Lin Xuan Qi got to the deeper end of the river, and he noticed that there were some movements in the muddy area.

He looked closer and saw a few holes in the mud.

Splash.

Something came out from one of the holes, and he saw it slither from the mud into the water.

It was a swamp eel, about a meter long.

Lin Xuan Qi got excited and put down the pail he had in his hands.

He bent down, rolled up his pants to his knees, and picked up the hand shovel with him.

Then he waded his feet into the cold and slippery mud.

Slowly and steadily, Lin Xuan Qi encroached to where the holes in the mud were.

Reaching out his right hand, he hovered over the hole.

There were no movements from within the hole, and he decided to use the hand shovel to dig into it.

Splash.

The swamp eel darted out and bit onto the end of the shovel.

He pulled back his hand holding the shovel, and the swamp eel, which didn't let go of its bite, was pulled out from its hideout.

With his other hand, Lin Xuan Qi quickly grabbed onto the body of the swamp eel.

The swamp eel's body was slippery, nearly getting out of his grip when it thrashed around.

Lin Xuan Qi directed his Five-Element Qi, and his grip began to tighten.

It stopped the swamp eel from falling out.

Not wasting time, Lin Xuan Qi turned around and walked towards the pail a distance away.

The slippery mud didn't make it easy for him, but he just had to walk slowly and steadily.

After all, the swamp eel wasn't able to muster any significant resistance.

"What's that?" Yue Xin was curious to see him catching onto something she had never seen before.

She got close and saw that it was long like a snake, but the head looked like a fish.

"It's a swamp eel. The meat is delicious. We can put it over the fire and barbecue it later."

Lin Xuan Qi explained while he placed the swamp eel into the pail on the ground.

Thud.

The swamp eel thrashed inside the pail, making noises when it hit onto the side of the pail.

A few river clams got spewed out by its thrashing.

Yue Xin went over, picked up the river clams and placed them into the pail.

By now, the commotion had also attracted Xue Cong, Yue Jie and Liu Shi Shi.

Yue Jie blushed when she saw what the swamp eel looked like.

It reminded her of the manhood she had seen from the picture books her sisters showed her.

Liu Shi Shi was amused by her reaction.

She thought silently that Yue Jie wasn't as innocent as she seemed.

"The meat of the swamp eel is great for vitality. You should have more of the meat later," Xue Cong, who was also unaware, got close to the pail and said.

Yue Xin nodded her head in agreement.

"You sure?" Lin Xuan Qi picked up the swamp eel from the pail.

Xue Cong and Yue Xin took a step back when it wiggled its tail suddenly, flicking some of the mud onto them.

"Master Lin..." They exclaimed and tried to clean the mud off their clothes.

Lin Xuan Qi pointed at his clothes, which were also stained with the mud, and said, "It's part of the fun."

They rolled their eyes at him and didn't say much.

It had been a long time since they'd seen him in such a mood, and they didn't want to spoil it.

Xue Cong tried to help him with the pail by picking it up, but it took her some effort.

The pail was filled near the brim with river clams and river crabs.

Yue Xin saw her struggle and went over to help her with the pail.

"It's so heavy," she exclaimed.

They carried their spoils for the morning and gathered them together.

Out of the five pails, Lin Xuan Qi had the most with Yue Jie following behind.

After that it was Xue Cong, and the other two, Yue Xin and Liu Shi Shi, didn't have much with only a few river clams.

"So, what does the winner get for the reward?" Lin Xuan Qi stood up straight with his head high and said.

This accomplishment felt great, maybe even better than having success with the soap business.

Xue Cong sighed and suggested, "Winner gets to rest and wait for the meal to be served to him."

Yue Jie, Yue Xin and Liu Shi Shi nodded their heads.

He was the young master after all.

"Fine. I'll just wait for lunch to be served."

Lin Xuan Qi said and walked towards the tentage.

The servant girls and Liu Shi Shi got to work immediately.

With her belt sword, Liu Shi Shi went and chopped firewood for cooking the river clams, crabs and swamp eel.

Xue Cong filled water into a pot and put the river clams inside afterwards.

And to make the river clams spit out the soil inside them, she put some salt into the water.

While she waited for the river clams to spit out the soil, she checked on Yue Xin.

"Please don't make things difficult for me," Yue Xin said while she wielded a small knife at the swamp eel.

It was still alive and thrashing around.

"Let me help you." Xue Cong came to her rescue with a hand shovel in her hands.

Thud.

She smacked the hand shovel down onto the head of the swamp eel.

It caused it to have a concussion, and it stopped moving.

Being brought up to help in the household, she was no stranger to killing livestock for cooking.

"Thanks," Yue Xin said and after some hesitation, chopped the head off the body of the swamp eel.

The head of the swamp eel dropped and rolled at the feet of Yue Jie.

She shook her head at herself and tried to get the unsavory thoughts out of her mind.

Liu Shi Shi, who was back from gathering the firewood, glanced at her and gave her a smile.

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