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Chapter 289: Fishing Up a World! Tomb of the Gods! (Part 1)
Chapter 289: Fishing Up a World! Tomb of the Gods! (Part 1)
"Brother, no, Master, why do you have such a strange look in your eyes?" He Qiang noticed something odd about Lin Fan's gaze and asked, "Do I have something on my face?"
"No!"
"I was just saying..." Lu Ming sighed, "Your future is limitless."
"You're destined to become an Emperor!"
"..."
He Qiang chuckled, "Master, you're so funny."
"Me, a fishing master, becoming an Emperor?"
"The Fishing Emperor?"
Don't say it.
You really shouldn't say that! Lu Ming muttered to himself, thinking, 'You're probably right, I might just be able to fish my way to becoming an Emperor!'
By bringing him along on his cultivation journey, he was merely shortening this 'process', right? Otherwise, with his cheat by his side, He Qiang would eventually become an 'Emperor' just by fishing. It was hard not to be impressive with such an advantage.
Fortunately, he had arrived at the right time. If he had come a little later, perhaps He Qiang would have already fished out something amazing, and it would have been difficult to convince him to cultivate then!
"Let's not talk about this."
Lu Ming smiled, "Who can say what the future holds?"
"Let's start with the apprenticeship."
"Okay!"
"It's best to start cultivation tonight." He Qiang expressed his eagerness.
Before, he had no desire to cultivate.
But after being persuaded by Lu Ming, he realized that not cultivating would cause big problems and even affect his fishing, so he became determined to cultivate.
Of course, he would still fish.
Rest was out of the question.
He felt uncomfortable if he didn't fish for a day.
Only by fishing every day could he live a normal life.
The apprenticeship ceremony was relatively simple.
After all, they were away from home.
However, this time, Lu Ming didn't use his current identity to take on a disciple. Instead, he reverted to his original appearance and, as Lin Fan, directly accepted He Qiang as a direct disciple of the Moon Embrace Sect.
Interestingly, this 'little junior brother' was actually the oldest among all the disciples.
But He Qiang didn't care about such things. Even if Lin Fan told him about it, he didn't mind and continued to smile cheerfully.
"Let's go, let's go."
After the three kneels and nine prostrations, Lin Fan helped He Qiang up, feeling great, and said with a smile, "Let's go to your home and stew this fish. After we eat and drink our fill, I'll teach you cultivation."
"That's great!"
He Qiang took two steps and suddenly patted his forehead, "I almost forgot my fishing rod!"
He turned back to retrieve his rod, but to his surprise, it wouldn't budge!
"..."
"A big catch!"
His eyes lit up, but soon furrowed.
"Something's wrong!"
"This feeling, it's not a living thing."
"Is it stuck at the bottom?"
"What bad luck!"
He Qiang sighed softly, cursing his misfortune.
There was no fisherman who didn't hate getting stuck at the bottom, and he was no exception.
"Let's give it a try. If I can pull it back, great; if not, it's fate."
At this moment, he didn't want to get into the water, especially since the lake was almost the size of an ocean on Earth, and the hook was in some 'plane' at the bottom.
How was he going to deal with this?
It was better to try pulling and rescuing it rather than cutting the line.
"Come on!"
He Qiang exerted himself, pulling the rod and line.
But it was still incredibly difficult.
As he struggled with the rod, it became almost immovable.
"I don't believe it!"
"At worst, I'll snap the line."
He Qiang gritted his teeth, his eyes wide, "Come on..."
"Pull!"
Boom!
Under Lin Fan's watchful eye, the lake's surface once again churned with terrifying waves.
The commotion was even greater and more shocking than when the true dragon had struggled earlier.
"What?!"
"Something's wrong!"
In an instant, Lin Fan was certain that something was amiss!
If it was just stuck at the bottom, how could it create such a huge disturbance? What had he caught?
"Open your eyes!"
In that instant, Lin Fan's eyes shone with countless stars, peering through the lake's surface to see the 'truth'.
And at that moment, he saw it!
"What is that???"
Lin Fan's scalp tingled.
The scene he witnessed shook him to his core.
"Holy shit!"
He couldn't help but curse, losing all composure, "Can this be real?"
What had he seen?
The fishing line, through the lake, led to a 'mysterious' place.
Perhaps, here, in the multiverse, the line and hook could reach any realm, all depending on fate.
At this moment, the hook and line had entered a world of 'darkness', and Lin Fan couldn't see what was in this world.
But the problem was, he clearly saw that the hook had caught the 'ground' of this world!
If you called that 'stuck at the bottom', it was indeed true.
It was truly stuck at the bottom!
But what was hooked was the earth itself! And even more exaggerated and outrageous was...
At this moment, the world was trembling, shaking, and even hinting at a desire to 'take off'! What could this mean?! It couldn't be what he was thinking, could it?
Lin Fan was shocked, his body numb, his mouth twisted.
"This damn..."
He turned to look at He Qiang, who was 'struggling to pull'.
Even though he knew He Qiang had a cheat, an overpowered one at that, he still couldn't help but feel that this cheat exceeded his imagination.
