Chapter 2475: What are you looking at me for?

After disembarking from the immortal vessel, on the dock, the acquainted young second-generation elites were chatting and laughing.

Indeed, there was no sign of any worry.

More than half of them had been to Dazehu before, and, like He Muqin, many also brought spirit pets of all sorts of strange shapes.

Ye Zhangqing and his companions had no mood to chat with the crowd, mainly because they didn't know anyone, and were about to leave when a young man hurried over, saw He Muqin, showed a hint of delight, and said with a smile.

"Muqin, it's really you; you also came to Dazehu for training? Let's go together, so we can look out for each other along the way."

"No need."

As for that, He Muqin responded very coldly, giving no pleasant expression.

Seeing this, the young man didn't mind much; it seemed he wasn't experiencing this kind of treatment for the first time.

Ye Zhangqing and his two companions nearby glanced and guessed their relationship: an admirer.

However, they had no intention to interfere; this was He Muqin's own affair, unrelated to them, and the three instead curiously surveyed their surroundings.

However, at that moment, not knowing what the two had said, the young man's gaze suddenly fell on Ye Zhangqing, and he spoke in an unfriendly manner.

"Muqin, is this your friend?"

"It's none of your business."

"Oh, I've never seen you before; Dazehu is dangerous, you'd better be careful."

The threatening tone in his words was utterly undisguised.

As for that, Ye Zhangqing was completely bewildered, because those words were directed at him.

Their eyes met, Ye Zhangqing felt speechless, and thought, "What are you looking at me for?"

This young man clearly regarded him as a rival.

And the young man's thought at that moment was simple: among those present, you're the most handsome—who else would I look at?

"Muqin has always had high standards since childhood; it must be you."

He then gave Ye Zhangqing a warning glance and turned to leave.

"Sick."

He muttered a curse under his breath, and afterward the four of them didn't linger at the dock, but went straight into Dazehu.

Dazehu is a vast swamp region containing over a hundred lakes, some connected, others independent.

There are many good things there, and He Muqin came to Dazehu this time mainly to collect a kind of extraterrestrial beast called the marsh fish for A Huang.

In the Beyond the Heavens, extraterrestrial beasts and extraterrestrial races are distinctly distinguished.

Extraterrestrial races possess spiritual intellect not inferior to that of human cultivators, form their own ethnic groups, and have their own culture, cultivation system, etc.

Extraterrestrial beasts, on the other hand, have low spiritual intellect, equivalent to wild beasts in the Immortal Realm.

However, this does not mean that extraterrestrial beasts are weaker than extraterrestrial races; there is no necessary correlation between the two.

Even in the Beyond the Heavens, many extraterrestrial beasts possess great strength, comparable to the strongest human cultivators.

However, the marsh fish is not strong; its only trouble is its extreme speed, similar to their innate divine ability.

They are born with it, and as they grow, this speed only increases.

Upon reaching adulthood, a marsh fish's speed can even rival that of an Immortal Emperor Realm cultivator.

Therefore, although the marsh fish is not strong, capturing it is no easy task.

As for A Huang, the marsh fish is an excellent source of meat, greatly beneficial to its growth.

Along the way, He Muqin did not conceal his purpose, informing Ye Zhangqing and his companions of his goal.

As for Ye Zhangqing and his two companions, it's even simpler: they had no clear objective at all; if one had to say, they were just here to see the world.

"So, you came to Dazehu this time just to feed a dog?"

Tianlin said offhandedly; hearing this, He Muqin's eye twitched.

"You could put it that way, but your description really pisses me off."

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean anything else."

"Woof…"

"Look, its bark is exactly like that of a golden retriever from my past life, and you still claim it's a Heaven‑Swallowing Dog?"

Along the way everyone chatted and laughed, and they arrived at a lake nearest the dock.

The lake is not large, about a hundred li in area; by its shore, He Muqin had no intention of stopping.

"This lake hardly has any marsh fish left; even if there are any, they are old fish left over from the waves, extremely hard to catch—let's go deeper."

This spot is closest to the dock, so naturally it has the most visitors.

Almost every human cultivator who comes to Dazehu makes this place their first stop; after continuing deeper, they then scatter in different directions.

But as soon as his words fell, a silver fish up to three meters long leapt out of the water.

"Marsh fish."

He Muqin shouted.

The simplest way to identify this marsh fish is by its size.

One meter in length indicates adulthood; as it ages, its size only grows.

This marsh fish, three meters long, has likely lived for hundreds of years; its speed is so great it may even surpass an Immortal Emperor Realm cultivator.

Capturing it would be too difficult, so He Muqin didn't have any particular plans.

On the other hand, Ye Zhangqing and his two companions, seeing such an extraterrestrial beast for the first time, were quite curious.

Its silvery scales shimmered with a faint silver light, looking very beautiful.

"Let's go, this marsh fish is difficult to……………………"

He Muqin had just begun to speak, hadn't finished, when Tian Ling reached out from the air, his spiritual power forming a hand.

Before the marsh fish could even re-enter the water, he seized it in his hand.

Huh???

Seeing Tianlin's strike, he so easily caught this three-meter-long marsh fish.

He Muqin's words trailed off—what's going on?

This three-meter-long marsh fish already surpasses the speed of an Immortal Emperor Realm martial artist; she had just wanted to say it's extremely hard to catch, so there's no need to waste time on this marsh fish.

Going deeper, there are quite a few marsh fish.

But now, this marsh fish is in Tianlin's hand, and he examines it closely.

"This is an exotic beast from Beyond the Heavens; looking at it, it's not bad—its scales are probably as hard as an ordinary Fairy Artifact."

"Hmm, but its aura is ordinary, nothing special."

Miao Qianqian beside them also curiously examined it; seeing this, He Muqin couldn't help but interject.

"No, you just caught it like that?"

"Otherwise? It's already in our hands."

"Have you caught one before?"

"No, we haven't; this is our first time coming to Beyond the Heavens, and we've never even seen a marsh fish before."

"Then you…………"

"Nothing much—just a swipe with a claw, and it was caught."

Tianlin didn't think it was that difficult; it's just a matter of timing the strike, then acting fast and steady—there's nothing particularly clever about it.

Just now he didn't even use any technique—it was that simple.

Watching Tianlin explain so easily, He Muqin fell into silence.

Is it because I'm too weak? No way—among all the second-generation heirs in Beyond the Heavens, the people I know, I may not be among the very top, but I'm definitely upper-middle tier.

But if it were her facing this marsh fish, she probably couldn't even touch it, let alone catch it in one grab.