After the first rod had been in the water for over two hours without a single Body Transformation Monster (treasure) taking the bait, you preliminarily determined that this bait held little appeal for the Body Transformation Monsters in these waters.
You put it away and replaced it with the "No. 1009 live bait" traded from Shangcang Palace.
This live bait was a water worm capable of swimming along the seabed. It had six pairs of translucent wings and had been bewitched by some method of yours, so it would not actively break away from the divine soul thread and hook (seal confinement object) you had condensed.
Your aura-concealing methods were exceptionally superb, even slightly better than your sensory abilities. This made it nearly impossible for the Body Transformation Monsters beneath the sea to detect the divine soul thread you had sent into the water.
It was only your second attempt, yet your luck was excellent. Even though your fishing skills remained terribly clumsy and the bait's movements underwater were far from natural, something still took the hook...
You removed the confined Body Transformation Monster from the hook and did not immediately cast the third rod. Instead, you had Xue Qianxi stand guard for you before finding a way to pressure this Body Transformation Monster...
Less than half a minute later, a wisp of azure gas left the originally vicious-looking and incomparably ugly monster, drifting away as the creature transformed into a Treasure Pearl. Judging from its aura alone, this deep-white crystalline Treasure Pearl was a very fine Three-Ring Dao Grade treasure. It was also your first gain since entering the Boundary Abyss Sea...
When you cast the third rod, you relayed news of your catch to Snow Emperor and Jin Chang Geng, who were some distance away, giving them a