Chapter 5: Fishing and Hunting at Lake Xingwang (Part 1)

  Lei Xingfeng asked after landing on the shore, "Is this the area where Lake Star Python lives?"

  Wu Zhen followed behind Lei Xingfeng, and since he had advanced to the Thousand Wheel Master, he had become extremely respectful towards Lei Xingfeng, hoping that Lei Xingfeng would occasionally point out his mistakes. This effect was really good, but Lei Xingfeng understood in his heart that there was nothing more he could teach him now. During this period, Wu Zhen needed to consolidate his cultivation and continue with normal practice.

  "Yes, lake sturgeon were once found here, but at that time we didn't have enough power to succeed, this time I hope we can make it."

  "This is the most likely place to see the lake star python, other places are not necessarily, our time is only one month, when the time comes we must go back."

  Many people started moving supplies from the ship, and a large wooden shed on the shore had thick wooden boards laid out to isolate the dampness of the ground. Thin gauze was hung around it to ward off swarms of mosquitoes. A large wooden shed covering nearly a hundred square meters quickly became a suitable dwelling place.

  Lei Xingfeng got a very good position, just by the lake, with a great view, no need to squeeze together with others, it's an independent space, separated by a thin curtain.

  As the commander, Zhong Geng lived in the central position of the wooden shed. Wu Zhen deliberately lived next to Lei Xingfeng in order to have more exchanges with him.

  The news of the two advancing also reached Han Xiu Bao's ears, but she had not yet reached a bottleneck. Although she was not anxious to break through, she was extremely envious and had no reason to come to Lei Xing Feng's place.

  Zhong Geng directed his subordinates to sort out the weapons, the most important of which was the steel crossbow. This thing was roughly as expected by Lei Xingfeng, with a considerable volume, its arrows were quite astonishing, about the thickness of a child's arm, made entirely of steel, the arrowhead was also thick and large, with sharp hooks, and had very deep blood grooves on it, once hit, it would be like opening a blood ditch.

  There were eight steel crossbows, each with a three-meter-long bow arm that required a winch to string. According to Lei Xingfeng's speculation, even if he tried to resist the full-steel arrow head-on, it would be very difficult. He didn't know whether his unique Mihuan armor could withstand this kind of crossbow attack, and he certainly didn't want to test it out. Due to the influence of his past life, he had an instinctive fear of arrows.

  The steel crossbows were installed on the bows of eight wooden ships, and servants and fishermen began to maintain the steel crossbows, mainly adjusting and applying oil. The steel crossbows in the humid area, nothing else is feared, just afraid of rust, so these eight steel crossbows all have dedicated personnel for maintenance and repair. This kind of steel crossbow is very precious, because its power has already threatened the thousand-wheel masters.

  After resting for a day, it was also to let Zhong Gang and Wu Zhen consolidate their cultivation. They had just broken through, and it was not suitable to start acting immediately.

  The next morning, ten wooden boats left the dock, leaving one as a reserve.

  Lei Xingfeng's wooden boat was the largest one, wrapped in alligator skin on the outside. When the boat entered the deep water area, some fishermen began to apply alligator blood to the fish skin and occasionally sprinkled minced alligator meat into the lake water.

  Zhong Geng held a thick and heavy steel fishing fork in his hand, Wu Zhen also held the same fishing fork, he asked: "Do you want to take one?"

  The steel fish fork had a reverse thorn, once it was stabbed into the fish body, it would hook the fish. There were bundles of fish forks at the feet of two men. Leixing Peak shook his head and smiled: "I have my own weapon." As he said this, his wrist flipped over, and the black bow appeared in his hand. He took out six specially-made steel arrows, one by one, and inserted them into the wooden board at the bow of the boat.

  Wu Zhen Dao said: "Steel arrows are powerless underwater."

  Lei Xingfeng smiled and said: "Steel crossbow... is also the same, then you still use it, hehe."

  Wu Zhen suddenly felt embarrassed and smiled. They wouldn't use crossbows to directly attack targets underwater either, they would definitely wait until they surfaced before attacking.

  "Is there a wooden board here?"

  Zhong Gengqi said: "What do you want a wooden board for? Do you have a wooden board? How big is it?"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "About one foot in size, a little bigger or smaller doesn't matter, just about right, find some more."

  Wu Zhen said: "I'll go find some." He soon found over a dozen wooden boards and placed them on the deck.

  Lei Xingfeng casually put it away in the wheel storage space and said, "Is that all? Get some more."

  "Wu Zhen said, 'Alright.' He immediately instructed the old man with the surname Tian to go find some on another boat. About half an hour later, he brought back nearly a hundred small wooden boards, all of which were stored in Lei Xingfeng's wheel storage space."

  The boat drifted on the lake for a whole day until nightfall, and returned to the camp without seeing anything. The lake was calm and peaceful, with no sign of the legendary fish, nor any large fish, only the flesh and blood of the alligator gar had scared away all the other fish.

