Chapter 2: Cultivation and Changsheng Rely on Fishing

Splash! The fishhook entered the water once again.

Su Ping immediately noticed information he had previously overlooked.

It was that the moment it entered the water, the virtual panel would pop up a reminder that the Fishing Game had begun.

Then, the operation interface for the fishing mini-game appeared before his eyes.

The operation was very simple; according to the prompts, one only needed to master the tension of the fishing rod after a fish took the bait.

For Su Ping, a Cultivator, this could be said to be effortless.

Several minutes later.

As Su Ping completed his first round of the Fishing Game.

The information stream updated instantly: 【Obtained Fishing Experience +1】

【Current Fishing Level: Level 1 (1/100)】

【Obtained Small Green Fish +1】

【Obtained catch, Fishing Mall has been unlocked!】

Su Ping gazed at the empty fishhook dangling beneath the water's surface, then looked back at the virtual panel, vaguely realizing something:

"Linyue Lake and the fishing rod are merely mediums to activate the Fishing Game. I didn't actually catch a fish from Linyue Lake, and I don't even need to recast; everything only needs to happen within my consciousness."

"The catch obtained through the Fishing Game will be stored directly into the game warehouse; this saves the trouble of having outsiders see anything unusual!"

Su Ping's thoughts stirred, and he entered the Fishing Game once again.

At the same time, while playing the Fishing Game, he began to browse the Fishing Mall.

One look, and Su Ping was immediately ecstatic! The Fishing Mall was linked to his Fishing Level, and both were currently only at Level 1.

However, the few items available for exchange inside were already enough to make Su Ping excited.

The Fishing Mall required Fishing Coins; the Small Green Fish Su Ping had just caught could be taken out to enjoy in reality, or sold directly to the mall in exchange for Fishing Coins.

And among the exchange items provided by the Fishing Mall, there were indeed three types of game props: Life Spirit Medicine, Mana Spirit Medicine, and Purification Spirit Medicine.

As well as a special prop that required one hundred Small Green Fish, ten Big Green Fish, and one Green Spirit Fish to exchange: the Return to City Talisman!

【Life Spirit Medicine: Instantly restores 100 HP, and continues to restore HP over the next thirty seconds. Exchange cost: 10 Fishing Coins】

【Mana Spirit Medicine: Instantly restores 100 Dharma Power, and continues to restore Dharma Power over the next thirty seconds. Exchange cost: 10 Fishing Coins】

【Purification Spirit Medicine: Instantly removes all negative status effects not higher than Tier 3. Exchange cost: 20 Fishing Coins】

【Return to City Talisman (Unique): After use, can immediately teleport back to the default or temporary teleportation point. Cooldown: 12 hours. Exchange cost: 100 Small Green Fish, 10 Big Green Fish, 1 Green Spirit Fish】

The familiar item names and descriptions made Su Ping recall the data from the fishing game he played before he transmigrated.

After Qi Refining, Su Ping's memory had become extremely good.

He remembered this was a fishing mini-game attached to a large open-world game.

Because of this, the items inside also came from that large world with a grand fantasy background.

If the functions were exactly the same as the game data once materialized...

Su Ping silently swallowed his saliva.

Not to mention the help Life Spirit Medicine and Mana Spirit Medicine provided for cultivation and combat.

Just that Purification Spirit Medicine—if it were also effective against pill toxins, couldn't he turn waste into treasure and use Waste Pills to rapidly improve his cultivation? Furthermore, there was that Return to City Talisman; the default teleportation point in the game was the village where the protagonist was born.

If he used it, would he be teleported to the mountain forest after his transmigration?

Or could it teleport him back to his place of birth before he transmigrated?

If it were the latter! Couldn't he use the coordination of the default and temporary teleportation points set by this Return to City Talisman to travel back and forth? Thereby gaining help from both worlds!

Su Ping suddenly realized... his dream of Immortal Changsheng might have a possibility of success after all!

Seeing that one Small Green Fish could only be exchanged for one Fishing Coin.

With hope in his heart, Su Ping reminded the attendants beside him to remain quiet and not disturb his interest.

Then, he devoted himself entirely to the great cause of fishing.

As Su Ping enjoyed the fun of fishing and felt happy watching the "Fishing Experience +1" prompt scroll by.

The maids and servants serving on the shore, however, were starting to lose their composure. They could not see the virtual interface and could only observe that the noble Immortal master in their eyes did not seem to have caught a single fish.

