Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish

== Description ==
“Speaking of it really shames me. I’ll make a long story short: I saw a giant lake in that direction. There were Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish from the ancient legends inside that lake…”
“Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish? The ones that legends say can revive a person’s bloodline and make their Spirit Blood surge? The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish capable of reviving the power of one’s ancestors?”
Now Long Chen couldn’t remain as calm as before. Those fish were treasures from ancient times. They were like catfish, but their entire bodies were as red as blood.
In the Martial Heaven Continent, they had long since gone extinct. In fact, their entire existence was a legend. People suspected whether or not they had ever existed.
Even in the ancient era, the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish was an extremely rare existence. They were lifeforms with their own spirituality. Although they didn’t possess any attacking power, they were very smart. The legends said that they only lived in environments with the purest spiritual qi. If the spiritual qi was too sparse, they would die.
Just based on their living environment, there was no way they could survive in a world like the Martial Heaven Continent. Even with spirit gathering formations, it wasn’t enough. The Martial Heaven Continent’s spiritual qi was no longer pure enough.
That was why Long Chen was so shocked to hear this disciple mention them. The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish could greatly help him and the Dragonblood Legion.
The fish were able to excavate the greatest and most ancient power of a person’s bloodline. That was practically a heaven-defying ability.
“I noticed the lake first, and I spent five full days luring one of the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. But as soon as it came out of the water, a bastard from the ancient races sneak attacked me. If I didn’t have armor protecting me, I’d have probably died. However, not only was I heavily injured, but he even snatched away the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish,” said the disciple hatefully.
== Lake ==
“There’s a formation around this lake, correct?” Long Chen looked at the vast lake.
“Yes. It’s protected by a strange formation, and if you enter the water, your spiritual yuan will be sucked away very quickly. Even your Spiritual Strength and Yuan Spirit energy will rapidly run out. You’ll die within an incense stick’s worth of time. Furthermore, you can’t attack the lake. I tested it and almost got killed by a rain of water arrows,” said Hua Ziguang apprehensively.
Long Chen couldn’t help being lost in thought. Now he was feeling that the Yin Yang World was truly bizarre. How could a masterless world have such a formation protecting a lake?
He looked at the lake. Then he thought of the circular mountain surrounded by Magical Beasts. Everything was so bizarre.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, let’s fish together. With us working together, our chances should improve. Right now, we don’t have to worry about others competing against us, so we should have pretty good odds.” Hua Ziguang had already made several hooks, all made of bamboo. Even his string was made of the finest fibers at the bottom of tree bark. Long Chen hadn’t expected Hua Ziguang to be such a craftsman.
“This kind of fishing method has a very low chance of success. Furthermore, more and more people will be coming as time passes. With so many people from various powers coming, these Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish will definitely flee when they sense their killing intent.” Long Chen shook his head.
According to Yan Nantian, the Netherpassage experts had sacrificed so much of their life and death energy to send only the best of the best inside the Yin Yang World, just to get them ten to fifteen days of golden treasure-hunting time.
During this time, the number of people within the Yin Yang World was very low. Hence, their chances of having to fight over treasures were also low. This was the best time to gain some benefits.
Once a huge mass of experts entered, there would be opposition. Sometimes an enemy might just destroy a treasure that they couldn’t obtain just so you also couldn’t obtain it.
Cooking a good stew wasn’t easy, but ruining it was simple. All you had to do was toss a ball of dung inside.
=== Fishing ===
This was the ninth day since they had entered the Yin Yang World. Time was going too quickly. It had taken Long Chen several days to get around the nest of Magical Beasts. His time had been wasted.
If people started entering tomorrow, then there was no chance to succeed with Hua Ziguang’s method. Any expert from the ancient races, Corrupt path, or the Xuan Beasts could just toss a stone in the water, shout, or release the slightest killing intent, and it would scare away the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.
“Here, use the tree bark to make a net. We’ll net the fish,” said Long Chen.
“What? The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish are very slippery. That kind of net won’t catch them. They’ll run,” said Hua Ziguang.
“It’s fine. The main thing is the bait. I’m an alchemist, and I can make a bait that they can't resist. Once they eat it, they’ll fall asleep. Once there’s enough of them, we’ll pull up the net,” said Long Chen.
“Alright, then I’ll listen to you.” Hua Ziguang still followed Long Chen’s instructions even though he doubted them. He flew to the forest and began stripping a tree bark. Based on Long Chen’s design, he was weaving a net.
Long Chen was very familiar with this kind of net. When he was young, he was constantly bullied. Without any companions, he always stealthily ran over to the outskirts. Having often seen fishermen fishing, he knew a great deal about this kind of fish trap.
Once the fish entered the trap, the design made it difficult for them to leave. The inside was like a maze with only one exit.
Hua Ziguang was creating the trap, while Long Chen was picking out special spiritual ingredients from the primal chaos space. It included seeds, flowers, and fruit.
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish possessed great spirituality and only liked other things with great spirituality. This was something Long Chen understood even better than Hua Ziguang.
