Plop!
The Fishing hook entered the water again.
Su Ping immediately noticed the information he had previously overlooked.
It was that the virtual panel would pop up a reminder that the Fishing game had started the moment the hook entered the water.
Then, a Fishing mini-game operation interface appeared before his eyes.
The operation was very simple: according to the prompts, he just needed to control the tension of the Fishing rod after the fish bit the hook.
For Su Ping, a Cultivator, this was incredibly easy.
A few minutes later.
As Su Ping completed the first round of the Fishing game.
The information stream updated in real-time:
[Gained Fishing Experience +1]
[Current Fishing Rank: Rank 1 (1/100)]
[Gained Little Green Fish +1]
[Fish caught, Fishing Mall unlocked!]
Su Ping looked at the empty Fishing hook dangling beneath the water, then at the virtual panel, vaguely understanding:
"Linyue Lake and the Fishing rod are just mediums to start the Fishing game. I didn't actually catch a fish from Linyue Lake, nor do I need to re-cast. Everything only needs to happen in my consciousness."
"The fish caught through the Fishing game will be directly stored in the game's inventory, which saves the trouble of being seen by outsiders if anything unusual happens!"
With a thought, Su Ping entered the Fishing game again.
At the same time, while playing the Fishing game, he also checked the Fishing Mall.
This look immediately filled Su Ping with joy!
The Fishing Mall was tied to the Fishing Rank, and currently, both were only Rank 1.
However, the few items available for exchange were already enough to excite Su Ping.
The Fishing Mall required fishing coins. The Little Green Fish Su Ping had just caught could either be taken out and enjoyed in reality or directly sold to the mall for fishing coins.
Among the exchangeable items provided in the Fishing Mall, there were indeed three game items: life spirit medicine, mana Spirit Medicine, and purification spiritual medicine.
And a special item that required one hundred Little Green Fish, ten Big Green Fish, and one Azure Spirit Fish to exchange: Return Talismanic Incantation!
[life spirit medicine: Instantly restores 100 Health, and continues to restore health for the next thirty seconds. Exchange cost: 10 fishing coins]
[Mana Spirit Medicine: Instantly restores 100 Mana, and continues to restore mana for the next thirty seconds. Exchange cost: 10 fishing coins]
[purification spiritual medicine: Instantly removes all negative statuses of Rank 3 or lower. Exchange cost: 20 fishing coins]
[Return Talismanic Incantation (Unique): Can be used to instantly teleport back to the default or temporary teleportation point. Cooldown: 12 hours. Exchange cost: 100 Little Green Fish, 10 Big Green Fish, 1 Azure Spirit Fish]
The familiar item names and descriptions made Su Ping recall the information about the Fishing game he played before his Transmigration.
After cultivating Qi, Su Ping's memory became excellent.
He remembered that this was a Fishing mini-game attached to a large open-world game.
Because of this, the items within it also came from that large world with a grand Xuanhuan background.
If after exchanging, the materialized functions were exactly the same as the game data...
Su Ping silently swallowed.
Not to mention the help that life spirit medicine and mana Spirit Medicine would provide for Cultivation and combat.
Just that purification spiritual medicine, if it was also effective against pill toxins, wouldn't he be able to turn waste into treasure and rapidly increase his cultivation by consuming discarded pills?
Furthermore, there was the Return Talismanic Incantation. The default teleportation point in the game was the village where the protagonist was born.
If he used it, would he be teleported back to the mountain forest after his Transmigration?
Or would he be able to teleport back to his birthplace before his Transmigration?
If it was the latter!
Wouldn't he be able to Transmigrate back and forth using the combination of the default and temporary teleportation points set by this Return Talismanic Incantation?
Thereby gaining help from both worlds!
Su Ping suddenly realized... his dream of Cultivating immortality might just have a chance of success again!
He saw that one Little Green Fish could only be exchanged for one Fishing coin.
With hope in his heart, Su Ping reminded his attendants to remain quiet and not disturb his enjoyment.
Then he fully immersed himself in the great endeavor of Fishing.
Su Ping enjoyed the fun of Fishing, feeling happy as the "Fishing Experience +1" prompt flashed by.
However, the maids and servants waiting by the shore were starting to feel uneasy.
