Chapter 22

That golden-backed red-bellied fish in the fish basket was released. This fish was indeed a demon. As soon as it jumped out of the fish basket, it leaped into the air, turning into a body of more than ten feet in size in front of the pavilion. It spoke human words, but emitted the pitiful begging voice of a woman:

"Senior, I am willing to swear that I will never harm human life again. I beg Senior to spare my life."

The massive, ferocious fish head actually nodded up and down, as if learning from a human to kowtow in the void.

Li Hao smelled the fishy wind blowing toward his face and couldn't help but pinch his nose, nearly vomiting from nausea.

This fish... is really fishy!

"Spare you, wouldn't I really become an empty army?"

Old man Li Muxiu's words made the fish demon despair instantly, trembling with anger but not daring to be angry.

"Into the pot!"

Li Muxiu pointed with his hand.

Although this fish demon was begging, it had transformed into its original form and leaped into the air, intending to escape to the distance at any time. At this moment, seeing the old man refused to let it go, it suddenly shook its body, using the void as a lake, and wanted to flee to the distance.

But before its body could turn, it suddenly trembled as if electrocuted. Immediately after, bright red blood sprayed from the fish's mouth and gills. The ferocious body was split in the void, as if there were countless invisible blades, using the void as a chopping board, chopping it up.

And what was magical was that these sprayed blood, before landing, were sent away by a gust of wind and disappeared.

The fish demon's remains that were torn apart were also like this. Only a dark purple demon pill as round and jade-like as a fist, and a few pieces of snow-white fish meat, were left in the void.

Li Muxiu beckoned with his hand. The demon pill fell into the boiling water pot, and the snow-white fish meat was cut into thin slices like cicada wings by invisible blades in the air. After the water boiled, it also slowly entered the pot.

At this time, the old man took out a salt jar from somewhere, picked two spoonfuls and threw them into the pot, and covered it to boil.

Li Hao was amazed by this operation and also had a concrete understanding of the martial arts experts in this world.

This is a demon, this is a powerful martial artist! "Old man, that purple meat ball is a demon pill, right? Shouldn't it be eaten raw?" Li Hao asked curiously.

"Where did you hear that?"

Li Muxiu glanced at him sideways and said indifferently: "Aren't you afraid of being fishy to death? Demon pills need to be refined with many medicinal herbs to have an effect, and they cannot be matched randomly. After all, there are differences in various types of demons. This needs to be distinguished by those professional alchemists. Eat raw... Heh, this is the same principle as ordinary people hunting tigers and using tiger bones to make soup to strengthen the body. Can it be digested if eaten raw?"

"Then what is this?"

"Eat as ingredients. Although the effect will be wasted a lot, it doesn't mean much to me to eat this thing, just tasting the flavor. As for you, just drink some soup and eat a few slices of fish meat to fill your stomach. You can't bear the demon pill of this level."

"So that's it."

Li Hao nodded, not feeling any regret or loss.

After all, there were countless spiritual pills and precious medicines in the Divine General Mansion. Let alone this kind of demon pill raw material, those were all finished pills refined.

However, after failing Foundation Establishment, he had tested that these spiritual pills and precious medicines could only be used as food to fill his stomach, and the extraordinary medicinal effects inside would be directly blocked.

However, although spiritual medicines were rich, they were extremely restrained when distributed to the disciples of the courtyards in the mansion.

After all, ordinary medicines have three parts poison. Relying on pills can indeed lead to quick success, but to reach the top realm, most still rely on their own strength, which is not easy to be backlashed.

……

The water in the pot boiled again, and the steam made the pot lid shake gently.

The old man directly lifted the ceramic cap of the pot lid with his ruthless iron hand. The hot steam suddenly dissipated, but was sent away by the slightly brushing breeze, not touching the beams and pillars of the building.

A fish meat fragrance wafted out, but mixed with some fishy smell.

Li Hao frowned slightly. Although he hadn't tasted it yet, he instinctively felt it wouldn't be delicious.

"Come, try it."

Li Muxiu found a pair of chopsticks from somewhere, black and dirty, wiped them on his body, inserted them into the demon pill in the pot that looked like a red-braised lion's head, and ate it in big mouthfuls.

At the same time, he flicked his palm, and the swaying branches outside the pavilion suddenly broke and flew into his hand.

He handed it to Li Hao: "Peel off the skin and you can use it."

Li Hao had nothing to say.

But he wasn't a rigid person either. At this moment, he sat on the ground with this old man, on the top floor of the Listening Rain Tower, which was regarded as a holy land by martial artists in the world, peeled the green skin off the branch in his hand, broke it, and inserted it into the pot, picking up a piece of crystal-clear fish meat.

