The Great Value of Heavenly Fishing

The preferred location for fishing for Dao Soul is also a place where Vital Energy Qi accumulates, which Dao Soul like to linger.

The water here mostly appears to flow rapidly.

Zheng Kun chose a place that was neither too fast nor too slow, because it was the most suitable place for his cultivation level.

While Gu Yuanqing's level of cultivation may not be as high as Zheng Kun's, his Divine Soul, Dao Resonance, and True Essence are far superior to Zheng Kun's. Moreover, due to his experience with the Heavenly Fishing Empowerment, his mastery of True Essence resilience and Dao Resonance condensation is far superior to Zheng Kun's.

To put it bluntly, it's like one person figuring it out on their own, while the other is like having a famous teacher personally guiding them.

Therefore, the position Zheng Kun chose was actually not suitable for Gu Yuanqing.

After descending for a while, Gu Yuanqing finally stopped at one point.

This is the place.

The water here flows swiftly, and there is no one to fish for over a hundred miles. Even if there is anything unusual, as long as the Motion and Stillness is not too great, it will not attract attention.

Gu Yuanqing summoned a rock and gently pressed it, and the rock transformed into a stone chair.

He sat down and started fishing again.

The True Essence Empowerment the Black Iron Fishing Rod, and hundreds of strands of True Essence flowed down the fishing line, intertwined with each other, and finally landed on the fishing hook.

The Dao Resonance was condensed using the Heavenly Fishing technique. Although it lacked the Heavenly Fishing Empowerment and could not be as effortless as it was on North Spring Mountain, it still possessed Split Soul, and a faint exotic fragrance drifted in the wind.

The Dao Bait fell into the Boundless River, sinking about seventy feet underwater.

After several days of getting used to it, Gu Yuanqing had become familiar with the fishing techniques in the Boundless River. He no longer needed to expend much mental energy on it. Exploring the underwater scene with his Divine Sense would be too taxing on his Divine Soul, and there was absolutely no need for that.

So while he waited, he also began to refine the Ancient Coin.

Condensing Ancient Coin also tests one's Divine Soul and mastery of the Dao Resonance, and Gu Yuanqing excels in both of these aspects far better than ordinary Void Heaven Cultivator.

During his several days on the way to Dongyuan City, he tried it out when he rested. The method was not difficult, and he had already mastered it completely with his comprehension.

He made a hand Method Formula, gathered his Divine Sense, and circulated his True Essence, transforming it into True Essence Array in front of him. The surrounding Vital Energy rapidly converged towards the Array Formation, and after a moment, a phantom image of Ancient Coin shaped like a knife, about the size of two fingers, appeared.

As the Vital Energy gathered and True Essence was injected, the illusory image gradually solidified.

The domain is encompassed, and the Dao Resonance is condensed within it. A Cloud Pattern slowly emerges and gradually becomes clear.

However, he did not stop there, but continued to focus on power and condensing Dao Resonance.

After half an incense stick's time had passed, another Dao Pattern gradually appeared.

Gu Yuanqing formed another Hand Seal, and the Ancient Coin emitted a faint light, which then subsided and took full shape.

He tossed the Ancient Coin in his hand once, then put it into his pocket.

"Refining Ancient Coin is essentially the same as refining weapons or talismans, except the materials are one's own True Essence and Dao Resonance. With my current strength, condensing Two-Pattern Ancient Coin is manageable, although it takes some mental effort, it won't affect my cultivation. Condensing three-pattern coins is quite strenuous. Moreover, it's best not to exceed three coins a day, otherwise it will negatively impact my cultivation and be a net loss."

"However, this speed is many times faster than the average Void Heaven Cultivator who can only condense two or three One-Pattern Ancient Coin per day."

This is the benefit of having a profound foundation. In terms of returns, Gu Yuanqing can condense about ten times more Ancient Coin than Mei Lisan, Zheng Kun, and others without affecting his cultivation.

