The river between Guili Plains and Cuijue Slope rippled emerald beneath the sunlight, giving it quite a pastoral air.
After Li Qiuzhi and Keqing finished marking the underground space beneath the ruins over there and writing a wooden sign as a warning, they followed Yelan to the river with a gang of bound Hilichurls.
Along the way, he and Keqing also kept an eye out for safety hazards near the road.
"Is this where the mutated Red Demon King was spotted?"
Keqing, wearing purple high heels with turned-down cuffs, folded her arms across her chest and gazed at the gently flowing river.
"That's what the witness said. Whether it's actually here is something we'll only know after fishing it up." Yelan brushed aside a strand of hair beside her face.
She looked at Li Qiuzhi and held out the aqua-blue thread in her hand.
"As the only gentleman among us, I'll leave this troublesome business to you."
"Since you put it that way, refusing would make me rather ungentlemanly." Li Qiuzhi took the thread made of Hydro, accepting Yelan's request.
"But my fishing skills really aren't very good. Whether it takes the bait will be down to luck."
He swept the riverbed with his Psychic Power but found no likely target for the moment. He could only try using the Hilichurls to lure it over.
"Red Demon Kings are extremely fierce fish. After growing so large, it seems to have lost interest in ordinary bait. Hopefully, these Hilichurls will attract it."
Yelan sighed as she spoke.
She had already spent the entire morning fishing here, baiting five or six different spots at once, without finding any Red Demon King.
She had caught plenty of other fish, though, all of which she had released.
Li Qiuzhi nodded and looked at the