Wang Baoguang and Saint Daughter Yibing were locked in a standoff.
Suddenly.
From nearby came Cai Youdao's delighted shout: "Got one!"
Wang Baoguang instinctively glanced over and saw Cai Youdao excitedly jerk his fishing rod, flinging up a Spirit Fish around three feet long, as purple and crystalline as amethyst.
Under the sunlight, the fish's scales shimmered with flowing colors, translucent and glittering. Through the scales, one could seemingly glimpse the crystalline texture of the flesh beneath.
"A Violet Crystal Immortal Fish! Looks like the little dragon girl is in for quite a treat today." Cai Youdao looked tremendously pleased.
The Ice and Snow Dragon Maiden, Yibingnia, scampered over. After taking one look, her delicate brows immediately knitted together, and she said with some disdain, "Such a tiny fish? It is not even enough for one bite."
"That is because you little girl do not know how to eat properly." Cai Youdao rolled his eyes. "Do not underestimate this little spring. It twists and links through nine bends to the core of Purple Cloud Peak's great Spirit Vein. This Violet Crystal Immortal Fish is a product of that great Spirit Vein. It grows exceptionally slowly—one centimeter every ten years, one inch every hundred years, and one foot every thousand years."
"A 'tiny' Violet Crystal Immortal Fish over three feet long like this has at least three thousand years of cultivation. It is worth at least one Immortal Spirit Stone! Yuling, Yuling, hurry up and prepare this Violet Crystal Immortal Fish. Today, we will all have a taste."
At Cai Youdao's call, a fairy in white robes, pure as snow and carrying the air of a flower upon a lofty peak, appeared at the cottage door.
Yet at this moment, impatience was written all over the exquisite jade-like face of that