Chapter 78: Red Blood Rainbow Carp? Must Eat It!

Before returning to Water Blue Star, Su Ping first went to the City Lord Mansion to inform them of the contents of the urgent report.

This was considered fulfilling his duty as the Inspector of Jinque City.

Once this news broke, it immediately terrified the City Lord and prominent figures like Ji Hu, who were in the middle of a meeting with the city's wealthy families to discuss disaster relief.

Especially after learning that there was already a precedent ahead, they became like ants on a hot pan.

Su Ping noticed that the gazes of several heads of noble families at the meeting began to drift; in all likelihood, they were contemplating other escape routes.

Su Ping guessed that given their level, their escape route would most likely be one of the surrounding Markets.

Compared to large cities with obvious targets, Markets were protected by Arrays and were undoubtedly safer.

Those wealthy families with stronger backgrounds would go to large Markets, while the lesser ones could only go to places like the Jiuye Mountain Market to build their own strongholds.

While the whole city began to fall into Chaos, Su Ping appeared at Linyue Lake, calm and composed, and began Fishing once again.

When the big shots of Jinque City learned from their stewards and servants that the Inspector had gone Fishing again after hearing such terrible news.

For some reason, these people suddenly felt at ease.

Several wealthy families who were preparing to move their entire households, upon hearing this, hesitated repeatedly and decided to only move their third branch as a precaution.

The rest of the clansmen were arranged to wait and see.

After all, their Inspector was still Fishing at a time like this; to remain unhurried in the face of a major crisis, he must be full of confidence!

Perhaps their Jinque City could still be spared from this Demon Beast turmoil?

Su Ping had no idea that his Fishing had influenced the decisions of so many people.

He only saw that his Fishing attempts had refreshed, so he hurried to fish so he could return to his hometown.

The Linyue Lake Fishing Spot refreshed 70 times this time, which was the refresh limit.

This caused a thought to well up in Su Ping's heart that he would be able to get a good haul today, a thought that lingered for a long time.

【Obtained Fishing Experience 1】

【Obtained Red Blood Rainbow Carp 1】

Su Ping noticed the prompt flashing in the information stream, his body trembled slightly, and he secretly thought:

"Wait! It really did fish out something good!"

"Red Blood Rainbow Carp, a Red Blood Rainbow Carp that can slightly increase the Spirit Qi of the Pot Heaven, or improve one's physique!"

"There is absolutely no need to hesitate; the effect of the Ten Directions Annihilation Body has already proven its value, this fish must be eaten too!"

A look of joy appeared on Su Ping's face, though he did not get up immediately; instead, he resisted the temptation to eat the fish and finished all the remaining Fishing attempts, raising his Fishing Experience to: Current Fishing Level 3 (930/1000)

If the Reservoir Fishing Spot could also refresh 70 times, he could level up today.

As for the Xuangui Island Fishing Spot, it was relatively too far away, and Su Ping planned to go there to fish every four weeks.

In any case, even if he leveled up this week, there were actually no new items appearing.

Finishing his Fishing this time, Su Ping, wanting to try the taste of Dragon Blood Fish, chose to directly use his Dharma Power, catching five large grass carp in a row and throwing them into the fish net, before standing up and returning to Linyue Villa.

Su Ping, preparing to eat the fish, remembered that this Red Blood Rainbow Carp had strange phenomena, so he chose to return to the Pot Heaven to enjoy this Rainbow Carp.

Inside the Pot Heaven.

Su Ping killed and grilled the fish in one go on the open space next to the Spirit Light Fish Pond, then put the Red Blood Rainbow Carp into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it, leaving not a single scrap behind within a minute.

This scene was seen by the eyes of the sentient Da Hei Yu in the Spirit Light Fish Pond.

Seeing this, the Da Hei Yu's body tightened; the courage it had finally mustered to surface was shattered again, and it chose to sink to the bottom with a gurgle.

After finishing the Red Blood Rainbow Carp, Su Ping immediately sat cross-legged in meditation.

This time it was faster than the last; in just a few minutes, Su Ping felt the improvement progress go from one-tenth to two-tenths.

