Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 117 Fighting the Giant
"Hmm~!"

In the dead of night, a sudden urge to urinate woke Zhang Tao from his sleep. Still half-asleep, he stood up and walked out of the cabin.

Experienced fishermen generally do not leave the hold at night; they usually relieve themselves inside the hold by opening the hatch.

There was no other way. Dongting Lake was vast and fraught with danger, especially at night. Who knew what kind of accident might happen? So we tried our best not to leave the cabin.

Although the Zhang family were also experienced boatmen and understood the rules of boatmen on the water, Zhang Tao, a young boy, lacked such awareness.

He arrived at the bow of the boat in a daze, unzipped his pants, and started relieving himself.

But as he left it there, he heard a strange noise coming from under the deck.

This puzzled him, and he became more alert. He looked down in the cool moonlight.

A series of dark figures gathered beneath their own ship, shaking their long, leather-clad snouts and bodies.

This is……

"Father, Second Uncle!"

Zhang Tao's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly woke up, rushing into the cabin to wake the two sleeping people.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the bottom deck was breached by a long snout. Zhang's father, who was sleeping on the deck, was caught off guard and had his thigh bitten by the snout. He screamed in agony.

"what!!!"

"father!!!"

The horrific sight turned Zhang Tao's face deathly pale. Zhang Er, on the other side, also jumped up in horror, staring at the long black snout that was biting Zhang Da and dragging him desperately underwater. He screamed in terror, "It's a pig dragon!"

As he spoke, he drew a sharp knife, intending to rescue Zhang Da.

But before he could get close, the dark shadow in the water suddenly swung its tail, pulling the struggling Zhang Da into the water. With a bubbling sound, it quickly disappeared.

"father!"

"Big brother!"

The two were horrified. Before they could recover, the boat began to rock violently, and a large number of dark shadows tumbled underwater, tearing the hull apart.

Seeing the long kiss emerging from the water, Zhang Er turned pale and finally woke up. Ignoring Zhang Tao's grief and despair, he fled, rushed out of the cabin, jumped onto the small sampan, and was about to leave.

Although the Zhang family was not wealthy, they still owned a large awning boat and two small sampans.

Zhang Er grabbed one of the ropes and was about to push it away.

"puff!!!"

Suddenly, a splash was heard, the water surface burst open, and a dark shadow flew out from it, directly plunging him into the water, stirring up white waves and churning blood.

"Father, Second Uncle!"

"no, do not want!"

"Help, help, waah...!"

Inside the cabin, Zhang Tao trembled, tears streaming down his face, but he couldn't get up. He could only watch in despair as more than a dozen pig-like dragons gnawed at the bottom of the ship, driving him step by step into a deadly situation.

Where is the youthful arrogance of today in his current state?
He screamed in terror and struggled desperately, but to no avail. Finally, a ferocious black shadow leaped out of the water, grabbed his waist, and dragged him into the water.

……

After midnight, in a remote bay.

Shen He, wearing a straw raincoat, calmly prepared for fishing.

Suddenly, there was a disturbance underwater, and ripples appeared.

Shen He remained silent, simply dumping the fish basket over the water. Dozens of fresh fish were thrown back into the water, but before they could escape, they were swallowed by gaping maws.

Shen He glanced around, a glint of inspiration flashing in his eyes, and saw more than ten strange beasts gathered at the bottom of the water, feasting on their food.

Alligator Dragon!

Also known as the pig dragon, it is a type of crocodile.

After learning about the matter of the immortal destiny, Shen He knew that there were some things he couldn't do, otherwise it would easily attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

But there were some problems that he had to solve.

It seems that this time, the two Zhang brothers are notorious scoundrels in the area. Although they are not as bad as gangsters like Chen San, they are not as bad as the worst. With their two strong and healthy adult men, they often bully fishermen who are small in number and have no one to rely on.

Old Zhong was one of them. He was repeatedly bullied by that brat Zhang Tao, but he was too old and powerless to fight back, so he could only swallow his anger.

Shen He originally intended to swallow his anger, after all, he didn't want to arouse suspicion regarding the matter of the immortal's destiny.

But the Zhang family had a way of getting themselves killed. They not only bullied Old Zhong during the day, but also secretly observed him night fishing.

Clearly, he had been discovered. Two months ago, when his eyesight was failing and his senses were clouded, he exposed his fishing skills, attracting the attention of the Zhang brothers, who wanted to obtain his fishing secrets.

This made him unable to tolerate it any longer, so he had no choice but to ruthlessly eliminate it.

But while he could eliminate the threat, he couldn't do it himself, otherwise it would inevitably lead to speculation.

Therefore, he dispatched his recently trained spirit pets, a group of alligator dragon monsters that he had been raising for over a month.

He discovered the alligator by chance while night fishing more than a month ago.

Although this thing was similar to a puppy and had rather limited combat power, he still made a contract with the leader of the alligator dragons, letting it lead the alligator dragon herd and help him solve some problems. Because it was a middle-thousand world, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and the leader of this group of alligator dragons was somewhat peculiar. After being contracted by him, although he didn't get any job bonuses or feed, he often fed it various kinds of fresh fish, and even rare fish species like turtles.

After a month of accumulation, it finally succeeded in advancing and became a first-tier spirit beast.

Although it's only a first-tier creature and a common type, its combat power has increased considerably, making it more than capable of dealing with a few fishermen who don't know martial arts.

