As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 273 - 228 Little Sea Lions Feng Shui Treasure

Chapter 273: Chapter 228 Little Sea Lion’s Feng Shui Treasure Spot_2

Chapter 273 -228 Little Sea Lion’s Feng Shui Treasure Spot_2

“I found a lot of Ban Qin shrimp burrows and plan to catch more.”

“Oh? It’s the Ban Qin shrimp, that’s good, they are pricey. But are you sure you can catch them with just that harvesting tongs?”

“That’s easy, just put some snail meat at the entrance of the burrows to attract them. It’s very simple.”

“If you have a way that’s best… But I haven’t eaten such big shrimp for a long time, why don’t you catch a few for me first, and I’ll make some raw pickled shrimp as a midnight snack tonight?”

“Okay.”

Seeing Jiang Luoluo almost drooling, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but smile wryly and immediately agreed.

Without plastic bottles today, it was inevitable that the Ban Qin shrimp would fight in the net bag, providing fresh raw ingredients for pickling.

Then he sent Little Sea Lion back to the boat and had Jiang Luoluo close the door to prevent it from following him and getting in the way.

Chu Mingcheng returned to that spot, activated the fish-attracting function, and quietly floated in the water, waiting for the shrimp to come to him of their own accord.

The small burrows were not close to each other, but the area covered by Chu Mingcheng reached a diameter of twenty-six meters; there were quite a few burrows in that range, so a 13% chance was easy to trigger.

As expected, it wasn’t long before he noticed some movement.

A massive shrimp, almost as long as his forearm, slowly crawled over the sandy bottom.

To his surprise, it wasn’t a Ban Qin shrimp but instead a rich shrimp—the Spiny Mantis Shrimp.

These shrimp were even pricier than the Ban Qin shrimp and were only found in the southern part of Treasure Island Strait and the islands of the South Sea.

They only burrowed in the sandy bottoms of inner bays, and the terrain here was just right for that.

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t expected Little Sea Lion to bring him to such a treasure trove.

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Although the Spiny Mantis Shrimp was also aggressive, they usually didn’t fight with their kind, unlike the Ban Qin shrimp, which made them easier to store.

Before long, the forearm-sized rich shrimp had made its way in front of him.

At the same time, Chu Mingcheng spotted two more, but they weren’t as big as the one before him.

The bigger the shrimp, the higher the price; the smaller ones had a significantly lower value, so there was no need for him to catch the small ones.

The harvesting tongs immediately caught the particularly large rich shrimp.

The rich shrimp began to struggle right away, frightening away the two that followed behind, and it was surprisingly strong.

But Chu Mingcheng’s physical condition was now on par with top domestic athletes.

Handling this little rich shrimp was naturally a breeze.

He opened the net bag, put the rich shrimp inside, and Chu Mingcheng left the spot for another location.

The High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas really rocked at levels above ten; these creatures that were normally troublesome to catch were now easier to catch than fish.

At each spot, there were invariably rich shrimp to be found, ranging from one or two to as many as five or six.

Moreover, he could return to the original spots to cycle through again until he had captured all the rich shrimp in the area.

The abundance of rich shrimp here made Chu Mingcheng particularly selective; he only caught those that were the size of an arm and skipped any that were smaller.

Although catching more would have increased his experience with high-quality aquatic products, the atlas had the function to speed up the breeding and growth rates.

The life span of these rich shrimp was only two to three years, and both the breeding and growth rates were fast. By leaving the slightly smaller ones, he could come back periodically to harvest.

Chu Mingcheng knew the difference between feasting once and feasting regularly.

An hour later, his large net bag was nearly full.

Chu Mingcheng estimated he had caught over thirty shrimp, each about the size of a forearm, and that each weighed around a pound.

He hadn’t paid special attention to whether they were male or female, as the price difference between them was nearly one hundred yuan.

But taking a median value, a pound was worth about 350 yuan. With over thirty pounds caught, his income for the hour was just over ten thousand yuan.

It was like picking up money under the sea!

Chu Mingcheng turned off the fish-attracting function and then headed back to the edge of the boat and shouted, “Luoluo!”

The next moment, Jiang Luoluo, who had been studying the next dance in the cockpit, ran out immediately: “How much did you catch?”

