You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 307: Azure-Horned Dragon Carp

On the boundless sea, waves rolled ceaselessly.

Lu Xuan extended a fishing rod several zhang long from the wooden tower, the silver fish line trailing into the distance.

Following the line's path downward, one could see a first-grade sea fish swimming erratically, a fish hook adorned with faint runes inside its belly.

Upon hearing Shi Zhong mention occasional sightings of dragon carps in this area, Lu Xuan got the idea to try his luck.

Suddenly, a tremendous force surged through the fish line. Sensing it with his spiritual awareness, Lu Xuan felt the sea fish, along with the fish hook, being swallowed by a giant fish in one gulp.

With a forceful tug, Lu Xuan pulled up the giant fish just as it surfaced, but a water blade formed, severing the fish line, and the fish hook inside the sea fish's belly was bitten into pieces.

Regaining its freedom, the giant fish flashed with a green light on its head, its tail whipping, utilizing water escape technique to vanish instantly.

As the giant fish surfaced, Lu Xuan caught a glimpse of its full appearance.

About a zhang long, slender in form, with many deep-blue scales covering its surface, two azure fish whiskers trailed to its tail, and on its head, there was a horn about three inches long, adding an extraordinary touch to the giant fish.

[Azure-Horned Dragon Carp, a third-grade demon beast, in its juvenile stage. It possesses a rarefied True Dragon bloodline, innate immense strength, and during its growth, it will automatically comprehend low to intermediate water elemental techniques within a certain range. It can also use water escape technique. ]

"Azure-Horned Dragon Carp?"

Lu Xuan gazed in the direction where the giant fish disappeared, a hint of puzzlement in his eyes.

He had seen a dragon carp at Song Yun's place before, but it was only a second-grade demon beast. The azure giant fish he almost caught just now turned out to be a third-grade Azure-Horned Dragon Carp.

"I remember the dragon carp had an extremely rarefied True Dragon bloodline, while this giant fish's True Dragon bloodline is rarefied. Perhaps this difference in grade is due to their bloodline."

"A third-grade juvenile dragon carp. It's just right to raise a White Light Sphere from it."

Lu Xuan thought to himself, taking out a live ling fish from the water pool.

Then, he controlled it, carefully gutted its belly, placed the fish hook inside, added some bait favored by dragon carps, and used the Moonlight Pearl to stop its bleeding and heal it to about seventy to eighty percent of normal.

After that, he borrowed a new fishing rod from Shi Zhong.

The rod body was made of third-grade spiritual wood, the hook made from third-grade spiritual ore, and the fishing line made from third-grade Blood Jade Spider silk.

A bird changing its tune.

"Daoist Lu, did you really find a rare species of dragon carp?"

Shi Zhong was afraid of affecting the appearance of the Azure-Horned Dragon Carp and dared not even breathe loudly, transmitting his voice to Lu Xuan.

Zhou Bingyu also stood quietly on the side, silent.

"Yes, it's quite different from the dragon carp I saw before."

Lu Xuan threw a first-grade sea fish into the distant sea and replied.

Shi Zhong instantly became excited, his eyes fixed on where the fish hook fell.

A rare species of dragon carp! Even if he couldn't catch it himself, it would be great to have a good look at it.

The sea fish had been swimming erratically in the deep sea, its speed slowing down due to its injuries.

After about half an hour, suddenly, Lu Xuan sensed the sea fish being swallowed in one gulp. His arm veins bulged, and his bones turned into translucent jade-like material as he forcefully pulled backward.

An azure-horned dragon carp over a zhang long was brought up from the sea.

Due to the change in equipment, the azure-horned dragon carp did not immediately break free from the restraint of the fish hook and fishing line.

Lu Xuan's spiritual power surged, and the runes on the fish hook changed quietly. Several streams of spiritual power spread out, trapping the azure-horned dragon carp.

The azure-horned dragon carp let out a muffled roar, and dozens of sharp water blades shot out, trying to quickly cut the fishing line.

Although it was a third-grade sea fish with extraordinary innate talent, it was still in its juvenile stage and couldn't break free from the fish hook and fishing line as easily as before.

A black rope flew out from Shi Zhong's sleeve, and in a flash of lightning, it bound the azure-horned dragon carp, bringing it back to the wooden tower.

"It is indeed a rare species of dragon carp. Judging from its divine appearance, it should be a third-grade demon beast."

"Congratulations, Daoist Lu, for actually catching such a rare species of dragon carp!"

Shi Zhong looked at the azure-horned dragon carp wriggling on the ground, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.

Catching a third-grade sea fish, even if it was just a juvenile, was an experience he had never had before.

"It's all thanks to 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 had no thoughts about this azure-horned dragon carp.

After all, a third-grade sea fish wasn't of much value to him.

Unless he caught it himself.

Lu Xuan removed the fish hook from the azure-horned dragon carp's body, and the silver moonlight sprinkled over it, healing its wounds. After the azure-horned dragon carp recovered to a satisfactory condition, he stored it in the Life-Sustaining Bag.

The two continued fishing.

A spirit fish was caught by Lu Xuan and landed on the wooden board.

However, Lu Xuan showed no joy, his expression solemn.

At the moment when this sea fish had just bitten the bait, he found something amiss from its state.

In addition to the sea fish's basic information, habits, abilities, and so on, there was something particularly noticeable in the information.

[Infected by evil energy,

at risk of mutation.]

Lu Xuan slowly approached the sea fish, and from a distance, he noticed something wrong with it.

Although it was vigorous, one could see a very faint black energy oozing out from inside.

A white jade talisman slipped from his wide sleeve.

With a flash of electric light, it stopped above the sea fish's corpse, layers of pure white light shining down, falling onto the filthy substance, which was wriggling like it had a life of its own.

After a few breaths, the filth turned into charred organs, and the surrounding black energy disappeared without a trace.

"This sea fish has been contaminated by evil spirits."

"I just don't know if it's a natural disaster or man-made."

Shi Zhong's usual lazy expression changed, and he said solemnly.

"The boundless sea is vast and limitless, with unknown evil spirits lurking in its depths, or the presence of evil spirits may seem normal."

"But this first-grade sea fish has limited range of activity and won't stray too far from the group of islands."

"This means that somewhere in the sea around the islands, there is a force capable of invading and contaminating sea fish and sea beasts."

"If it's naturally formed, it's not too bad. The extent and range of harm are limited."

"If it's man-made, it's a bit dangerous."

"Perhaps, on some small island, there is an evil cultivator practicing sinister techniques, releasing a large amount of filth into the boundless sea, causing a large number of sea fish to be invaded and contaminated."

Lu Xuan speculated.

"In that case, they deserve to die."

This thought flashed through the minds of the three simultaneously.