Therefore, the three members of the Zhang family perished in the belly of a fish!
But this only solves the problem temporarily and does not allow us to rest easy.

After all, this world will never lack people blinded by greed; even if the Zhang family is gone, there is still the Li family.

If we don't improve our strength, disaster will eventually follow.

"That brat from the Zhang family just teased me during the day, and then he was attacked and killed at night. Although it was the work of the Alligator Dragons, it's hard to guarantee that no one will use this as an excuse to make connections."

"Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free. Given the Goldfish Gang's modus operandi, if the Alligator Gang is active enough, someone will definitely connect it to today's events and come knocking on our door."

Even if we take a step back and say that this incident didn't have a major impact, Old Zhong, who is over seventy, can't live for many more years.

"Pole boating, fishing, and selling tofu, it is rare for a person to live to seventy. In such a poor and difficult profession as fishing, it is strange that a lonely person has lived past seventy."

"We must speed things up!"

Shen He murmured something, telling the alligator dragons to rest on the spot, while he himself set off in his awning boat towards another body of water.

The night was still deep, and it wasn't even halfway through yet, so there was still some time to fish.

Shen He arrived at a carefully selected body of water, and without lighting a fishing lamp, he assembled his fishing gear directly under the moonlight.

He has been in this world for more than two months, and with his talent as a fisherman, he has caught more than ten turtles and some rare fish species.

Of these rare fish, only three turtles were sold at the market to feed the alligator dragon; the rest all ended up in his stomach, where his Yuan Gong was transformed into pure Yuan Qi to nourish his old and weak body.

After two months of hard work, one's vital energy and blood will eventually become strong and robust.

Once his vital energy and blood are strong, he can begin to cultivate martial arts. With the accumulation of his knowledge from two lifetimes, it will be a piece of cake for him.

He has now cultivated true qi, and although it is not very powerful due to his old age and weakness, it is enough for him to surpass ordinary people and see things at night with ease.

Under the cool moonlight, he picked up a carefully selected bamboo pole.

This is a rare type of iron bamboo, which he discovered on an unnamed island. It is as hard as metal, and he used his inner energy to cut it down. He usually keeps it hidden at the bottom of the ship's cabin and dares not show it to anyone easily.

Using this iron bamboo as a fishing rod, I took out a bundle of hemp rope and tied the finger-thick hemp rope to it to make a fishing line. Finally, I took out a long nail I bought from the blacksmith's shop and bent it by hand to make several extra-large fishhooks.

Clearly, he was going to fight a giant, a super giant.

Finally, he even left the awning boat and landed on a small island.

Using such fishing gear, if anything were actually caught, the dilapidated awning boat would obviously be unable to withstand the strain, leaving the battleground on islands and reefs.

After choosing a good spot, Shen He opened the fish basket, took out a few pieces of fish meat, and hung them on the iron hook.

This is no ordinary fish meat, but the meat of a turtle weighing over ten pounds. He deliberately saved it as bait, all for the purpose of catching a giant fish.

These turtles, weighing over ten pounds, have very firm flesh. Shenhe selected the bone-in part, which is difficult for ordinary fish to bite, making them the first choice for fighting giants.

After skewering a piece of turtle meat, Shen He then cracked his whip, using an iron bamboo pole to project the tens-of-meters-long rope into the deep water for a silent fishing technique.

To catch big fish, you must fish deep and far, because apart from turtles, other rare and high-end fish species rarely come close to the shore and are mostly active in deep water.

The allure of turtle meat was immense. After being thrown into the water for only a moment, a strong force was felt, and the hemp rope taut instantly, pulling up the iron bamboo pole in Shen He's hand.

But Shen He wouldn't let him have his way. He immediately exerted force and lifted the lever without any detours, pulling it out forcefully.

One fish opens the sky gate!

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, the water surface burst open, waves flew everywhere, and a dark shadow was pulled out by Shen He and landed on the reef. It was jumping around and, upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large blue carp, about six feet long and probably weighing a hundred pounds.

It's a huge thing!
Unfortunately, it was just an ordinary fish species.

Shen He shook his head, stepped forward and punched him unconscious, then threw him aside, intending to take him back later as a midnight snack for the alligator dragons.

There was no other way; the bluefish was too ordinary. Although it had grown to six feet, it was still full of the essence of heaven and earth and nurtured by the lake. It was nothing special and not worth his contract to cultivate. It could only be used as a supplement to the alligator dragon group's diet.

The jackpot wasn't very successful.

But it didn't matter; Shen He wasn't discouraged.

Check the fishing line, remove the hook, attach a piece of turtle meat to the hook, and cast it back into the lake.

Where there's a will, there's a way. As long as you keep going, you won't end up empty-handed!
"puff!"

"puff!"

"puff!"

After an unknown period of time, most of the turtle meat had been consumed, and two sets of hemp rope and fishing line had been replaced. There were seven or eight large fish on the shore, but they were all ordinary fish species and had no value other than serving as feed for the alligator crocodiles.

Shen He changed to a new line and hook, skewered the fish and turtle meat on it, and cast his line again.

After simmering for so long, with the allure of turtle meat, the real culprit should be here by now, right?
"boom!!!"

The thought had barely formed when a loud crash echoed across the water. The thick, long rope instantly tightened and straightened, and a tremendous force pulled Shen He and the pole into the water.

(End of this chapter)