Chapter 128: Human Bait Fish Mince
Beautiful singing voices rang out on the river surface, sounding like weeping and complaining.
Everyone watched, and they all felt refreshed and delighted.
After a burst of singing stopped, those river sharks drew even closer to the transport boat, almost sticking to the ship hull, but because the transport boat was too tall and massive, they could not climb aboard.
The river sharks, indistinguishable as male or female, gazed with melancholy at the boat below, lingering and reluctant to leave.
At this time, there was an immortal seed on the boat who boldly asked the three Refining Qi Immortals, facing them:
“May I ask, Immortal Elders, what are these river sharks doing? Could they be seeking to throw themselves into the net?”
One middle-aged-looking Refining Qi Immortal in the middle smiled and said: “They are seeking spouses, deliberately tempting you all.”
Another Immortal Cultivator among them pointed at the river sharks under the boat: “These river sharks can breed on their own, but they particularly love mating with other races to absorb essence for raising their offspring.
In any river section with river sharks, passing boats, especially mortal boats, are extremely prone to being tempted, and often everyone on board, regardless of gender, gets drained dry into skeletons and dies.”
As these words were spoken, the crowd who had been curious turned pale with shock, and many instinctively stepped back half a pace.
Seeing the over a hundred immortal seeds on the boat change color, the middle-aged-looking Refining Qi Immortal smiled again and said:
“However, river sharks are also a great tonic. It is said their flesh not only contains spiritual energy, but if refined into pills and consumed, it can increase the chances of Refining Qi by a few points.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the immortal seeds who had various expressions on their faces all perked up, their gazes fixed tightly on the river sharks in the river surface.
Refining Qi! That was their greatest purpose for joining the sect on this trip.
Fang Shu was in the crowd, and he was no exception, feeling moved.
Spiritual flesh that could increase the chances of Refining Qi was rare; he had never even heard of it in Gu Ling Town.
Suddenly, someone beside him whispered:
“Fellow Daoist, are the Immortal Elders on the boat speaking the truth? Don’t you also know about these river sharks?”
Fang Shu looked up and saw it was that immortal seed named Wu Dan, his eyes gleaming with excitement, looking eager to try.
Er Dai Yuan heard this, and hesitation showed on her face, then she nodded: “There are indeed rumors in the markets that river sharks are a great tonic, with effects of nourishing yin and supplementing yang, and consuming them can enhance water affinity slightly, with considerable spirituality.
The claim of increasing Refining Qi chances is probably not false.”
As these words were spoken, that immortal seed named Wu Dan immediately breathed heavily.
Amid the faint restlessness of the crowd on the boat, those few Refining Qi Immortals suddenly spoke again:
“River sharks are rare encounters. Our cultivation is too high; going into the water would scare them away. If you all can help us catch a few river shark tails, there will surely be rewards!”
The already restless immortal seeds became even more eager to try.
However, since river sharks could drain people into skeletons, the moved immortal seeds still hesitated and did not dare act rashly.
Fang Shu watched from the side, and he suddenly remembered the lesson from last time on the boat when Yin Xiao Jian had his essence sucked by the toad woman.
Thus, he thoroughly suppressed his inner impulse and stayed low-key without saying a word.
Seeing this, the middle-aged Refining Qi Immortal spoke again:
“Everyone, rest assured, these river sharks will not take lives.
Moreover, all three of us can swear an oath: if they dare seriously injure you or endanger your lives, we will surely strike to slay the monsters!”
These words made the immortal seeds, who were already bored from the boat ride, completely unable to hold back.
“Since the Immortal Elders have sworn, as long as there is serious injury, you will act! It’s feasible!”
“Even widowers and widows in the mortal world dare to raise these things. We Third Calamity Immortals, how could we fear them? At most, we’ll lose a bit of essence.”
That Wu Dan, in front of Fang Shu and the others, excitedly said:
“Fellow Daoists, will you go into the water with me?”
Er Dai Yuan and others felt moved. But everyone had finally boarded the Immortal Sect boat and was about to join the immortal gate, not wanting any complications.
