Chapter 8

Returning to the port, Liang Qu paid two wen of docking fees and sold all the fish to the fishing barrier, getting eighteen wen.

The fishing barrier is essentially a lending organization, but it lends fishing boats and fishing gear and collects fish as interest. Therefore, in addition to renting fishing gear, it also assumes the responsibilities of some fishmongers, just like a distributor.

For fishermen who don't rent their fishing boats and fishing gear, the price is okay, which can save a lot of time costs.

At this moment, it is already midnight, and there are still shops open on the street. After all, whether a shop is open or not depends on whether there are people. As long as there are fishermen going out on boats, naturally there are people doing this business.

Liang Qu happened to be empty in his stomach, so he found a foot shop and ordered the old three items: one meat, one vegetable, one rice.

There is no oil, salt, or firewood at home, and he has to buy a lot of materials to cook by himself. It's better to eat outside. They are all poor people, just earning some hard-earned money. A meal is just eighteen wen.

Saving money is not urgent for now, first raise his body.

"Can't Move" swims slowly, but the deterrence is there, and it can play a role in blocking the road. No matter what, it is a helper, which is helpful for catching fish.

The next morning, Liang Qu walked along the street and found Li Libo, who was setting up a stall to sell fish. He wanted to confirm again that the news had not leaked.

"Yo, A-Shui, your complexion is really good today. Want a fish to nourish yourself? Stew a fresh fish head soup." Li Libo hooked the fish gills and picked up a big silver carp.

"Speak seriously." Liang Qu squatted beside Li Libo, "I told you not to tell anyone about that matter yesterday. You didn't say anything, right?"

"What matter?" Li Libo was stunned. After reacting, he slapped his forehead, "Hey, I almost forgot if you didn't say it. Don't worry, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know. No third person knows. By the way, why do you want to hide this?"

"You'll know in two days."

Liang Qu didn't point it out. As an insider, even if Li Libo guessed the truth, he wouldn't dare to tell anyone else.

After exhorting him again and getting a positive answer, he was satisfied and picked a fish at the shop, giving ten copper coins.

"Too much!"

"The extra is for you to drink."

"Hey, money is too much to spend, right?" Li Libo was puzzled, but his hand was not slow, and he happily accepted the copper coins.

Since then, for several days in a row, Liang Qu followed the normal routine of fishermen, going out on boats to fish. The daily harvest was not much, only about thirty wen.

Steward Zheng Xiang of the Zhao mansion didn't come to find him again, which made him slightly relieved.

Zhang the Scabby's disappearance didn't cause the slightest ripple. He was a bachelor in the first place, and other people in Yixing City cared even less.

Perhaps only when collecting taxes at the end of autumn will someone find that he has disappeared, and that is at least a month away.

As for Li Libo, he had long forgotten about this matter and still thought that Zhang the Scabby was just hiding outside to heal his wounds.

"Can be at ease for a while."

Liang Qu, who had been on tenterhooks for the past few days, finally let go of his guard and focused more on himself.

In the past two days, except for eating at a restaurant every day to nourish his body, the rest of his food relied on the treasure plant lotus root. He had already eaten more than ten sections and obtained 1.3 Water-Marsh Essence, all of which were used to increase the fusion degree.

Treasure plants that can heal injuries may be rare, but Liang Qu cares more about the present. The stronger he is, the less he will be injured.

【Ding Master: Liang Qu】

【Refined Ze Ling: Water Monkey (White) (Fusion Degree: 6.5%)】

【Water-Marsh Essence: None】

【River Favorability: None】

【Water Beast Subjugation: Taihua Crocodile】

【Evaluation: The Water Monkey Ze Ling originates from the great Lord of the Huai Vortex. A small person with insufficient stimulation, weak nature, and weak life.】

From consuming Water-Marsh Essence to improve, to the fusion degree improvement being completed, it takes about an hour.

1.5 Water-Marsh Essence allowed Liang Qu's fusion degree to increase to 6.5, enabling him to control forty jin of water flow power. His underwater activity time exceeded ten minutes, his perception range remained unchanged, and his physical fitness improved slightly.

Taking Water-Marsh Essence does not affect the lotus root effect,

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Eating so many lotus roots, coupled with being young, made up for the deficit caused by long-term hunger. Liang Qu's body was already quite healthy and wouldn't be dying after a few times of exhaustion.

"Can subdue another water beast to help catch fish."

