Chapter 386: A Bountiful Harvest of Silver Spirit Fish, a Flashing Red Light?

"Alright, someone's watching, come down."

"I don't want to."

Shang Hongxue refused to come down; Chen Chuyang didn't tell her, she still refused, Chen Chuyang helplessly whispered a few words into her ear, Shang Hongxue raised an eyebrow, glanced at Chen Chuyang a few times, checked whether he was lying, made sure what he said was true, then let go of his hand and slowly landed.

He turned around, expressionless, looking at Chen Qinger standing behind him; Chen Qinger said nothing, breaking Shang Hongxue's acting moment, and instead looked at Chen Chuyang, giving a slight bow.

"It's fine now; you can practice your sword with peace."

Chen Chuyang nodded apologetically, and only then did Chen Qinger leave.

Seeing this, Shang Hongxue covered her mouth and giggled, "Brother Chuyang, hurry and show me your new weapon."

"Don't rush, I'll show you right now."

"Before that, I have to let you see my most powerful weapon first."

Shang Hongxue let out a startled "ah", was lifted entirely, and then Chen Chuyang carried her into the room.

Three days later.

Shang Hongxue gave Chen Chuyang a white‑eyed look; unable to get up, she complained, "Brother Chuyang, I want to see the weapon you newly forged, not this."

"It's the same, all the same," Chen Chuyang said with a smile, pulling out a dragonbone sword and handing it to the little girl. The little girl immediately sat up, and she, exhausted, stroked the dragonbone sword.

Her eyes were full of delight; as she kept touching, she grasped the dragonbone sword. Chen Chuyang said, "This sword's level is too high for you to use now; when you eventually condense a pill, I'll forge you a good sword."

"Really? Brother Chuyang, you can't fool me."

Shang Hongxue jumped up excitedly; she could turn the sword down.

"But the promise Brother Chuyang gave me, you must keep; if you don't, she'll get angry, and once angry, she'll bite."

Chen Chuyang patted the little girl's head, cooing, "When has Brother Chuyang ever lied to you?"

Shang Hongxue thought for a moment, seemed that way, Brother Chuyang has fulfilled every promise, and this time is no exception.

A toothy grin.

At this moment, her smile blossomed like a flower.

"Hehe."

Chen Chuyang held the little girl and let her lie down.

"You, just lie still; if you want anything, tell me directly."

"Mm."

Chen Chuyang covered her with a quilt; the girl was exhausted. Who let her act recklessly? There was nothing else, yet she provoked Chen Chuyang, even harassed him to death, and was harshly taught a lesson, making her realize who the head of this household truly is.

Conquering a woman requires not only strength but crushing her in every aspect, so that the authority of the head of the house can be maintained.

This is also the most basic aspect of a man conquering a woman.

The little girl lay down and fell asleep after a short while; she was truly exhausted.

Chen Chuyang waved his hand, dispersing the odor in the room, then turned and left.

He walked toward the mountain, reached the spot of the spiritual spring water, glanced at the dragonblood fruit, which had sprouted.

They were small tender shoots, white and delicate.

A gentle touch would break them.

Chen Chuyang transmitted a strand of true Qi into the dragonblood fruit, irrigated it with some spiritual spring water, causing rapid growth; then he glanced at the surrounding spiritual herbs, waved his hand, and the spring water floated upward, falling like rain. After irrigating everything, Chen Chuyang nodded in satisfaction.

Most of the mountain is a restricted zone; others cannot enter.

Only those approved by Chen Chuyang may enter, such as Shang Hongxue.

Cousin Chen Qinger also lacks the right to enter; the Formation covers it, very dangerous. The spiritual pressure level here is high and precious, not allowed for others to touch, nor will they be informed.

Hu Yueer and her two companions, and the mother‑daughter pair Liu Yuer, also cannot come here, unable to ascend the mountain.

This is a restricted zone; Chen Chuyang treats them all the same. The spiritual herb fields at the foot of the mountain can be shown to them, and they can tend them; if those herbs die, they die. Even if they steal and eat them, it's no big deal.

The spiritual herbs and the Formation are fine; Chen Chuyang nods with satisfaction.

He looks at the spring eye again.

Water continuously bubbles up, carrying a faint aura of spirit.

The paths these spring waters flow through have been altered by Chen Chuyang.

Every location holds… special significance.

Ensuring they can nourish the spiritual herbs Chen Chuyang cares about.

Spiritual Sense probes; inside the spring eye, no fish emerge.

The Silver Spirit Fish did not surface again; after watching for a while, Chen Chuyang dove in. This time, he went down alone, without Heishanyang or the little carp, not needing their company.

Unlike before, when he needed to enter the Wild Dragon Snake's cave heaven, this time, it is…

He descended without incident, arrived at the location of a spiritual vein, a solitary spot, passed through a special passage, entered the vein's site. Chen Chuyang saw the vein, restored, brimming with spiritual energy, beginning to generate some spirit stones.

These spirit stones are low‑grade, but the spiritual energy they contain is better than the inferior spirit stones Chen Chuyang holds. Their number is few; with a slight transformation, Chen Chuyang watched this scene, very satisfied.

"The spiritual vein has improved greatly compared to before; the spiritual energy concentration is much richer."

"Given this situation, this vein can be considered fully restored."

"Reaching this point wasn't easy."

Chen Chuyang thought of his frugal living, which allowed the restoration of this vein; that period was so difficult.

Fortunately, it's all over.

With the vein restored, the future will keep improving.

If this vein can keep recovering over the years, it can be advanced, though the difficulty is immense.

The best method is to find other veins, forcefully fuse them, and quickly boost the vein.

Doing so is the fastest and most convenient.

However, spirit veins are scarce; each vein is the foundation of a sect or clan, impossible to take unless you annihilate that sect or clan, and any sect or clan possessing a vein is not a weak force.

After looking for a long time, Chen Chuyang entered the underground.

The underground cavern covered by the formation, after experiencing the events of the Wild Dragon Snake's cave heaven, this place has become stable; there's no longer any need to worry about other problems, Chen Chuyang's formation reinforced and covers this area.

It can prevent many things; the flowing water in the pool is also moving, without the Wild Dragon Snake's cave heaven, water from other places seeps in, but the spiritual energy concentration is not as high.

After being nurtured by this place, there is a slight change.

Chen Chuyang didn't go to investigate the source of the flowing water; that's fine.

"Huh?"

"These silver spirit fish have grown up."

The grown silver spirit fish aren't very big, not larger than a palm; Chen Chuyang found a few, picked them up and saw they had grown, no longer the tiny ones they used to be.

It seems that during this time, the growth of these silver spirit fish exceeded his expectations.

"The number has decreased somewhat."

"What is that?"

Chen Chuyang keenly noticed that the number of silver spirit fish had decreased; they had grown, but the number shouldn't have decreased.

This place can support so many silver spirit fish.

"Huh?"

Chen Chuyang's spiritual sense caught a flash of light that passed by in an instant.

That flash of light came quickly and disappeared just as fast.

After the light passed, one silver spirit fish was missing.