What surprised Li Hao was that this fish meat didn't scatter after being boiled and covered, and when picked up, it was like jelly, tender and smooth.

He used the pot lid to catch it, so as not to spill the soup on himself, and sucked it up with a 'slurp'.

"How is the taste?"

"Not bad, quite good, just a bit fishy."

"Is it fishy? Why don't I feel it?" "You are fishy all over yourself, of course you don't feel it."

"Hey, stinky kid, how are you talking to me."

"It was originally like that, and I didn't say it wrong."

"Hmph, you just met me. You little ghost, you have no rules. If it were someone else, your butt would have been beaten into eight petals long ago."

"I wouldn't even bother talking to others."

"Huo, quite a big tone."

An old and a young ate like this. The old one didn't look like a senior, and the young one didn't look terrified. After eating the fish meat and drinking the soup, both lay back, legs spread, and sighed in unison: "Comfortable!"

This posture was actually not much different.

"You kid..." Li Muxiu glanced at Li Hao and suddenly laughed out loud.

Li Hao smiled slightly, pillowing his head with his hands, and looked forward. Outside the eaves, the sky was entering the night, and the faint starlight was gradually revealed from the horizon.

The gentle breeze blowing from the building and the surrounding mountains and fields actually had a feeling of comfort and relaxation.

He suddenly felt that what human prosperity, what servants surrounding.

None of it was as free and comfortable as this moment.

Just lying there resting quietly for a while, Li Hao suddenly thought of something, turned his head, and said: "Old man, if you fish, there should be some fishing methods, right?"

"Why, want to learn now?"

Li Muxiu looked at him with interest.

"I also want to try it tomorrow. Why don't we see who catches more?" Li Hao said with a grin.

Hearing this, Li Muxiu couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't expect that in the wooden heads of the Li Clan, such a lively and interesting child would be raised.

"Very good. From now on, you will follow me to learn fishing. I will teach you. Fishing is also a kind of practice. Like old man me, one hook thrown out, and even the Three Imperishables will be dragged into a crooked mouth!"

Li Muxiu said with a light smile, his eyes full of self-satisfaction, and this self-satisfaction was not for cultivation, but more for his own fishing skill.

Li Hao couldn't help but laugh, and even imagined some pictures, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The picture of a Three Imperishables realm expert standing at the peak of countless martial artists being dragged into a crooked mouth by a fishing hook... too vivid! "What are you laughing at? Don't believe me?" Li Muxiu raised his eyebrows and straightened his face slightly.

Li Hao laughed: "Believe, believe, of course I believe, just feel that the scene is too funny."

After speaking, he laughed again.

Li Muxiu thought about it carefully and felt that the scene was indeed interesting. He chuckled and said: "When we get there tomorrow, I'll teach you how to fish. Practice your hands first. You won't understand if I just talk about it now. Go to sleep early tonight. I'll go get you a fishing rod."

After speaking, he sat up, patted his butt, and rolled the firewood embers and iron pot on the balcony into his sleeves and disappeared.

Then he took a step and disappeared into the night sky.

The next day.

Early in the morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Li Muxiu woke Li Hao up.

Fortunately, Li Hao slept early last night and didn't have much sleepiness, asking: "Are we going so early?"

"Of course, morning fishing should be early. This is when it's easiest to take the bait."

Li Muxiu had a smile on his face. Usually, when he went fishing alone, it was one person, one rod, and one fish basket. Today, with a little guy by his side, his interest in fishing was even stronger.

"This is the fishing rod for you. Hold it well."

The old man took out a black fishing rod from somewhere and handed it to Li Hao.

Li Hao took it, and it was quite heavy, but for his strength at the perfection of the Tongli Realm, it was nothing, not to mention that he was ten times stronger than an ordinary perfection of the Tongli Realm.

But Li Hao estimated that this fishing rod required at least someone at the fourth or fifth level of the Tongli Realm to wield it freely.

Seeing Li Hao take it easily, a trace of surprise flashed in Li Muxiu's eyes, saying: "It seems that kid Li Fu didn't lie. You really have talent for body refining. Which one are you practicing, and is it really perfected?"

Li Hao didn't hide it and told the old man truthfully.

Li Muxiu nodded slightly upon learning it was Savage Bull Strength, and didn't say anything, then threw a backpack to Li Hao: "Inside is the bait you use. Demons of the Tongli Realm like to eat it quite a bit. Which kind you can catch depends on your luck."

After saying that, he was about to take Li Hao downstairs.