Chapter 8: A Pain Even Ibuprofen Can't Stop
Are there small fish in the pool?
There are.
However, since Xu Yue had just spoken, it was necessary to confirm it.
Of course, the most crucial point was: if there were big fish to catch, why bother with small ones?
“Brother, are you visiting your hometown?”
Casting his rod, the fat man started chatting casually.
“What do you mean?” Xu Yue asked with a smile.
“You don’t look like someone who’s lived in the countryside for years,” the fat man said. “If you’re not visiting relatives, what is it? Where are you developing?”
The fat man had good judgment.
Country folk don’t have this kind of temperament.
The key was that this guy’s skin was too fair.
Facing the yellow earth with one’s back to the sky, which country person doesn’t have darker, drier skin?
“I used to be in Yanjing,” Xu Yue said. “But now I’m back, and I probably won’t be leaving for a while.”
“Couldn’t make it, could you?” The beautiful woman sneered, mocking him. “If you could make it, who would come back to the countryside to farm? You…”
The beautiful woman wanted to mock him a few more times, but a glance from the fat man immediately silenced her.
Xu Yue ignored the beautiful woman.
She was artificial, and the more he looked, the more he found her an eyesore.
Her makeup was also heavy; he really didn’t want to look at her again.
It’s here!
Xu Yue lifted his rod—hooked!
“Swish, swish, swish”
“Holy crap!”
“What the heck!”
“Damn it!”
The other three men, seeing this, immediately lost their composure.
They had been fishing for so long without a bite, and this guy gets a bite as soon as he arrives—are you kidding me?!
“Oh my god, big brother! Don’t pull so hard, reel it in slowly! Are you trying to yank it up? My rod is good quality, but it can’t withstand you pulling like that! Do you even know how to fish?”
The fat man watched Xu Yue playing the fish and became anxious, but after speaking, he found it strange.
Doesn’t know how to fish?
They had been fishing for so long without a single bite.
This guy gets a big fish as soon as he arrives.
Is this called not knowing how to fish?
But watching him play the fish, he really seemed like a novice!
If it weren’t for the good quality of the rod and the large line set he was using, the line would have snapped and the rod would have broken long ago.
“Do you know how to play the fish?!” The fat man immediately corrected himself.
Saying it this way, it no longer felt strange.
This guy probably really doesn’t know how to fish.
Getting a bite was pure luck.
Does fishing, like playing mahjong, have a beginner’s luck bonus?
“No!”
Xu Yue answered with a straightforward smile.
This answer left the fat man and the others dumbfounded.
“How about you try?” Xu Yue continued.
“Me? You’re letting me try?”
The fat man was shocked upon hearing this.
Which Anglers catching a big fish would let someone else play it?
Let someone else play such a big fish?
Anglers would rather let someone sleep with their wife than let someone else play their big fish!
Do you understand the joy of fishing?
Are you even an Anglers?
“I’ll do it!”
The king came back to his senses and quickly said.
“Get lost! This is my rod!”
The fat man also snapped back to reality; how could he let someone else snatch such a good opportunity?
Finding an opportunity, Xu Yue handed the fishing rod to the fat man.
“Ah ah ah, oh oh oh!”
The fat man took the fishing rod and started playing the fish, emitting sounds that made one’s imagination run wild.
His excitement was simply off the charts.
“Definitely a hundred catties!”
The king watched the fish surface and then plunge back into the water, splashing a huge amount, and said with certainty.
The other man and three women said nothing, instead picking up their phones to record.
“Fatty, let me try!”
The king was itching to try; which Anglers hasn’t fantasized about battling a big fish?
This was wild fishing!
This fish had power!
“Ouch!”
The fat man leaned back and sat on the ground with a thud.
The scene instantly fell silent!
“Shen Yu, are you kidding me, do you know how to play a fish?! A 12+10 line can still snap!”
The king saw this and immediately became furious!
I haven’t even had my fill yet, and you’ve already snapped the line.
The fat man at this moment looked dejected, as if he had lost his soul.
He had just gotten excited!
“A pain even Ibuprofen can’t stop!”
Xu Yue suddenly interjected.
He was referring to the fat man, Shen Yu, not himself.
If he truly cared, he wouldn’t have given him the fishing rod.
“Oh, brother, uh, this. I’m sorry!”
The fat man came back to his senses and immediately apologized to Xu Yue.
That was his fish.
And he had lost it while playing it.
A big catch!
Definitely a wild carp over a hundred catties.
This was something to boast about for a lifetime!
Countless Anglers would say: Awesome!
“No need to apologize,” Xu Yue said, waving his hand. “I’m not a pure Anglers, otherwise I wouldn’t have let you play the fish.”
“Useless!”