He picked out the best ingredients. Mashing them together, he made a flower ring.
“Hm, it looks like a floral wreath? Well, that’s fine.” Long Chen wasn’t very satisfied with his own craftsmanship, but he decided that it was good enough.
With the flower ring complete, Long Chen also began refining some powders. He sprinkled them on the flower ring, and it began absorbing the powders.
Long Chen was done quickly, but Hua Ziguang was still busy working, so Long Chen joined him. They quickly finished the fish trap.
After finding a place near the shore with deep water, they slowly dropped the fish trap. There was a single long string the thickness of an egg attached to it. It was very sturdy.
The water was clearly clear, and with their vision, they were able to see the bottom of the lake. They quickly saw two-foot-long figures flit out of a crack at the bottom and swim over to Long Chen’s flower ring.
“They’ve appeared!” exclaimed Hua Ziguang.
However, his excitement seemed to have startled the two Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, and they vanished back into the cracks at the bottom.
“Your emotional fluctuations will be sensed by them. Calm down.” Long Chen patted Hua Ziguang on the shoulder.
About an incense stick’s worth of time later, those two Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish swam back up. However, this time, they were very wary. They swam back and forth, moving as quick as lightning.
After swimming around the trap several times, they finally slowly swam inside.
They quickly reached the end. They swam around the flower ring a few times before carefully touching the fruit and petals Long Chen had added.
When the first one finished eating a small petal, its movements became sluggish. The other one was also starting to react to the medication Long Chen had added.
Just as Hua Ziguang’s heartbeat was quickening from excitement, Long Chen lightly pressed a hand against his back. His powerful Spiritual Yuan sealed all the fluctuations coming from Hua Ziguang’s body. “Don’t get emotional. You’ll scare them off.”
=== Catching ===
Hua Ziguang couldn’t help being shocked. When Long Chen patted him on the back, he didn’t have any ability to resist. His spiritual yuan was completely suppressed. For a person to completely suppress another person’s spiritual yuan, they would need at least several times the amount of spiritual yuan the other person possessed.
Although Hua Ziguang was also a disciple belonging to one of the top powers within the Martial Heaven Alliance, he couldn’t fully trust Long Chen.
However, this one move showed him that if Long Chen wanted to kill him, he wouldn’t have any ability to resist.
Now he knew just how terrifying the devil king of the Eastern Wasteland was.
Long Chen pulled on the fish net. It quickly reached the surface with seven Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish inside.
Hua Ziguang was delighted. He had spent an exorbitant amount of effort just to get one, but Long Chen had gotten seven so quickly.
Of the seven Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, three were large, and four were small. The large ones were around a foot long, while the smaller ones were only three inches long. It went without saying that Hua Ziguang’s craftsmanship was amazing. Even these small fish hadn’t been able to escape his net.
Upon being dragged out of the water, the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish seemed to lose their agility and nimbleness. They were still sluggish, with the medicinal effects having not yet faded.
Hua Ziguang took out a wooden barrel and carefully released them within, adding some of the lake water. This way, they wouldn’t die too quickly. They should be able to survive at least a month.
=== Deeper waters ===
“This is the border. The fish are too small. Let’s go test some deep areas.” Long Chen began flying over to the center of the lake.
The lake was so large that they couldn’t see the end of it. Long Chen and Hua Ziguang flew for two hours without seeing the other side. Long Chen finally felt that this was enough and released the net.
He suddenly found that the string they had to drag the net back was too short. Fortunately, Hua Ziguang was smart and had stored more of the tree bark. He rapidly made more rope, and the net quickly reached the bottom.
It only took a few breaths’ time before a mass of Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish appeared at the bottom.
Hua Ziguang hastily formed hand seals, completely suppressing his own aura without Long Chen needing to remind him. He spiritually said, “Heavens, senior apprentice-brother Long Chen… there are so many of them, and they’re so big!”
Even his spiritual voice was quivering with excitement. These Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish were giant. At the very least, there were thousands of them, and the larger ones were three feet long.
Long Chen was also delighted. However, he quickly found that things weren’t working. The large fish entered the net and left sullenly because the net was too small to allow them to reach the bait. Only a few of them ate the bait and were trapped.
He quickly pulled up the net, startling any remaining fish away. Only a dozen of them were caught inside, having eaten the bait.
However, all of them were over a foot long. The larger ones were two feet long with astonishing Blood Qi.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, we’ve struck gold! Ten fish on this level are enough to fully awaken a person’s bloodline power!” exclaimed Hua Ziguang.
The giant Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish probably took several centuries to grow so long. If they sent the net down again, they would obtain enough for the two of them to use.
=== Diving ===
Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength sank into the water along with the medicinal pills. He felt his Spiritual Strength rapidly running out.
This lake was extremely strange. Fortunately, Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength was strong enough to last for a while.
As the medicinal pills sank to the bottom, through his soul, Long Chen noticed that the bottom of the lake was a land of rocky caves like a bee’s nest, yet it was also like coral.
