I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Red Moon Carp

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The sudden bite caught Lu Qing off guard.

Fortunately, with years of fishing experience, his reflexes were always good.

In a split second, he gripped the rod tightly, steadying himself and preventing himself from being dragged into the water along with the rod.

The force of this tug was no less than that of the blue turtle!

“Goodness! You fish from another world love sneak attacks, don’t you?”

Lu Qing felt a bit amused and embarrassed as he felt the pull from the rod.

As a seasoned angler, he’d almost flipped twice today, forcing him to resort to baiting.

These otherworldly fish were a bit unsportsmanlike, never giving any warning before a bite and always resorting to sneak attacks.

If it weren’t for his experience, they would have succeeded.

But since the first sneak attack didn’t work, then all of you, come up!

Lu Qing gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, constantly sensing the shifting forces on the rod and reacting instantly, beginning a new round of wrestling with the fish underwater.

After a moment of intense struggle, Lu Qing realized something was amiss.

He had initially assumed the newly hooked fish would be a large one like the blue turtle.

After all, its initial pull had been incredibly powerful.

But now, he sensed something different.

Unlike the blue turtle’s powerful, relentless thrust,

this fish’s current power was equally powerful, but its staying power was lacking.

As long as Lu Qing could maintain his initial thrust, its power would soon wane.

It was the type with plenty of explosive power but limited stamina.

Based on his experience, Lu Qing suspected the fish underwater wasn’t as large as he’d imagined. Rather,

it was one of those fast-moving, explosive, yet small-bodied fish.

This realization reassured Lu Qing.

A fish that relied on speed to sprint was much easier to handle than a large fish like the blue turtle.

A large fish like the blue turtle was incredibly powerful, requiring him to handle even the slightest exertion with extreme caution.

Furthermore, the battle of endurance was a test of patience on both sides.

With a fish that charged and bursted forward, if Lu Qing could only manage its initial struggles, its strength would gradually dwindle, rendering it impossible to escape.

This happened just as Lu Qing had predicted.

After stabilizing the unknown fish’s movements underwater several more times, he could clearly feel its explosive power begin to wane.

Then, after a while of straining, Lu Qing spotted the fish’s outline.

“A red fish?”

Seeing the hooked fish surface, Lu Qing was stunned.

He saw that it was a vibrant, fiery red.

A truly bizarre fish!

Seeing such a dazzling, vibrant red, Lu Qing’s heart instantly surged with excitement.

He also realized that the red fish wasn’t particularly large, only about 20 to 30 centimeters long.

With this reassurance, Lu Qing reeled in the fish with greater ease.

Before long, the fish had been reeled in until it was practically exhausted and he pulled it up.

“Brother, this fish is so beautiful!”

Xiaoyan’s eyes sparkled as she gazed at the fish on the grass.

“It’s very beautiful,”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but exclaim after getting a good look at the fish.

The newly caught fish was about a foot long, slender, and resembled the carp from Blue Planet in his previous life.

Two long, flowing whiskers flanked its mouth, and its tail resembled a flower.

Its flaming red scales combined with its beauty made the fish appear incredibly beautiful.

After observing it for a while, Lu Qing began to grasp the fish’s details.

[Red Moon Carp: A unique fish, covered in red scales, capable of swimming at incredible speed.]

[Because of a hint of spiritual energy within its body, its meat is extremely nourishing and delicious, and its scales can also be used as medicine.]

[Rumor has it that if properly bred, Red Moon Carp has a chance of evolving into a spiritual fish.]

Along with the several notes, a white light with a hint of red emanated from the creature.

“Red light?”

At first, Lu Qing thought he’d misread it.

The red light was reflected by the Red Moon Carp’s scales.

But after careful examination, he confirmed it wasn’t just the reflection of the scales, but a true light that only his ability could detect, a light that represented the item’s level.

This meant this Red Moon Carp wasn’t simply white light-level.

Rather, it was a rare fish somewhere between white and red light.

No wonder there were three notes.

Normally, white light items would only have two notes describing them.

His immediate attention focused on the third note.

“There’s a slight chance of evolving into a spirit fish…” Lu Qing pondered, examining the third note. “Could this spirit fish be a higher level being than the strange fish?”

He suddenly remembered the snow silkworm silk the old doctor had given him.

Snow silkworm silk was already a red light-level treasure. Could the snow silkworm that gave birth to such a treasure be a spirit silkworm?

Unfortunately, this speculation was destined to remain unanswered for the time being.

Even Dr. Chen didn’t know the origins of snow silk, so even if he wanted to ask, he had nowhere to turn.

Therefore, the description in the second note was more useful to him than the third.

“The meat is extremely delicious and nourishing…”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but smile as he read the message. He

finally had a gift for Dr. Chen tomorrow.

He had originally planned to carry the green turtle back to the doctor if he didn’t find anything.

But now, it was clear that the red moon carp was more valuable.

And its size wasn’t too large, making it a more suitable gift.

With this in mind, Lu Qing quickly took the green turtle out and placed the red moon carp in the bucket.

Since it was a gift, he couldn’t let it die.

Fortunately, the red moon carp was truly a rare fish. Although it had been exhausted from Lu Qing’s earlier walks and had spent a while on the grass,

once it came into contact with the water in the bucket, it immediately began to swim again.

Its vitality was quite resilient.

After nabbing the red moon carp, Lu Qing had no desire to continue fishing.

After battling two massive fish, his strength was nearly exhausted.

Even if he caught more, he wouldn’t have the energy to keep fishing.

So, it was best to call it a day.

“Xiaoyan, let’s get ready to go back.”

Lu Qing used local materials, twisted a straw rope, tied the blue turtle, and carried it on his back.

He held the bucket in one hand, the hatchet and fishing rod in the other, and then said to Xiaoyan.

“Brother, let me help you with some things.”

Xiaoyan felt a little distressed as her brother struggled to carry so much on his back.

“Okay,”

Lu Qing tried to walk, but found the sheer volume of things difficult.

After a moment’s thought, he first hung the bamboo tube containing the earthworms around Xiaoyan’s neck.

Then he placed the fishing rod on her shoulder.

“Xiaoyan, you carry this fishing rod. Be careful when you walk, don’t fall.”

“Okay, Xiaoyan, I understand!” the little girl nodded seriously.

In this way, the brother and sister, one carrying the fish and the other carrying the fishing rod, walked back with great difficulty.

When they passed the small fishing spot, the villagers saw two figures, one large and one small, and were stunned.

(End of this chapter)