Chapter 580: Snatching the Carp King (A tribute to the alliance leader 'Cramping Night'!)

The night is deep.

The moon hangs in the center of the sky.

Aaron stands at the bow of the Black-Awning Boat, calmly baiting the water and casting his net...

His fishing skill has already been maxed out; at this moment, with one cast, his eyes are filled with all kinds of rare catches, even including three Red Blood Carp!

"No Carp King again!"

Aaron sighs.

Aaron poles the Black-Awning Boat, arriving at a stretch of water under the moonlight.

His body seems to surge like a scorching sun, and a solid, congealed momentum slams fiercely into the Carp King.

And this scene undoubtedly proves the accuracy of the previous news; for a moment, the entire wharf is in an uproar...

Bang!

That fish fork was not up to the task; it actually snapped!

The Carp King leaps out of the water, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs, and bites toward Aaron!

Aaron's small Black-Awning Boat is mixed in among them, not standing out at all.

"It's the Red Blood Carp King!"

A hint of killing intent cannot help but appear in Aaron's eyes.

The Carp King is a beast after all; even if it has a bit of intelligence, it is still far inferior to a Martial Master, and it is stunned on the spot.

Aaron chuckles and arrives at a restaurant in the Fish Market.

Aaron sighs to himself, shaking the bamboo pole as he heads toward Sanshui Wharf.

And the ins and outs of the Liu Family and the Hengxing Gang have been thoroughly figured out by him; he is just waiting for them to complete their own tasks before settling old and new scores together.

Accompanied by the encirclement and interception of various parties, a large number of locations are ruled out, and the range of the Carp King's activity is increasingly narrowed.

Those few fishermen cannot help but look at each other in dismay...

Looking at its mouth full of sharp teeth, it would have absolutely no problem biting off an adult's arm!

"Good beast!"

Yan Wushuang is not shy like her younger sister; instead, she is bold and generous, calling over the waiter: "Give us a private room."

Aaron reveals a meaningful smile: 'Thinking that after a hundred years, all the enemies are dead? Only just returned?'

And with so many boats and men, under the tracking of the old fishermen, that Carp King is only a beast after all, its intelligence inferior to humans, and it gradually cannot hide, its trail being discovered.

This news must have been leaked from the Hengxing Gang!

Aaron's eyes deepen slightly.

"Interesting."

"Coming out to travel, these things must be experienced... Looking twice won't make you lose a piece of flesh, but those who dare to continue doing evil can just be beaten to death."

【Martial Art: Iron Shirt Fist Third Layer (1000/1000)】

Splash!

The grand drama of competing for the Carp King has finally reached its most intense part!

For the next period of time, Aaron stays at Sanshui Wharf.

A moment later, dark red water flows up.

"Sigh... The Carp King has appeared, the fishermen are suffering, and the Liu Family of the prefecture city has already blocked the wharf, not allowing outsiders to put even a single plank into the lake!"

At the bow, a wind-proof Lamp sways left and right, emitting a dim, yellowish Light.

Inside the Hengxing Gang's wharf branch.

Aaron casually grabs a double-pronged fish fork and, with sharp eyes and quick hands, stabs into the water.

Aaron takes out the Fish Bait refined with the 'Sea Gathering Residual Art' and begins to bait the water.

Aaron laughs and scolds, not using the Fireball Technique to roast the fish.

However, having said that, he is not prepared to act immediately.

It is just that the original Fish Market has changed its location, and those shops and such have all changed their appearance as well.

"This scene, it seems familiar..."

"However... actually didn't run into other Immortal Cultivators?"

Aaron is deep in thought when he suddenly looks to the other side.

Yan Shuangshuang rows the oar quickly, calling out happily.

He is mixed in among them, not standing out at all.

Only to see two stunning beauties with similar faces, both in tight-fitting outfits, walking gracefully into the restaurant; even the hall seems to become a bit brighter.

Several fishermen grab their fish forks, but before they can even act, they feel the fishing net suddenly lighten.

'This is truly a great tragedy!'

"It is time."

"Finally found the trail of the Carp King?"

'The people are about all here, right?'

Aaron looks at the sharp serrations in the fish's mouth, his interest greatly piqued.

"Sister, the fish school suddenly moved abnormally in this direction just now; it's definitely not normal!"

"Old Li, Old Li has fallen!"

"What?"

Meanwhile, many boats were coming from another direction, and Liu Tong was standing at the bow of the boat with a gloomy expression.

"Yes, in the southern waters of Taize Lake, a boat journey of one day and two nights away from here!"

This was for the sake of competing for the Carp King.

"Head of the Family, something terrible has happened. Someone is spreading news in the Fish Market, saying the Carp King is in the sou... southern waters!"

"However... it is not entirely impossible to make use of it."

After all, a Spirit Fish that even Immortal Cultivators covet must have some extraordinary effects.

And this new group of forces actually wanted to snatch the Carp King from him; that was even more intolerable!

