in the edge

Chapter 513 The Legacy of Might

After putting down the fishing rod, Du Chengfeng was silent for a long time.

Although things turned out just as he had judged, the master of the cave was obviously in a hurry, so his slow and steady approach might be relatively reliable, but he never expected that the old man fishing would actually die because he couldn't catch any fish.

After fishing for a lifetime, he starved to death because there were no fish to catch. This way of dying is a bit too humorous.

However, after experiencing the past of this fishing rod, Du Chengfeng could also feel that this old man who was fishing actually had no other options.

The other powerful ones are not fools and it is impossible for them to take the bait easily. If one wants to attract other powerful ones, the only way is to arrange the most fragrant bait - indeed, the fishing technique of the fisherman no longer requires bait, but that is just not using bait in the usual sense.

The bait used by the angler is desire itself.

Therefore, in order to seek the greatest benefit, the fisherman simply used everything in his body as bait, and when he was on the verge of death, he sucked many powerful people into his fish pond - in order to make all this not too obvious, the fisherman also deliberately disguised the environment of the fish pond as a mountain forest.

Although he has moved from the water to the land, and from fish and shrimp to beasts, in the eyes of the fisherman, perhaps there is no difference.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

At this moment, the fisherman who controls the entire fish pond has become extremely close to the illusory "sky".

But, it's only close.

Unlike the "Heaven" who has no desires, the fisherman himself still has desires. He wants everything from these powerful beings. He wants knowledge and power. He also wants to refine these powers so as to prolong his life - just like a person who has been hungry for a long time sitting by the river, hoping to catch a fish so that he will not starve to death.

With the old man's already amazing fishing skills, all of this should have been accomplished in an instant.

"But I delayed a little longer."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

It was indeed only a moment. Even though the fish pond had been there for thousands of years, to the old fisherman outside, it was only less than an hour. If it were in the past, when fishing was still a hobby, the old fisherman would not mind sitting by the river all day, as he would have food to eat when he returned home.

But with his growing understanding of fishing, fishing has long become a part of this old man's life, even his whole life. After all, his fishing skills are so superb that he has understood everything in this world through fishing. In other words, everything in this world is just the fish in his pond, and everything is at his fingertips.

However, he eventually failed.

Just one mistake cost the old man everything.

The so-called heritage has truly become a heritage.

And this inheritance now belongs entirely to Du Chengfeng.

The first is the cave itself. This is the place of practice that the old man has spent his entire life to build for himself. Although it is just a cave with only a study, a bedroom and a fish pond in it, each of these three things is far from being as ordinary as it seems.

First of all, there is the bedroom itself. Although there is only one bed, this bed is a rare treasure that the old man specially collected. According to the memory attached to the fishing rod, this bed was specially built by the old man. No matter how tired you are, as long as you take a nap on it, you will become energetic and refreshed.

"No wonder he can live so long. Old Deng really knows how to maintain his health."

After patting the bed, Du Chengfeng, who had already decided to take it for himself, went to the study.

The study is not big, and there are not many books in it. After all, the old man has not deliberately collected any worldly books, and the wisdom of mortals is of no use to the old man - the books on the bookshelf are all written by the old man himself. They are some of his insights that he wrote down, as well as some of his experiences in fishing.

This kind of thing has almost no meaning to outsiders. After all, it is difficult for outsiders to understand what this kind of haphazard record of inspiration is talking about. However, for those powerful people, these lifelong insights may very likely inspire some of their ideas. In fact, many powerful people come here for this.

But for Du Chengfeng, this is another matter.

After all, he has experienced the life experience of the old fisherman through his fishing rod.

When experience and perception merged, everything about the old fisherman was completely revealed before him.

"In theory, it's a good thing, but I can't follow his old path..."

Du Chengfeng scratched his head. He didn't want to follow the old man's path - although the old man's skills were indeed amazing, and even reached a level close to justice at one point, but the way he died of old age because he couldn't catch any fish was really too abstract.

"But it can be a hobby. After all, I have never cooked fish before."

Yes, cooking fish has always been the shortcoming of Du Chengfeng's cooking skills. The reason is naturally because he is a meat person and can enjoy eating large pieces of boneless meat. So why should he eat fish full of fish bones?
But now, with this fishing skill, he can give it a try and move into this unknown territory.

"As for the last words..."

Du Chengfeng returned outside and looked at the fish pond in front of the old man's body.

The fish pond itself is not very big, about the size of a swimming pool, with dozens of fish swimming in it, spitting out some bubbles from time to time - from a normal perspective, this is just an ordinary pond, and at most you can say that there are too many fish in it.

But Du Chengfeng knew that everything was not as simple as it seemed.

Just because he himself was originally one of the fish swimming among them.

This pond is the most critical place in the entire cave, and it is also the most insidious arrangement left by the old man. If an outsider breaks in, he must at least go in through the hole in the sky first, but once he goes in, he will go directly into the pond. Then, under the influence of the old man's strong will, the intruder will directly become a fish in the pond.

The fish will not have any chance of winning against the fisherman. In the eyes of the fish, the fisherman is an absolute god.

"No wonder the wolf has never entered this old man's cave... If it enters, it will be exposed immediately."

Du Chengfeng tried to put his hand into the pond and feel the waves in the water.

He didn't touch the Tower of Babel, nor did he touch the monkeys.

