Fish Scooping

The night passed quickly, and a new day dawned once again. Several birds were chirping outside; they had gotten up very early in order to catch something to eat.

Xuan Ye also got up early. Years of Xuan Ye training had instilled in him a good habit of waking up early, which meant he would have more time to cultivate.

I opened the tightly closed door, stepped outside, and breathed in the fresh morning air. It smelled sweet and cool, very comforting and reassuring.

After stretching around outside and working up a sweat, I washed my face with some water and felt much more refreshed.

Xuan Ye turned to look at Jiraiya's room and found that his door was still closed. He pushed open the door and went inside, only to find that no one was there.

"Hey! Where did they go?"

Xuan Ye got up very early this morning and had been exercising outside. He only found out that Jiraiya was no longer there when he opened the door.

"Never mind, let's go out and get something to eat to fill our stomachs!"

I left the hotel, having already taken everything I needed; everything was in the backpack on my back.

However, Xuan Ye felt that carrying such a backpack all the time was cumbersome, but given the current situation, this was the only option. He didn't have any scrolls to store items, so he could only leave it like this for now.

Walking down the street, even though it was early morning, there were already many pedestrians, all busy with their own things.

After looking around for a while, Xuan Ye finally chose a noodle shop. It wasn't because the other shops were bad; he just didn't know why he wanted to eat noodles today.

Arriving at the noodle shop, Xuan Ye pushed open the door and went inside. The noodle shop was quite crowded, with about half of the seats occupied.

He randomly found a table and sat down, then shouted loudly, "Boss, give me a bowl of seafood noodles."

At this moment, the shop owner had also heard Xuan Ye's words and replied, "Okay, please sit down and wait a while. Your noodles will be here soon."

Five minutes later, the owner came over with a steaming bowl of noodles. The bowl was filled with seafood, such as crabs and shrimp.

The noodles smelled delicious, and Xuan Ye's appetite was immediately whetted.

He picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table, took a few strands of noodles, put them in his mouth, and took a gentle bite.

Although the noodles were a bit hot, they were very chewy and tasted amazing, so Xuan Ye quickly finished the big bowl of noodles on the table.

The bowl of noodles cost fifty taels of silver. After paying, Xuan Ye left the shop and strolled around the streets of the town for a while.

Half an hour later, Xuan Ye had walked almost every road in the town, but still couldn't find Jiraiya.

"Hey! That's weird. Where did Jiraiya go? He said he'd teach me Ninjutsu yesterday! I can't believe he's vanished without a trace today. Honestly." Xuan Ye thought to himself with some complaints.

"Sigh! Forget it, I'll just keep looking! I can also treat it as a chance to have some fun."

Thinking about it this way, Xuan Ye wasn't so upset anymore. During all these years of Tsunade's hellish training, Xuan Ye really hadn't had a chance to have any fun! Now that he had the opportunity to have some fun, it was a pretty good choice.

At this time of day, almost all the shops on the street are already open, after all, business is tough! If they don't open early, their business might be snatched away by other shops.

"Hey! What's that? Are you catching fish?"

Suddenly, Xuan Ye's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked towards a certain place.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a game of fishing, but the net used for catching fish was made of paper, making it not so easy to use.

"Boss, how much is this?"

Xuan Ye pointed to the fish and asked.

"Young guest, these fish are caught, while those nets will only cost ten taels of silver each."

The owner of this shop is an elderly man with a face full of wrinkles, almost all of his hair gone, and yellow teeth. He is hunched over, seemingly with a slight stoop.

"Ten taels of silver? Then give me five nets first," Xuan Ye said to the shopkeeper.

"Alright, sir, here are your five nets."

After paying fifty taels of silver for the old man's net, Xuan Ye began his fishing journey.

Is catching fish really that difficult?

Having never fished before, Xuan Ye was unaware of the techniques involved. So he simply placed the net in the water, and when he saw a fish on it, he picked it up.

However, the result wasn't so good. Because the net was wet, the fish easily broke a hole by struggling, and the fish escaped.

It doesn't matter. It's normal to fail the first time. Xuan Ye is very confident in his talent. As long as he tries a few more times, he will definitely succeed.

The second time, Xuan Ye tried to gently scoop up the fish, but for some reason, the fish suddenly went berserk again, struggling wildly and moving around erratically. The thin paper, now wet, tore open again, and the fish escaped once more.

"I can do it. Calm down, don't get angry or irritable. Try a few more times, and once I have experience, I'll definitely succeed." Xuan Ye comforted himself in this way.

The third time, Xuan Ye accidentally used too much force, and the thin paper tore a hole again, and the fish escaped through the hole once more.

The fourth and fifth attempts failed. At this point, Xuan Ye had decided to stick with this fishing method. He would not leave until he finally succeeded in catching a fish.

One of the more hot-tempered Xuan Ye simply tossed out a silver note worth ten thousand taels of silver and handed it to the old man, saying domineeringly, "Give me ten more, sir. I'll keep the extra money for later."

The old man was taken aback by the ten thousand taels of silver note, but he still gave Xuan Ye ten nets. After all, when you're in business, you can't stop customers.

The sixth time, Xuan Ye calmed himself down, silently cheered himself up, and started, but failed.

The seventh, eighth, ninth, and fifteenth attempts all failed.

At this moment, Xuan Ye's face turned slightly red, a vein bulged on his forehead, and his eyebrows twitched occasionally. "Well, I'm going to stick with you today. I'm not leaving until I get what I want," Xuan Ye thought to himself.

I asked the boss for ten more nets, ready to fight him to the death.