Chapter 54 Essence as Bait
Seeing that Mo Yanqiu agreed, Zhou Qingshan continued to concentrate on fishing.

……

The second time he went fishing, Zhou Qingshan caught an unknown small green wild fruit, but he didn’t dare eat it.

The third time fishing, caught a small crucian carp.

Fourth time fishing, stones.

The fifth time I fished, I caught an unknown plant that looked quite beautiful. Unfortunately, the pulling force was very slight, so it should be just an ordinary flower or plant. From this point, we can roughly judge the value of the fish.

Zhou Qingshan has gone fishing many times and now has a lot of experience.

The sixth time fishing, empty rod.

Seventh time fishing, small shrimp.

During this fishing trip, Zhou Qingshan suddenly had an idea and called Mo Yanqiu to cheat. The two of them held the fishing rod together and asked her to pull hard, but Mo Yanqiu's single arm had a thousand pounds of strength and she couldn't even pull up a small shrimp.

It seems that under the rune fishing, the water surface and underwater are completely two different worlds. Without the power of the world rune, that little strength is simply not enough to cross the space.

Zhou Qingshan must do it himself.

His cleverness cannot get around the limitation of "his own strength".

……

The ninth time he fished, he actually caught a badly damaged bamboo slip with "Fire Dance Whirlwind" engraved on it. Zhou Qingshan thought it was a real martial arts skill, so he flipped it open, but there was only the beginning outline left...

This made Mo Yanqiu, who had been watching him fishing nearby, marvel at it.

After several times of fishing, she finally understood the amazing power of the World Rune [Fishing].

……

Zhou Qingshan was not surprised that he had not encountered anything good after eight consecutive fishing trips. He just didn't want to waste the daily fishing opportunities.

One last fishing trip left.

Zhou Qingshan did not continue fishing, but took a short rest to recover his strength, then stood up and changed the fishing spot to the small stream opposite the Cloud Top chessboard, intending to test whether the rune [Fishing] could use 'Essence' as bait.

After all, even empty bait can attract fish.

Dead objects, living things, books, fruits, even the spiritual fish "Red-tailed Golden Carp" can be caught!

Zhou Qingshan felt that he could imitate 'Jiang Taigong fishing' and change to 'straight hook' fishing, so that those who are willing to take the bait will be caught.

It’s just that we’re just starting out now, and we’re broke, so we can’t really show off.

After physical strength recovered.

Zhou Qingshan turned his head and looked not far away.

Under the red jade fruit tree, the little firefly is looking very proud now. Ten chickens are huddled together to make a mattress, and a chubby little yellow chicken is used as a pillow for it. It looks like it is just short of wearing sunglasses.

His round belly heaved up and down, he was sleeping soundly, his mouth was wide open, and he smacked his lips from time to time, as if he had eaten something delicious in his dream.

Its sleeping style and habits are totally unlike those of a bird.

The eleven new little brothers that Xiaoxiao had recruited were exactly the ten chickens that Xiaoxiao had caught before he and Mo Yanqiu entered Xipanling, plus the little yellow chicken that he had fished up.

After just a short absence, it was completely absorbed by it.

Instead of disturbing the little guy, the existence of these creatures made Zhou Qingshan feel that the entire Yunding chessboard was less dead and a little more lively.

call!
Clearing his mind, Zhou Qingshan took a deep breath, washed his hands, and tidied his appearance with a pious look. Everything was ready, and he began his last fishing trip.

Mo Yanqiu noticed Zhou Qingshan's serious expression, so he quietly walked behind him and waited.

Buzz!

Zhou Qingshan threw the fishing hook into the stream. Without hesitation, he immediately used the power of runes to fish and applied "essence" to the hook.

The next moment, he felt something in his heart, sensing that the last essence on the chess piece panel had been consumed.

He confirmed his guess that Rune Fishing and Essence can indeed be used in combination.

Time passed by little by little.
There is the sound of gurgling water in my ears, the stream is flowing continuously.

This time the fishing time was exceptionally long, and Zhou Qingshan felt like half an hour had passed.

If the mysterious feeling of using runes to fish in his mind had not suddenly disappeared, he would have thought it was an empty rod.

A little while later.

Pfft!
At this moment, there was a strong pulling sensation from the fishing rod, and it immediately bent into the shape of a bow. Fortunately, Zhou Qingshan knew that it was not easy to obtain the essence, so he kept his concentration even during a test, and stepped on it in time, otherwise he would have been pulled into the stream.

"what!"

Zhou Qingshan gripped the fishing rod tightly and took a few steps back with steady steps. He exerted force with both hands, veins bulging. He felt that he could barely pull it, but it was extremely heavy.

The force coming from the other side was almost the limit of his current strength.

Keeping calm, Zhou Qingshan clenched his teeth, and used all his strength to slowly pull upwards.

Ripples appeared on the water surface. Fortunately, the pulling force applied to the fishing rod did not increase or decrease, so it should not be a living creature...

Beads of sweat appeared on Zhou Qingshan's forehead. He concentrated all his attention and pulled backwards slowly and firmly, step by step.

The bend of the fishing rod is getting bigger and bigger.

It has almost reached its limit.

Just as the hook was about to emerge from the water, an ominous "click" sound suddenly came from the middle of the fishing rod. It was the crisp sound of the bark of a branch cracking.

not good!

Zhou Qingshan's heart tightened. He knew this was a sign that the fishing rod was about to break, so he quickly took action and swung it upwards with all his strength before it broke.

There was a click.

The fishing rod broke with a sound
Zhou Qingshan lost his footing and fell backwards due to the reaction force. Seeing this, Mo Yanqiu immediately stepped forward, stretched out his hand and held him steadily.

Zhou Qingshan stopped and looked at the stream.

Although the fishing rod had broken, Zhou Qingshan's eyes did not show disappointment. Instead, his eyes were fixed on the silver stone lying quietly by the stream.

He finally pulled up the thing that used the 'essence as bait'.

This wave is not a loss!
His whole body was limp and sweaty. People who didn't know him would think he was doing some extreme sport. Zhou Qingshan was the first person who could do such a leisurely activity as fishing in this way.

He lay in Mo Yanqiu's arms without any image, breathing heavily to rest.

After regaining some strength, Zhou Qingshan stepped forward and picked up the silver stone from the ground. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, weighed it, listened to the sound, and then put it in his mouth and took a bite.

"It's actually silver?! Such a big piece of silver?!"

Zhou Qingshan couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhao Guobaoyuan is a large coin made of a special spiritual wood. It is a wooden sign that is extremely hard and difficult to damage, and will last for hundreds of years.

The denominations are engraved with one treasure yuan, five treasure yuan, ten treasure yuan, fifty treasure yuan and one hundred treasure yuan.

But except for the 100-yuan note, the other denominations of the notes will fall depending on the situation.

In simple terms, prices are rising.

Baoyuan became worthless.

Ordinary farmers in the spiritual realm cannot leave their homes in their entire lives and have no need for it, so farmers mainly use copper coins to communicate with each other, followed by bartering, and rarely use treasure yuan for transactions.

Among them, only the one hundred Baoyuan will not depreciate under any circumstances, and no one can counterfeit it.

Sometimes you even need five or six hundred Baoyuan of other denominations to exchange for a hundred Baoyuan, and there is no place to exchange them.

Why?

Because the two big characters on the one hundred treasure coins were printed after melting "one tael of silver"!
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