Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Guo Li started fishing.

He adjusted his seating position so that it was both comfortable and steady. Thanks to the quality of his new stone fishing rod, there was no chance it would break due to the weight of the fish.

He hooked up a fat earthworm and casted the line into the lake. Guo Li then waited patiently.

Not long after, Wukong returned from his task. It sat next to Guo Li and stared at the lake without blinking. It did not even dare to breathe too loudly as it was afraid of scaring away the fish in the lake.

Soon, there was movement. Wukong started dancing with excitement. Guo Li kept pulling the fishing rod back bit by bit until, finally, it was completely out of the water.

Guo Li and Wukong were stunned. It was not a fish at the end of the fishing line, but a broken water bottle instead.

“What the f*ck…”

Guo Li, who was using the brand-new stone fishing rod for the first time, had been full of confidence. Who would have thought that his first catch would be a broken bottle.

When Wukong saw the broken bottle, it started jumping around and chattered like an angry customer.

Guo Li picked up the broken bottle and poured out all the water inside. He then threw it to the side.

He turned around and looked at the few remaining earthworms he had. He then gave Wukong a fresh set of orders.

“Wukong, there aren’t many more earthworms. Go and dig some up.”

Wukong quickly picked up the broken bottle on the ground. It then turned around and ran off.

Not long after that, Wukong returned with half a bottle of earthworms. In order to eat some delicious roasted fish, Wukong worked extremely efficiently.

After getting more earthworms, Guo Li started fishing again. He hooked up a few earthworms on the hook and flung the fishing rod toward the lake again. He then sat down and waited patiently.

Five minutes later, there was another tug on the fishing rod. This time, Guo Li caught a broken jar.

Looking at the broken jar, Wukong kept chattering. It seemed that the monkey had doubts about Guo Li’s ability to fish. Its eyes were filled with disdain.

Guo Li turned around and smacked it on the head. “Are you doubting my ability?”

After saying that, Guo Li rubbed his chin.

It was so difficult to fish here. If he had not seen fish jumping about in the lake, he might even have suspected that there was a garbage dump at the bottom of the lake.

“I don’t believe I won’t be able to catch any fish.”

Ignoring Wukong, who was covering its head and screeching, Guo Li flung the fishing rod toward the lake again, patiently waiting for a fish to bite the bait.

Another ten minutes passed.

Suddenly, he felt a tug on the line.

“Here comes the fish!”

Previously, Wukong had been extremely excited about the prospect of catching a fish.

This time though, Wukong appeared to be very bored. It lay next to Guo Li with a stalk of the unknown flax plant in its mouth. It had obviously lost confidence in Guo Li’s fishing skills.

Guo Li pulled hard, but could not move whatever was under the water.

The thing he had caught this time was very heavy.

“Eh?”

Guo Li gritted his teeth and continued to exert more strength. The thing under the water only moved slightly. It felt very big and heavy.

Guo Li then stood up and pulled with all his might.

Despite doing so several times, Guo Li was astonished to discover that the thing barely moved. However, he was certain that it was a living thing.

After pulling for a long time, Guo Li found that really could not move it.

Had it not been for the fact that his strength had increased after eating the roasted fish earlier, he might even have been pulled into the lake instead.

Guo Li turned his head and said to Wukong, “Don’t just lie there. Come over and help.”

It was only then that Wukong got up. It grabbed the end of the fishing rod and, together with Guo Li, slowly pulled the thing under the water up.

When the thing in the water actually became visible, Guo Li’s eyelids twitched wildly.

“What the f*ck! It’s actually something like this.”

The thing in the water was actually the size of a basin. Its entire body was covered in green aquatic plants.

The big b*stard that emerged from the water bit the fishing hook tightly. Its four limbs were pushing against the water forcefully, trying its best to resist Guo Li and Wukong’s efforts.

Since he had caught this thing, Guo Li would definitely not let it escape. He turned his head to glare at the dumbfounded Wukong and said, “What are you waiting for? Help me catch this guy.”

The man and the monkey used up all their strength to pull the big b*stard out.

When it was finally pulled out of the water, a system notification suddenly rang out in Guo Li’s mind.

[Ding! The host has caught a thousand-year-old turtle living at the bottom of the lake!]

“It’s a thousand-year-old turtle…” Guo Li muttered to himself.

Another system notification soon followed.

[The host has caught a rare thousand-year-old turtle living at the bottom of the lake. Host, please choose one of the following two choices.]

[1. Cook it and obtain a pot of delicious turtle soup.]

[2. Tame the thousand-year-old turtle and gain the ability to recover quickly.]

[Note: After taming the thousand-year-old turtle, you can also obtain the following abilities according to the degree of the relationship between the tamer and familiar.]

[Underwater breathing]

[Fish affinity]

[Absolute defense]

[Immortality]

[…]

After reading the system’s description in detail, Guo Li understood that if he tamed the thousand-year-old turtle, he would initially only obtain one ability, which was the one that allowed him to recover quickly.

Over time, as his relationship with his familiar improved, he would be able to obtain the other abilities in turn.

Compared to a pot of delicious soup, obtaining these abilities was much more important.

After weighing the pros and cons of it, Guo Li decided not to kill the chicken to get the egg; he had to tame it.

The thousand-year-old turtle that had been caught was now panicking. Its limbs and head were all hidden inside its turtle shell.

Wukong had probably never seen such a creature before. It picked up a tree branch and poked the thousand-year-old turtle’s head and butt through the holes in its shell.

Seeing Guo Li looking at it, it even gestured toward the bonfire. It clearly wanted Guo Li to roast the thousand-year-old turtle. From its perspective, it would definitely taste delicious.

Guo Li asked Wukong to step aside. He was definitely not going to cook the thousand-year-old turtle. It had to be kept alive and tamed.

However, according to the system’s description, the thousand-year-old turtle also needed to be fed with fish for it to gain the other abilities.

As such, his daily fishing load would become much heavier.

Guo Li squatted in front of the thousand-year-old turtle and poked it with his finger. He said in a low voice, “Thanks to you, my workload will increase significantly.”

The thousand-year-old turtle did not move. It simply curled up inside its shell out of fear.

At this time, Guo Li’s phone suddenly rang.

Someone had sent a private message to Guo Li.

Guo Li took out his phone and took a look. There was an unfamiliar profile picture on the screen.

After opening the message, Guo Li was stunned. The sender was actually the buyer of the rare fish species on the [World Chat] channel.

Earlier, because Guo Li had seen the buyer’s message, he had casually sent a message in the [World Chat] channel stating that he had a golden carp.

He had not expected this buyer to contact him so quickly.