The night was deep.
The moon hung high in the sky.
Aaron stood at the prow of a black-canopied boat, calmly baiting the water and casting his net...
His fishing skill had already been leveled to the maximum. With one cast, his eyes were filled with all manner of rare catches—there were even three Crimson Blood Carp!
"Still no Fish King!"
Aaron sighed.
He had actually been the first person to discover the Fish King's emergence!
But a single person's strength was truly limited, and Great Marsh Lake was simply too vast.
Although the Incomplete Sea-Gathering Art could draw schools of fish within a certain range, that range was ultimately still a little too small...
"More fishing boats have been appearing on the lake lately, deliberately poking into all sorts of remote places... There are even traces of them near the little island where I live in seclusion..."
"Clearly, someone has discovered the signs of the Fish King's emergence, and the scenes from before are playing out all over again..."
A trace of killing intent inevitably entered Aaron's eyes.
He certainly had no goodwill toward powers that seized people's families and forced fishermen to risk their lives.
For instance, the Cao Family—the enemy responsible for Fang Yu's parents' deaths—had already been wiped out, root and branch.
And now this new faction actually wanted to compete with him for the Fish King. That was even less tolerable!
"Still... perhaps they can be put to use."
"After all, they have more people. Maybe they'll find traces of the Fish King before I do... Back then, even the Azure Cauldron Sect's cultivators had needed to rely on mortals."
Aaron pondered silently, glancing at his attribute panel:
``` [Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)]
[Talent: Immortality]
[Age: 137]
[Realm: Qi Refinement Level 5]
[Cultivation Method: Primal