"This fish is quite pretty."

Wang Mu's palm exerted a suction force, drawing the Mother and Child Fish from the hook. He then casually tossed it to Shan Chuan behind him.

This massive, stone-like man, standing over four meters tall with palms as large as cattail fans, cradled the fish as if it were a supreme treasure, staring unblinkingly, afraid this moment was merely a dream.

"It really is a Mother and Child Fish..." Shan Chuan's muscles, hard as boulders, bulged with excitement. "To think, it was caught so easily..."

How much time had passed?

By now, Wang Mu had already cast his line again.

The woman beside him watched for a while. When the fishing line twitched again, she hurriedly pulled it up and took a closer look.

She found only a clump of vibrant green seaweed.

She flung the seaweed down in frustration, telling herself repeatedly to calm down.

If that person next to me can catch a Mother and Child Fish, it must mean there are some in the Fetal Breath Spring...

More than one hour passed.

Then, Shan Chuan cried out in astonishment, "Another Mother and Child Fish..."

She turned to look and saw that the human had actually caught another Mother and Child Fish.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

She glanced at her own fishing rod, which remained utterly still. Her Divine Sense trembled slightly as she forcibly reminded herself that fishing required calmness.

Especially when fishing in the Fetal Breath Spring, one must be even more tranquil...

Another two hours went by.

Finally, her fishing rod moved.

She raised an eyebrow and gently pulled on the rod. As the line swung, a half-length tree branch was pulled up...

Her face darkened. Empty again.

Just then, Shan Chuan called out in a trembling voice, "The third Mother and Child Fish!!"

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She whipped her head around to see an even larger Mother and Child Fish being reeled in.

Her eyes widened, and she trembled all over, throwing her fishing rod down in a rage. "Calm, my foot!"

At the same time, during these past few hours, a group of Ancient Image Clan members had gathered behind Wang Mu. They squatted on the bank, their faces alight with eagerness as they watched his fishing rod.

Every time it moved, a fish was sure to be on the hook.

Three, the task seems to be complete, Wang Mu thought, feeling very calm.

The Fish Coming rod was indeed a fine Exotic Treasure from the Creation Gate.

This item could specifically attract certain special fish.

Here in the Fetal Breath Spring, the Mother and Child Fish were such special fish, and indeed, they were relatively difficult to catch. These fish had peculiar habits, constantly changing the force of their struggle, making it easy for them to break free.

One needed extreme concentration and a high Fishing Skill to succeed.

Wang Mu's Fishing Skill had now reached 30.

Actually, since entering the Sword Sect and embarking on Cultivation, his Fishing, Mining, and Hunting skills had improved relatively slowly.

Most of his spare time was spent on Alchemy and Artifact Refining; these two skills progressed very quickly.

Artifact Refining, in particular, had long surpassed 30, hovering around 32.

Surpassing level 30 meant he could stably refine Top-grade Magical Artifacts.

He had significantly leveled up his Artifact Refining while crafting the three pieces of Divine Equipment.

Alchemy was even higher, at 33.

His other skills, apart from Fishing which had just surpassed 30, were all in the 20s.

Improving Fishing Skill continued to enhance soul consciousness and Concentration.

And later on, the effect was not insignificant.

However, it was relatively more difficult to improve.

First, special fishing spots were scarce, and fishing at ordinary spots yielded very slow progress.

Second, there was a lack of time. Cultivating Cultivation Techniques significantly enhanced one's Divine Sense. In comparison, improving Divine Sense through fishing offered only a slight increase and naturally could not measure up.

But the enhancement to Divine Sense and Concentration that level 30 Fishing Skill provided Wang Mu was very significant.

It made his Divine Sense far superior to that of Cultivators of the same Realm.

This principle also applied to his other skills.

By Wang Mu's estimation, based on the progression of Alchemy and Artifact Refining, the maximum level was likely capped at 100.

At that point, one would probably be at the Entering Dao Level.

Of course, the role of the fishing rod could not be ignored in catching so many Mother and Child Fish so quickly.

Otherwise, Wang Mu reckoned that in one day, he could catch at most one or two, or perhaps, like the woman from the Ancient Clan beside him, not even one.

It's a pity that Fish Coming can only be used once...

Perhaps because it was too overpowered, this potent fishing rod, being an Exotic Treasure, could only be used a single time.

Naturally, Wang Mu intended to use this rod until it was completely depleted, maximizing this sole opportunity provided by Fish Coming.

One by one, Wang Mu rapidly pulled up Mother and Child Fish.

Before long, he had caught well over ten.

His Fishing Skill also rose rapidly during this time.

These Mother and Child Fish appeared to be of a high grade, at least Top-grade Fish Species. Catching so many Top-grade Fish Species in one go was far more effective than fishing in Newbie Village for a year or two.

By now, a dense crowd of Ancient Image Clan members had gathered behind Wang Mu.

More and more of the Ancient Image Clan were drawn over.

The sky was gradually darkening.

The woman at the side had long since thrown down her fishing rod in frustration and started watching him instead. She was having a terrible time fishing herself. Fine, I'll just watch someone else fish then, she thought. Maybe that will at least soothe some of this emptiness I feel.

「It wasn't until noon the next day.」

Wang Mu had caught thirty Mother and Child Fish.

On average, he could catch two to three every two hours.

Wang Mu felt that the Fish Coming rod would soon be completely depleted. It seemed to have a durability of about one day's use.

There are two hours left... Wang Mu affirmed to himself.

His Fishing Skill had risen to nearly 33, surpassing even his Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

He felt his Divine Sense had increased by approximately thirty percent.

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