They couldn't see the virtual interface; they could only see that their esteemed Immortal master seemed to have not caught a single fish.
As time slowly passed, the reality of still not catching a single fish caused the maids and servants to quietly lower their heads, fearing to anger the Immortal master who was having no luck.
Even though the Immortal master had seemed very gentle this month.
But just thinking about this master's background, and the solemn warnings their Family elders had given them before they came.
How could these servants truly not worry, not be afraid?
Because of this, the maid Ping'er resisted the urge to suggest that Master Su Ping change his bait.
She even had a servant go ahead and dissuade other visitors who wanted to visit the Immortal master when she saw them nearby.
Lest they disturb the master's elegant enjoyment of Fishing!
Not far from Linyue Lake, on the top floor of Linyue Tower within Linyue Manor, which stood on a small hillside.
A thin middle-aged man in a magnificent long robe stood by the railing, holding an exquisite monocular telescope and gazing into the distance at Su Ping who was Fishing.
Beside him stood a burly, bald strong man. This strong man was named Ji Hu, the City Guard of Jinque City, and also a direct descendant of the Ji Family, one of the largest Families in the area.
He also looked in Su Ping's direction, chuckling:
"City Lord, this Cultivator Su Ping lives quite freely. He accepted the fertile land, beautiful houses, gold, silver, and jewels we sent without any refusal."
"For a while, he was watching plays and listening to music in the manor, and now he's come to Linyue Lake to Fish... He lives more joyfully than those who are about to die of old age!"
The middle-aged man, who was the City Lord, frowned slightly. Also from a prominent local Family, he was somewhat puzzled by Su Ping's Fishing luck.
Logically, even a novice Fishing for the first time should easily catch small fish and shrimp, even if large fish were difficult.
However, he did not inform his companion of the anomaly, merely muttering:
"Let's observe a bit longer. Don't be deceived."
"After all, this Inspector... is too young!"
Hearing this, Ji Hu also nodded in agreement.
These powerful Families of Mortal kingdoms were naturally not ignorant of Immortal sects and Cultivators.
In fact, whether it was the imperial Family or prominent Families in Mortal kingdoms, their ancestors were Cultivators.
Without some background, it wouldn't be their turn to enjoy such wealth and glory.
Over thousands of years, there were always Bloodline descendants who possessed a Spiritual Root and thus joined an Immortal sect to become a Cultivator.
Jinque City had also encountered Immortal sect Cultivators like Su Ping who chose to enjoy life.
As hosts, they naturally dared not neglect such distinguished guests.
They would even convene meetings of various Families, and then each would sacrifice some industries so that the other party could live without worry, and their descendants could quickly integrate into Jinque City, eventually becoming part of Jinque City's Family foundation...
But over so many years, there would always be greedy old Immortals who were not content with being wealthy and wanted to go further.
At this time, it was when their Family's foundation played a role, making the other party retreat in the face of difficulties.
Su Ping's initial performance satisfied the local powers of Jinque City.
Both sides seemed to get along very well.
However, Su Ping's age... made them uneasy.
In their opinion, Su Ping, at most forty years old, could live at least sixty more years given the longevity of a Cultivator!
A Cultivator who resided in one place for sixty years and did not die!
This was a problem they had never encountered since Jinque City was founded!
After all, which of the previous Inspectors wasn't almost dead from old age, or severely injured with only four or five years left to live, before they became disheartened, gave up on the path of Cultivation, and came to bully these Mortals?
Even the Cultivators among their own Family members would return as little as possible.
The longest-lived person in Jinque City's history... only lasted seven years.
This Cultivator Su Ping... under normal circumstances, could live for at least sixty years!
Enough to send all of their older generation off!
Even if he did nothing, after twenty or thirty years, his descendants would grow up while he remained Immortal.
The share of Jinque City's profits would have to be given up quite a bit more, wouldn't it?
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man began to have a headache. Constantly weighing the gains and losses in his mind, he put down the monocular telescope and instructed the servant beside him:
"Send someone to wait. Once the Inspector finishes Fishing, immediately invite him to Linyue Tower for a drink."
"Alas!"
"I hope our Lord Inspector is truly as good-natured as he claimed when he arrived."
"Otherwise, he is an Immortal sect Cultivator after all, and if things turn ugly, it will be troublesome."