After mixing the special bait he needed, Lu Xuan once again cast the Agarwood Hook deep into the Thousand Treasure True River.
Then he patiently sat to the side, waiting for the Silver Horn Giant Fish to be drawn over by the bait.
"Daoist Lu, how is it going? Have any spirit fish bitten?"
A familiar voice drifted lightly into Lu Xuan's ears.
He turned to look and saw Shi Zichen several li away, nodding toward him from afar in greeting.
"Every now and then I run into one or two spirit fish biting the hook, but I haven't been able to reel any up. My luck can only be called average."
Lu Xuan transmitted back.
"Not being able to reel them up is what's normal. How could spirit fish be so easy to catch?"
"I really don't know what methods those great factions use. They can actually fish all sorts of rare treasures out of the Thousand Treasure True River."
Shi Zichen sighed again and again, his tone thick with envy.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, let's both keep striving."
Lu Xuan chuckled softly, his mind continuing to rest near the Agarwood Hook deep in the True River.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
Silver Horn Giant Fish...
"It's here!"
Lu Xuan held his breath and focused, the muscles in the arm gripping the Ink Jade Spirit Rod bulging, a faint pale-gold sheen vaguely surfacing on his skin.
All at once, the float plunged violently into the depths of the True River.
Lu Xuan gave a low shout, raising the Ink Jade Spirit Rod with one arm and heaving it upward with force.
"Another spirit fish has taken the hook?"
Several li away, Shi Zichen sensed the commotion on this side, and his eyes instantly went round.
"Daoist Lu, Shi