Everything was like a fleeting dream or a bubble in the water. Perhaps this was why the old man did not choose to go into the pond until he died beside it. Du Chengfeng had thought when he first came ashore that it had taken him thousands of years to find the way out, so why didn't the dying old man just use this method to live a few thousand more years?

But now it seems that the old man may not want to use it, but may be unable to use it.

The fish pond could deceive the fish, making them think they had lived for a thousand years, but it could not deceive the old man who built the pond. If the old man simply jumped into the pond, he would most likely drown on the spot.

And now, Du Chengfeng inherited everything from the old fisherman.

This meant that he could not enter the pond again. After thousands of years of living together day and night, it was impossible for him to have no feelings for the monkeys. However, after inheriting everything from the old fisherman, he could no longer see the monkeys.

After all, those monkeys, strictly speaking, never existed.

Everything that happened in those thousands of years was just a fantasy bubble in this pond.

“This is the great power…”

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but look back at the old man's body.

Being able to achieve such a goal by his own strength is enough to show the ability of this old man - it was a pity that he used to think that the so-called powerful people were just like that at most, just like the coyote he saw before. He once thought that he just had to fight hard to defeat the opponent, but now it seems that if a fight really breaks out, he may not be able to gain any advantage.

How could an existence that could fly to the sky by its own strength and even open up a cave in the sky be easy to deal with?
The world in heaven was far more sinister than he had ever felt before.

“So that’s the problem.”

Du Chengfeng looked at the pond again.

Or rather, the fish in the pond.

Although this cave itself is an extremely valuable relic, the dozens of fish in this pond are the most precious things in the cave right now - only because these dozens of fish were all lured here by the fisherman, and each one was transformed by a powerful being from the outside world. In other words, these dozens of fish represent dozens of caves, and represent everything of these dozens of powerful beings!
And now, Du Chengfeng is holding the fishing rod in his hand again.

Although this fishing rod looks as ordinary as it does, and can be made from any straight stick, Du Chengfeng knows that this fishing rod has become the most critical key in the entire cave. With the fishing rod in his hand, he can control the entire cave, and on the other hand, he can kick the body of the fisherman aside at any time and sit on it himself.

Yes, the old fisherman has no time. In order to attract these powerful people, the old fisherman uses his remaining life as bait.

But Du Chengfeng has enough time.

It's not like he's dying, he's still very young, and even though it felt like thousands of years had passed in the pool, now that his original body has recovered, he's still less than thirty years old - and unlike ordinary people, he still has a body of steel, which means that as long as he wants, he can stay awake.

He doesn't even have to worry about food and drink, he can fish by the pond all day long.

As long as he was willing to lower his fishing rod into the pond, he could enjoy everything that the old fisherman left behind.

But Du Chengfeng did not do so.

Putting the fishing rod on the shore, Du Chengfeng dived into the pond. Then he scooped up fish one after another from the pond and threw them onto the shore. And those big and small fish thrown onto the shore quickly turned into human shapes one after another.

Only one fish was thrown ashore, and it turned into a familiar coyote.

"What are you..."

The coyote, covered in water, shook its head vigorously, and even seemed a little dazed.

Where is this? Hasn't he always been worshipped by the wolf tribe in the temple? How did it suddenly become a cave? And what's going on with this pond?

However, at this moment, a noisy sound rang out beside him.

"Thank you fellow Taoist for helping me!"

The sudden sound startled the coyote, causing it to turn around and look around quickly.

This also makes Coyote sweat.

Along with such shouts, at least five figures rushed towards the iron body in the pond. Judging from their fierce attacks, they were going to kill him directly in the pond - but at this moment, more attacks hit the backs of the five attackers, killing them in mid-air in an instant.

"How can you be rude to your benefactor?"

As they spoke, the figures reached out to retrieve the bodies of the five attackers. With a slight pull of their wide sleeves, the five bodies disappeared.

Just by looking at the satisfied smiles on these people’s faces, you can feel the joy of the harvest.

Such a scene made the coyote's eyelids twitch.

It's not like he had never seen powerful men killing people before, but he had never seen dozens of powerful men joining forces to kill five people.

Feeling the solemnity hidden beneath the joy, Coyote thought it would be best for him to keep silent for the moment.

At this time, Du Chengfeng had already thrown the last fish to the shore.

“Many friends, many paths.”

Du Chengfeng turned around and bowed to the group of powerful men.

"Before, everyone was trapped in the pool and had to rely on their own abilities. Since everyone didn't cause trouble while I was working, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know how to be grateful... There are only these things in the entire cave. The study is over there, and everyone can use it at will. I only want the bed in there, or if anyone has a more suitable bed, you can bring it in exchange."

"How embarrassing!"

A group of powerful men offered their seats one after another, but their eyes were looking straight towards the study.

Obviously, it is impossible to say that they have no desires or demands. If they really had no desires or demands, they would not have been trapped in the pool - but now they have shared the inheritance of this cave without doing anything. In terms of face, it is somewhat embarrassing.

However, at this moment, a figure with a tail suddenly shouted.

"It's given to you by the Divine Emperor! Just take it! Don't be shameless!"

"……what?"

Du Chengfeng quickly looked in the direction where the sound came from.

I saw a very familiar monkey figure that looked like a human standing up, standing among a group of powerful people, looking down on them all.

(End of this chapter)