Liang Qu could feel the limit his spirit could bear, which was about between two to three "Can't Move"s. To be safe, he could subdue another water beast at the same level as "Can't Move."

Autumn water is cold, and the pig-dragon moves slowly. It really can't catch fish. If it weren't for Liang Qu driving it, it would have hibernated long ago, sleeping until spring.

Now that one person and one beast are working together, if they don't pick some expensive fish species, they can only catch thirty wen of fish a day. It's not that he doesn't want to catch expensive ones, he is worried that catching them all the time will reveal clues.

Even if he wants to catch them, he has to catch ones like the tiger-head spot that are measured in silver.

Rowing the boat near the lotus root water area, Liang Qu slapped the water with an oar.

The summoned pig-dragon appeared by the boat with a few pieces of water grass on its head, scratched its waist with its hind claws, and blinked its eyelids.

Liang Qu took off his clothes, took a wooden spear, and dived into the water.

"Can't Move" swung its long tail and swam beside him. The water grass on its head drifted away with the water flow. One person and one beast explored the surroundings.

The light in the water was weak. In the shallow water area, he could still see the river bottom and water grass. Deeper, the line of sight was pitch black, and exploring the environment mainly relied on perception.

Common water fish swam past his side, but Liang Qu remained unmoved. Today's goal was a good helper.

He paid attention to his forward direction to avoid entering the deep water area.

Large water beasts occasionally appear in the shallow water area, but their body length will not exceed four meters, so safety is guaranteed. The deep water area is different. According to the old fishermen, there are all kinds of monsters in it.

After searching with the pig-dragon for nearly an hour, Liang Qu gained nothing. It wasn't that there were no big fish, but they weren't fierce carnivorous fish.

He was not discouraged. An angler with a stool and a rod sits in a pond for a day, so what's this?

When he dived again and brushed past a grass carp, a blurry huge figure suddenly disappeared, brushing past Liang Qu's perception circle. Along with it disappeared that grass carp!

So fast!

Liang Qu was startled, gripped the long spear, and quickly summoned "Can't Move" to protect him.

The figure he perceived just now was at least two meters long—a real big guy!

"Can't Move" swung its tail quickly, came to Liang Qu's side, and kept circling to avoid being suddenly attacked.

Liang Qu originally thought it was a coincidence, but unexpectedly, the black shadow turned a corner and appeared in his perception circle again, starting to circle around.

Brushing past the perception circle, occasionally entering the three-meter range a few times, Liang Qu finally perceived what species the other party was: a six-bearded catfish!

A two-meter-long six-bearded catfish is not common. This fish has a fierce temperament. When attacking, it will first move its pectoral fins to create a vortex to make the prey lose its direction, then open its huge mouth like a vacuum cleaner to suck the prey into its mouth and swallow it whole.

It is said that a child once fell into the water in Yixing City and was eaten by this six-bearded catfish!

Without a doubt, the six-bearded catfish in front of him regarded Liang Qu as prey!

This fish is really brave. Two meters long, nearly fifty kilograms, and it dared to attack a person and a crocodile together!

Sliding shovel, right? Sending it like this?

It just so happens that the catfish meets all the requirements. It's decided to be you.

With a splash, the catfish rolled in the water near the river surface. Liang Qu immediately let "Can't Move" charge. The crocodile moves slowly but attacks extremely fast, like a dagger stabbing into the heart, instantly forcing the circling six-bearded catfish to stop.

The catfish turned to dodge, and "Can't Move" swung its body to follow. At the moment of brushing past, it swung its iron tail like a pendulum and smashed it onto the catfish's head.

The six-bearded catfish's head was smashed with blood marks. It turned back to hit the pig-dragon's soft abdomen but had no effect. The pig-dragon took the opportunity to hook the catfish's fins with its sharp claws.

Liang Qu held his breath on the side, his pupils trembling slightly, staring at the battle. In the gap where the catfish struggled, the water flow suddenly imprisoned its tail fin. This was a perfect interception!

The six-bearded catfish lost its balance, and the pig-dragon saw the opportunity and bit its tail!

The catfish struggled frantically, trying to get rid of the pig-dragon. Liang Qu held a gravel, cut his finger, and the blood dissipated into blood lines in the water flow. He kicked the water flow, jumped behind the catfish, his black hair scattered like smoke and ink, three fingers together, and drew a subjugation water talisman!