From now on, Su Ping was one-fifth Ten Directions Annihilation Body!

"Phew, with the help of the Red Blood Rainbow Carp, I feel like I'm just a little bit away from breaking through from Body Tempering Fifth Layer to the sixth!"

Su Ping opened his eyes, and after standing up, he came to the Spirit Light Fish Pond, his gaze fixed on Da Hei shivering at the bottom of the pond.

"Chiwen, it's time to feed you the False Dragon Blood!"

Hearing Su Ping call its name, the Da Hei Yu, no matter how afraid it was, dared not disobey the order and chose to obediently float up.

Su Ping had the White Crane Boy help catch the Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish again, and this time he extracted 20 milliliters of False Dragon Blood.

Su Ping only gave the Da Hei Yu Chiwen ten milliliters.

Having obtained the False Dragon Blood, the Dragon Might on Chiwen's body became more intense, and its dragon whiskers grew a few more inches.

Its size didn't change much, but two bumps appeared on its forehead.

Perhaps when it cultivates to the Qi Refining Late Stage, these bumps could turn into horns!

Su Ping divided the remaining False Dragon Blood among the five large grass carp caught from Linyue Lake, then placed them in the Spirit Light Fish Pond to raise them first.

Although it didn't conform to the rules of the Spirit Light Fish Pond and they wouldn't get a bonus, they could still rely on the Spirit Qi concentration and large amounts of food to quickly adapt to the False Dragon Blood and grow rapidly.

Su Ping prepared to turn these grass carp into nine dishes to enjoy thoroughly once they had absorbed the Dragon Blood.

Hopefully, the False Dragon Blood would also improve their taste after turning them into dragon fish!

To this end, Su Ping took out dozens of catties of Spirit Rice from his Storage Bag and handed them to Xiao Hei Mao, telling it to scatter the Spirit Rice to feed the fish when it had time.

Afterward, he warned the Da Hei Chiwen that if it dared to steal any, it would replace these grass carp as the main course!

Only then did Su Ping, feeling refreshed, activate the Return to City Talisman and return to Water Blue Star.

With the little Daoist Zhou Xuan announcing a long journey, the East King Temple was now tightly shut, and there was no one inside.

Only wild cats and dogs would quietly appear and wander near the temple.

Su Ping came over while invisible to take a look, and after confirming there were no abnormalities or low-probability events, he transformed into an old fisherman and headed to the reservoir to continue Fishing.

This time the reservoir Fishing Spot refreshed 50 times.

Seeing this number, Su Ping knew his luck had been exhausted at Linyue Lake.

Sure enough, what followed were all small and large Green Fish, only raising his Fishing Experience to:

【Current Fishing level: Level 3 (980/1000)】

"The equipment I need, I'd better find it from the Registered Disciples first."

"As for the reason, heh, Shu Daoren is a small villain archetype to begin with, and he is about to die of old age with his legacy broken, so naturally there is no need to talk about any transcendent rules; planning to use modern weapons to deal with enemies sounds quite reasonable too!"

Su Ping knew deeply that as long as he lost his pretentiousness first, he could naturally discard his face!

Su Ping put on a mask, relying on Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui to provide wide-range detection to avoid pedestrians and surveillance in advance.

Following the path planned last time, he sped toward the Nierbo mountains and forests.

…………

Nierbo, Gade City.

For this small inland trade city, the most important river port was currently seeing several cargo ships swaying as they docked.

As the gantry cranes hoisted the cargo containers one by one and placed them in the unloading area.

People of all kinds drove transport vehicles ranging from two wheels to five wheels and swarmed over to start helping move and transport the cargo.

A brown-skinned, slightly bald, big-nosed middle-aged man stood on the rooftop of the office building, chewing gum and squinting his eyes to size up the cargo ships.

"There have been a few too many ships coming in these past few days."

The big-nosed middle-aged man asked in a seemingly casual manner.

Beside him, a fat-headed, big-eared man in sunglasses hurriedly replied with a smile:

"They are all goods ordered by those Eastern investment and trading companies."