It was over the top!
Absolutely over the top!
Damn, this was too much!
What?
He was already his disciple?
Oh, then it was fine.
Boom!!!
At that very moment, the lake's surface seemed to boil.
In an instant, the entire lake's water surged upwards, rushing to an unknown height, and the 'world' under Lin Fan's gaze rushed towards them from the multiverse.
"Holy shit..."
"Another 'wo cao' escaped his lips.
Lin Fan felt his body stiffen.
He even had the urge to dodge immediately!
But...
There was no escape.
It was a world!
Even if it wasn't a grand world, but a small one, it was still a world.
If He Qiang had indeed hooked it, and it came crashing down like this... Its power would be countless times stronger than a meteor hitting the Earth!
At its current speed, it was heading straight for them.
The entire Immortal Martial Continent might very well be in danger of collapse!
Where could they possibly escape to?
"Mother of God!!!"
At this moment, Lin Fan had an impulse to hope that He Qiang wouldn't hook it up.
Fortunately, he remained calm.
"No, no, don't panic!"
"It won't be that bad, not like this."
"After all, it's a protagonist template, and a Fishing the Multiverse template, not a death chat group. How could it kill itself and take the entire world with it?"
"So, there must be a twist!"
Just as Lin Fan thought, a twist appeared.
As Lin Fan watched, the world rapidly approached the 'lake', but at the same time, it was shrinking at an astonishing rate.
In the blink of an eye, it had shrunk countless times.
Boom!
As the world 'emerged from the water', all the incredible scenes seemed to disappear in an instant.
And under Lin Fan's gaze, that world transformed into a...
Broken rock!
It was indeed just a broken rock, no bigger than a fist, and it looked ordinary. There was even a faint stench emanating from it.
Aside from that, there were no clues to be found.
Even with Lin Fan using his half-formed Eye Spell, he couldn't detect any issues.
It seemed like just an unremarkable broken rock, nothing more.
At this moment, He Qiang was utterly bewildered.
"What the hell is this?"
The rock almost hit him on the head!
"Didn't it get hooked?"
"I used all my strength, and this is all I got?"
"It almost broke my head, what a rip-off!"
He removed the fishing hook from the rock and was about to throw it into the lake.
Lin Fan was dumbfounded!
"Stop!"
Lin Fan quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't you know what this is?"
"What?"
He Qiang looked confused, "Isn't it just a rock that almost exhausted me and nearly gave me a concussion? What's the use of this thing?"
Then, he grumbled, "This broken cheat is such a rip-off!"
"You talk about Fishing the Multiverse, boasting to be better than anyone else."
"You said you could fish up anything good, but after two or three years of fishing, what did I get?"
"At least I caught a giant soft-shelled turtle, but the rest... I almost threw up!"
"I even fished up a large band-aid and a lady's original-flavored underwear, can you believe it?"
"Aside from that, I've fished up all sorts of weird things, but never a normal fish. This time, I even fished up a damn rock!"
The more He Qiang spoke, the angrier he became.
"I give up!"
"What's this about a Fishing Sacred Body? What bullshit is that?"
"I say, it's better to just go regular fishing, at least I can enjoy the fun of fishing. This... sigh, what a rip-off!"
Lin Fan: "..."
"Original-flavored underwear?!"
Lin Fan seized on the key point, asking, "How do you know it's original-flavored?"
"Have you smelled it?"
"..."
He Qiang was almost in tears, "There's a yellow stain on it, what do you think?"
"It almost made me sick!"
"Last time, I fished up a severed hand, and it scared me so much I almost called the police!"
"Unfortunately, there are no cops here."
"It's a real pain."
"Wait, Master, the question now is, is it original-flavored or not?"
"Why would I keep this broken rock?"
Lin Fan: "..."
He didn't know his luck!
Criticizing other things was one thing, but he was criticizing his own cheat for being weak? Lin Fan looked at He Qiang's broken black rock, speechless.
His mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"This is not just some broken rock."
Lin Fan gave him a deep look and said earnestly, "This is a good thing."
"A good thing?!"
"This broken rock?!"
He Qiang glared, "How is that possible? Are you saying there's something inside, like... a gambling stone with treasures within? Or..."
"Then... let's cut it open?"
"Your imagination is running wild. It does have something good inside, but it's not a gambling stone, and it can't be cut open. Moreover, I'm sure we can't cut it open either."
This was the result of a shrunken world!
Although he had heard of the concept of a world within a grain of sand, witnessing a world transform into a rock was still astonishing.
Furthermore, even if he couldn't understand the rules at play or the role He Qiang's cheat played in turning a world into a rock, allowing an ordinary person to hold it with one hand, it was certain that he himself couldn't split it open.
With his current strength, unable to defeat even a Ninth Level cultivator, how could he possibly split open a world?
Moreover, even if he could, who knew what might be inside?
If he did split it open and it led to a 'Big Bang', what then?
Even without a Big Bang, what if the creatures within were demons or other strange things, and they invaded the Immortal Martial Continent?
