Chapter 11

The bottom of the water was silent, and the sunlight scattered into dense bright lines.

The Fat Catfish lay in the silt without moving, its blue-brown skin almost completely integrated with the surrounding environment.

If Liang Qu couldn't sense it, he almost couldn't see that a fierce carnivorous beast was lying here.

Seeing Liang Qu coming, the Fat Catfish wagged its tail, set off a small range of dust, opened its mouth and spat out a bubble, and under its instruction, Liang Qu looked in the direction.

Under a rock covered with seaweed, a big and a small pomfret snuggled together, but strangely, both fish had a pair of small horns on their heads!

Treasure fish, without a doubt, it is a treasure fish!

Shaped like a pomfret but with two horns on its head, an ordinary person could judge the extraordinary nature of the two fish at a glance.

As a bottom-level fisherman, Liang Qu often heard that someone had caught a treasure fish, but he had seen very few. Not only him, but most fishermen in Yixing City were like this.

But fishermen also have a unique way of judging treasure fish, that is, treasure fish must have strange signs!

It's a bit like the seventy-two black moles on the thigh of Emperor Gaozu of Han, and the double pupils of Xiang Yu. The tiger-head spot at the neighboring Lian-shui port had strange patterns, shaped like tiger spots. The fisherman who caught it determined it was a treasure fish, and it was finally proven to be so.

Looking at the two big and small fish, Liang Qu's expression was excited. He never expected that the treasure fish he hadn't found for several days would be found today, and he would run into two at once!

A-Fei is really a lucky star.

The two horn-pomfrets didn't realize they had been targeted and were still playing under the rock.

Behind the rock, one person and two beasts squatted quietly without rushing to attack.

Liang Qu observed for a long time and found that there was a cave under the rock where the two fish played, perhaps the nest of the two.

To prevent other exits in the cave, they must wait for them to come out before implementing the capture.

Liang Qu let the Fat Catfish take a detour to ambush on the other side, tied one end of the fishing net to the pig-dragon's tail, and one person and one beast separated, slowly opening the fishing net.

The fishing net is actually a very precious resource. He didn't have a fishing net originally. This fishing net was borrowed after treating Li Libo to a meal.

Next is quiet waiting. If he couldn't hold on, Liang Qu would take out the pig bladder filled with air and cover his mouth to catch his breath.

The smell of gas inside is very strong, but for the sake of the treasure fish, everything is worth it.

After waiting for half an hour, the pig bladder was deflated, and the horn-pomfret under the giant rock moved. The two fish gradually moved away from the cave, as if they were going out to forage.

After waiting for the two fish to leave the cave entrance for several meters, Liang Qu realized the opportunity and quickly notified the Fat Catfish to attack!

The Fat Catfish received the instruction, vibrated its body while lurking under the silt, folded its body into a curve, and suddenly ejected and flew out, stirring up a large piece of mud in the water, and the momentum was really huge.

The two-meter-long six-bearded catfish had an amazing momentum, which scared the horn-pomfret, but they were too far from the cave, and the Fat Catfish rushed from behind the stone. It was too late to go back. In a panic, they could only flee in the opposite direction, which was exactly what Liang Qu wanted!

It's now!

Liang Qu jumped, the pig-dragon wagged its tail, and one person and one beast pulled up the fishing net and swam upward. The fishing net was pulled up like a big curtain, just covering the fleeing horn-pomfret!

A huge force came from the rope pulling the fishing net.

Hiss, what a great strength!

One jin of fish has ten jin of strength. This fish is afraid it will triple!

Liang Qu immediately used his water control ability to stop its momentum. This fish has two horns on its head, and the fishing net is made of coarse cloth and hemp, far from being as strong as the nylon fiber of later generations. It would be bad if the net was torn. Losing money is a small matter, but losing the fish is a big matter.

Controlling the horn-pomfret's sprint momentum, Liang Qu quickly sank and retracted the fishing net. One person and one beast crossed and circled, wrapping the treasure fish in a group, reducing the activity range of the two fish. If they couldn't move, the struggling force wouldn't be that great.

After completely netting them, Liang Qu grabbed the net ball wrapped in a ball and swam upward quickly, climbed onto the fishing boat, found the net exit, and poured both horn-pomfrets into the fish basket.

This horned fish has a fierce temperament. It bumped around in the waterless fish basket, causing the fish basket to tilt left and right, so he had to reach out to support it.

