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Chapter 100: 6 Star Special Salvage: Fishing Master! (k, please subscribe!)
There must have been some changes in Kisaragi Station that he hadn't noticed.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the steady rails, breathing in and out spiritual energy. At the same time, he could feel the "string" in his heart that connected him to Master Nishaku becoming increasingly solid.

He had a premonition that if his spiritual attributes continued to grow, perhaps he would be able to communicate with the Shikigami's mind even if there were obstacles in the mortal world.

After pondering for a moment, Uesugi Tetsu thought that perhaps the change started when he didn't see the group of demons the last time he passed through the Isaguni Tunnel.

Of course, it could be earlier.

"But Ye Chun and the train didn't show up, which means Ruyue Station hasn't been reopened..."

Although there is no direct evidence, Uesugi Che believes that Ye Chun is most likely staying somewhere in Ruzuki Station and is probably still alive.

All signs indicate that Ye Chun is the core of the Ruyue Station copy, and this change is of course related to her.

So, where can an unarmed high school girl survive for several days in a harsh environment surrounded by demons?
Uesugi Tetsu walked into a convenience store and found that many high-calorie foods had been taken away at random.

But there was no one, and no signs of life.

So there was only one place left.

——Mountain hotel.

But apart from its name, this mountain hotel is definitely not easy to find.

The only thing Uesugi Tetsu could think of was that, apart from being lucky enough to find the hotel directly, he could also be unlucky enough to meet the driver in this ghost story and have him take him to the hotel.

Although he could ask Katsumi for help and spend a lot of soul ash, Uesugi Tetsu felt that it was really unnecessary.

After all, finding the location of the mountain inn is not a very urgent matter. As the map exploration becomes more and more profound, Uesugi Tetsu will naturally discover it.

It’s better to let Ye Chun continue to live in there and test the risk of dying for a few days.

Giving up the idea of looking for the hotel and Ye Chun, Uesugi Che played with his fluffy tail for a while, and decided to return to the real world first.

——Now, let’s take a look at the new card pool.

……

However, the first thing that popped up was not the card pool prompt, but the panel of the unchecked performance scroll.

【Performance Scroll】

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: After use, it will provide 500 points of proficiency for the specified skill.]

【——Time flies by like a shuttle. 】

"It can actually provide 500 proficiency points, not bad."

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows, and then suddenly found that the two-foot-old man who was holding him moved and made a confused murmur.

"Not bad... Master Che, it tastes good..."

Uesugi Tetsu's face darkened, and he immediately raised his finger to punish his own Shikigami with a blow on the head, but after seeing her confused and sweet sleeping face, he couldn't bear to do it.

In the final analysis, the mumbling that Erchi-sama just made in his sleep was due to the words “Not bad” that he said in his heart.

That’s right, after returning to the real world, the “string” in Uesugi Tetsu’s heart that connected him to Nishaku-sama did not fade away with the decline of his spiritual attributes.

On the contrary, because of the close distance, he became extremely sensitive.

Uesugi Tetsu even suspected that if he yelled in his heart now, he would be able to wake up Lord Nishaku.

So let's keep our minds off the mental activity for now...

Uesugi Tetsu put the performance scroll into the storage backpack. He couldn't use this item for the time being. It wouldn't be too late to use it when either the Natural Reason Flow or the Coronal Breathing Technique reached the critical point of breakthrough first.

[Special Salvage: Fishing Master!]

[The first salvage will cost 500 soul ash! Each subsequent salvage will cost double!]

[Number of salvage attempts remaining: three]

[Note: During this special salvage, the appearance rate of high-quality items has been greatly increased!]

Special salvage?

Uesugi Tetsu was intrigued, but no matter how he used his mind to click on the four lines of prompts that popped up, no new prompts or comments popped up to explain this so-called "special salvage."

"So, you mean, I have to try it myself?"

500 soul ash points is indeed a lot, and this special pool does not mark the drop rate, nor does it specify what props, avatars or skills are in the pool.

