Just as Su Mu was lost in a daze, the float suddenly plunged deep, jolting him awake.
He grabbed the Fishing Rod tightly, and the Fishing Line instantly went taut.
Feeling the powerful pull, Su Mu rose to his feet and tugged backward with both hands.
Good heavens! It was pretty strong!
Judging by that force, it had to be a treasure fish. Otherwise, it could not possibly have had such strength.
When you hooked a big fish, you had to mind your technique. To keep the line from snapping, you needed to tire the fish out instead of pulling with brute force. Otherwise, if the Fishing Line broke, that would be miserable.
There was nothing more agonizing in the world than having the line snap after hooking a big fish. If that happened, you would sit bolt upright in bed at night and slap yourself twice across the face.
At this moment, on the Liuyun Continent.
A thousand years ago, this continent had originally been called the "Source Spirit Continent." Then, during the earth-shaking war of a thousand years past, a man named Xiao Liuyun had faced ten Supreme Experts alone with absolute dominance, becoming the number one person on the continent.
On the day Emperor Xiao ascended the throne, the Source Spirit Continent was renamed the Liuyun Continent. This land became Emperor Xiao's domain, and standing at the continent's very peak, he felt the loneliness of invincibility.
Holy Cloud Hall stood atop the highest mountain on the continent. The mountain backed onto the Spirit Source Long River and was surrounded by nine Dragon Neck Sacred Veins.
That night, bright moonlight poured down like a silver mantle.
A handsome, tall, slender man in white sat beneath a locust tree before Holy Cloud Hall.
He picked up the teacup on