Cultivating Immortality in a World of Chaos - Chapter 72

[Chapter 72 Wandao Lake (Congratulations to Elvin2016 Silver Leader!)]

The State of Yue had a total of thirty-two counties.

Among them, Yu County is located in the northern border and its scope is two or three times the size of an ordinary county.

This county is densely covered with waterways, with frequent boat traffic on the rivers and wooden and stone bridges everywhere. It is a completely different scene compared to the area around Qingzhushan Market.

Wandao Lake.

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Countless fishing boats gathered together, competing for the current, and ripples appeared on the lake, shining in the sunlight, like dotted scales.

Fang Xi arrived at the dock and saw many fishermen wearing green bamboo hats, green raincoats, and grey or black trousers. They were sitting or standing on the roadside, selling their catches.

“Young man, would you like a big blue carp?”

An old fisherman spoke with a smile.

“No, I want to find a boat and sail into the depths of Wandao Lake.”

Fang Xi took out a piece of silver.

The dazzling light made many fishermen’s eyes light up, but they shook their heads again and again: “The depths of Wandao Lake are very dangerous, we dare not go there…”

“It is said that there are immortals in the depths of Wandao Lake!”

“We can only make a living by living near the lake. We dare not offend the immortals, otherwise the immortals will blame us. If we don’t catch fish next year, we will all be left with nothing!”

…

Seeing more and more fishermen approaching, Fang Xi smiled and exchanged the silver for a gold ingot: “Go once, this gold is enough for you to buy land and houses, and you won’t have to go fishing for the rest of your life…”

“I’ll go!” A young fisherman immediately stepped forward and said, “Sir, do you want to go and look for immortals? In fact, I have taken a few young men to the depths of the lake to look for immortals…”

“Anything else?”

Fang Xi took a look and thought, as the saying goes, when there is a big reward, there will always be brave men.

He took out a piece of gold, which really attracted many fishermen.

Fang Xi didn’t say much. He went to look at their respective boats and finally chose one with a red carp pattern painted on the bow.

The captain of the ship looks to be in his forties or fifties, with thick joints and a weather-beaten face, but he is actually only in his thirties and calls himself “Sea Boss”.

Fang Xi chose the boat, and Hai Lao Da held up the bamboo pole and slowly drove the boat away from the dock and into the lake.

A few hours later.

As dusk falls, the water surface turns golden with a hint of red.

Sea boss paddled the boat and sang a fishing song at the top of his voice: “The reeds are swaying… The boat is sailing quietly… Next year we will catch more fish…”

As the sun sets, the fishermen sing in the evening, which is quite charming.

Fang Xi stood on the hull, feeling the breeze and stretching comfortably.

“Would the distinguished guest like to have dinner?”

At this time, a woman came out from the cabin of the small black-sailed boat and asked softly.

She looks younger than Hai Lao Da, with a small white flower in her hair. She must have been quite pretty when she was young.

For fishermen, a wupeng boat is a home, and they live and die on the boat.

This woman is naturally Boss Hai’s wife.

“Well… I’ll just have a bowl of fish soup!”

Fang Xi nodded and threw a silver bean over.

After receiving the reward, the woman immediately returned to the cabin and skillfully prepared a crucian carp.

The fish head and fish bones are stewed into a thick and white soup, and with just a little bit of salt sprinkled on it, the taste is very delicious.

The fish body is cut into thin slices and roasted over low heat until it is slightly browned, which also makes it full of fragrance.

Paired with homemade wine, it has a unique flavor.

Fang Xi ate happily and gave another silver bean as a reward.

The woman took the silver beans but did not leave. She asked tenderly, “The night dew is heavy, do you need any help, young master?”

Most boat girls in ancient times had part-time jobs, so Fang Xi was not surprised and simply shook her head to refuse.

When Hai Lao Da, who had been rowing the boat, saw this scene, he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

He has lived by the Wandao Lake for many years, going through wind and rain. Although he doesn’t have much savings, he has good eyesight.

The red carp on the bow is the greatest honor for fishermen. In Wandao Lake, after the wind and waves, a carp with red scales and dragon whiskers will occasionally appear. It is very precious, but also extremely difficult to catch. Only boatmen who have successfully caught this red carp can engrave a mark on the bow.

Hai Lao Da could originally make a living by relying on his fishing skills. The reason why he stepped forward to take over Fang Xi’s business was that he saw that this young man was very extraordinary.

Either they are young masters living a life of luxury, or they are knights traveling around the world.

If we could borrow their seeds, perhaps our descendants would be able to learn martial arts and escape the hard life of fishing.

The truly poor ancient people didn’t actually care much about this kind of thing.

But I didn’t expect that the young man didn’t even like it.

His sigh seemed to be heard by Fang Xi as well.

Fang Xi came to the bow and pointed out the direction for Boss Hai, saying, “Don’t worry, once we get there, I will reward you handsomely!”

…

Five days later.

“Master… after passing this golden turtle head, we dare not go any further…”

Hai Lao Da pointed to a reef that was shaped like a giant turtle and stuck out of the lake not far away, and said to Fang Xi: “Fishermen in our area usually only dare to fish near the lake. Only a few can go deep into here… and according to our experience, if we go any deeper, there will be disaster!”

“Well, it’s not bad to be here.”

Fang Xi took out Ge Hongdan’s geomancy map, looked at it, and nodded.

The reason why he hired the boat was that he didn’t want to fly too far in the Black Cloud Tripod.

