Setting a Fish Trap, Starting to Catch Fish!

Su Mu arrived at the shore and found Little Mahi barely clinging to life.

He focused his gaze and saw a strand of dark green aquatic grass wrapped around its tail, the end seeming to be connected to something.

At this moment, Little Mahi was covered in wounds. A horrifying gash stretched from its head to its tail, a full fifty centimeters long. The wound was so deep that flesh could be seen.

Use "100" Favor Points to heal?

Su Mu was about to use Favor Points to heal Little Mahi, but discovered that it required a full hundred points. It was not that he begrudged the hundred points; he was simply surprised. Last time, it had also been badly injured, yet it had only needed a few points.

This time, it actually required a hundred points. That showed just how grave its injuries were.

Little Mahi's aura was also extremely faint.

Su Mu hurriedly used a hundred Favor Points to heal Little Mahi.

The next second.

The wounds on Little Mahi's body rapidly healed, and its aura swiftly recovered as well. This time, it took a full five breaths before it completely recovered.

Looking at Little Mahi, restored as good as new, Su Mu finally let out a sigh of relief.

This little fellow was Su Mu's first pet, as well as his lucky koi. It had brought him quite a few surprises. Forget a hundred points—even if it took a thousand, Su Mu would not hesitate.

After recovering, Little Mahi sent a mental message to Su Mu.

He looked at the aquatic grass around Little Mahi's tail and muttered, "Is this the treasure you found?"

Su Mu removed the aquatic grass wrapped around Little Mahi's tail. Once he held it in his hand, he began pulling.

Huh? This thing was pretty heavy!

Su Mu rolled up his sleeves and exerted tremendous force before finally dragging the thing tangled at the end of the aquatic grass out of the water.

Hm? What was this? Su Mu stepped closer to look. Once he saw it clearly, he was startled.

It was a skeleton—and a human skeleton at that. The skull, ribcage, leg bones, and finger bones were all present, completely intact.

Good heavens! This was the treasure you were talking about?

Why the hell did you fish up a corpse for me?? Just as Su Mu felt a chill run down his spine and prepared to toss the skeleton back into the riverbed, he noticed a faint golden glow coming from it.

Huh? Could it really be a treasure?

Su Mu dragged the skeleton onto the shore, then crouched down and began examining it.

He stretched out his right hand and touched the skeleton. The instant his finger made contact, he jerked it back.

What an incredible temperature! His body had already become so powerful, yet his finger had still been scalded into a blister.

Something was wrong. This corpse had been soaked in the river for so long, so why was it still so hot? Could this skeleton have belonged to a powerful cultivator when it was alive?

But it had been dead for so long, with nothing but a skeleton left. Could it still retain such a high temperature? The next second, the white bones turned golden, eventually becoming a Golden Skeleton.

For the next two days, Su Mu studied the skeleton.

There was no doubt that it was a treasure, but how was he supposed to use it?? They were bones; he could not exactly eat them directly. Besides, the bones were incredibly hard. Even with all his strength, he could not split them apart, let alone bite them.

Boil the big bones into soup? Of course he had tried that. It was completely useless.

During those two days of free time, Su Mu spent nearly all of it studying the Golden Skeleton.

That day, while he was studying it, Su Mu accidentally stumbled and fell onto the skeleton.

In an instant, the skeleton clung to Su Mu like chewy taffy and fiercely scorched him! "Ow, fuck!"

The next second, he tried to shake it off, only to find that the skeleton was tightly stuck to his skin. Most terrifying of all, the bones began merging into his body! It scared Su Mu half to death.

It was over, it was over. How had these bones come alive?!

Was this thing trying to possess his body?

He began circulating his cultivation technique, trying to resist the Golden Bone merging with his body, but he found that he could not stop it in the slightest! In merely three breaths, the Golden Bone completely fused into Su Mu's body.

At this moment, every bone in his body turned golden.

His aura began surging explosively at this instant! Great Ascension Middle Stage!

Great Ascension Late Stage!

He broke through two realms in a row!

The most obvious improvement was not his cultivation realm, but the strength of Su Mu's body! His Qi and Blood Power instantly increased by more than a hundredfold, his qi sea expanded several times over, and countless other minute changes occurred throughout his body.

As his body strengthened, the second heart he had received from Li Qi Ye fused another step deeper with his body. The tiny blood vessels connecting the heart to his body had also become ten thousand in number!

At this moment, Su Mu felt that his body was incomparably light and clear, filled with an indescribably profound sensation.

In the end, his cultivation settled at Great Ascension Completion!

He was only one step away from the Transformation Spirit Realm above Great Ascension! Good heavens! He had shot all the way from Great Ascension Initial Stage to Great Ascension Completion. Was this really cultivation? This was fucking riding a rocket!

The most direct changes were still those to his physical body.

Su Mu was in an excellent mood. He came to the riverbank and summoned Little Mahi back.

Looking at Little Mahi by the shore, Su Mu planned to give it a huge reward.

Spend "100" Favor Points to feed it?

"Yes!"

"Give my Dolphinfish general a damn good reward!"

As the Favor Points flowed into Little Mahi's body, it returned to its most perfect state.

The next second, Little Mahi's body suddenly grew to one meter long!

Seeing this, Su Mu was somewhat surprised. It seemed that his Favor Points could not only heal aquatic beasts' injuries, but also help them grow. Not bad, not bad.

Now that it was already one meter long, it was a big fish.

"Now that you've grown this big, you won't be so easily bullied by big fish and crabs anymore."

Su Mu said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Little Mahi swam back and forth happily, its tail constantly slapping the water's surface.

The next day.

Su Mu used vines from the riverbank to weave a simple Fish Trap for catching fish.

Though Su Mu looked like a rough brute, he was exceptionally skilled at handicrafts. Before long, he had woven an exquisite, sturdy Fish Trap.

Ever since Little Mahi had brought him treasures several times, he had also realized that quite a few good treasures were hidden in this river.

Before long, Su Mu finally found a relatively shallow stretch of water with plenty of silk grass.

He rolled up his trouser legs, stepped into the mud and sand, and placed the Fish Trap he had woven among the aquatic grass. Then he pulled over nearby aquatic grass to cover its surface.

After finishing all this, Su Mu began his daily task of patrolling the river again.

Maintaining order along the river and earning Favor Points was his top priority every day. It could not be interrupted.

Early the next morning, Su Mu arrived at the waters where he had placed the Fish Trap the day before.

Finding the spot, he pushed aside the silk grass and gave it a hard pull, only to find it rather heavy.

Hm??

Another big catch? When he pulled it up with force and saw what was inside the Fish Trap, Su Mu was dumbfounded.