Chu Mingcheng’s face bore a hint of smugness as he lifted the net bag: “A full net bag, impressive, right?”

“This much?” Jiang Luoluo’s eyes widened in surprise.

She then took the net, opened it to look inside, and upon discovering that all the rich shrimp were extra-large specimens, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath, “They’re all this big, and they’re rich shrimp, aren’t the resources here too exaggerated?”

“I don’t think the shops that sell rich shrimp could even bring out this many at once, could they?”

Chu Mingcheng laughed and explained, “It’s not that they couldn’t, it’s just that these things are expensive, and most people are reluctant to eat them, so they buy less for fear of not being able to sell them.”

“After all, the price drops significantly if they die, and if they buy too much and can’t sell them, then they die, their loss would be huge.”

Jiang Luoluo nodded, knowing he was telling the truth.

Thinking of making raw pickles that night, she asked, “How many do you want to eat?”

Chu Mingcheng pondered for a moment and said, “Each one is almost a pound, two will be enough for me, one male and one female.”

“OK, I’ll start marinating now.” Jiang Luoluo first added seawater to the fish tank, then poured all the shrimp in and oxygenated them.

Little Sea Lion curiously came over to look, seeming to want to eat some, but she slapped it on the head, and it called out with aggrievement.

“Don’t eat this, there’s not much meat on it, I’ll give you fish!” Jiang Luoluo first covered the lid and then picked out two little yellow fish from her afternoon catch and handed them to it.

Little Sea Lion wasn’t picky and immediately opened its mouth to catch the two fish.

But its mouth was too big, and the two little yellow fish slipped down in a roll, hardly tasting like fish at all.

So after a few seconds, it called out for more food.

An adult sea lion can eat up to forty kilograms of fish a day, and although Little Sea Lion wasn’t fully grown, its appetite was definitely not small.

Two little yellow fish could hardly satisfy its hunger.

Jiang Luoluo felt somewhat helpless; she hadn’t caught many fish herself today, and although Chu Mingcheng’s haul was quite large, she couldn’t bear to feed Little Sea Lion the fish that cost one hundred twenty yuan per jin.

“Luoluo, open the door and let it hunt for itself, and I’ll also see if there are any fish around. We can catch a big one to feed it,” Chu Mingcheng suggested with a smile, noticing her helpless expression.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Luoluo came over and opened the small door of the boat, and Little Sea Lion immediately crawled over and jumped into the water.

It popped its head up to look at the two of them, then dived into the water to search for prey.

Chu Mingcheng also dove in and followed behind Little Sea Lion.

Although the sea lion was a marine creature, his speed had increased significantly due to the changes in his physical fitness since he first got the ability to swim freely, so he could easily keep up.

His purpose in following Little Sea Lion was naturally to find out where it hunted.

Chu Mingcheng wouldn’t overhunt the fish here, to make sure Little Sea Lion had enough to eat.

But he definitely wouldn’t pass up any particularly valuable fish species.

He had thought that Little Sea Lion would head for the coral reefs on the other side of the island, but instead, it headed for an open area.

After swimming about five or six hundred meters, he spotted a group of Long Spear Squid on the upper middle layer of the ocean surface, also known as Long Spear Cuttlefish.

The size of these Spear Squid was not small, much larger than the small squid he had caught earlier.

Chu Mingcheng estimated the largest one among them and thought it might reach forty to fifty centimeters.

They have very short tentacles, which distinguishes them from other Spear Squid, and they lack the two particularly long tentacles.

As a result, their bodies appear quite large, and they seem like they would be delicious.

Little Sea Lion couldn’t wait to rush over and easily caught a Long Spear Squid to nibble on.

Chu Mingcheng also liked eating Squid, especially the high-quality Spear Squid.

From Little Sea Lion’s actions just now, this group of Spear Squid seemed quite easy to catch.

So he rushed up as well and caught one with a burst of speed.

After being caught, the Long Spear Squid’s color instantly became transparent, and it also squirted out a large cloud of ink.

But this was of no use to Chu Mingcheng, who held onto it and shook it continuously, causing it to spray even more ink.

At the same time, his feet didn’t idle and gently kicked a couple of times to move away from the spot.

Then, without waiting for it to finish spraying all the ink, he stuffed it into the net and let it continue to spray inside.