However, the limited number of salvages and the last sentence "the appearance rate of high-quality props has increased significantly" still made Uesugi Che want to give it a try.

Generally speaking, the real limited pool may not necessarily produce good stuff, but it will definitely have special items that are not available in other pools.

"How about giving it a try first?"

Anyway, the pool of the Abandoned Shrine has just disappeared, and now there is only a half-star card pool left, and you can't draw anything good from the Deep Bamboo Forest.

——If you have soul ashes, you must use them and quickly transform them into strength. If you just hoard them like you are playing a game, sooner or later you will be taught a lesson by reality.

Uesugi Tetsu used his mind to click on the surprisingly simple "special salvage pool" on the card drawing page.

[Do you choose to consume 500 soul ash to start the special salvage: Fishing Master? ]

A second hint?

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows and chose "yes".

[Special salvage is about to begin.]

[Before that, please choose your accompanying Shikigami. ]

After choosing yes, the card drawing animation did not pop up like the previous two card pools, but a prompt popped up again, asking Uesugi Tetsu whether he wanted to bring the Shikigami with him to salvage.

Uesugi Che exclaimed, "This pond...are you asking me to go and 'salvage' it myself?"

Having said that, the soul ash has been consumed and there is no reason to retreat now.

Uesugi Tetsu chose "Yashikami" as his accompanying shikigami, and then his eyes went dark after he felt the water pressure mixed with a strong sense of dizziness.

When Uesugi Che opened his eyes again, what came into view was a blue-green world.

He opened his mouth and blew out a string of bubbles: "What the hell? Did I really go into the pool?"

It turns out that the name of the card pool "Fishing Master" really means what it says.

The dazed Nishaku-sama turned her head around in confusion. When she saw Uesugi Che beside her, she floated over and blew out a string of bubbles: "Popopo... Che-sama, wasn't I sleeping? Where is this place?"

The prompt pops up again——

【Welcome to Special Salvage·Fishing Master! 】

[Here, you need to try your best to catch the fish swimming in the pond within a limited time. ]

Uesugi Tetsu touched her white hat and found that although she was in the pool, there were not many other effects except that her ability to move was hindered.

"I'm sorry to wake you up, but this is a treasure trove." Uesugi Tetsu said, "Sir, please help me catch some of the small fish that will swim around later."

Although Erchisama was confused by this almost unconnected rhetoric, she still understood the meaning of "catching fish".

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and nodded seriously: "Po! I will try my best to catch fish, Master Che!"

Then prompts continue to pop up.

[At the same time, you must ensure that you are not caught by anglers.]

[A single salvage attempt is considered complete when the timer expires or the fish itself is caught.]

Uesugi Che was stunned. He was catching fish in the pond, but there was actually someone outside the pond who would fish him out?

The person who designed this pool has a really bad taste...

[The current random era is the end of the Edo period and the end of the shogunate. ]

[Remaining salvage time: five minutes.]

[Salvage, begin!]

After the last prompt, Uesugi Che sighed, successfully took out the "Kappa Bowl" from the storage backpack and put it on his head. He immediately felt that the surrounding water pressure had reduced the hindrance to his movements a lot.

slam-la-

As far as the eye can see, countless gray and white shrimps and finger-sized fish are swimming around in an instant. Even if you stand still, you can bump into those gray shrimps.

The undercurrent surged, sweeping up the gray-white fish and shrimp like a current.

A small white fish hit Uesugi Tetsu's chest and slowly dissipated.

[Soul Ash +1]

Uesugi Che's eyes lit up, and he casually scooped up a handful of shrimps, watching them slowly dissipate in his hand: "Gray... no reward popped up."

In other words, the gray shrimp are an obstacle designed to prevent them from catching fish and allow higher quality fish to hide among them.

After spending a few seconds looking around, Uesugi Che found that the majority of the fish were grayish-white, while the green fish were relatively rare, swam faster, and were more difficult to catch.