The king cursed and then reeled in his rod.
“Not fishing anymore?” The fat man asked, puzzled.
There’s a big fish around, and you’re not fishing anymore?
Are you kidding me?!
“Change the line set!” The king said.
“Right, right, right!”
The fat man quickly said.
Even a 12+10 line snapped; their 3+2 line would surely snap instantly.
“There are fish in the pool, so I’ll head back first.”
Xu Yue picked up his basket and tea tree, ready to leave!
He wasn’t addicted to fishing.
Mainly, he wasn’t familiar with these people and felt out of place.
“Don’t go, big brother!” The fat man immediately stepped forward to stop him, saying, “Big brother, grandpa! Fish a little longer, we still want to borrow your beginner’s luck to witness the big fish’s splendor!”
“Beginner’s luck?” Xu Yue chuckled. “Why isn’t it that my fishing skills are good?”
The fat man simply rolled his eyes.
With your fish-playing technique, you clearly have no experience; what fishing skills are you talking about?
You’re just lucky!
It’s like mahjong; there’s beginner’s luck.
Was he really just lucky?
No!
Were his fishing skills good?
Even less so.
Why did he get a bite so quickly?
Xu Yue had added a little spiritual rain water to the bait.
The effect was better than he expected.
“Come, show off your fishing skills!” The king said with a smile.
Xu Yue was not a pure Anglers, but he still enjoyed fishing somewhat.
The feeling of catching a big fish just now was very good, worth savoring.
Fish?
Fish!
He changed his fishing line and continued fishing!
Xu Yue didn’t immediately use the spiritual rain water, otherwise it would be too strange.
Twenty minutes later, Xu Yue secretly added a little spiritual rain water to the bait.
Twice, then a black float!
“Holy crap!”
This time it was Xu Yue who shouted; he was pulled off balance by the fish.
If it were before, he might not have been able to maintain his balance and would have been pulled into the pool.
“Oh my god, hooked again!”
“This…”
“It feels even bigger than the last one!”
The fat man, Shen Yu, and the other two were somewhat losing their composure.
Hooked a fish again!
Good luck?
Good fishing skills?
They were confused.
Good luck wouldn’t be this consistent!
This time, Xu Yue didn’t pull hard against the fish.
He had just learned from watching the fat man play the fish.
“Uh, can I, uh, have a go?” The king looked at Xu Yue somewhat sheepishly, his face full of anticipation.
Xu Yue paused for a moment, but still nodded.
He actually quite enjoyed the pleasure of playing the fish.
However, with the Spirit Rain Technique, he wasn’t worried about future opportunities.
After all, it was someone else’s fishing rod.
If it broke, it wouldn’t just be a matter of money.
A fishing rod, that was an Anglers’ cherished possession.
“Alright, you guys take your time reeling it in, I’m going home for dinner.”
Xu Yue found an opportunity to hand the fishing rod to the king, then picked up his basket and tea tree, preparing to leave.
This time, no one stopped him.
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the large fish, faintly visible in the pool.
Xu Yue smiled, called Big Yellow, and then headed home.
After eating, he put on his basket, took Big Yellow, and went back into the mountains.
He felt there were still ancient tea trees near Green Dragon Pool.
He’d go look again!
This time, he took a different path into the mountains.
And it really gave him a surprise.
He didn’t encounter any mushrooms, but he found a hundred-year-old wild tea tree.
This tea tree was only thigh-high, and Xu Yue put it directly into his back basket.
He had carried the previous one because his back basket had mushrooms in it.
Passing Green Dragon Pool again, Xu Yue couldn’t help but glance at it.
“Still haven’t gotten it out?”
Xu Yue was a bit surprised.
It had been at least two hours by now.
Playing it for so long?
“Almost!” The king said with a smile. “As expected of a wild Azure Dragon, we took turns playing it and almost died of exhaustion!”
Taking turns?
No wonder the fat man looked exhausted at this moment.
“Net!”
After a while, the king shouted, and the fat man immediately scrambled up from the ground, suddenly full of vigor, then grabbed the landing net and went to scoop the fish.
Xu Yue didn’t rush, instead watching the big Azure Dragon in the pool.
Its weight was hard to estimate, but it was definitely over a hundred catties.
“Rip!”
The big fish went into the net, the fat man pulled, the big fish struggled, but unexpectedly the net tore.
The big fish escaped!
Escaped!
It really escaped!
The fat man instinctively wanted to jump into the pool to catch it.
Then, everyone was dumbfounded.
“Shen Yu, I’m going to kill you!”
The king came back to his senses, his eyes red, and pounced on the fat man.
“A pain even Ibuprofen can’t stop!”
The other man, seeing this, suddenly uttered Xu Yue’s earlier words.