Thus, amid the restlessness, only a few immortal seeds on the full boat boldly stepped forward.
They made a bow to the Refining Qi Immortals: “Greetings to the three Immortal Elders!”
The Refining Qi Immortals responded: “Good! Go into the water with peace of mind.”
Amid a round of encouragement.
Fang Shu’s cheap roommate Wu Dan turned his head, looked at Fang Shu and the others, and laughed:
“Everyone, though my name is Wu Dan, do I now seem to have some courage?”
The reason this person went into the water was actually because his scores and strength ranked at the bottom in the Gu Ling Town Spring Examination, and now he wanted to show off and gain some benefits to advance his cultivation.
Splash!
Soon, several immortal seeds shed their robes and leaped into the river water.
They all had Third Calamity Cultivation, unable to walk on water but able to move with knees at water level like flat ground. After jumping in, they immediately circled with those river sharks, looking quite harmonious.
The originally melancholy river sharks sang again, circling the immortal seeds who jumped in, drawing circles on the river surface.
These humanoid fish-like creatures all had graceful figures, dancing like swans, extremely pleasing to the eye.
Fang Shu and the others on the boat watched and found it amusing, all showing smiles.
Among the crowd, those three Refining Qi Immortals exchanged glances, smiles appearing on their faces.
Just as the river sharks danced most intensely, a wave of spiritual pressure appeared on the river surface, startling Fang Shu and the others on the boat.
Immediately after, screams came from the river surface.
“Ahh!”
Wu Dan and the others’ faces all showed anxious panic, as if they had encountered something terrifying, frantically climbing toward the giant boat.
“Save us! Save us!” cries for help rang out.
This scene made the immortal seeds on the boat all shudder.
But the three Refining Qi Immortals who had just sweetly persuaded everyone and sworn oaths were still smiling and watching from the sidelines with hands in sleeves.
Facing the suspicious gazes of Fang Shu and the others, the three casually pointed at the river surface and said:
“To let you all know, monsters are treacherous and not to be approached lightly.”
“Haha, this little lesson is free instruction from us seniors to you all.”
Only when blood bloomed on the river surface did the three Refining Qi Immortals speak:
“Time to act; if lives are lost, it will unnecessarily damage the immortal seeds. We will also face some fallout.”
Whoosh.
The three Refining Qi Immortals all looked pleased, leaped onto the river surface, and walked on water with composure.
As soon as the Refining Qi Immortals approached, those beautiful-faced river sharks indeed startled and dove into the water.
But several river sharks with blood on their mouths and faces lingered without leaving.
This scene proved the three Refining Qi Immortals had not lied; the river sharks truly feared them.
And those immortal seeds who went into the water had become “bait” materials.
With Wu Dan and the others as ties, the three Immortal Cultivators reached out with both hands, rescuing people while deftly catching a few river sharks and returning without missing any.
Seeing no one had died after all, Fang Shu and the others on the boat had slightly improved expressions.
But for Wu Dan and the other immortal seeds who went into the water, their faces were ashen and deathly pale, with no relief at surviving the ordeal.
Because at their crotches, each was a bloody mess, and through the torn robes, severed meridians could be seen.
After all, as roommates, Fang Shu and the others went forward to help and immediately discovered their roommate Wu Dan, who though had courage, now had no balls.
This fellow’s two outer kidneys along with his genitals had all vanished without a trace.
Fortunately, such injuries for Third Calamity Immortals were indeed not serious and would not endanger lives.
Next, what shocked Fang Shu and the others even more was that the three Refining Qi Immortals had already sat cross-legged on the ground.
They laughed aloud:
“Haha, pill refining? That would be wasteful.”
“Such spiritual flesh should be made into fish sashimi to taste its freshness.”
The three, heedless of others, laid out the five-to-six-foot river sharks on the deck, not killing them first but directly slicing open these monsters’ fish tails with their nails, eating the raw fish tail meat.
In no time, aside from the human-like upper bodies of the several river sharks, their lower bodies already showed exposed bones, slender as if drawn, eaten clean.