  It's been busy for over a decade, departing every morning and returning in the evening, but still can't find Lake Star Python, even Zhong Geng is getting anxious, with only a dozen days left, if it's still not found, this opportunity will be wasted again.

  Every evening, Lei Xingfeng would run to the top of Shishan to cultivate. During this time, he discovered that the air contained a large amount of thunder elements, which made his cultivation rapid and fierce. Moreover, he knew in his heart that the local rainy season was probably approaching.

  That morning, Lei Xingfeng boarded the ship as usual and saw Zhong Geng frowning and staring at the distant lake surface. He comforted him, "Don't be too anxious, even if this fishing trip isn't successful, you still have other gains, don't you?"

  "Yes, I shouldn't be so greedy, but after preparing for so many years and coming back several times without success, it's really frustrating."

  Lei Xingfeng asked curiously: "Didn't you guys meet with Hu Xingchong again, and even fought once? What does it look like?"

  "He said: 'Very beautiful shape, with horns on its head, about one meter long silver-white horns, a very long mouth, front paws, as for the hind paws... we didn't find any, it has a very long tail, its outer skin is not like fish scales but rather layered things that are unclear what they are, yet can emit two rays of light, one blue and one silver, alternating flashes, can defend against most attacks.'"

  Lei Xingfeng was bewildered, and he found it difficult to recall the original appearance of Hu Xingman in his mind.

  Wu Zhenyao said: "Yes, it's especially beautiful, but it's extremely dangerous. We've lost many people and can't stop it at all."

  "Let's wait and see, what is meant to be won't run away, what isn't meant to be... can't be sought after. Hehe, it depends on our luck and fate."

  Someone came to report and said: "Master, there is not much blood and flesh of the alligator gar left, shall we continue to scatter?"

  Zhong Geng was even more depressed, saying: "Continue, this time sprinkle a bit more, if we can't find it again, we will have to leave, what's the use of those flesh and blood?" The man responded and turned around to leave, suddenly the buckets of flesh and blood on the boat were thrown out, and the air was filled with a strong bloody smell.

  Just before noon, Lei Xingfeng suddenly stood up at the bow of the boat and said, "It's coming!" He had a strong premonition that there was a powerful creature lurking in the vicinity, peeking at their fleet from the direction ahead.

  Zhong Geng and Wu Zhen both stood up, and in unison asked: "Where?"

  Lei Xingfeng pointed ahead and said, "It should be just up front!" He couldn't be absolutely sure, but he knew in his heart that Hu Xingman was ahead.

  Zhong Geng believed that Lei Xingfeng would not speak nonsense, and he immediately ordered the ten ships to form an arc shape. The wooden ship with eight steel crossbows installed was arranged on both sides, with four steel crossbows on one side and the other ships in front, quickly pressing forward.

  The entire fleet suddenly became tense, every single person, especially the ordinary people, were all quickly and nervously busy with their own work. From the beginning, Zhong Geng had said that no link was allowed to go wrong, whoever made a mistake would die, without him killing them, Hu Xingman could take care of it himself. Everyone took their work seriously, even if Hu Xingman was right next to them, they still had to complete their own tasks.

  For this, Zhong Geng had trained them for a long time, and now the efficiency was revealed. As soon as the order was given, the entire fleet quickly sprang into action, with hardly any signs of disorder. Lei Xingfeng couldn't help but praise, "Not bad, not bad at all."

  "Wu Zhen explained in a low voice: 'The master has trained them for a long time.'"

  Lei Xingfeng nodded, thinking to himself: "No wonder, those who have been trained and those who haven't are completely different." He smiled and said: "The failures of the past few times were related to insufficient training?"

  Wu Zhen said with a bit of embarrassment: "The first two times didn't train at all, it was a mess. The third time did train, but didn't find the Lake Star Python, haha."

  Lei Xingfeng couldn't help but laugh, and said: "This time it's definitely going to work, as long as it comes out."

  It was just noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the morning mist had already dispersed. From the bow of the boat, you could see a long way off. The lake surface stretched out endlessly, and it was impossible to tell how big it was. Moreover, the water in this part of the lake was extremely deep. Zhong Geng had once sent someone to investigate, but they couldn't even reach the bottom at over 100 meters deep.

  The deeper the lake, the more ferocious the monsters are. Everyone understands this point in their hearts. Only such places are truly suitable for large aquatic organisms to be active. If it's a shallow water area, large fish can't even get there, and no matter how good the environment is, it's useless.

  A flash of silver light flickered, followed immediately by a blue glow flashing past, and a water mark appeared in the distance.

  Zhong Geng exclaimed with surprise and delight: "Really! That's the Lake Star Snake! Haha, haha, I've finally seen it again!"

  "Wu Zhen also shouted: 'Good! Master, I'm going to that boat!' He immediately boarded a very small boat tied behind the big ship, a special tool for getting on and off various wooden boats. He went to the large wooden boat where Tian Dabiao was, who was actually in command, while Tian Dabiao wasn't even qualified."