101: Fishing is addictive (Bonus Chapter 1)

"It all started on the night the inter-district competition ended..."

Lin Chuan took a sip of wine and then slowly began to speak.

"Cut to the chase!" Just as Lin Chuan was elaborating on how he tortured Brother Monkey and forced out the employer's information, Qin Yan couldn't take it anymore.

Damn it, if he wrote all this down, it would be another three chapters.

Qin Yan and Minister Jin had already drunk three large glasses of wine, but Lin Chuan still hadn't gotten to the main point.

It must be said, Lin Chuan's wine was really good.

The spirit wine Qin Yan filtered himself didn't have this taste.

"I tracked Brother Monkey, and then I was captured by a Man in Black who could use Shadow Escape," Lin Chuan sped up, skipping the part about his Clone. "Then, Wu Dahai asked me to join the Demon God Cult, and I said I'd consider it for two days."

"Hmm, continue."

Up to this point, the story was within Qin Yan's expectations.

"Then how did you get back? And how were you able to contact me?"

"About that, do you know Old Man Kong?" Lin Chuan suddenly asked out of nowhere.

"What Old Man Kong, Old Man Shi?..."

Qin Yan said casually.

He was about to say more, but Minister Jin quickly stopped him.

"Cough, cough..."

"Lin Chuan, did you meet Elder Kong?" Minister Jin asked gently.

"Yes, in the Secret Realm, I met an old man with white hair who called himself Old Man Kong. He was drinking alone on the mountain peak, and when he saw me, he invited me to drink with him. Then, I took out my own spirit wine to drink..."

"And then?"

Qin Yan had already realized his mistake and dared not speak disrespectfully again, eagerly waiting for Lin Chuan to continue.

"I only remember drinking too much and almost becoming sworn brothers with him."

"Hiss..."

Qin Yan and Minister Jin both gasped, and the temperature in the living room rose considerably.

"I slept until the afternoon of the next day."

"No wonder you were silent for half a day, I guessed you were sleeping!" Qin Yan suddenly realized.

Lin Chuan: ... Minister Jin: ... Could they really guess that?

"When I woke up, Elder Kong had already left, leaving me a message and some gifts..."

Lin Chuan stopped there, leaving the rest to their imagination.

"You used the things Elder Kong left you to come back?"

Lin Chuan didn't answer, which was an implicit affirmation.

"When I sent you a message earlier, I was at home, otherwise how could I make a call?"

"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier? I worried for nothing."

"You didn't ask."

"Damn it."

When Qin Yan heard Lin Chuan mention the Demon God Cult, he naturally assumed Lin Chuan had been captured.

Of course, that was true.

However, he didn't expect him to be able to return by himself.

"Alas, what a waste."

Qin Yan sighed.

With Elder Kong's abilities, what he left Lin Chuan was definitely a Divine Artifact that could save his life at any time, but it was used up for nothing.

"What exactly is Elder Kong's identity?"

Lin Chuan asked casually, as if he was quite respected.

"Elder Kong is a Peak King Rank spatial Yao Beast. His master was King Kong, one of the pioneers who first founded Xuanwu City. However, King Kong passed away at the end of his lifespan, so he reverted to his Yao Beast identity.

However, he still belongs to the Human Race forces and is respected by the Human Race. Most of the large and small Secret Realm spaces controlled by Xuanwu City today have benefited from his help."

"A master perishes, but the Yao Beast can still live?"

Lin Chuan was puzzled; it seemed to contradict his memory.

"We'll talk about these things when you reach King Rank. Before King Rank, thinking about these is useless. Haha..." Qin Yan laughed.

"Alright."

Lin Chuan understood, just like how elementary school textbooks and university textbooks have different explanations for the same problem.

Different perspectives naturally lead to different results.

There was no point in encountering it too early... With his doubts resolved, they continued to drink and eat as normal.

With simple food and wine, both host and guests enjoyed themselves.

Finally, Qin Yan left Lin Chuan a Monarch Rank crystal core and then departed with Minister Jin.

This one, of course, came from the Night Wing Demon.

Lin Chuan happily accepted it and then began to clear the table.

"Hey, something seems to be missing?... Where's my spirit wine?"

There was clearly half a barrel left, but someone had taken it.

Lin Chuan didn't mind. The first batch of spirit wine was almost gone, and he needed to make time to get some more.

There were still about ten stone mortars left, so making forty five-liter barrels shouldn't be a problem.

After a quick tidy-up, he began to examine his gains.

In his sea of consciousness space, Little Spirit and Old Black were sound asleep, their bellies bulging, clearly having eaten too much. He wondered if they would advance in star rank.

The soul fruit was already 45% mature. Lin Chuan didn't know what high-quality Soul energy meant. Perhaps, robbing another Demon God Cult branch treasury would be enough?

Then there were two rank fruits.

One was light gold, granting 25% rank suppression immunity against Commander Rank.

One had a slight hint of color, granting 3% rank suppression immunity against Monarch Rank.

Without hesitation, he quickly devoured both fruits.

Lin Chuan felt a clarity in his ears and eyes, as if a confidence to resist higher ranks had emerged from deep within him. Lin Chuan knew this was the feeling of suppression being broken.

The rules of this world were slowly being broken.

Unlike Lin Chuan's previous transcendent cross-rank challenge against Elite Rank, that was a pure crushing victory with absolute hard power.

But now, it was on a rule-based level, narrowing the gap between Elite Rank and Commander Rank, and even Monarch Rank.

"Awesome!"

The fruits were really delicious, no wonder his Yao Beasts loved to eat them.

Was it the taste they ate? No!

It was the exhilarating feeling of personally experiencing becoming stronger!

There were still 3 Monarch Rank Yao Beast crystal cores left, which Lin Chuan did not plan to absorb for now.

Facing a Monarch Rank now, 3% or 13% immunity was meaningless.

Even without rank suppression, a Monarch Rank could still instantly kill him.

Lin Chuan wanted to see if there would be more important resources later that required Monarch Rank crystal cores.

Especially the two Elder Kong gave him; his intuition told him that these two were slightly different from ordinary Monarch Rank crystal cores and might be more valuable... Lin Chuan's first 'fishing' operation was quite fruitful.

The energy fruit for Old Black to advance to nine stars was enough in one go, a complete windfall.

This made Lin Chuan somewhat addicted to this feeling, controlling his Clone every day, constantly darting around in various ways, hoping to catch another big fish.

Indeed, fishing is addictive!

Even if he didn't catch anything, he just loved to fish!

Lin Chuan hadn't done much, but Qin Yan couldn't stand it anymore.

"Damn it, what are you doing running around aimlessly in the streets and alleys every day?! You've exhausted the guards I arranged for you into dead dogs!"

Qin Yan cursed loudly.

The people below said they would not accept this mission anymore.

"Old Qin, I can't stay at home all day, that's too boring."

Lin Chuan's words were absolute nonsense; he was currently staying at home every day, with air conditioning, watermelon, and WiFi, enjoying himself immensely.

It was just his Clone running around outside.

He had directly exhausted the various forces secretly monitoring him into dead dogs. He didn't know where this kid got so much energy every day, like a husky.

... Qin Yan was speechless.

"How about, you take me to the outskirts of the city again?"

Lin Chuan suggested.

"Get lost!"