As for the fish emitting blue light, they were even rarer. Uesugi Che only saw two or three from a distance.

——The higher the quality of the fish, the farther away it is from the "birth point". This can be inferred based on the current information.

"But the little green fish didn't transform into Prajna at all. Even though I swam fast with the Kappa's bowl on my head, I was still a little slower than Two-foot-sama."

Less than ten seconds after the fishing began, Uesugi Tetsu had already formulated a fishing strategy in his mind.
"Master Erchi! Just try to catch the green and white fish! Don't worry about the other fish that swim faster than you!"

"poof!"

Erchisama responded loudly, already fully immersed in the battle of wits and courage with the fishes.

As for Uesugi Tetsu himself, he naturally had to swim farther to try to catch the small blue fish, or even the purple fish above it.

Ershaku-sama protects the lower line, while Uesugi Tetsu goes to fight for the upper limit.

This is Uesugi Tetsu’s fishing strategy!
Without any more time to hesitate, Uesugi Tetsu immediately activated the fastest Coronal Breathing Method Type 2 and swam quickly towards the distance.

On the way, many small green fish the size of a palm swam past him, but Uesugi Tetsu did not turn back to change his route. He just caught two or three of the unlucky ones.

[Corona Breathing Skill Proficiency +10]

[Soul Ash +10]

【Spiritual Skills +1! 】

One of the small fish seemed to be dark green, and actually brought a little bonus to Uesugi Tetsu's spiritual attributes.

"The green fish can add attributes, I can't even imagine what the blue and purple fish will reveal."

Uesugi Che stared at the blue fish school that was gradually increasing in number in the distance, as well as a purple fish that was almost one meter long and had sharp teeth that was biting the blue fish into pieces.

Every time the purple fish took a bite, Uesugi Che's heart seemed to ache.

"Since the Kappa bowl can be taken out, there's no reason why the folding fan can't be taken out." Uesugi Tetsu thought quickly, "Then after I transform into a three-tailed fox, I'll have a chance to release the heavenly thunder."

The key is how to use this opportunity.

Should I hit the blue fish in one blow, or should I hit the purple fish with precision?

Seeing the huge monster Uesugi Che approaching, even the domineering purple fish was startled. It gave up the other small fish that were about to reach its mouth and swam away.

Its speed was already one point faster than Uesugi Che's current speed. "Two minutes left."

Uesugi Tetsu used all his strength to stimulate the internal energy in his body.

Coronal Breathing, Form Five!
Swim at full speed!
Uesugi Che, bursting out with all his strength, rushed towards the scattered school of blue fish like an underwater arrow. In just a moment, he arrived next to the blue fish that seemed to be frightened and stayed there motionless.

Grab it!
Snapped!
But the blue fish did not disappear like the other small fish. Instead, it exploded the moment Uesugi Che touched it and turned into dye that smeared on Uesugi Che's face.

You've been cheated!

"What the hell..."

Uesugi Che's face twitched. He wiped off the dye in front of his eyes and continued to swim towards the nearest blue fish, which was also the direction where the purple fish was fleeing.

In less than twenty seconds, feeling that his internal energy was about to dissipate, Uesugi Che finally caught the blue fish that fell at the end of the team, letting it emit a faint cry before dissipating in his hand.

【You got a short-term card! 】

Without further hesitation, Uesugi Tetsu transformed into a three-tailed fox.

He knew that his internal energy was almost exhausted. If he continued chasing like this, not only would he most likely not catch the next blue fish, but he might even let the purple fish slip away from his sight.

So, there is no need to hesitate!

The Zhu folding fan unfolded in the water, and the three-tailed fox's eyes were fixed on the purple fish that seemed to feel a life-and-death crisis and desperately shook its way out of the Z-shaped shaking.

"Panic thunder!"

Ziyu, can you take this thunder with 30 points of spiritual attribute?
As soon as he finished speaking, a deep purple lightning column as thick as a fist fell directly on the purple fierce fish, causing the entire fish to suddenly stretch straight, and then become motionless after shaking wildly.

