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His fishing hook had no bait at all, and he had no fishing technique. Being a complete newbie, he had cast twice and both times he had caught something. Naturally, he wouldn't think his fishing talent was particularly good.

The Secret Realm lasted only three hours.

Not too long.

Chen Qiu didn't delay too much, casting his line again. This time it took slightly longer, about forty seconds or so, before he finally caught another green fish, which once again transformed into three Spirit Stones.

Then, he stuffed the fishing rod into his Storage Ring and immediately strode toward the deck cabin below.

Having met the requirement of catching two green fish, he could level up his fishing rod again by passing the second challenge.

...

After he entered the second challenge room below deck,

he returned to the empty deck.

"The second challenge, defeat four Foundation Establishment eighth-level Fishman Monsters within a hundred seconds."

Not far from the deck,

four Fishman Monsters, emanating the aura of the Foundation Establishment eighth level, were holding Fish Spears. In the instant the mist transformed into clouds and disappeared, they roared in unison and charged at him!

"Boom...!"

After casually releasing a hundred Thunder Dragons again, these Fishman Monsters had only taken a few steps before turning into green smoke and dissipating in mid-air.

"Magic Practitioners are just this strong."

Chen Qiu looked at the Fishman Monsters, weak to the point of collapsing at a single blow, and chuckled. He relished the sense that no one could withstand his casual strike, feeling that, as a Magic Practitioner, this is how it should be!

Soon—

Chen Qiu, who had walked out from below the deck cabin, now held a fishing rod that had turned into the waxy Yellow fishing rod.

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"Yellow fishing rod."

"Can catch up to Yellow fish, upgrade to blue level by catching 'three Yellow fish' and passing the third challenge inside the cabin below deck."

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"Cast the rod!"

Chen Qiu stood on the edge of the deck and confidently cast his line. Within ten seconds, the fishing line trembled violently again. His eyes sparkled as he swiftly reeled in his catch, hauling up a large White fish.

"..."

He looked at the White fish on the ground that had transformed into a Spirit Stone, his brow slightly furrowed.

But he didn't overthink it and prepared to cast again since the highest he could catch were Yellow fish. Not every catch could be a White fish, right?

Just then—

"Wow!"

Shouts of astonishment came from a nearby crowd, where a dozen people surrounded a young man with a face flushed from excitement. Before the young man on the deck, there was a fish changing colors between grey, green, and seven-colored.

This peculiar fish was hovering in a cloud-mist panel above, displaying images of three fish.

"Which fish did you catch?"

"Grey fish, green fish, seven-colored fish."

"Please make a selection within ten seconds."

The surrounding Cultivators crowded around the young man, offering their opinions fervently. After a deep thought and a serious expression, the young man chose the "grey fish" option.

This choice clearly tested his greed, demonstrating that as long as he remained earnest without arrogance or humility, he was bound to receive the best reward.

After the man made his choice,

the fish with its ever-changing glow slowly turned into a Grey fish, then alongside the disappearance of the Grey fish, a coin appeared on the deck.

The moment he saw that coin, the young man, who had just been neither servile nor arrogant, suddenly stiffened, then collapsed on the deck and began to scream hysterically, appearing nothing like a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The Cultivators who had been vociferously offering advice around him now dispersed with satisfied expressions, clearly finding this outcome very satisfying to most.

It's painful not having an adventure of your own.

But watching someone else earn an adventure is even more painful.

...

"That panel looks so familiar..."

Fat Long tilted his head towards the man lying on the ground amid an emotional breakdown: "At first, I also thought the grey one was the correct answer. Now, it seems like the seven-colored fish should be the right answer?"

"Impossible."

Chen Qiu cast his line again and looked towards the horizon: "There's no way the seven-colored fish would be given away that easily. Even if you chose the seven-colored fish, it probably would have turned into a grey fish. I think the correct answer might be the green fish, choosing it might actually win you a green fish."

"Is that so?"

Fat Long pondered: "That makes sense."
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"Fish on!"

With the fishing line trembling fiercely, Chen Qiu finally caught a Yellow fish for the first time. As the Yellow fish was hauled onto the deck, it transformed into ten Spirit Stones in a flash of white light.

"More Spirit Stones?"

Chen Qiu's eyebrows twitched; he had thought something special might happen, but it turned out everything he caught was just Spirit Stones. That way, his gain from this Secret Realm would be minimal. Even if he upgraded his fishing rod to the highest level and fished for the full three hours, he'd gather just a few thousand Spirit Stones at most.

Though not a small amount, it was much less than he had expected.

Without further thought, Chen Qiu continued fishing. Even the tiniest bite had to be chewed since it was being fed straight to his mouth, and a few thousand Spirit Stones were not a small sum for him.

...

An hour later,

three Yellow fish had been hooked, all transforming into thirty Spirit Stones.

Chen Qiu immediately got up and strode towards the cabin below the deck.