Liang Qu supported the fish basket with both hands and looked at the two pomfrets with small horns on their heads, unable to restrain his excitement.

"A-Fei, you did a good job, you did a good job!"

In this way, his plan time can be shortened by more than half, but he doesn't know how much these two treasure fish are worth?

At least a few taels of silver. Even if it's not enough to learn martial arts, he doesn't have to worry about autumn taxes.

"It's a pity, it looks delicious."

Liang Qu didn't feel it when he was at the bottom of the water, but now that he had caught it in the fish basket, he immediately felt the strong attraction of the two fish, just like a hungry man seeing fragrant white rice.

Clearly he wasn't that hungry. Such an abnormality is undoubtedly another proof of the treasure fish.

Should I eat one?

The temptation of the treasure fish is amazing. A bold idea came to Liang Qu's mind.

He asked "Can't Move" and A-Fei and found that this fish didn't have much attraction to them. That's right, if this fish was easy to attract other water beasts from birth, how could it survive?

The first thing Liang Qu thought of was the Ze Ding. Perhaps this thing is useful to the Ze Ding, and the treasure fish also has Water-Marsh Essence?

Once the idea spread, Liang Qu couldn't control it. After thinking for a long time, he decided to take the smaller horn-pomfret to try his hand.

The tripod that subdues the water and marshes of the world sounds like it's worth a try no matter what.

Liang Qu carefully took out the smaller horn-pomfret. This fish was the size of a human face and weighed about one jin. The big fish weighed about three jin and was several circles larger.

The horns on the fish head were very hard, as hard as refined steel. The decision to close the net in time was indeed correct. Otherwise, if they tore it twice, they would really escape.

There was no knife on the boat. Liang Qu used a stone chip to gut the fish. The smell of blood spilled out. The two beasts guarding the sampan were immediately happy. At this time, they felt the strong attraction.

The pig-dragon and the Fat Catfish both contributed a lot to catching the treasure fish, so Liang Qu was not stingy and threw all the fish intestines and scraps to the two beasts.

The two beasts didn't dislike it at all and swallowed it directly.

I don't know if the two beasts will have any changes after eating the treasure fish.

Liang Qu retracted his gaze, lit a fire with wood, set up a pottery basin, and put the fish slices into the boiling water.

Zhang the Scabby did have the idea of coming out to heal his wounds, and there was a small stove on the sampan, which could be used when taken out.

Before worrying about the murder being exposed, Liang Qu also prepared some supplies on the boat in advance, including fire starters, to facilitate running away at any time.

Not knowing if the effect of the treasure fish would be lost due to stewing, Liang Qu scalded it slightly, felt there were no parasites, and took a bite.

Fresh and sweet!

Unprecedented freshness and sweetness filled his mouth, and the texture was elastic and refreshing.

There were no green onions, ginger, or garlic, but it was not fishy at all, completely different from ordinary river fish, and there were no thorns!

It was too delicious. Liang Qu ate it in a hurry, soup and water included. Finally, he crushed the fish head and ate most of it. Only the spine was too thick and hard. After sucking the bone marrow clean, he threw it to "Can't Move" and the Fat Catfish.

The only evidence that this fish once existed was the pair of hard small horns as long as finger bones.

【Water-Marsh Essence +1.8】

The Ze Ding in his mind bloomed with blue-green light again. Seeing the information, Liang Qu almost ate the three-jin big fish too.

The income is comparable to eighteen pieces of essence lotus root!

The small fish is like this, then the big fish shouldn't triple, perhaps 5.4 Water-Marsh Essence?

Now the fusion degree is already 6.5. Adding the big and small fish, he could directly break through to 10!

But Liang Qu held back. Knowing that the treasure fish can increase Water-Marsh Essence is enough. The top priority is still the martial arts path and the Zhao mansion close at hand.

Become a martial artist, earn big money, live in a big house, raise beautiful maids!

Reciting the three-character mantra once, Liang Qu used all the Water-Marsh Essence to improve the Ze Ling fusion degree.

Accompanied by the digestion of fish meat, it itself began to play a role.

Warmth melted from the stomach to the whole body. Liang Qu lay on the side of the boat. His complexion on the water surface was visibly ruddy. His whole body was slightly hot, his blood was galloping in his blood vessels like a cold river, every cell was cheering, breathing wantonly and with all his strength.