bioinnovel Chapter 30 Drained by Fish
Chapter 30 Drained by Fish
Wei Lan slowed her pace, standing shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Weiqing, and tucked the ends of her hair behind her ears, revealing her fair face.
"I'm sorry."
Xiao Weiqing said, "It's alright, but it's not good to waste time. We've just stepped into the extraordinary realm, and we shouldn't waste time, especially since our extraordinary talents are so good. Dawei, so are you."
Wei Lan nodded upon hearing this.
"Understood, Brother Qing."
Zhang Dawei replied, walking behind the two.
Half an hour later.
The three of them left the food court and returned to their dormitory.
Xiao Weiqing didn't waste a single moment.
"Cultivation!"
Judging from today's situation, his spiritual energy is still not enough.
Currently, there is no way to improve his mental and physical strength in the short term. He can only work hard to enhance the spiritual energy of his Divine Palace and refine his Qi and Fire.
If we don't hurry, it will be difficult to get good results in the assessment, since there are only 100 places available in the upper house.
I only earned 168 points today.
If the next six days are like this, he will only have 800 or 900 points, and it will be difficult for him to enter the Upper Academy. Moreover, he cannot guarantee that he can catch a dragonfish over three feet long every day.
According to the experience of senior members on the forum, arowanas will only become more and more cunning, and these newbies will most likely be no match for them.
Then.
Xiao Weiqing began his cultivation.
calmly.
He skillfully began to circulate the Samadhi True Fire Refining Spirit Technique.
Silent all night.
......
the next day.
Xiao Weiqing and his group, along with most of the new trainees, got up very early, had breakfast, and took the earliest aircraft to Longyutai.
Those with enough points spent 30 points to rent 15-meter fishing rods and headed straight to Longyutai.
However, most of them went to the other side of the attic, where the young arowanas were raised.
Li Fangnan was among them. Although he didn't catch any fish yesterday, he only caught a dragonfish that was a little over a foot long, which wasn't enough to get 30 points to rent a 15-meter fishing rod.
When Xiao Weiqing and the others arrived at Longyutai, most of the Longyutai were empty.
"Brother Qing, there are so few people here today."
Although they were the first group, there shouldn't have been so few of them, and the vast majority of them were carrying 10-meter fishing rods.
"It's probably because they don't have enough points; 30 points aren't easy to get. Besides, many people probably haven't won yet."
Xiao Weiqing's guess was correct; the vast majority of students with level 3 extraordinary talents failed, and even level 4 students failed miserably.
"Wei Lan, the most important thing in catching big fish is to persevere. Don't think about catching them all at once. If you can catch a dragonfish that is more than three feet long every day, you should have enough points to enter the Upper Academy."
Wei Lan caught seven or eight dragonfish that were one or two feet long yesterday, which added up to more than 200 points, more than him. If he can consistently catch one dragonfish that is three feet long or more every day, he will definitely be able to enter the Upper Academy.
"Okay, Qing-ge."
"Dawei, you need to conserve your spiritual energy. If you feel like you're surrounded by big fish and can't reel them in, take a break. Dragonfish are so smart; if they see no spiritual energy clusters, they'll definitely go somewhere else. That way, other small dragonfish will have a chance to come over, and then you can cast your line again."
"That makes sense, I understand, Brother Qing."
The group then proceeded with practiced ease and began their struggle against the dragonfish. Compared to yesterday morning, today's assessment was a hellish start for the trainees.
It's not just because the arowana is large; there's also the problem of too many fish and too few fish. The number of people fishing for arowana this morning was half that of yesterday.
Logically, it should be easier to fish now.
however.
In fact, that's not the case. The spiritual energy of these new students is the real thing. They encounter fish that are over three and a half feet long, and quite a few are even four feet long.
Because there were few students fishing, only the larger arowanas came up to feed, while the smaller arowanas waited on the side.
"Brother Qing, it's noon, let's go eat first."
"There probably won't be much of a chance this morning."
Xiao Weiqing nodded, "Okay, let's go eat first."
