade sea fish wasn’t worth much to him.
Unless he caught it himself.
Lu Xuan took the fish hook out of the Greenhorn Dragon Carp, and the silver-white moonlight glow sprinkled over it, healing the dragon carp’s wounds before putting it into the Sang Sack.
The two continued fishing.
A spirit fish was caught by Lu Xuan and landed on the wooden board.
Lu Xuan, however, did not feel the slightest bit of joy and looked grave.
Just a moment after this sea fish had just bitten on the bait, he noticed something wrong from the state of the sea fish.
The information in his mind, aside from the introduction of the sea fish’s basic conditions, habits, and abilities, there was one thing that stood out.
[Attacked by evil qi, with the risk of alienation.]
Lu Xuan slowly approached the sea fish, and from afar, he realized that something was wrong with the sea fish.
Although it was alive and well, an extremely weak black gas could be seen seeping out of its body.
In his wide sleeves, a fourth-grade Great Sun Sword Talisman quietly slipped down.
The Immaculate Jade around his neck transmitted a wisp of cool breath, and the closer he got to the sea fish, the stronger the breath became.
“It does look like it has some connection with the evil spirits.”
Lu Xuan thought in his mind and called Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu over.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, is there something important? Listening to your tone, it seems like something unsettling is happening.”
Shi Zhong inquired.
“There’s something wrong with this sea fish.”
After Lu Xuan reminded them of this, the two of them realized the abnormality of the seafish on the wooden board, and the Ling Li female cultivator raised her eyebrows, and a biting sword qi shot out, directly slicing the seafish into two halves.
The scene that appeared before their eyes made the three of them lose their breath in unison.
Inside the belly of the sea fish, no normal internal organs were found, only a few clusters of gray and black filth lingering with black gas, slowly writhing, as if it had vitality.
Shi Zhong slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a white jade talisman flew out, stopping over the corpse of the sea fish, and the holy and pure white light sprinkled down layer by layer, falling on the gray and black filth.
The filth was nuisance, and a fishy odor filled the air.
After a few breaths, the filth turned into charred black organs, and the black gas lingering around was gone.
“This sea fish has been contaminated by the intrusion of evil spirits.”
“I just don’t know if it’s a natural disaster or man-made.”
Shi Zhong changed his previous lethargic demeanor and said seriously.
“The Boundless Sea is boundless, and it is extremely normal for unknown evil spirits, or evil scents, to lurk in the deep sea.”
“But this First Grade Sea Fish has a limited range of activities, and is not going to be too far away from the archipelago.”
“This means that somewhere in the waters around the archipelago, there is a power hidden that can infest contaminated sea fish and sea beasts.”
“If it’s naturally formed it’s fine, the degree of harm and range is limited.”
“If it’s man-made it’s a bit dangerous.”
“Perhaps, on one of the small islands, there is an evil practitioner practicing sinister and poisonous techniques, discharging a large amount of filth into the Infinite Sea, thus causing a large number of sea fish to be infested and polluted.”
Lu Xuan speculated.
“Then they really deserve to die.”
Such a thought flashed through the minds of the three of them unanimously.
(End of chapter)