These stones had strange marks on them, not looking natural. There was an endless flow of spiritual qi coming out of the rocks.
“Is this lake something someone specifically set up to raise the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish?”
Long Chen had a sudden thought. The formations and rules of this lake were strangely and coincidentally set up for these fish. If that was the case, who was the master? There were oddities everywhere in the Yin Yang World.
Long Chen sent one of the pills into one of the caves. Through it, he could even see some of the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish hiding in the depths of the cave.
These Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish were hiding in their own secluded caves, but as he went deeper into the cave system, he saw that the caves grew larger, as did the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish living within them.
The fish eyed his pill. They swam around it, but they didn’t eat it. He knew that these fish were sensing danger because his Spiritual Strength was attached to it.
They were truly sensitive. His strand of Spiritual Strength was extremely well hidden, but they could still sense it.
“Fish brothers, please hurry. Otherwise, more idiots will be coming to disturb us. We don’t have much time.” Long Chen prayed inside.
However, the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish refused to bait. All of Long Chen’s urging had no use.
Finally, one of the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish that was about a foot long swallowed one of the pills in one bite.
After devouring it, it quickly returned to hide in its cave. With the first one taking a bite, the others quickly gobbled up the rest.
They also warily returned to their caves after swallowing the pills. Long Chen’s pills continued to spread, and more of the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish devoured them.
These were all pills containing precious medicinal ingredients of great spirituality. They were naturally great bait.
Finally, one of the fish kings that was three meters long lowered its guard enough to swallow these pills.
Seeing this, Long Chen was delighted. The fish king didn’t feel anything strange after devouring the pills, but as the pills gradually dissolved inside the fish’s bodies, they began to feel sleepy, almost as if they were intoxicated. They began slowly swimming to the surface.
These fish had their minds muddled after consuming his pills. The trace of Spiritual Strength he had left on the medicinal pills was now controlling their souls, making them swim up.
One of the fish kings flopped out of the water, landing in his little boat. It lay there motionlessly.
Long Chen had a sudden thought. The fish king vanished, reappeared in his spiritual space. Its soul had been controlled by him, and it was like his housepet.
Just at this moment, the Heaven Flipping Seal released a wave of light that enveloped the fish king in his spiritual space. The fish king vanished along with the Heaven Flipping Seal.
The Heaven Flipping Seal entered the primal chaos space. When it did, Long Chen almost cheered.
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish really had been brought into the primal chaos space, and it was still alive. It didn't seem affected at all. It was still well and alive.
Long Chen was ecstatic. The primal chaos space let him grow vegetation, but living Magical Beasts couldn’t enter.
This time, he was just experimenting, but it had really succeeded. He immediately created a ten-mile empty pool in the primal chaos space.
A large wooden barrel began drawing the lake’s water into the primal chaos space.
Before, Hua Ziguang had said that the lake water was special. It could be gathered slowly, but if he went too quickly, it would touch upon the laws of this place.
After dozens of barrels of water, there was a small pool of water. He released the fish king inside it and loosened his control.
At first, it panicked, swimming around chaotically. It even jumped onto land and flopped several times before returning to the pool. Once there, it quickly calmed down. It seemed it didn’t dislike the environment of the primal chaos space. After all, the spiritual qi inside was very dense.
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish calmed down, delighting Long Chen. He had no time to take out any more water because the rest of the pills he had thrown out had been eaten.
His Spiritual Strength circulated, and thousands of Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish began swimming toward his boat because he was controlling their souls.
One after another, the fish king appeared out of the water. Long Chen drew them into his spiritual space, while the Heaven Flipping Seal brought them into the primal chaos space.
More and more of them were surrounding Long Chen. They were jumping into his boat. The first ones he gathered were the fish king, the small pool in the primal chaos space grew quickly.
The fish kings flopped chaotically, some flying far away. Fortunately, the spiritual qi in the air of the primal chaos space was so dense that even on land, they had enough spiritual qi to absorb and wouldn’t die.
Suddenly, Long Chen’s expression changed. He sensed the power of a divine item erupting. Someone had come, and Hua Ziguang was most likely attacking.
These Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish were special beasts, and controlling them with his Spiritual Strength was a delicate task. Too much Spiritual Strength and they would die. Moreover, the dead ones would have their essence quickly fade away.
Controlling them had been like using a giant plier to do embroidery. He was surrounded by Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, but if he tried to gather them all at once, all he would obtain was a pile of dead fish.
Right now, Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength was focused on the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. Now that he was disturbed, either all the fish would die or he would be forced to let them run.
Furthermore, once they were scared away, these fish would never return. They were such wary beasts that they wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice.
== King fish ==
Up in the sky, Hua Ziguang saw it clearly. Long Chen’s position was covered in blood-colored figures, but now a giant fish three meters long had appeared. One, two, three… There were over ten of those giant fish now. Long Chen was delighted. Those fish kings were the real treasure that he wanted.
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