As time gradually passed, the reality that not a single fish had taken the bait made the maids and servants quietly lower their heads, fearing they might anger the Immortal master who was having such bad luck.

Even though the Immortal master had seemed very gentle this past month.

But just thinking about this master's background, and the grave warnings the elders of the clan had given them before they came.

How could these servants truly not be worried or afraid? Because of this, the maid Ping'er suppressed the urge to suggest that Master Su Ping change his bait.

She even drove away other visitors who wanted to pay their respects to the Immortal master when she saw them nearby.

Lest they disturb the master's elegant interest in fishing! Not far from Linyue Lake, on the top floor of the Linyue Pavilion within Linyue Villa, which stood on a small hillside.

A middle-aged man wearing a magnificent robe with a somewhat thin build was standing by the railing, holding an exquisite monocular telescope in both hands, gazing at Su Ping fishing in the distance.

Standing beside him was a burly, bald man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist; this man was named Ji Hu, the City Guard Officer of Jinque City and also a direct descendant of the Ji Family, one of the largest local families.

He also looked toward Su Ping's position and said with a chuckle, "City Lord, this Cultivator Su Ping is living quite freely. He didn't decline any of the fertile land, beautiful houses, gold, or silver treasures we sent him."

"He spent the previous period in the villa watching plays and listening to music, and now he's run off to Linyue Lake to fish... He's living more comfortably than those who are about to die of old age!"

The middle-aged man who was the City Lord frowned slightly; also hailing from a local powerful family, he was somewhat puzzled by Su Ping's luck at fishing.

Logically, even for a novice fishing for the first time, while big fish might be hard to say, small fish and shrimp should be very easy to catch.

Yet he did not inform his companion of the anomaly, only saying in a low voice:

"Let's observe a bit longer; don't be deceived."

"After all, this Inspector... is too young!"

Hearing this, Ji Hu also nodded in agreement.

As powerful families in these mortal kingdoms, they were naturally not completely ignorant of the Immortal Sect and Cultivators.

In fact, whether it is the royal family or the powerful clans of the mortal kingdoms, if you trace their ancestry, they all originated from Cultivators.

Without some background, it would not be their turn to enjoy such glory and wealth.

For thousands of years, they have not lacked descendants with the Bloodline who possess a Spirit Root, thereby joining an Immortal Sect to become Cultivators.

Jinque City has encountered Immortal Sect Cultivators like Su Ping before who chose to enjoy a life of ease.

As hosts, they naturally would not dare to neglect such distinguished guests.

They would even convene meetings of all the major families, then each would part with some of their assets, so that the other party could live without worry while their descendants could quickly integrate into Jinque City and eventually become part of the foundation of the Jinque City noble families...

However, over so many years, they have always encountered those old immortals who are greedy by nature, not satisfied with being wealthy men and wanting to go even further.

This is the moment when the foundations of these powerful clans come into play, making the other party realize the difficulty and retreat.

Su Ping's performance upon his arrival made the local snakes of Jinque City very satisfied.

Both sides behaved very harmoniously.

But Su Ping's age... made them unable to set their minds at ease.

In their view, Su Ping, who is at most forty years old, can live for at least another sixty years given the long lifespan of a Cultivator!

A Cultivator entrenched in one place for sixty years without dying! This is a difficult problem they have never encountered since the founding of Jinque City!

After all, those previous Inspectors, which one of them wasn't nearly dead from old age, or had suffered heavy injuries with only four or five years left to live, before becoming disheartened, giving up on the path of Immortal cultivation, and running over to bully them, these mortals?

Even the Cultivators among their own descendants would return as little as possible.

The one who lived the longest in the history of Jinque City... only lasted seven years.

This Cultivator Su Ping... if there are no accidents, can live for at least sixty years! That is enough to see all of them, the older generation, off! Even if he does nothing, after twenty or thirty years, his children and grandchildren will have grown up while he still remains alive.

The share of interests in Jinque City will have to be given away quite a bit more, right?

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man began to have a headache; constantly weighing the gains and losses in his heart, he put down his monocular telescope and instructed the servant beside him:

"Go and wait for someone; as soon as the Inspector finishes fishing, immediately invite him to this Linyue Pavilion for a small drink."

"Yes!"

"I hope our Lord Inspector is truly the easy-going, good person he claimed to be when he arrived."

"Otherwise, he is an Immortal Sect Cultivator after all, and it would be troublesome if things turned ugly."

(End of this chapter)