Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 447

Chapter 445 Fishing Competition

The most confused person present was probably Yu Youxian.

She was broadcasting live in the Mingzhong World, but she disappeared in front of the whole world. Jiang Li pulled her here and told her to start the competition.

“Come on, you have to be as good as Master.” Yu Youxian encouraged herself. She wanted to be as good as Bai Hongtu.

“The Human Emperor said that we need to catch fish, so we need to refine a fishing rod?”

This was Yu Youxian’s first reaction.

She easily refined a fishing rod with excellent elasticity.

She put on the bait, sat by the lake, and waited slowly for the fish to bite.

Except for being a little slower than others, Yu Youxian satisfied Bai Hongtu in all aspects.

Yu Youxian was proficient in alchemy, refining, formations, swordsmanship, etc. She was an all-round talent.

Bai Hongtu asked Yu Youxian to go to the Mingzhong World to be a live broadcaster, and also wanted her to improve her reaction speed by interacting with the audience.

So far, there has been progress, but it is not obvious.

“

Master, this lake is so huge! I’m afraid pumping out the water won’t work?” Qin Luan’s first thought was to pump out the water, but with his level of refinement, he was stretched beyond his capabilities.

“I think you’re out of your mind.” Yuan Wuxing had no idea what Qin Luan was thinking.

“In my opinion, catching fish is the fastest.”

Yuan Wuxing crafted a large fishing net and jumped into the lake.

With his Spiritual Transformation stage physique, even if he crashed into a mountain, he wouldn’t be harmed at all. The resistance of the lake water was useless to him.

Yuan Wuxing used the net to scoop up the fish.

Qin Luan thought for a moment and crafted a net as well.

“

Since we’re fishing, we naturally need a net. The bigger the better,” Yu Yin whispered, trying to put herself in Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu’s shoes.

Although she hated to admit it, these two were the ones who excelled at this kind of test of wisdom.

This was evident in the Old Man Emperor’s twisted announcement of the competition results—a look that showed someone who didn’t want to acknowledge the outcome, but had to.

Yu Yin’s craftsmanship far surpassed Jiang Li’s. Using very basic materials, she crafted a fishing net large enough to cover the entire lake, and it was incredibly sturdy.

“Not bad,”

Yu Yin lowered the net along the lake’s edge.

“Even if I don’t reel it in, I can still say the entire lake is in my net, and every fish is mine.”

Yu Yin calculated and felt confident that her theory was accurate.

As she walked along the lake’s edge, she observed the performance of the other candidates for Emperor Ren.

…

“If I were to transform back into my true dragon form, I could simply subjugate the fish, but it’s a shame Mr. Jiang forbids me from doing that,” Xiao Qing lamented.

“Mr. Jiang must be testing our mastery of craftsmanship, but I’ve only learned a few things.” Xia Chao felt the test was difficult; the other candidates for Emperor Ren were already making more progress than they were.

“Dragon bloodlines do have techniques for crafting, but what Mr. Jiang gave us are only basic materials. Even with exceptional skill, we won’t be able to craft anything truly exceptional.”

“So what exactly does Mr. Jiang want?” Xia Chao was puzzled.

Xiaoqing was also puzzled. “I don’t know. I know the habits of fish. We can choose to fish where the fish are most likely to bite.”

“I see quite a few monks fishing by the lake. How about we fish near them?”

“No, the noise a fish makes when they bite is too loud. Whether we disturb them or they disturb us, it’s not worth the loss.”

…

“…Subhuti said to the Buddha: ‘World-honored One, what should this sutra be called, and how should we uphold it?’ The Buddha told Subhuti: ‘This sutra is called the Diamond Sutra…'”

Wuzhi, with a solemn appearance, chanted the Buddhist sutra. A faint golden light emanated from his surroundings, spreading into the lake, creating golden ripples.

Inspired by the sutra, countless fish, shrimp, and crabs flocked to Wuzhi’s side to listen to his teachings.

The longer Wuzhi chanted, the more fish, shrimp, and crabs gathered.

As Yuyin passed by Wuzhi, a dense crowd of small fish bubbled at their mouths and looked up to listen to his recitation.

At first glance, all Yu Yin could see was a dense mass of fish mouths opening and closing. Her eyes twitched, and she longed to smack them all to death.

Trypophobia was taking over.

The Brahma Tower chattered incessantly.

Jiang Li had only teleported the Human Emperor candidate over, not the people around him. But the Brahma Tower, after all, mastered the laws of space. It sensed the spatial fluctuations and teleported itself directly to Wu Zhi’s side.

“Why go to all that trouble? If I were you, you could just refine a storage ring, jump into the lake, and fill it with water whenever you see a school of fish. Then, dump the water out. Aren’t all that left the fish?”

“If you’re worried the ring won’t hold living creatures and the fish will die, why not refine a special Beast Taming Sect storage ring? It’ll just have a smaller capacity.”

Wu Zhi stopped chanting, pulled out a special storage ring he had long ago, and placed all the fish in front of him.

“…This sutra is called the Diamond Prajna Paramita…”

Wu Zhi continued chanting, inviting the next wave of fish to approach.

Fantian Tower felt that he was still too naive.

…

Ji Kongkong pondered for a moment, then jumped into the lake, searching for pregnant fish or eggs laid among the water plants.

“There’s no telling when the competition will end. When these eggs hatch, won’t I be the one who catches the most fish?”

…

“What are you doing?” A pleasant voice rang in Li Nian’er’s ears, startling her.

Who could approach her silently?

Li Nian’er turned around abruptly. She didn’t recognize Yu Yin in her transformed form, but she could tell she was beautiful in disguise.

Yu Yin looked at Li Nian’er in confusion.

Li Nian’er had caught nearly a hundred fish in her net, then tossed it into the lake, pulled it out again, tossed it into the lake, pulled it out again… This cycle repeated countless times.

“Obviously, I’m fishing,” Li Nian’er said seriously.

“But aren’t you always catching the same fish in your net? Not one more, not one less.”

“Don’t judge things by appearances. If I pull the net out once, that counts as catching a hundred fish, right?”

“Then if I throw the net back into the lake again, wouldn’t that mean I’ve caught another hundred?”

Yu Yin: “…”

She had never imagined that Li Er, with his simple and honest character, could have given birth to a daughter with such a complex mindset.

“She has a bit of Ao Chengcheng’s personality. I didn’t expect Li Nian’er to look and act like her mother.”

Yu Yin had interacted with the female cultivators in the Fusion Stage and was familiar with them.

…

Jiang Li found a cultivator fishing nearby.

“How’s it going? How many fish did you catch?”

The fisherman glanced at Jiang Li and said, “Young man, don’t be so impatient. Fishing is about your state of mind. What’s the big deal about catching a lot?”

The fisherman’s bucket was empty.

Jiang Li smiled and said, “Really? I saw quite a few people fishing in the lake.”

(End of this chapter)