Chapter 424

On the endless sea, He Zhao sat leisurely in the boat, fishing rod in hand, idly casting and reeling. By his left foot sat a fish basket, with three plump sea fish inside.

To his right was a not-so-large grill. Several cooked fish lay on it, giving off a fresh, savory aroma that kept burrowing into his nostrils. There was also a pot of yellow wine; looking in through the opened lid, more than half of it was already gone.

It was really hard on the little boat. Its narrow bow had somehow been crammed full of things all at once. At an age when it should not have had to, it bore far too much pressure it never deserved.

"It's been half an hour. I wonder if they've decided the winner yet. To be safe, I'll fish for another half hour." As soon as he finished speaking, he lifted his right hand and dragged a big fish out of the sea.

His idle left hand skillfully removed the scales and innards, quickly brushed on his secret sauce, and placed it on the grill. Then he picked up a cooked sea fish, finished it in a few bites, raised a cup of yellow wine, and drained it.

"Comfortable."

Although he had the Grain Abstinence Technique to rely on and no longer needed to take in food and nutrients each day, how could the desire for good food be so easy to cast off? Especially when he had nothing to do—messing around with a bit of sea cooking was quite interesting.

When he escaped from the Netherworld, the outside was different from the barren, pitch-black land inside. It was an endless expanse of azure sea. This proved once again that the Netherworld truly was not the Spirit Realm.

After all, the