The world of cultivating immortals struggles to develop, and the world of martial arts strikes hard

Chapter 9 Ancestral Fishing Bait
The matter of the lame Liu was over, whether it was the cripple Wang or Master Hu who was responsible, Chen Yi didn't care.

In the days that followed, he quietly and low-key practiced martial arts, strengthened his blood, and from time to time caught a fish from the spiritual world to nourish his mother and younger sister.

He didn't touch the three taels of silver he got from the lame Liu. He planned to go to the martial arts gym to pay tuition after a while, and learn the boxing techniques that can refine qi and blood into bright energy.

And as the qi and blood in Chen Yi's body grew stronger, his strength also gradually increased.

Today, Chen Yi tried it out, and he was able to lift a weight of 150 catties with one hand without any effort.
"It is said that a martial artist who enters Mingjin only has two to three hundred catties of strength. I have not practiced the exercises yet, but it should be no problem to stand up in the world of spiritual energy to increase energy and blood."

Chen Yi's body has grown stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye, his muscles have become full and powerful, his eyes are full of brilliance, and his height has also increased a lot. In just over a month, he has almost grown to a height of nearly 8 feet (1.8 meters).
During this time, Chen Yi began to wear some linen outerwear to cover his muscles.
Otherwise, everyone in Huxi Village would be poor, and Chen Yi would be suspected if he suddenly became so strong.

It's just that, when you have more strength and enough energy and blood, there is also one disadvantage, that is, you will be hungry quickly!

Although the fish in the world of spiritual energy replenishes vitality, fish is not a staple food and cannot replace the supplementary effect of grain qi on qi and blood.

As for the bigger fish in that world, Chen Yi tried several times, but it was extremely difficult to catch unless he had more advanced fishing skills.

Thinking of what the old man said before, the red-blooded black carp can help the body refiner very quickly and can replenish a lot of blood, Chen Yi felt a little itchy.

"Well, go back to the town and ask if there is such an advanced fishing technique."

And what Chen Yi needs to solve first is the food problem. The sorghum noodle cakes for every meal at home are really not enough to eat.

Nutritious staple foods such as wheat and rice must be arranged in a way.

It's just that these are very expensive. Wheat flour costs one copper coin and one catty, and rice costs one copper coin and two catties.

In the town, only a wealthy and talented owner like Wang Xiaohu can afford to eat every meal.

According to Chen Yi's current appetite, if he let go of his eating, it would be very easy to eat two or three catties of staple food a day.

Such expenses would have been unthinkable in the old Chen family.

It's just that Chen Yi is stronger now, and he can catch some big fish weighing more than five catties. He thinks that his living standard can be improved appropriately. As long as he keeps a low profile, it should be fine.

Daze Lake, near Huxi Village, the sound of water splashing on the lake surface,
A muscular boy jumped out of the water, holding a fish's mouth in his right hand, and the fish's body, which was longer than his forearm, was desperately hitting the water.

"Little herring, about 6 or 7 catties, this one should be worth 10 copper coins!"

Daze Lake is too big, and most big fish live under the water, so you can’t catch them with nets. If you fish with fishing rods, Chen Yiyi doesn’t have such a good fishing rod, and secondly, he doesn’t have the skills.
The fishermen he grew up by the lake all rely on diving into the lake water, hiding motionless, waiting for the big fish to swim over and catch them instantly.
Before practicing martial arts, he had caught fish up to three catties, but now there are big fish weighing less than twenty catties, as long as they pass within three feet of his body, they are almost 100% caught.

Just to keep a low profile, he couldn't sell 20 catties of big fish all at once, that would only be remembered by the gang manager and cause trouble for himself.

After getting on the boat, Chen Yi rowed to the pier in the town, and paid the dock steward a copper coin for stopping the boat. He took the little herring ashore and went ashore.

Cross the wharf fish market and go directly to the more advanced farmer's market,

There are all kinds of shops, rice noodles, grain and oil, poultry and game, fruits and vegetables, and various daily necessities, etc.
There are also scattered people who come to this market to sell goods, but they have to pay taxes,

The tax collector is also from the Fish and Dragon Gang, a fat man surnamed Li. He sits at the door and sees people coming in to sell goods with a shoulder pole on their backs. Come to sell, if you think it is not suitable, you can take it away,

Anyway, in this lakeside town, places like this are almost all taken up by the Fish and Dragon Gang, and this layer of exploitation is indispensable wherever you go to sell, unless it is secretly sold to Lord Tiger like before.

Chen Yi didn't want to let himself be too prominent in such trivial matters, and he was extorted by Fatty Li for an entrance fee of 3 copper coins at the entrance.
Then I found a fish shop and sold the big fish for 12 copper coins.

It's not bad to get nine copper coins.

"What, the price of rice noodles has increased?"

After arriving at the grain store, Chen Yi was shocked by the bad news. The prices of flour and rice each increased by 2%!
"Yes, my little brother, there have been bandits outside recently, and many grain merchants are reluctant to come to our remote town. The price of flour today is 12 copper coins and ten catties. If you don't buy it in a few days before coming back, I'm afraid It will go up."

Chen Yi bought 4 catties of flour and 7 catties of rice, and told Chen about the price increase after returning home.

Then Chen complained for a while: "Buy some stick noodles and sorghum noodles and eat them together. Why are you wasting money on such good ones!"