"After more than forty years of hard cultivation, I have finally perfected these four spells. Also... why must ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators get hung up on these four low-level spells? Isn't it better to practice higher-level spells or even use a Magic Tool?"

"Sister, the way these people are looking at us is really annoying."

"Sigh... the fishermen are all in the hands of the Hengxing Gang and the Liu Family. We can't even find a boat, so how can we compete?"

He was actually the very first person to discover the emergence of the Carp King!

【Spells: Spirit Eye Technique (100/100), Wind Control Technique (100/100), Golden Light Shield (100/100), Fireball Technique (100/100)】

——Red Blood Carp King!

"Good heavens, this Carp King is truly huge!"

"Could it be... fake?"

Aaron muttered, directly casting his fishing net.

While humming a little tune, Aaron prepared to process this Carp King.

Then, Aaron curled his five fingers together, his figure suddenly lunged forward, and a killing move from the 'Iron Shirt Fist'—the 'Great Heavenly Star Fist'—smashed directly into the fish's head.

Aaron was dressed in green robes and possessed an extraordinary bearing, so he was naturally not mistaken for a commoner; he came to the restaurant and sat at a table.

"Head of the Family, your subordinate deserves to die. What should we do now? Many people have already gone out onto the lake... Our men went to stop them but were beaten!"

Decades had passed, but the pier remained the same, leaving him feeling quite sentimental.

Yan Shuangshuang looked at her sister: "That man's martial arts are so high, he shouldn't be deliberately teasing us... so, is it true?"

"The Liu Family? Could it be that Liu Family from a hundred years ago?"

Then, the two groups of people converged and both saw Aaron, as well as the Red Blood Carp King on his boat!

"It's the Carp King!"

"First net catches no fish, second net catches no fish, third net catches a big-tailed, big-tailed fish..."

A few reeds poked their heads out from the water, swaying stubbornly in the wind.

That incredibly dense Transformation Energy pierced directly through layers of scale defense, exploding inside the Red Blood Carp King's small brain and blowing the fish's brain into a complete mess.

Hengxing Gang.

"Haha... I wonder what that Carp King looks like... Hmm, I wonder how many people will die in this martial arts grand gathering?"

"It seems... perhaps this Spirit Fish isn't considered particularly precious in the eyes of Immortal Cultivators? Or... the news hasn't spread yet?"

Zhao Zhangtian finished speaking stutteringly, only to be slapped to the ground.

"Clearly, the signs of the Carp King's emergence have already been discovered, and the scenes from before are repeating themselves..."

"Recently, there have been more fishing boats on the lake, and they specifically drill into all sorts of remote places... even near the small island where I live in seclusion, traces have appeared..."

【Talent: Immortality】

"The southern waters? The range has narrowed, but it's still not enough."

He certainly wouldn't have any good feelings toward a force that captured family members to force fishermen to risk their lives.

Unfortunately, the power of an individual is truly limited, and Taize Lake is just too big.

"Sister..."

Having been a fisherman for a hundred years, if I don't catch one big fish, I feel it's not complete enough!

"Could this Red Blood Carp King have evolved from an ordinary Red Blood Carp by devouring its own kind to grow?"

And there were still many old martial arts veterans who made the same choice as the Yan sisters...

"Quick, get the fishing nets! And the harpoons!"

Yan Wushuang and Yan Shuangshuang were waiting for their food when a cry of surprise suddenly came from outside: "The Carp King has emerged? Right in the south of Taize Lake!"

Countless schools of fish were parted as a massive, crimson Carp King surfaced, fiercely devouring those Fish Bait, and even other fish, and even Red Blood Carp!

Suddenly...

"It's the Yan sisters! Ever since the decline of the Nie Family, the Yan Family has been the number one martial arts family in the Lin Kingdom, and these two sisters are even Martial Masters ranked at the top of the Prodigy Ranking!"

"I didn't expect them to come too!"

"Legend has it that all Red Blood Carp carry a trace of dragon blood. Since even Immortal Cultivators are involved, this rumor might not be false..."

"This time the Carp King has emerged and the people of the jianghu have gathered; this is a great opportunity for me, 'Wild Wind Blade' Su Zhe, to make a name for myself!"

The lake surface was undulating with waves, shimmering with light; those were the backs of various fish.

Zhao Zhangtian bowed and replied.

A moment later.

She stood up, threw down a piece of broken silver, and didn't even finish her meal.

In any case, the Liu Family is a good source of manual labor, so I'll just wait.

"Good heavens, this must be one or two hundred pounds, right?"

"Perhaps they were just traveling nearby and happened to run into it?"

Suddenly, the voices in the restaurant fell silent.

If the Hengxing Gang weren't still useful, Liu Tong would have wanted to beat Zhao Zhangtian to death to vent his anger!

Aaron looked at the people around him, nodded, and walked out of the restaurant.

"Unfortunately... your enemies are still alive!"

Splash!

The harpoon broke through the water and pierced directly into the Red Blood Carp King.