This was a different world, unlike Song Yunxiao's secret realm, and he had to be cautious!
Everyone had to be cautious!
"That's... a world!" Lin Fan replied in a deep voice.
"What the heck are you talking about?!"
"You... what did you just say?!"
He Qiang shivered, and the broken stone in his hand dropped to the ground, "Master, you... you're saying this broken stone is a world? How is that possible?"
"It's fake, right?!"
"How big and heavy could a world be?!"
"How could I possibly hold it in one hand? If I could, wouldn't I be Pangu himself?" He Qiang chuckled awkwardly as he looked at the broken stone that had rolled a couple of times at his feet.
"It does sound rather unbelievable."
Lin Fan picked up the stone, "But it's the truth."
"I thought you knew what you were fishing for and could see what you'd caught. But now it seems like you can't see it either."
"I can't see it."
He Qiang looked innocent, "I really can't see it. I just know there's something there, so I pulled it out."
"That's why I'm not happy about it. It's better than my normal fishing, at least I can see what I've caught when I pull it to the surface. If I'd hooked a body, I could report it to the police."
"!!!"
You're always fishing up corpses, are you that wild?
No wonder you're He Tian Di!
Lin Fan sighed, "It's better that we can't see it."
"Anyway, this thing is definitely a treasure."
"A world, although dangerous, if utilized well, is enough to make you soar."
"What you've fished up is yours, and it's up to you to decide what to do with it. But you can't just throw it away as a broken stone."
"Then... that's true."
He Qiang scratched his head, "I can't see it either, but I don't think Master would joke about this. But I don't know what to do with it."
"Speaking of which, how do cultivators usually handle this kind of situation?"
Lin Fan twitched his mouth.
How the hell are we cultivators supposed to deal with this situation?
Do you think this kind of situation is easy to come by?
Or do you think this is a common occurrence?
Do you think everyone has experience with this?
Lin Fan sighed helplessly, "You should understand the benefits of owning a world, or at least have some idea."
"I can imagine it," He Qiang nodded, looking at Lin Fan with an innocent expression.
I really don't know what to do with it.
Lin Fan sighed softly at his harmless expression, "It's fine if you can imagine it. The benefits of owning a world can't be explained in a few words."
"And you... could even say you possess the Multiverse..."
"Of course, that's an exaggerated way of putting it."
"Getting back to the point, the basic approach to dealing with this world is to ensure we won't be invaded in return and then gain benefits from it."
"That's the basic operation."
Although he had never owned a world, Moon Embrace Sect had secret realms, and not a few of them! While there were fundamental differences, the process was more or less the same.
The biggest difference was perhaps that these 'secret realms' had some information before entering, but this world was a complete mystery, and they had no idea what kind of world it was.
They didn't know who or what lived in this world, or their strengths.
They didn't even know if the inhabitants were human.
"Then..."
"What should we do specifically?"
Lin Fan: "..."
How the hell should I know?
This is your cheat's doing!!!
I've never been to other worlds, even if I had, I wouldn't know how to enter or exit this world.
He took a deep breath and said, "Let's proceed with caution."
"After all, we have zero information about it."
"Oh~!"
He Qiang nodded in sudden realization.
"Do you understand?"
"Well... to be honest, I'm still not entirely clear."
Then why are you talking nonsense?
Lin Fan's eyes narrowed, "Anyway, it's a valuable item, we can't lose it. Our task now is to figure out how to enter and exit, and gain benefits from it."
"Yeah, that's right."
He Qiang nodded, his attitude was positive.
But he still seemed to be missing something, as if it wasn't quite right.
It was ridiculous.
Lin Fan decided to rephrase, "Then, if everything goes well, we might find a perfect fishing spot in this world."
"What?!"
A perfect fishing spot?!
"What are we waiting for?"
"Let's start right away, Master!"
At that moment, He Qiang's eyes lit up with enthusiasm and impatience.
His gaze towards Lin Fan carried a hint of complaint—if you had told me earlier, I would have understood by now, right?
Ignoring the gaze of the god-level fishing master, Lin Fan toyed with the stone and began his attempt.
"It's very hard."
"My physical strength can't break it, which confirms my earlier guess that it can't be destroyed."
"Furthermore, from a sensory analysis, whether it's touch, temperature, weight, taste, or any other aspect, it's no different from an ordinary stone."
"Even if I carefully sense it with my divine consciousness, or..."
The stars reappeared in his eyes.
"Using the Eye Spell, I still can't see any clues."
"Of course, it's possible that a true 'Divine Eye' or someone with exceptional perception might be able to detect something."
"However, the problem isn't too big. These two existences are extremely rare in the Immortal Martial Continent, and the probability of them noticing this stone is even lower than the chance of being struck by bird droppings while walking on the road."
"That's good news, at least. Even if we both enter, there's no one outside to keep watch, so we don't have to worry about any problems."
Although...
With Lin Fan's level of caution, it's almost impossible for there to be no one outside.
At the same time, he muttered to himself.
It's just that old man who's still alive.
Otherwise, who knows what tricks he'll come up with.
(End of Chapter)
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