42: Chapter 1 The Third Generation of the Xiao Family Fishermen

Time flowed, drifting endlessly. Within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Chen Xuan looked at the summary of this life:

[Hundred Lives Reincarnation Summary] [Second Life] [Host: Chen Xuan] [Identity: President of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce] [Entry: Talisman Expert] [Comprehension Ability: Medium Grade] [Spiritual Root: Pseudo Spiritual Root] [Cultivation Technique: Northern Dark Divine Technique, Yuhua Record, Heaven-Stealing Foundation, Glazed Body] [Physique: None] [Hundred Arts of Cultivation: First-Rank Talisman Perfection, First-Rank Alchemy Perfection, First-Rank Beast Taming Perfection] [Cultivation Realm: Qi Refining Perfection] [Achievements Completed: First Steps in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Hundreds of Children and Thousands of Grandchildren, Titan of Commerce] [Summary Evaluation: B+, even a Pseudo Spiritual Root can make waves in the cultivation world. Truly, when standing at the center of a trend, species and Aptitude do not matter. You successfully completed a counter-attack from the bottom of the cultivation world] [Summary Reward: Complete three achievements to randomly unlock one Legendary Entry] [Unlocked Entry: Innate Dao Bone] [Innate Dao Bone: In every life, you can randomly condense a special Physique related to your own Bloodline and the Acquired environment of your birth]

Oh my god, it's a golden legendary. Even with the indifferent state of mind Chen Xuan had cultivated for years, he could not help but feel a surge of joy.

Special Physiques—Chen Xuan had seen them many times in the Southern Region, and almost all of them were heaven-favored geniuses. In that case, in his next life, Chen Xuan's path to the Dao would be saved! Moreover, his other talents, Aptitude, and summary were far better than the Mortal body of his first life. In the future, the Dao was within reach!

... Chaos dissipated, time unknown. On the outskirts of the Xiao Clan territory, the Long Sea.

A bird swept across the vast sky, a fleeting silhouette, causing ripples on the calm sea surface. Looking at that bird again, its beak was already holding a plump Spirit Fish.

"Come back, Dudu." Chen Xuan blew a short whistle. Accompanied by two whistle sounds, the white-feathered, yellow-beaked First-Rank Low Grade Spirit Beast, a pelican, flew onto Chen Xuan's arm.

Dudu opened its large beak and spat out a Spirit Fish—clatter! It fell into the fish basket. Chen Xuan pulled two small fish from the pile nearby and fed them to Dudu. Dudu swallowed them with satisfaction, filling its belly.

Today, it had been three days since Chen Xuan awakened his past life memories and broke through the mystery of the womb. In this life, his name was Yun Qi, and he had a Low Grade Spiritual Root. He was a fisherman hired by the Xiao Clan, specializing in raising Spirit Fish in the Xiao Family's Biling Lake.

Half a year ago, his parents and friends went to the depths of the Long Sea and disappeared without a trace. When he reported it to the Xiao Clan steward, he only received three words: "Wait for notification." Two months later, his good friend Xiao Muting became a Core Disciple and, having gained power, mobilized connections to search together. Still, there was no news. The Long Sea was too vast; it could swallow everything, let alone two lives. This kind of waiting lasted for half a year, until Chen Xuan awakened his past life memories.

"Caught two Spirit Fish in two days, enough for me to cultivate well for a while." Chen Xuan looked at the Spirit Fish in the fish basket. In these three days, Chen Xuan had used the wordless heavenly book twice. He had caught Spirit Fish twice, and today he could use it once more.

With a thought, the wordless heavenly book hovered above the vast Long Sea. The familiar red tadpole-like characters quickly condensed into three heavenly secret jade slips:

[Today's Luck: Small Fortune.] [Today's Heavenly Secret: None.] [Today's Destiny: Fisherman.] [Small Fortune: Inside Biling Lake, a fisherman is raising Spirit Fish; going to watch might allow you to comprehend special techniques for raising Spirit Fish, with an extremely low probability of improving the Bloodline grade of the Spirit Fish.] [Small Fortune: In the small trading market of Biling Lake, someone is selling a First-Rank Talisman Legacy; if you arrive before evening, you can learn a skill to protect yourself.] [Great Misfortune: On the outskirts of the Long Sea, rogue cultivators are rampant; killing them might yield an Opportunity for Foundation Establishment.]