When Gu Yuanqing planned to go fishing, he also condensed some of his own energy, since he was practically penniless in this Ancient Realm and didn't even have a Storage Bag.

It's so inconvenient to carry everything in your pocket or in a package.

Moreover, if you come across something nice but don't have the money to buy it, you'll regret it.

Many Cultivator in the Ancient Realm would exchange the Dao Soul they fished for Ancient Coin, but Gu Yuanqing had no such intention.

The reason these Cultivator sell or exchange the Dao Soul they catch is mostly because the Dao Soul are incompatible with their own understanding of the Dao and are not very useful.

However, Gu Yuanqing's Void Heaven World is different from others. Most others construct their Void Heaven based on one or two kinds of Great Dao enlightenment, while his Void Heaven World follows the path of myriad Daos.

Any Dao Soul would be of great use to him.

He made another hand Method Formula, and another phantom image of Ancient Coin slowly appeared. Just as he was about to proceed to the next step, he suddenly felt the fishing hook underwater Motion and Stillness.

He quickly dispersed the hand Method Formula and carefully sensed the underwater Motion and Stillness.

After a moment, he suddenly pulled up the Fishing Rod, and a Blue Fish about half a foot long was caught on its belly and pulled up.

This Dao Soul was too small and had not yet reached the next level, so it couldn't swallow the Fishing Bait at all. However, Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Angling Method to directly transform the Divine Soul into a hook and hook it up.

He smiled.

"I don't mind, even a mosquito's leg is meat."

He pulled it into the Divine Court, and their Divine Soul made contact. A Wind Dao enlightenment merged into their Divine Soul.

However, it took even less time to comprehend the Octopus compared to before; the Spirituality within the Dao Soul was exhausted in just a few breaths.

"Not bad, comparable to a day's focused training in the Wind Dao!"

He then focused his Dao Resonance, lowered the Fishhook, and before an incense stick's time had passed, he once again sensed the Motion and Stillness of Dao Soul underwater.

After a moment, it was brought up again; it was a Black Tortoise Dao Soul the size of a palm.

Although it was still very small, Gu Yuanqing's eyes lit up.

"It seems the Heavenly Angling Method really works in the Boundless River; coming here was the right decision."

Refinement this Black Tortoise is equivalent to two or three days of cultivation.

About half an hour later, Gu Yuanqing caught another Blue Fish that was about a foot long.

At this point, Gu Yuanqing finally smiled.

"This Boundless River was clearly prepared just for me."

"The Void Heaven World I constructed is far too vast, far exceeding that of others. To reach the Void Heaven Perfection, I need to comprehend every Dao Resonance within this world to an extremely profound degree. Even with the help of Mountain Observation's comprehension, it would probably take hundreds of years. Now, with the Dao Soul in the Boundless River, it will undoubtedly save me a lot of time."

Gu Yuanqing thought of the Heavenly Fishing Empowerment and sighed inwardly.

"Every sip and every bite, is it all preordained? Could my Heavenly Fishing Empowerment be prepared specifically for this Boundless River?"

It is common knowledge that the Dao Soul is hard to lose. Countless Cultivator in the Exquisite World are trapped in the Void Heaven, seeking fortuitous opportunity in this Boundless River, but only a few truly reap great rewards.

For example, Mei Lisan felt that, over the course of a century, it was not as worthwhile as condensing Ancient Coin every day, and he felt that fishing in the Boundless River was like gambling.

Although the Dao Soul caught were relatively small, the fishing speed was much faster than when he was with Zheng Kun.

In the previous few days, I only caught one Dao Soul, but in just two hours here I caught three.

This shows that the Dao Resonance condensed in the Heavenly Fishing Method is useful here; it can not only lure and fish for demonic Demon Beast, but also for Daoist Dao Soul.

Gu Yuanqing enthusiastically lowered his fishing hook again.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, another Dao Soul took the bait.

Gu Yuanqing's smile never faded, and as time passed, the speed at which he caught Dao Soul only increased, as if the surrounding Dao Soul were drawn in by the aroma of the Dao Bait...