Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  Long Chen glanced at it and saw over ten kinds of precious fruits and flowers crushed and pasted together. Hua Ziguang was quite smart to use this method. The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish only liked to eat other things with great spirituality. Moreover, Hua Ziguang had also used a very tiny bamboo hook, as a metal hook was definitely unable to attract the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.

  As for the red-haired man, someone from the ancient races definitely wouldn’t understand something like this. He probably didn’t even recognize the ingredients in the bait. Long Chen also saw a sharp hook that the red-haired man had just made, most likely to imitate Hua Ziguang.

  “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.

  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.

  “Then what do we do? If we don’t do anything, we won’t have any chance at all,” said Hua Ziguang anxiously.

  “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.

  “Sorry, I know.”

  Long Chen waved his hand, indicating that it was fine.

  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.”

  Chapter 1819 Birdman of the Ancient Races

  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 sm
all. 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.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, you can keep them.” Hua Ziguang respectfully handed them to Long Chen. They had been caught by him. He was worried that Long Chen would be irritated if he took them.

  “You can keep them.” Long Chen waved his hand. He had already examined these fish. The larger the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, the more essence they had. The smaller ones were no good.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, let’s continue releasing the net and catch some more. When others come, they’ll disturb us, and it’ll be almost impossible to catch more,” pressed Hua Ziguang upon seeing Long Chen looking around instead of releasing the net again.

  “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.

  At this time, a portion of the net had been broken by the larger fish. Hua Ziguang was about to repair it when he was stopped by Long Chen.

  “You can keep these fish. As for the net, I’m not using it anymore.”

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, you…”

  “These fish should be enough for you, so there’s no need for you to risk any more danger. I’m preparing to use a different method to fish, and it might be risky, so you can leave.”

  Long Chen had found that this method was insufficient to catch the largest fish. He also didn’t have time to create a larger, sturdier net. He wanted to take a risk before more people came.

  Furthermore, he not only needed large fish, but he needed an incredible amount of them, or there wouldn’t be enough for the Dragonblood warriors.

  “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, how can you say that? If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t have gotten even one. I know how to repay kindness. If you think I’ll leave just because of some danger, aren’t you looking down on me?” said Hua Ziguang. Having received Long Chen’s favor and gaining such a treasure, how could he leave him now?

  “No, you misunderstand. That’s alright, you can stay. Help guard me. If anyone gets close, have them scram so that they don’t disturb the fish. If they don’t listen to your warning, kill them. Can you do that?” asked Long Chen.

  “Don’t worry, as long as I’m alive, I won’t let anyone disturb you.” Hua Ziguang patted his chest.

  He had to pay back his debt of the twenty-plus fish that Long Chen had given him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t feel at peace. Even if he knew that he might die in battle soon, he was duty-bound not to turn back.

  “Alright, then stay in the air and keep an eye on the surroundings.”

  Long Chen’s mind sank into the primal chaos space. He cut off several branches from a World Tree, forming a canoe.

  He then applied a lot of medicinal powders and crushed spiritual pills onto the bottom of the boat. He wanted to bait the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish to him.

  Once he was done with this, he inscribed runes onto the bottom of the canoe with the powders. These runes could fully unleash the odor of the medicinal powders and also keep their essence within the runes.

  Once this was done, Long Chen released the canoe onto the lake. He crushed a large mass of medicinal pills and released them slowly into the water.

  Very quickly, a shocking scene appeared. Countless Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish began slowly swimming out of the bottom of the lake and toward Long Chen.

  This time, Long Chen had used over seven hundred kinds of fragrant powders as well as various spiritual fruits and flowers. These all posed a fatal attraction to the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish.

  “Heavens, is that a… fish king?”

  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.

  Just as he was about to pull them in, a figure suddenly flew through the air. He had a pair of wings on his back and an eagle’s nose. He was clearly from the ancient races.

  “Friend, please leave. Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens.”

  That ancient race expert had just appeared and hadn’t even gotten close before Hua Ziguang appeared in front of him.

  He ignored Hua Ziguang, looking at where Long Chen was.

  “There are actually Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, hahaha!” The ancient race expert laughed loudly, his aura erupting. Killing intent filled the air.

  Hua Ziguang was startled and infuriated. He slashed his sword at this expert, but he simply sneered.

  “Long Chen, you want to get the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish? Keep dreaming!” The ancient race expert refused to fight with Hua Ziguang. After unleashing his killing intent, he soared into the sky, vanishing like a phantom.

  Once his killing intent was released, those Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish that Long Chen had lured over were instantly startled away. They fled, vanishing without a trace. The speed at which they fled defied imagination.

  “Bastard!”

  Upon seeing that many Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish be frightened away by that ancient race expert, Hua Ziguang’s expression was ugly.

  “Sorry, I’m too useless. I should have directly killed him instead of warning him,” apologized Hua Ziguang. He was ashamed.

  “Even if you had attacked without a warning, it would have been the same. Your killing intent would have frightened off the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. They’re too wary.” Long Chen shook his head. He wasn’t that angry. Things rarely went smoothly for him in the first place. He was used to it.

  “Then what should we do now? That bastard’s too fast. He might come ba
ck in a bit,” said Hua Ziguang worriedly.

  “He really is troublesome. His ability at running is quite amazing, but his actual power isn’t very great. For someone like him to appear, it means there’s a problem. Maybe the gate to the Yin Yang World has already fully opened, and other experts are pouring in. How’s this? You go in the direction that he fled to guard. I feel like he most likely went to inform other experts from the ancient races. I will try to lure the fish over one more time, while also using a soul art to try to hypnotize them. This time, there can’t be any failure. If you see anyone from the ancient races, you know what to do.” Long Chen took a deep breath.

  Forming hand seals, his Spiritual Strength spread rapidly. He tossed entire medicinal pills into the lake.

  Chapter 1820 Long Chen’s Anger

  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.