Sigh, what a pity! None of them are useful. Chen Xuan smacked his lips and had to choose the third one to see the danger outside. The image appeared in his mind's eye, and sure enough, rogue cultivators were everywhere; many fishermen could transform into rogue cultivators in an instant. The cultivation world was truly terrifying. With his current strength, without a magic sword to protect his Dao and without Talismans for protection, he could probably only use spells to bully honest people in the early stages of Qi Refining.

However, Chen Xuan already had his first sum of capital. For the past two days, there had been this divination: [Small Fortune: In the area on the edge of the Long Sea outside Biling Lake, wandering First-Rank Spirit Fish appear; going to capture them might yield a harvest.] Naturally, Chen Xuan retraced his steps, commanding the fishing Spirit Beast, the pelican Dudu left by his parents, to catch the fish. Looking at the Spirit Fish in the fish basket, Chen Xuan couldn't help but grin. Another Spirit Stone was in hand. What a bitter life he had lived before Awakening! Smiling every day, salary one hundred and eighty. It was completely not a life for a human.

It was just that in this life, he might still have to raise fish for a few years! The fisherman contract signed with the Xiao Family required at least five years of work before one could leave. The contract for Chen Xuan's parents and himself in this life was for ten years. Fortunately, more than half had already passed. Otherwise, if he wanted to leave, he would either have to pay a "sky-high breach of contract fee" or have connections to negotiate an internal departure. And clearly, Chen Xuan had nothing. He could only stay for a while longer until the contract was terminated. In the meantime, he could wait for the danger on the outskirts to pass and then go to a nearby market.

It was funny to think about it; in the memories of this life, he only knew the name of the nearest market, Lanke Market. Legend had it that a mighty figure once left behind the Lanke Chess Game. Someone cracked the chess game, obtained an astonishing fortune, and eventually achieved the Golden Core! Therefore, it was widely spread. Chen Xuan had no impression of this market; it was clearly at the level of a roadside stall. However, Chen Xuan was not worried at all; this market must have a Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce. He had given a strict order that a Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce must be established in every market, and a property must be purchased. As long as he went to the market, he could quickly advance. When the time came, he would first redeem his indentured contract and cultivate honestly. If the Xiao Family didn't know what was good for them and had crooked thoughts, he would use Sword Light Differentiation to make them see reason! Of course, if his cultivation level was too low, he would just cultivate honestly for a while until the contract expired.

"Let's go!" Chen Xuan pushed the oar, the bamboo pole parting the reeds at the junction of the Long Sea and Biling Lake. In the golden reflection, Chen Xuan arrived at the trading market within Biling Lake. Yesterday, he sold a Biling Spring Spirit Fish, and today he caught a Blue Butterfly Viewing Fish. Worried about being too conspicuous, Chen Xuan had already covered the fish jar where he stored the fish. A single First-Rank Spirit Fish was worth at least ten Spirit Stones! It was slightly inferior to a First-Rank Spirit Beast. But the Biling Spring was no ordinary Spirit Fish; it was beautiful in appearance and agile in thought. Many people bought them back to raise rather than eat, so it was priced at twenty.

Chen Xuan's starting point this time was the second level of Qi Refining, having cultivated for three years. He had a Low Grade Water Spiritual Root, and according to the reaction of the Spiritual Root testing stone, it was roughly close to a Medium Grade Spiritual Root, belonging to the upper-middle tier of Aptitude. But the spell he was cultivating was very poor! It was only a First-Rank Yellow Grade Medium Grade. On the first day, Chen Xuan dispersed his cultivation and re-cultivated the most suitable Mysterious Grade Low Grade Cultivation Technique for Low Grade Spiritual Roots, the [Canglan Art]. In his previous life, Chen Xuan had read a vast number of Cultivation Techniques, making him a walking Scripture Pavilion. Compared to a Yellow Grade Top Grade Cultivation Technique, this method had three advantages: First, the cultivation speed was not slower than a Yellow Grade Cultivation Technique, and even when resources were wantonly thrown at it, the progress could be twenty percent faster. Second, the mana cultivated was pure, with a quality nearly fifty percent higher than a Yellow Grade Top Grade Cultivation Technique. Third, this method came with a powerful spell, Canglan! It could use Spiritual Qi to simulate a vast Canglan Ocean to suppress others. It was the most suitable Cultivation Technique for Low Grade Spiritual Roots among the Mysterious Grade Cultivation Techniques; it neither dragged down the cultivation speed nor lacked strength. To summarize: high damage on the left hand, high damage on the right hand.