[Black Iron Grade Bait]

The four goblins, who had also spent half the night hauling in the Simple Fishing Net, immediately started trotting over to Su Yu on their little legs when they heard his voice.

"Master, what are your orders?"

"Take one pistol each, then come with me." Su Yu glanced at the four goblins standing ramrod straight before him and handed them the four pistols he was holding.

Once the pistols had been handed out, Su Yu headed toward the wooden targets they had set up.

"Watch carefully and see how I use it. In a moment, each of you will get fifteen bullets. Practice your aim." Su Yu had walked ten meters away from the targets and now gave the four goblins beside him their instructions.

The four goblins quickly nodded to show they understood.

Su Yu then demonstrated how to disengage the safety, pull the trigger, reload, and perform a series of other operations. Once he had finished the demonstration, he stepped aside and let the four goblins take over.

The first to step up was the goblin Su Yu had named Di Yi. Recalling the way his master had operated the pistol, Di Yi raised it, aimed at the target nearby, and fired his first shot.

The goblin race had to be said to have a much greater aptitude for firearms than ordinary humans.

With that first shot, Di Yi hit the target. It wasn't dead center, but it wasn't far off.

"Good. Keep practicing. I want to see how much you've improved by tomorrow morning." After seeing Di Yi fire his first successful shot, Su Yu prepared to head back and catch up on some sleep.

"Understood, Master! We won't disappoint you." The goblins who heard Su Yu immediately thumped their chests and promised.

When Su Yu returned to the Small Villa, Di Yi and the other three goblins were as excited as if they'd been injected with chicken blood!

They'd finally earned their master's attention, so they had to practice hard no matter what. After all, there were more and more big shots on the island. If they didn't show what they were worth, Di Yi and the others feared their master might abandon them.

With that thought in mind, Di Yi and the other goblins focused completely on practicing. After every shot, they stopped to consider whether they had made a mistake before firing again. They practiced far more diligently than Su Yu had.

As for Su Yu himself, after keeping his eyes on the sea for most of the night until they were sore, he had put on earmuffs and gone to sleep in bed.

The night passed quietly. Aside from the gunshots that rang out on the island from time to time, nothing else happened during the second half of the night.

When the night faded and the sky brightened again, Su Yu got up and stretched his limbs. After a quick wash, some bread and breakfast meat, and a large bottle of milk, he slowly walked out of the Small Villa.

At that moment, the four goblins on Su Yu's island stood ramrod straight at the villa's entrance like guards. It looked as though they had finished practicing in the second half of the night and then stood there waiting for him without sleeping a wink.

"Looks like you practiced well. Come on, let me see." Su Yu glanced at the four goblins standing straight as poles and spoke in a low voice.

The goblins' faces lit up with excitement, the kind that came from being eager to show off.

Su Yu soon returned to the targets they had set up the previous night.

"Di Yi, you go first." Su Yu glanced at the goblins beside him and spoke.

The goblin Su Yu had named Di Yi quickly walked to a spot about ten meters from the target, focused intently, and fired his first shot.

"Bang." A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hole appeared right in the center of the simple wooden target the goblins had made.

"Not bad. Next." Seeing Di Yi hit the bull's-eye, a smile appeared at the corner of Su Yu's mouth. He waved his hand, signaling the next one to step up.

"Bang, bang, bang." Next, Di Er, Di San, and Di Si each proved through their actions that they had practiced hard the previous night. Each of the four goblins fired one shot, for a total of four—and every shot hit the bull's-eye. They had already met Su Yu's expectations.

"Good. You can go now. I'll call you if I need anything." After testing the goblins' aim, Su Yu prepared to begin today's fishing.

[ Ding! Please claim today's leaderboard bait reward promptly. ]

As soon as Su Yu reached the edge of the island, the daily reward reminder appeared.

"Claim." After silently thinking the word, Su Yu tossed the twenty portions of Common Bait to the side.

[Five meters beneath the sea here, there is one Five-Star Wooden Treasure Chest containing two portions of Black Iron Grade Bait.]

"Such good luck today. A lucky start?"

Su Yu scanned the sea and suddenly spotted something inside a treasure chest that caught his eye. It was something he had never seen before, and something he especially wanted.

"Here we go!" Su Yu quickly baited his hook with the upgraded bait, then cast it precisely into the area where the treasure chest containing Black Iron Grade Bait was hidden.

This time, however, Su Yu had to wait much longer. The Five-Star Wooden Treasure Chest containing the Black Iron Grade Bait took nearly twenty minutes to bite.

"Whoosh." The moment he saw the float sink, Su Yu yanked the Fishing Rod with all his might.

The Wooden Treasure Chest, sensing something was wrong beneath the water and trying to escape, was already too late. Against Su Yu's brute strength, the Five-Star Wooden Treasure Chest's resistance was nothing.

After all, Su Yu was standing on the island, and with the island's bonus attributes, his Strength was on the verge of breaking fifteen points. He was practically a humanoid Tyrannosaurus.

Looking at the treasure chest he had hauled onto the island, Su Yu reached out and touched it.

[ Ding! Your Double Happiness talent activated automatically. You received two portions of Black Iron Grade Bait * 2. ]

[Black Iron Grade Bait]

Description: Can be used for fishing up one- to three-star Black Iron Treasure Chests.

Bait recipe: Low-grade Energy Stone * 1, Black Iron Treasure Chest Fragment * 1.

Note: Starting with Black Iron Treasure Chests, there are no half-star ratings.

"The materials for this thing are getting more and more complicated." Looking at the recipe for Black Iron Grade Bait, Su Yu suddenly felt a headache coming on. For the moment, he didn't have a single one of the listed ingredients.

"Forget it. I'll look around first and see if there's a Black Iron Treasure Chest I can try it on." Shaking off the thought, Su Yu looked around in every direction along the edge of the island.

But after making a round, Su Yu still hadn't caught sight of a Black Iron Treasure Chest anywhere.