【Golden Loach: A unique fish, entirely golden in color, adept at burrowing.】
【It contains a unique spiritual essence; its meat is delicious and nourishing, capable of nourishing both yin and yang, making it a highly beneficial food.】
【Legend has it that golden loaches always appear together, male and female, inseparable, never swimming alone.】
Seeing the creature in the bucket, its body glowing white with a reddish tinge and resembling a loach, Lu Qing was overjoyed.
Sure enough, this guy is a strange fish.
Moreover, it is a rare fish of the same level as the Red Moon Carp.
What surprised Lu Qing even more was the information on the third note.
These golden loaches always appear in pairs and never alone.
So, there's a golden loach down there!
Although he didn't know if the other golden loach had been scared away after all that commotion, Lu Qing still wanted to give it a try.
He hooked another blood apricot on the fishing hook and sank it to the bottom of the water.
I thought this time it would be another long wait, or even a futile effort.
However, to Lu Qing's surprise, not long after the fishing hook was lowered, he saw the float suddenly sink into the water.
"So fast?!"
Lu Qing was caught off guard, but he reacted quickly and immediately grabbed the fishing rod.
From here on, there's no suspense.
After another round of struggle, he caught another golden loach.
Looking at the two golden loaches in the bucket, Lu Qing fell silent.
It seems he underestimated the allure of the Blood Apricot to the Strange Fish.
Those that can be called "extraordinary fruits" by superpowers are indeed extraordinary.
It's unclear what's so special about it that attracts these strange fish to devour it one after another.
Lu Qing put away the few blood apricots, planning to ask his master sometime if he knew about this exotic fruit.
Lu Qing hung another blood apricot on his hook and continued fishing.
This time, however, luck wasn't so good.
He waited for a long time, but no fish took the bait.
Let alone exotic fish, I haven't even seen any ordinary fish.
"Strange, could it be that these strange fish are territorial? Why does only one kind always appear each time?" Lu Qing wondered.
He thought for a moment, then lifted the fishhook and replaced it with an earthworm.
The hook was lowered into the water again, and this time, a fish quickly took the bait.
With a beautiful cast, a small white fish floated in the air, constantly swishing its tail.
Looking at the small white fish on the fishing hook, Lu Qing fell silent.
"You really are everywhere."
Sensing that there were no more rare fish down there, Lu Qing didn't switch to Blood Apricot.
Instead, they continued fishing with earthworms.
After a while, with repeated casts, he caught dozens of small white fish.
With so many small white fish, plus what's left at home, it should be enough for the little black beast to have a delicious meal.
After catching enough food for the black little beast, Lu Qing prepared to pack up his line.
It's a bit of a pity, he originally wanted to catch one or two big fish today to give the little black beast a good meal.
But perhaps because of the presence of the golden loach, the big fish were nowhere to be found today.
Even though he changed the corn he hung up halfway through, nothing happened.
If you can't catch any, there's nothing you can do. The little black creature will just have to make do with eating small fish, since they taste pretty good anyway.
"Xiaoyan, let's go back."
After packing up, Lu Qing picked up the bucket and called out to Xiao Yan, who was lying on the grass not far away, seemingly playing with something.
"Here you are, brother."
The little guy came running back excitedly, clutching a small bunch of wildflowers in his hand.
It turns out she had gone to pick wildflowers.
"Brother, look, these are the flowers I just picked. Aren't they pretty?"
Xiao Yan held up the bouquet of flowers in her hand and showed it off to Lu Qing.
"nice."
Lu Qing nodded, noticing some grass leaves stuck to the little guy's head, and casually picked them off.
"Hehe, I knew it, my brother would definitely like it."
Xiaoyan felt very happy to receive the praise.
Seeing the little guy's happy expression, Lu Qing suddenly had a thought.
"Xiaoyan, don't you get bored coming fishing with your brother every day?"
"What is boredom?" the little guy tilted his head and asked in confusion.
"Um... I mean, will I feel unhappy?" Lu Qing rephrased the question.
"No, as long as I'm with my brother, Xiaoyan won't be unhappy," the little one said earnestly. "There are flowers to pick and butterflies here, it's so much fun!"
"......All right."
Lu Qing had nothing to say.
He had originally thought that if Xiaoyan got bored, he should leave her in the village to play with the other children next time they went fishing.
Anyway, after meals, she often goes out to play with her friends in the village.
Since she doesn't think so now, let's talk about it again later.
After returning home, Lu Qing poured out the small fish, leaving only two golden loaches in the bucket, and fell into deep thought.
He was considering how to deal with the two golden loaches.
Should we sell it, or keep it for ourselves?
In truth, Lu Qing was more inclined to eat it.
Firstly, regarding selling them, Master hasn't had much time to go into the city lately, and he doesn't know how long these two golden loaches can survive after leaving the river.
If he dies in a couple of days, that would be a huge loss.
Secondly, he is not as short of money as he was before.
These rare fish are things you can only come across by chance, and it feels like a waste to sell them.
Finally, the medicinal properties of the golden loach greatly appealed to him.
According to the superpower's description, this golden loach is a highly nutritious food.
Now, he has mastered the basics of the Health Preservation Fist, and entering the Qi and Blood Realm is a sure thing for him.
The only drawback is that because of his previous serious illness, his health has always been relatively weak, and his foundation is not very good.
These two golden loaches might be able to help him make up for this weakness.
After thinking it over for a while, Lu Qing finally decided to keep both golden loaches to eat.
However, although he decided to eat it, Lu Qing did not intend to enjoy it all by himself.
Instead, I plan to take it to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain tomorrow and enjoy it with my master.
The red moon carp I gave to my master last time was actually sold for money.
After becoming a disciple, Lu Qing was never able to repay his master in any way, only accepting his master's kindness.
This time, we caught another rare fish, which is perfect for my master to have a good taste of.
Lu Qing's plan was excellent, but an unexpected incident occurred that evening.
After Xiaoyan fell asleep, the little black beast came and scratched at the door again.
As usual, Lu Qing took a basin of fish out and placed it on the ground.
To his surprise, the little black beast, which would usually rush to devour the fish as soon as he put it down, did not approach this time.
Instead, it twitched its nose a few times, then its eyes lit up as if it had discovered something, and it circled around Lu Qing.
After circling around a few times, she sat there quietly watching him.
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to eat? I even added extra fish for you today," Lu Qing °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° asked, somewhat puzzled.
This little thing has changed its nature; it doesn't even care about fish anymore?
"Aww!"
The little black beast suddenly let out a soft cry, startling Lu Qing.
This was the first time he had ever heard this guy call out.
He had only heard its sound during the first few nights.
However, back then it emitted a low growl with a warning tone, quite different from its current call.
The current sound is a bit like a cat's meow, innocent and cute, and it's actually quite pleasant to listen to.
However, Lu Qing couldn't care less about whether the little black beast's voice sounded good or not.
Because he noticed that after the little creature finished chirping, it stared intently into the room behind him.
To be precise, it's the direction of the kitchen inside the house.
Recalling how the little black beast had reacted to smelling his scent earlier, a thought suddenly arose in Lu Qing's mind.
"This little thing wouldn't be..."