"The underlings have all checked, except for a small amount of electrical equipment, most of it is worthless."

"Still no raw timber?"

"And no raw gemstone materials or other things?"

The big-nosed middle-aged man touched his bald head and frowned.

He was the safety officer for this inland river port, and also the spokesperson representing the interests of a certain faction in Gade City.

The most profitable business in his hands was not the insurance premiums for the port area, but the special fees for the reprocessing of raw timber.

This was also the most profitable trade in Gade City after the Industrial Zone withered.

Most of those who were willing to set up trading companies here would handle this trade, and after bringing the raw timber in, they would have the company under this big-nosed middle-aged man casually make a cut on the timber...

Don't underestimate this cut; if it isn't cut, it is smuggling raw timber, which is illegal in Nierbo and all surrounding regions.

If it is cut, it is an exported wood product, a legitimate trade that benefits the country and the people!

It's just that how to charge for this cut, and how to collect the fees, is where there is much room for calculation.

When this safety officer first heard that Gade City had encountered a big fat sheep from the East.

He had been excited for several days, and even went to the most luxurious hotel in the capital with a group of brothers to have fun for a day and a night in advance!

Even in his dreams, he had already figured out how many methods to use to fleece this fat sheep.

He was even prepared to investigate if the other party's background wasn't strong enough, then just take the money without doing the work, and wait until they exported raw timber to ruthlessly scam them for a fortune!

As for whether this would be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Heh! What does that have to do with him, a righteous safety official who acts according to the law and is due to be transferred in two years!

Besides, if he didn't kill it, others would see the opportunity and do it! Then he would only be left with the scraps!

Of course, if the other party's background was big enough, and they could really keep the business going for a few years so everyone could make money, no one would be that extreme.

It's just that this situation rarely happens; those with that capability have plenty of better choices, there is no need to run to Gade City!

But!

What is this situation now!

You run to a godforsaken place like Nierbo's Gade City, not to deal in raw timber, but to deal in all kinds of borderline businesses.

What the hell is the point of you desperately importing a pile of daily necessities?

Are you really planning to invest and start a factory in this place!

Where in the world are there such great philanthropists!

It would be a miracle if they didn't lose everything!

"A conspiracy! These investors from the East must be hiding a massive conspiracy!"

The big-nosed middle-aged man spat out his gum viciously, and made a judgment using his gut.

Watching the busy scene at the port while being unable to make money made him feel even worse than losing money!

"Contact the Earth Wolf Gang; haven't they always wanted to come to the Gade City port area to open a shop? If they help, I'll agree to it."

"Boss... the Earth Wolf Gang has been in contact with those rebels recently, and since they are mostly young people, I'm a bit worried about losing control..."

Beside the middle-aged man, the man in sunglasses bent over and hesitated slightly.

The rebels he spoke of referred to those violent armed groups in Nierbo that were always active in various places, composed of dozens to hundreds or even thousands of illegal militants.

The slogans of these violent groups were one more bizarre and loud than the next, and if one dug deep, there was basically one or even several different internal and external forces supporting them behind the scenes.

Some occupied land and acted as kings like a country within a country, while others lived off the mountains or the water, which could be considered a major contribution to the current chaos in Nierbo.

"Heh heh, of course I know!"

The big-nosed middle-aged man crossed his arms and said:

"You just pretend that I have tacitly allowed them to come to Gade City to get involved in the river channels."

"As for young people acting impulsively and losing control, isn't it better if they lose control?"

"If nothing big happens, how can I, the safety officer of this port area, go and help the fat sheep in the city suburbs?"

"The capital called this morning, feeling that it is time to strike at the arrogance of those criminal gangs."

"It is also time for us in Gade City to kill the chicken to warn the monkey."

Hearing this, the man in sunglasses understood:

"This time, as long as the Earth Wolf Gang makes a move on their people, and if it gets out of control and someone dies, once it blows up, we will have a perfectly legitimate excuse to wipe them out as an example!"

"Those Eastern fat sheep will have to thank us even after we slaughter them!"

"Money, merit, and reputation—we can have it all this time!"

"The boss is brilliant!"