It was like liquid lightning surging, and in the process of dissipating, it electrocuted a large number of small fish passing by, causing them to turn up their white bellies and float upwards.

"Is that why electric fishing is not allowed..."

Uesugi Che grinned, changed back into the incarnation of Prajna, and slowly swam towards the school of fish that were electrocuted. Then he waved his hand and touched all the fish.

In an instant, densely packed prompts popped up. Although they were all small numbers like 1 or 10, the number was really large.

Just adding up these small gains, Uesugi Che believed that he could earn back the 500 soul ashes for the ticket, not to mention that the other gains were even more significant.

Uesugi Tetsu thought about it and grabbed the tail of the Purple Fish, which was still trembling but not dead.

The purple fish slowly dissipated in the water.

【You got the guaranteed card! 】

There is still one minute left, but Uesugi Che's internal energy has been exhausted.

He wanted to find a few green fish to try and see if he could get some more attributes, but he was shocked to find that the surrounding fish had disappeared at some point, leaving only useless gray shrimps.

The nearest white fish was at least a hundred meters away from him.

"What's going on? Is the fisherman here?"

Uesugi Che looked around but found no trace of the fishhook.

He drew out Kaga Kiyomitsu and chopped apart the shrimps around him, then searched the surroundings carefully bit by bit again.

Then, a faint red light was discovered at the bottom of the river, so faint that it was difficult to detect.

Red light?

Uesugi Che was slightly stunned.

Red, what quality is it?
Purple epic, golden legend... is red even better than that?
Although he felt that such a lucky thing would never happen to him, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but swim towards the faint red light at the bottom of the river.

After all, the salvage time is almost over, and there’s no harm in trying.

Uesugi Che observed for a moment, but even with his sharp eyesight he couldn't tell whether the red light was a fish or something else.

Anyway, let’s touch it first.

Uesugi Tetsu slowly extended his hand...

"——He's taken the bait!"

The moment he touched the red light, a young man's extremely happy voice rang out.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Che saw the red light suddenly dissipate and turn into an ordinary earthworm. Then he felt himself being pulled up uncontrollably, and the next moment he was pulled out of the pool.

As soon as he got out of the water, the swaying Uesugi Tetsu felt that everything around him became blurry, including people and objects.

But the sound is still clear.

A hearty laugh rang out. "Soji-kun, you caught a big fish! I didn't know your fishing skills are that good! How about you teach me next time?"

The young man laughed a little guiltily: "Mr. Serizawa, I didn't expect that I could catch fish just by picking up some bait from the ground..."

Another gentle male voice said, "Okita-kun has always had good luck. Why don't you draw the lottery next time? The recent affairs of the Demon Guide Association have been giving Kondo a headache."

Uesugi Che felt like someone was grabbing him, but he was not panicked. Instead, he was shocked by the information in the conversation.

Souji? Okita?
Although he was not familiar with the other names, the name "Okita Souji" was a household name.

Because the sword in his hand, Kaga Kiyomitsu, was modeled after the sword in the hands of Okita Souji, a great master of the Tennen Rishin-ryu school.

After realizing that the person holding him was Okita Souji, the blurriness around him seemed to lessen.

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head with difficulty and caught a glimpse of a blue and white kimono and the furnishings of a spacious courtyard through his fingers.

An inexplicable sense of familiarity arose in his heart, but before Uesugi Che could think about it, he was thrown into the wooden barrel with a snap.

Everything in front of me quickly faded away as the light disappeared.

However, before his consciousness completely fell into darkness, Uesugi Tetsu vaguely felt that Okita Souji seemed to have discovered something, and then looked at him with a strange look and leaned over.

"Mr. Shannan, come and take a look at this fish..."

……

Returning to Ririko's bed in a trance, Uesugi Tetsu lowered his head and looked at the two-foot-old man who was holding him.

The latter smiled at him with his white teeth, and it seemed that he had made a lot of money.