The three of them came up empty-handed in the morning.
Zhang Dawei was no match for the giant arowana. Most of his spiritual energy was absorbed, but the arowana still didn't bite the hook.
Wei Lan was alright; she had enough spiritual energy. However, when she encountered a dragonfish over four feet long, she couldn't pull it up at all. Instead, she almost got dragged in herself. Fortunately, she gave up in time.
The attic dining hall.
The group was eating while discussing their next move.
Li Fangnan and the others walked over, carrying trays and looking pale.
Xiao Weiqing asked, "What's wrong with you all? You all look so pale."
Ning Zhi looked dejected. "You might not believe it, but I was drained dry by a few fish fry."
Li Fangnan plopped down on the stool. "What's there to doubt? I'm in even worse shape; I was drained dry by just three fish."
"Oh, how so?"
Xiao Weiqing became interested.
"Brother Qing, you have no idea, feeding dragonfish fry is really not something a human can do. Those dragonfish fry will grab one of your fingers and suck it hard, draining your spiritual energy in just a few minutes."
"Then, after I recovered my energy, I let him feed me fish again. In just one morning, I fed him about ten fish. I'm still in a daze."
"That's right, the most outrageous thing is that you only get one point for feeding an entire arowana."
"That's right. After it finished sucking, the dragonfish looked up at you as if it wanted to know if there was any more. Isn't that infuriating?"
Everyone started complaining bitterly, feeling incredibly embarrassed, but thankfully there were many people around, so no one said anything to anyone else.
Wei Lan chuckled and said, "How interesting! I'd really like to try it."
"No, girl, please don't even think about that. Just look at our fingers and you'll know."
Li Fangnan and the others all extended their index and middle fingers. At this time, their fingers were larger than before, and the swelling had not yet subsided.
Zhang Dawei laughed, "Hahaha, that's interesting, I'm going to take a picture and post it in the group chat."
"No need, someone already took a selfie and posted it in the group chat, didn't you see it?"
Zhang Dawei shook his head, "I've been fighting the arowana all morning, I haven't had time."
Zhu Dong asked, "By the way, how was your catch this morning? Are arowanas easy to catch?"
"Don't even mention it, we got nothing. The fish we encountered this morning were all big ones, mostly four feet long. We were no match for them at all. All my spiritual energy went down the drain."
Qin Sheng asked, "Xiao Weiqing, what about you?"
Xiao Weiqing shook his head, "Nothing was gained."
Qin Sheng nodded, "It's the same on my end. I've seen many level 5 extraordinary talents in the prefecture cities, but they haven't gained anything either."
"It now seems that our new trainees are at a complete disadvantage against the arowana."
"It should be better in the afternoon," Xiao Weiqing predicted.
"Oh?"
"How so?"
"In the afternoon, those air force guys will all go up to the Dragonfish Platform and give the Dragonfish a free buffet."
"Those larger arowanas aren't stupid. Instead of fighting us, they'd rather eat what's free, which gives the smaller arowanas a chance."
"As the saying goes, people die for wealth and fish die for food. The smaller dragonfish will definitely take the opportunity to risk eating our spiritual energy. If we seize the opportunity to catch those dragonfish, and if we are lucky enough to pull up two, we can basically achieve our goal."
"Brother Qing, I think what you said makes a lot of sense, but I feel offended," a former Air Force cadet said sadly.
"agree."
The Air Force cadets reluctantly echoed this sentiment.
"Hmph, I don't care," Li Fangnan suddenly stood up and said.
"I swear I can't go home empty-handed this afternoon. If this keeps up, I'm going to turn into a dried-up human body."
"That's right, what's there to be afraid of? I don't believe I'll stay in the air forever."
"that is."
The crowd was immediately filled with indignation.
Xiao Weiqing also looked thoughtful. He felt the situation was not very optimistic. If the status quo continued, he and Wei Lan would still have a chance to join the Upper House. He was afraid that the situation would go in another direction.
In that case, he and Wei Lan would have no chance, because there are too few people in Anqiu City.
"Sigh, let's see."