Back at Chi Xue Child’s sect, Zi Feng was on his knees, clutching his chest and struggling to breathe.

It seemed as if he would suffocate and die at any moment.

Lan Yue watched from the side and finally said, "Senior Brother, didn’t you just say you didn’t care?"

Zi Feng turned to Lan Yue. "If I said I cared, wouldn’t Chi Xue Child laugh himself silly? I won’t let him see how miserable I am.

Even if the pain kills me, I have to respond with grace. I’m already miserable, and he still wants to laugh at my expense?

That’s ridiculous."

Lan Yue felt utterly helpless. She had actually been very innocent in the past. When she first joined the sect, she’d really liked this senior brother of hers.

Later... later she despaired of all men.

To think that someone so shameless, someone who didn’t know how to be gentle with women, could exist in this world.

The fact that she was still single was ninety-nine percent her senior brother’s fault.

’So, how did I even end up joining this sect back then?’

Just then, Zi Feng stood up, his expression calm. "It seems our junior brother had a fortuitous encounter in the Holy Land. By the way, where did Mo Yan say the Spirit Stones were? Under the bed, right?

Also, forward a copy of the message Mo Yan just sent to our junior brother."

Lan Yue: "..."

’So, both junior brother and Mo Yan are going to be miserable now?’

Sure enough, after Chi Xue Child received the message from his senior sister, he drew his Red Sword on the spot. He swore he would dismember Mo Yan today.

That was his pocket money from over the years!

Watching them, Liu Yiyi sighed in resignation. "Don’t they have any sense of priority? Is this really the time to be fighting?"

Blade Master Hai Bian said, "I think it’s perfectly normal. They’d do anything for Spirit Stones."

Liu Yiyi said, "Like, splitting your inheritance?"

Blade Master Hai Bian: "..."

These people either chatted idly or fought to the death.

Sometimes, their chats would devolve into them wanting to fight to the death.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo quietly opened his eyes.

He had discovered something: the fish here weren’t erupted from the Immortal Spirit Spring.

They had likely flowed out from within the Holy Land Array. In other words, the fish that erupted from the Immortal Spirit Spring had always remained in the Holy Land to maintain its array.

They were released when the time came, and having exhausted their energy, they were on the verge of perishing.

That was why the fishing event existed.

Rather than just letting the Eight Trigrams Colored Fish disappear, it was better to give them away as a blessing to others.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo lifted his fishing rod. There was a fish on his line—another Eight Trigrams Colored Fish.

Surprisingly, however, the fish didn’t disappear. Instead, Jiang Zuo grabbed it right in his hand.

He glanced at the colored fish, shook his head, and tossed it back into the lake.

’This place isn’t suitable for my fishing.’

’The fish I want to catch aren’t here, unless I use my Innate Qi.’

’The most convenient place for me to fish should be the sixth floor.’

Jiang Zuo had originally planned to take the group to the sixth floor with him, but before he could say a word, a group of people from the Holy Land walked in.

The leader was a female Tier Five master. She looked at Liuyue Xue and the others and said, "Come with us."

Blade Master Hai Bian glanced at Chi Xue Child and Mo Yan, who had already been knocked unconscious in the distance, and sighed. ’We were too high-profile and arrogant on the second floor.’

’As expected, it’s safer to stick with a group of Loose Cultivators.’

’But fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. I caught a lot of fish this time; I never would have caught this many with anyone else.’

’I’ve looked it up. Since ancient times, very few people have caught as many as we have.’

’What others catch in ten days can’t compare to what we caught in half a day.’

’So, it was worth it.’

Jiang Zuo hadn’t expected them to be taken away, but it didn’t matter. He would just go up by himself.

Then, he prepared to leave in front of everyone.

But after only a few steps, the Tier Five master called out, "Hold on."

Jiang Zuo stopped. He wasn’t worried. Having taken the Purple Essence Pill, his aura had almost completely vanished. He wasn’t even afraid of the entities within the array, let alone a mere Tier Five cultivator.

And his Cultivation level would also go undetected.

The Purple Essence Pill was no ordinary Elixir Pill.

Jiang Zuo looked at the Tier Five master and said, "Yes?"

"How many fish did you catch?" she asked.

"Not a single one," Jiang Zuo replied.

The Tier Five master frowned at Jiang Zuo. This man was too ordinary—so ordinary it felt unnatural (a side effect of the Purple Essence Pill). This made her very suspicious of him.

"What was your proof of entry?"

Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment before taking out the piece of Jade.

The moment the woman saw the Jade, her pupils constricted. She immediately said, "Alright, put it away. You can go."

’If I’m not mistaken, this Jade belongs to Yue Xi, and I can’t be bothered to deal with anything related to her.’

’Including the Saintess and the Candidacy Saintess—all of them are too much trouble.’

’So, never mind that this man hasn’t caused any trouble. Even if he had, nothing would come of it in the end.’

’I won’t waste my time.’

Once Jiang Zuo left, Blade Master Hai Bian and the others also put down their fishing rods.

They were ready to surrender.

And so, this group of mavericks was like a flash in the pan on the second floor. They arrived quickly and left just as fast.

But even after they were gone, their legend remained on the second floor. After all, they had been incredibly eye-catching.

The speed at which they fished was even more eye-catching—no, it was downright soul-crushing for everyone else.

As they were being led away, Liuyue Xue and Liu Yiyi didn’t dare lift their heads. Seriously, if they ran into anyone they knew, they would die of shame.

Being dressed so gaudily and then getting escorted away... it was utterly humiliating.

The others didn’t seem to mind. Chu Qing and Chu Qing felt nothing at all.

Chi Xue Child and Mo Yan were unconscious, so the embarrassment was lost on them.

After the group left, Yi Yu and his sister were stunned for a moment. They decided to keep fishing for a while longer. If that didn’t work, they’d head to the first floor. And if all else failed, they’d just leave, since they had already profited greatly.

However, no matter how they tried afterward, they couldn’t catch any more fish.

Suddenly, it was just like before.

No matter how dense they were, they knew what the problem was.

******

After leaving, Jiang Zuo started heading upward. ’It’s surprisingly troublesome just to catch a couple of fish,’ he thought.

Jiang Zuo ascended to the third floor, passed through to the fourth without stopping, and finally arrived at the sixth.

The sixth floor was different from the others; it was like a maze. This meant that the higher one went, the closer one got to the array.

The seventh floor, then, should be directly inside the array.

Upon reaching the sixth floor, Jiang Zuo could feel it: the traces of an array, specifically the Holy Land Array.

Though it was a maze to most people, it was nothing to Jiang Zuo.

He quickly found a deserted spot by the lake.

Sitting by the lake, Jiang Zuo took out the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod.

With a flick of his wrist, the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod instantly extended, and a thin line dropped into the water.

At this, Duan Qiao sighed, "You can run, but you can’t hide."

Meanwhile, on the seventh floor, Su Qi said, "Senior Sister, the Yin Yang Fish will be coming up soon, right? Will there be three of them again this time?"

Jingyue nodded. "There are always three; this time will be no exception. The Yin Yang Fish aren’t like other fish. Their number is fixed, so they have to take turns coming up."

Qing Lian asked, "What would happen if not a single one came up this year?"