When we arrived at Jin’aotou, we were very close to the Baochuanfang Market.

After saying that, Fang Xi slapped his storage bag.

A dark cloud appeared, gathered around him, and made him fly off the deck.

“You two can go back now.”

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Fang Xi gave an order, dropped a gold ingot, and rode away on the black cloud.

“this……”

Hai Lao Da was dumbfounded. Suddenly, he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: “Master, you are so merciful…Master, please don’t blame me, Master, please don’t blame me!”

When he stood up and saw his wife happily putting the gold into her arms, he couldn’t help feeling a little depressed: “Alas… it would be great if the Immortal Master took a liking to you…”

Maybe, you can pass on the seeds of immortality and let future generations embark on the path of cultivating immortals.

…

Baochuan Market is located on Baochuan Island.

The island is square and shaped like a treasure ship, hence its name.

On the island, there is a first-level spiritual vein, which was later occupied by the Dragon Fish Zhong family and transformed into a market town. Around the market town, there are terraced fields planted with spiritual rice.

Fang Xi changed his appearance, covered half of his face, and rode the Black Cloud Bag. In just half an hour, he arrived at Treasure Ship Island.

There was no restricted airspace over the island, so he flew over the uneven terraces and arrived at the entrance of the market town.

Looking at the spiritual farmers who were working hard on the ground and occasionally looking up with envy in their eyes, Fang Xi felt a strange feeling in his heart.

If he didn’t have the golden finger, he might still be a spiritual farmer in Qingzhu Mountain, and then be affected by the battle that destroyed the Situ family…

“Thank you for your courtesy, Immortal Master. But is this your first time in the market?”

At the entrance of the market, there were several mortals squatting. When they saw Fang Xi’s magic weapon landing, they immediately surrounded him and said, “We are local guides and we know the inside of the market very well…”

“Well, that’s it!”

Fang Xi ordered a servant dressed in blue.

The servant immediately smiled and dismissed the others, leading the way for Fang Xi: “You don’t need a certificate to enter the Treasure Ship Market, nor do you need to pay spirit stones… But if you don’t leave at night and are caught by patrolling monks, you will suffer… This immortal master, please hire me, and only one spirit crystal a day is required! My name is Mo Qingyi, and I am fortunate to meet the immortal master today…”

“You…seem to be just a mortal?”

Fang Xi asked Mo Qingyi to lead the way in front and said casually.

Mentioning this, Mo Qingyi suddenly felt a little gloomy: “I am stupid and did not inherit my grandfather’s spiritual root talent…”

After chatting for a few more sentences, Fang Xi realized that Wandao Lake was different from Qingzhu Mountain. There were a large number of descendants of cultivators, many of whom had no spiritual roots. However, they were also raised on the islands, forming villages and towns.

Mortals who can live near the market town and find work must be direct descendants of cultivators within three generations.

‘These islands are even equivalent to small countries?’

“Well… after all, it’s called an island, so it’s actually quite big. If it were in Fuso in the previous life, it would be able to produce a daimyo with hundreds of thousands or even millions of koku…”

Fang Xi complained in his heart, then smiled and said, “If you work hard, you will get the benefits… I plan to sell some monster materials, and at the same time purchase a body refining technique, some puppet and beast control techniques…”

He had practiced martial arts in Daliang before, entirely because Daliang’s martial arts could be mastered quickly, did not require any materials, and was helpful in achieving a breakthrough in qi and blood when building the foundation.

If he used the body-refining techniques of the immortal world, he would have to spend a huge amount of spirit stones to cultivate to the third level of body-refining.

At least, you have to eat spiritual rice every meal, and take medicinal baths made from various spiritual herbs, as well as elixirs…

Overall, Daliang martial arts is more cost-effective.

But now, there is no way forward after becoming a Grandmaster, and Fang Xi must be prepared to jump ship.

Mo Qingyi thought for a moment and said, “As for selling monster materials, there are several seniors in the stall area who have been purchasing various monster materials for a long time, but the one with the best reputation is the ‘Longmen Pavilion’ opened by the Zhong family!”

“As for puppetry? Please forgive my ignorance, I haven’t heard of any place selling related inheritance… But as for the art of taming beasts, there is a Miao Immortal Master who has three spirit pets. He may have related inheritance. We can go ask him.”

“Lead the way, let’s go to Longmen Pavilion first!” Fang Xi nodded. He was quite satisfied with the guide.

If he were to come, it would take him a lot of time and energy to figure out the situation.

Longmen Pavilion.

The main business of the Longyu Zhong family is to raise spiritual fish. The spiritual fish they raise is the ‘Green Jade Carp’, which is delicious and contains very gentle spiritual energy. It is especially suitable for cultivators with water spiritual roots. Long-term consumption is equivalent to taking elixirs for cultivation, and there is no elixir poison.

It is rumored that among the thousands of green jade carps, a fish king may be born. This fish king has awakened a little dragon blood and is nicknamed “Little Green Dragon”!
This “Little Green Dragon” can be made into “Green Dragon Soup” by adding a few precious spiritual medicines, which is beneficial to the foundation building and overhaul.

Unfortunately, most casual cultivators will never get to taste the taste of Qinglong Soup in their entire lives.

Except for a small portion of these spiritual objects used by the Min family themselves, most of them were to be presented as tribute to the Xuantian Sect in exchange for precious resources such as Foundation Establishment Pills.

(End of this chapter)