Jiang Zuo sat by the lake. ’Two should be enough,’ he thought.

It probably wouldn’t affect much.

Although the Yin Yang Fish weren’t numerous, there weren’t few of them either.

He had counted them back when he was young; there were about eighteen in total.

There were indeed very few people on the sixth level, and it was filled with Maze Arrays. Once a spot was taken, it was almost certain no one else would come by.

Unless those people tried to break through the arrays.

Perhaps this was a form of protection.

Jiang Zuo held the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod and began to sketch Runes on it.

Jiang Zuo knew a thing or two about how to use the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod.

Spatial fishing was the fundamental way to use the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod.

However, it was quite complicated to operate without sufficient Cultivation, and its spatial trigger was also limited. But catching two Yin Yang Fish was no problem at all.

At this moment, Duan Qiao said, "Um, I can help control the spatial fishing, but you have to do the actual catching yourself.

So, I’m actually quite useful."

Duan Qiao felt it was necessary to say this to show its own value.

Jiang Zuo looked at Duan Qiao and said, "Is that so? Then get in."

Duan Qiao then returned to the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod, and Jiang Zuo could indeed feel that the rod now possessed a Spatial Ability.

However, this Spatial Ability was still very fragile. It couldn’t reach far, and it would struggle with anything under a Seal.

As expected, Duan Qiao’s existence was only good as a signal tower.

Once everything was ready, Jiang Zuo stuck the coin onto the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod.

Without a marker, there was no accuracy in spatial fishing.

Did he have to rely on luck now?

No. For Jiang Zuo, he was betting on his own strength.

Mystic Study fishing was not something just anyone could pull off. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

He then cast the rod. The moment it touched the water, the Spatial Skills triggered, sending the line to the other side of the water.

A Low-End Artifact Spirit and a Low-tier Cultivator. This was why they could only perform spatial fishing within the water.

Even so, reaching this step was already very difficult; not every Tier One Cultivator could accomplish it.

Of course, if one were to use it as a normal fishing rod, catching Eight Trigrams Colored Fish would be a piece of cake.

Zhang Songxian’s normal path to rising in power should have started with catching Eight Trigrams Colored Fish.

But rising through this kind of fortune was too difficult; the Yin Yang Fish were actually more suitable for him.

In the later stages, however, the Broken Bridge Fishing Rod would become truly formidable.

Duan Qiao itself was a bridge connecting various realms. Having become a fishing rod, it had a certain chance of being able to fish across the All Heavens.

But by the time that happened, Jiang Zuo would no longer need this fishing rod.

It was the same as before: his Spatial Ability was stronger than Duan Qiao’s.

"SQUAWK," Sweet Potato suddenly cried out.

Ah, it had finished the apple.

It had been eating for quite a while.

Jiang Zuo hadn’t really treated Sweet Potato, but it was a Holy Beast Descendant, after all. Despite being a bit special, its constitution was truly excellent.

For example, the fur on its bald spot had already started to grow back. It would be mostly recovered in a few more days.

Jiang Zuo set it aside, gave it two more apples, and then paid it no more mind.

He was starting to fish now, and he couldn’t afford to relax. After all, this wasn’t his peak from his past life.

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Today, three fish swam out of the Immortal Spirit Spring.

It was the annual (though their concept of time was different) day to go out and play, and the three of them were especially happy.

The outside world was huge, and they could see so many things. It didn’t matter if it was a bit hard or tiring.

It was freedom, after all.

Fish yearn for freedom too. The Immortal Spirit Spring was so small that they weren’t happy living there.

So, as soon as it was time, they WHOOSHED into the column of water and shot straight up. Reaching the top meant they had arrived at their destination.

Then they would see that human (the Saintess), hand things over to the other fish, and then it would be time for freedom.

Oh yeah!

These three were just ordinary fish, without many colors, but they were very cute.

In the Immortal Spirit Spring, the three of them were known as Sixteen, Shi Qi, and Shiba.

They were the three smallest fish.

Shi Qi and Shiba were a little excited. Eager to reach the outside world quickly, they left Sixteen behind.

"Sixteen, hurry up, we’re almost there!" Shiba called out. (In the language of fish.)

But Shiba got no response. When it looked back, it saw that Sixteen was gone.

"Shi Qi, where’s Sixteen?"

"Wasn’t it right behind us?"

"It’s gone, look."

Shi Qi looked and saw that it was really gone.

The two fish looked at each other, then continued swimming forward. Nothing could happen to them here; they would always be pulled to the very top.

So they decided to head up first and worry later.

But as they swam, a thin line suddenly appeared beside them.

Seeing the line, Shiba was extremely disdainful. How could it not know what this was?

It was for fishing. Did they really think it was an ordinary fish? What a joke.

"Shi Qi, did you see that? Someone actually dares to have designs on us. But he’s impressive, to be able to cast a line this far," Shiba said to Shi Qi.

Shi Qi nodded. "Yeah, very impressive. But we’re not afraid."

Shiba did a little spin and wagged its tail. "Come on, fish for me! Just you try, you foolish human.

If you catch me, I’ll call you Grandpa. Otherwise, you’re my grandson!"

And right at that moment, as if agreeing to Shiba’s bet, the fishing line moved.

In an instant, the line twisted and, for no apparent reason, trapped Shiba.

The speed was so fast it was stunning—no, fish-stunning.

The next moment, Shiba was dumbfounded.

It then began to struggle wildly. "Let me go! Let me go, human! Let me go!"

But no matter how much it struggled, it was completely useless.

Then, Shiba felt a pulling force from the other end.

It was over. Its fishy life was about to end. And to top it off, it had gained a grandpa.

Shiba then yelled to Shi Qi, "Shi Qi, run! Go back and get reinforcements! Remember to coooome... saaaave... meeee...!"

Shi Qi watched as Shiba was pulled away into the distance and disappeared.

It took a moment to register what had happened. Then it turned around and headed back. Shiba had told it to get reinforcements, so it had to go back.

If Shiba knew that Shi Qi was swimming back, it would surely be filled with regret.

It would feel that it had said the wrong thing.

What was the use of going back to find a bunch of fish? They needed to go up and find the people up there! They were almost there, too!

But it would probably never get the chance to know.

Meanwhile, back at the lake on the sixth level, not long after he started fishing, Jiang Zuo felt a bite on his line.

Overjoyed, he began to reel in the line.

After pulling the line out from the spatial void, he clearly saw a fish on the end of his rod.

The fish looked ordinary, yet it was very beautiful.

Although it struggled a bit fiercely, it was indeed a Yin Yang Fish.

Jiang Zuo frowned. ’Since when were the Yin Yang Fish so active?’

Yin Yang Fish were actually quite placid; it was rare to find one so lively. So even when caught, they usually acted like dead fish.

They never struggled.

If he weren’t so experienced and knowledgeable, he might have thought it was a fake Yin Yang Fish.

Jiang Zuo lifted it up, then took out Cold Moon and said to it, "Move again, and I’ll roast you."

Then, Shiba stopped moving.

’This human actually wants to roast me.’

Jiang Zuo got a bucket, placed the Yin Yang Fish inside, and casually added a Seal.

Although these fish had evolutionary abilities, they were useless for the fish themselves.

Afterward, Jiang Zuo began to cast the fishing rod again. He still needed one more.

Meanwhile, Su Qi and the others were waiting on the seventh level for the Yin Yang Fish to arrive.