79: Finding a new home for the earth dragon

Mud Eel, scientifically known as the 'crab-eating eel', feeds on small crustaceans like crabs and shrimp.

Its flesh is tender, nutritious, and rich in high-quality protein. It is believed to have the effects of nourishing blood and yin, beautifying the skin, and strengthening yang and kidneys.

It is usually nocturnal, hiding at the bottom of its burrow during the day to sleep and coming out to forage at night.

It prefers to live in sandy or muddy areas, digging burrows with its hard tail.

Yang Qi put on gloves, wrapped his hand in a towel, unhooked the fish, and placed it into the live fish tank.

"Alright! Next up, our next dream chaser!"

This time, Yang Qi spotted a large Mud Eel that had already revealed half of its body.

"Hehe, you're the one! Come here, baby!"

The large Mud Eel saw a big shrimp crawling in front of it.

"Oh wow! Such a big one is rare, come right into my mouth."

It quickly extended its body outwards, opened its mouth wide, and bit down hard.

"Ouch, damn it, that hurts!"

By the time the Mud Eel reacted, it was too late; it was already being pulled out of the water.

Yang Qi began calling them out one by one, from largest to smallest.

In between, he encountered a few stubborn ones that just poked their heads out, looking at the scenery.

They completely ignored the 'takeout' delivered to their doorstep, acting as if they couldn't care less.

He didn't know if they were full or just lazy.

Yang Qi had no choice but to let them go.

There were also a few that pounced on the bait and tore at it, but unfortunately, they were too small, and their mouths weren't big enough. They couldn't eat the Shrimp, and in the end, they all bit off half a shrimp and fled.

Yang Qi finally had no choice but to soak some antarctic shrimp bricks. He used two small shrimp on each hook to fish. This way, the speed of 'stocking up' rapidly increased.

The result of catching all sizes was that Yang Qi put all the Mud Eel weighing less than one or two liang into his live fish tank, planning to find a place to release them later.

That's right! Yang Qi, this mischievous fellow, was preparing to find new homes for these small Mud Eel.

He was afraid that if the dark-faced man couldn't catch the big ones, he would take his anger out on these small Mud Eel and wipe out the little ones.

There weren't many Mud Eel near the fishing boat, so Yang Qi moved the boat a bit further and continued to 'stock up'.

In this way, Yang Qi cleared one area, then moved a little further. He fished all the way to the end of the mudflats.

Then he turned the boat around and went back over the deeper areas, doing it again.

He plowed the area inside and out, twice over, like tilling land. As a result, seven or eight out of ten Mud Eel in this large area were caught by Yang Qi.

Seeing that the tide was starting to recede, Yang Qi stopped and drove the boat away.

Looking at the two large live fish tanks in front of him, the small Mud Eel inside added up to at least nearly a hundred catties.

Yang Qi started to feel troubled again.

"How should I settle so many little guys?"

Yang Qi suddenly remembered a good place. The last time he was fishing in Dapan Bay, when he used his ability to check, he found that two nautical miles from the fishing spot, there was a muddy tidal flat.

The mountain roads there were rugged and difficult to traverse, and boats rarely went to such small coves.

It could provide a relatively safe growth environment for these small Mud Eel.

"That's great, that's the place!"

Yang Qi immediately started the boat and sailed along the coastline towards Dapan Bay.

It took him over an hour to find that place.

"I'm really bored to death, finding trouble for myself for no reason," Yang Qi muttered to himself.

He carefully checked the seabed structure of this place; the mud was deep enough, and there were enough small shrimp and small shells nearby. It was indeed suitable for Mud Eel to grow.

"I've found a new home for you all, go back now, little ones. It's safe enough here, grow up well!"

After saying that, Yang Qi poured nearly a hundred catties of small Mud Eel into this sea area.

In the vision of his ability, the group of Mud Eel quickly swam to the seabed, each finding a spot. They all vertically positioned their bodies and used their hard tails to start digging holes in the mud.

When he saw these small Mud Eel slowly disappearing into the seabed mud.

Yang Qi drove the boat away. To be honest, he had regretted his actions a little just now.

Fortunately, the habitat he found for the small Mud Eel was not bad, otherwise, he would have just wasted his effort and had to release them back where he found them.

From Dapan Bay back to Qingshan Town, one is in the south and the other in the north, requiring passing by the city's pier.

Yang Qi also began to think about what to do with the Mud Eel on the boat. He certainly couldn't eat so many himself. Give them away! There was no need to give them to ordinary people. And he didn't need so many!

Otherwise, he would keep a portion for himself to give away, and sell the rest to Chen Tianming.

When he was almost at the city pier, Yang Qi started to play a prank. He took out his phone and called Zhang Jun.

"Hey, Brother Jun, are you up to use the restroom?"

Zhang Jun's voice came from the other side: "You little rascal, you still want to mess with me? I'm just about to get up!"

"It's only 5 o'clock now, and you're already getting up? You're not an old man yet, can't you sleep in so early in the morning?"

Yang Qi was a bit speechless.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly; if not, just retreat! I still have to go exercise with my old man!" Zhang Jun said irritably.

"I just caught some Mud Eel and wanted to show some filial respect to you. How about it? Do you want some?"

"What? You caught Mud Eel again! Yes, why wouldn't I want them! Are you at home? I'll come over to get them right away!"

Zhang Jun's voice rose a few pitches when he heard about the Mud Eel.

"I'm right by the city pier."

"Alright, send me your location, and I'll come find you. How many Mud Eel did you catch this time, three or four?"

Zhang Jun said hurriedly,

"The old man took those three yesterday, sigh! I was just wondering where to get a few more."

Yang Qi said with a somewhat triumphant tone:

"Those few were too small, not befitting your and the old man's status. Tell the old man to throw them away! I've prepared big ones for you, at least one catty each."

"You asked how many? I don't know? Didn't count."

Zhang Jun said grumpily: "Didn't count? I think you can't count! You must know roughly how many, right!"

"Hehehe! I really didn't count how many. Couldn't count them all. But I know there are probably over three hundred catties!" Yang Qi's voice was a bit smug.

"I knew it…" Zhang Jun shouted,

"Ah ~! How much did you say…"

"Not much? Only over three hundred catties!…"

Yang Qi's 'Versailles' tone sounded a bit harsh to Zhang Jun's ears.

"Stop! Your words are a bit harsh, less 'Versailles'. Keep them for me, wait for me a moment!"

Zhang Jun hung up the phone and called his father.

"Hey, Dad, are you up yet?"

"Ah Jun, I'm up! I'm about to go practice boxing. If you have something, you don't need to come over!"

Zhang Jun's father thought his son was calling to say he couldn't come.

"No, I'm calling you about something else. Yang Qi, you know, that little brother I met fishing that I told you about before, do you remember him?"

"Yang Qi? I think I have some impression. What about him?"

"The Mud Eel you took from me yesterday, he's the one who gave them to me."

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