Liu Tong had just made a decision, thinking of the many martial artists at the wharf, and sat back down: "No... that won't work. We leave at night. Hmm, let the large ships set sail during the day first to create the illusion that the Carp King is in the eastern waters!"

【Cultivation Method: Hunyuan Art 5th Layer (479/500)】

This is what they call the wrath of the masses being hard to defy!

Even Liu Tong had no good solution and could only sigh: "We can't wait any longer. Take your gear and set off immediately!"

"I don't know... but the Liu family themselves said their ancestors were once prosperous in Taize Prefecture..." The laborer shook his head and walked away directly.

Yan Shuangshuang pulled her sister Yan Wushuang's hand and whispered.

A passing laborer sighed: "And those fishermen are being driven to catch the Carp King in the lake day and night. That Carp King is incomparably ferocious; I fear it will take human lives to fill the gap."

Splash!

A massive fish, entirely crimson with long dragon-like whiskers, leaped out of the water.

"After all, the other side has many people; perhaps they can discover the Carp King's tracks sooner than I can... Even the Immortal Cultivators of the Qingding Sect back then had to ask mortals for help."

On the surface of the lake, because there were no obstructions, the view was unobstructed, and one could see two waves of boats approaching rapidly.

A group of martial artists' eyes lit up, wanting to find the person who spoke, but how could they find them?

Seeing the fishing net descend, the Red Blood Carp King flicked its tail, unexpectedly breaking free from its Greed for the Fish Bait, and darted forward a distance.

Slap!

The nearly two-hundred-pound Red Blood Carp King fell heavily onto the Black-Awning Boat, its belly—white skin marked with a red line—facing upward, staring with its large, dead fish eyes...

It opened its fish maw, revealing a mouth full of fangs, and on the spot knocked a fisherman into the water, sending countless splashes flying.

"What is this?"

Liu Tong stood up abruptly, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

【Realm: Qi Refining Layer 5】

Although the 'Sea Gathering Residual Art' can attract schools of fish within a certain range, the range is ultimately a bit small...

【Skills: Fishing (100/100), Sea Gathering Residual Art (4/5), Disguise Technique (100/100), Bone Shrinking Technique (49/100), Medicine (100/100), Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting (100/100)】

The fishermen cast their nets one after another, feeling a terrifying force dragging the fishing boats forward.

"Set off immediately and prepare the wire fishing nets!"

On the wharf, dozens of ships from the Hengxing Gang left the port together; the scene was quite spectacular as they headed straight south.

Southern waters of Taize Lake.

These are the onlookers who purely fear that the world will not be in chaos.

Liu Tong stood up abruptly: "Useless!"

A thousand sails passed by, a hundred boats raced...

Fortunately, the news of the Carp King's appearance eventually leaked out, attracting more factions and martial arts heroes, and the entire wharf became chaotic.

Aaron was not carrying a fish basket, and seeing this scene, he asked a passerby nearby as if out of curiosity.

On the wharf, there were also some Martial Masters holding swords and blades who looked particularly dangerous, vigilantly eyeing every passerby.

One month later.

Liu Tong, who was sitting steadily on the fishing platform drinking tea, saw Zhao Zhangtian walking over quickly with a panicked expression and couldn't help but wonder: "Why such a demeanor?"

His ears moved slightly, and he filtered out quite a bit of information from the restaurant.

The group looked at each other in dismay.

For a time, hundreds of sails left the port at Sanshui Wharf, a truly spectacular sight.

Splash!

Before long, countless schools of fish gathered and converged toward this Black-Awning Boat.

Then, as if its ferocity had been triggered, it did not flee but instead advanced, swimming rapidly toward the Black-Awning Boat, looking as if it intended to punch a large hole in it or flip it over directly!

Even Liu Tong, who had reached Transformation Energy, did not notice that Aaron was listening openly right outside the room before drifting away from the branch headquarters.

This time, he was using the "striking across the mountain" force.

It was lunchtime, and the restaurant was very lively, with martial artists making up the majority.

A beautiful curve appeared at the corner of Yan Wushuang's mouth: "True or false, waiting on the shore is boring anyway; we might as well go to the lake to take a look... and while we're at it, see the reactions of the Liu Family and the Hengxing Gang!"

【Age: 137】

An extremely tough sensation, as if hitting armor, was transmitted back.

Those fishing families, laborers, and farmers all hid far away, not daring to come over; this is the survival wisdom of the common folk.

When they hauled it up again, they discovered a large hole in the specially reinforced fishing net...

Above a lake.

For example, the Cao Family, the enemies who caused the death of Fang Yu's parents, had already been wiped out.

Yan Shuangshuang's beautiful eyes lit up.

These are the ones who want to take the opportunity to become famous.

"The Head of the Family is brilliant," Zhao Zhangtian said admiringly.

Aaron thought silently and glanced at his Attribute Panel:

【Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)】

"Good thief, you dare to steal the Fish King of my Liu Family?"

Liu Tong was happy at first sight, but then his expression turned gloomy.

(End of this chapter)