"Mom, today I caught a 7-jin big fish and sold it in exchange for it. Recently, my body has become stronger after practicing martial arts, and I can catch some big fish weighing more than 5 jin. Our family should eat something good.

In addition, my martial arts practice consumes a lot of energy. Mother, you will prepare three steamed buns for each meal in the future. In addition, you and my younger sister will each have a steamed bun. No matter what happens to the other family, we must eat enough! "

"Okay, you should eat more. You should eat more now. Ranran and I are enough for half a person. From now on, we will have four steamed buns for each meal. By the way, there are some sorghum noodles at home. I Mix it in too."

Faced with such a mother who always wanted to save money, Chen Yi was also very helpless.
Forget it, at worst, go to Lingwu Lake and catch more fish and come back to replenish the two of them.

After Chen Yi went to the farmer's market in the town to sell big fish a few times, he gradually caught the eyes of interested people.
At least every time I go there, Fatty Li at the door will say with a smile: "Brother Chen, have you gained something again?"

Chen Yi pretended to be panicked and replied every time: "Don't dare, Mr. Li, you are joking, this is today's regular money."

Three copper coins will be given for fish weighing 5-7 catties, and five copper coins will be given for fish weighing 7-10 catties. This is the rule of Yulong Gang.

Chen Yi pays according to the amount every time. He doesn't say anything, but he keeps the account in his heart.

I didn't take any benefit from your fish and dragon gang, and I was exploited so much by you, wait!

In addition to Master Li, the owner of the Fukasawa Fish Shop, which specializes in high-end parallel imports, also became interested in Chen Yi.

The owner's name is Li Baitiao, but he looks black.

He was a man in his 40s, his face was full of vicissitudes of wrinkles, he looked like a fisherman who had been floating on the lake all year round when he was young, and today he saw Chen Yi coming with a large grass carp weighing nearly 10 catties.
"Boy Chen, you're so strong! Isn't it hard to catch this ten-jin big fish?"

Chen Yi smiled naively: "Luck, luck, hehe."

"Boy, you don't have to play dumb with me, I have caught big fish in the deep lake all my life, and I know the way to it.

How about it, are you interested in challenging the bulk of the 50 catties or more? "

Li Baitiao whispered to Chen Yi in a seductive tone.

Chen Yi was taken aback, 50 catties of bulk?How to catch that thing?In ancient times, there were no professional fishing tackles and nets, and people went to deep lakes to catch them?

In the depths of Daze, there are more than 50 catties of big fish, and it is said that there are also various super-large aquatic creatures of hundreds of catties, some of which even eat people. It is not an exaggeration to call them monsters.

How dare you go there?

Chen Yi shook his head straight: "No, no, I don't dare to go there."

"You don't need to go, use seduction, I have a secret bait handed down from my ancestors here, you go to a lake farther away, sprinkle a bag, and keep it for big fish to smell and swim up.

Of course, this bait can only ensure that he swims over, whether you can catch it or not depends on your level.

How about it, 5 copper coins for a bag of bait, do you want to try it? "

Chen Yi was silent. It turned out that this old guy not only collected fish, he also sold bait. He seemed unable to refuse this thing, because he wanted to test whether this bait could be used in the spiritual world.

But you can't be cheated like this, 5 copper coins can buy 4 catties of flour!

"Treasurer Li, there are no 50-jin big goods on the periphery of Daze Lake, and we dare not go to the depths. What if a 500-jin big water monster is attracted to eat me?
Whether your bait is good or not, I’m afraid it’s not very easy to sell. After all, there are few fish in the periphery, and the depth is too dangerous. "

Of course Li Baitiao understood this truth, but he didn't expect this newcomer to be so life-threatening and failed to fool him.

After he himself was almost attacked by the Fukasawa Water Monster once, his ancestral bait has been neglected for many years.
After all, there are only a few people in this town who can catch big fish, and no one knows what's going on inside.

"Then how much did you say?"

"One copper coin, one piece" Chen Yi said the price that he had thought of long ago.

"No, it's too low, add more."

"At this price, it's fine if you don't sell it." Chen Yi made a gesture to leave.
"Forget it, forget it, since you are a regular customer, let's sell you at a loss." Li Baitiao held Chen Yidao with his thin and dark hand.

It's over, the price is high.

This is the most direct thought in Chen Yi's mind, that's all, let's try it first, if it works well, we will come to bargain later.

After receiving a pack of bait similar to steamed buns with mixed noodles, Chen Yi exchanged all the money from selling fish today for rice noodles, and returned home.
Grain prices have been rising recently, and there are fewer and fewer foreign mountain products on the market. Chen Yi felt that something was wrong. He subconsciously stockpiled some grain,
If there is a war and there is trouble, the money will be worthless.

After returning home and putting away his things, Chen Yi grabbed the bait and came to the boat in the spiritual world.
He had inquired that these fishing boats were on the outskirts of Lingwu Lake, and the highest level of water in it was the Red Blood Carp King.
And the evolution direction of this thing is to solidify the flesh and blood, increase the spiritual energy content, increase the speed and flexibility,

It's not that aggressive towards people.
Compared with the large water monsters that may exist in the depths of Daze Lake in the Martial Arts World, the periphery of Lingwu Lake is much safer.

After all, all the threats to humans have evolved into monsters, and most of them are found in the depths of the spiritual mist. If one appeared outside, it would have been caught by the monks who came out to pick up the leaks.

(End of this chapter)