Densely packed prompts popped up before his eyes, but Uesugi Che did not look at them. Instead, he was recalling the bizarre experience after being fished out just now.

What happened just now?
Uesugi Tetsu originally thought that he would experience an uncontrollable death CG after being fished out, but in the end he seemed to find that this was not the case.

That CG… that is, Okita Souji, a historical figure from the late Edo period hundreds of years ago, who actually seemed to notice his differences and actually took action.

On the other hand, could he also influence the other party?
Many thoughts were churning in Uesugi Che's mind. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and silently patted Ershaku-sama on the head to signal her to continue sleeping.

——Anyway, let’s check the rewards for this salvage first.

After all, my current strength is not strong, even if I can temporarily affect the opponent, I can't do anything.

Putting aside all distracting thoughts, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the salvage harvest—

[Soul Ash +187]

[Natural Rational Flow Proficiency +210]

[Corona Breathing Skill Proficiency +170]

[Spirit Control Skills Proficiency +80]

[Willpower +1! ]

【Spiritual Skills +3! 】

Just the basic gains of soul ashes, proficiency and attributes are enough to fully earn back the ticket price and even more.

Because attributes are really difficult to improve.

Now, among Uesugi Tetsu's four-dimensional attributes, "charm" has become the weakest, and the other three-dimensional attributes have all become double digits.

And most of them were caught for him by Lord Erchi with great effort.

Uesugi Tetsu pondered and said, "After that, I'll find a way to give her some reward."

In addition to the ordinary harvest of these white and green small fish, he also caught two large fish, one blue and one purple, and obtained the [Short-term Card] and [Guaranteed Card] with somewhat mysterious names.

【Short-term card】

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: Use on a designated demon incarnation to reduce its upgrade time by 48 hours. Can only be used on demon incarnations below stars.]

【——The lowest quality short-term card.】

Uesugi Tetsu blinked and glanced at the remaining time for the incarnation of Laughing Prajna to be upgraded to one and a half stars.

Exactly, less than 48 hours.

If he uses the short-time card now, he can immediately upgrade the star of Laughing Prajna and evolve it into White Prajna.

"The name of this card is too simple..."

Uesugi Tetsu suppressed the corners of his mouth that were constantly rising. It was impossible for anyone to remain expressionless when his strength increased significantly in just a few hours.

Next came the guaranteed card dropped by the purple fierce fish that he had high hopes for.

【Guaranteed Card】

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Use on the designated card pool to ensure that the next ten consecutive draws will yield an avatar or item of the same quality as the guaranteed card. Can only be used on card pools with five stars or less.]

[Note: If there is no avatar or item of the same quality as the guaranteed card in the card pool, you will automatically receive two avatars or items of the highest quality in the card pool.]

【——Guaranteed minimum, start! 】

You are guaranteed to get an epic item, and if you are lucky you can directly get an epic incarnation from the future card pool.

Wonderful, so wonderful.

Although it cannot be used directly now, it will be in its prime when the two-star or higher star card pool opens.

Placing the guaranteed card next to the substitute doll, Uesugi Che slowly got up from the bed, preparing to go outside the Special Affairs Office building to let Xiao Banruo complete the one and a half star promotion.

Otherwise, God knows what kind of trouble it will cause.

Let Ershaku-sama wait for him obediently in bed. As Uesugi Tetsu tiptoed past Ririko's feet, he exclaimed in his heart.

He had already prepared a response in his mind to Lilizi's questions, but he didn't expect that she was still asleep and didn't notice his movement at all.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the girl's tired sleeping face, and her breathing practice that had finally stopped unconsciously, and sighed silently.
"Lilizi can finally have a good night's rest."

He quietly walked out of the door, and soon came to a park not far from the Special Affairs Office alone and sat on a bench.

"There's no Shikigami's presence."

Although Uesugi Tetsu could hear some special noises between young couples, that should not matter to his promotion.

He took out an ordinary short-term card from his storage backpack and gently broke it.

——Laughing Prajna, promotion!
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