Killing the Fish

Right now, there are quite a few fish lying inside his boat awning.

One of the fish was an extremely plump cuttlefish, which was constantly thrashing about inside the bucket.

He figured this cuttlefish could fetch a good price.

I wonder if the Prefect eats snakehead fish. If he does, selling it to him would surely bring in a good amount of money.

He'd been fishing for many years, but this was the first time he'd ever seen a snakehead fish this size.

The prefect is very generous; if he wanted it, he would certainly be given a generous sum of money.

Thinking back, the prefect had previously used money to collect information in order to punish those petty officials.

The old fisherman rowed his boat and soon reached the shore.

After reaching the shore, the old fisherman hummed a tune as he prepared to head towards Pingjiang City.

But the next moment, several burly men walked over and blocked his way.

"Uncle, did you catch any good fish? My husband wants to eat some plump fish."

The burly man at the head of the group spoke up.

The old fisherman frowned as he looked at the burly men in front of him, a hint of fear creeping into his heart.

"No, we didn't catch many, just some small fish."

The old fisherman sensed that these people in front of him were not good people, so he gave them a few perfunctory replies.

But the burly man in the lead wasn't someone he could fool with just a few words. Just now, he had thoroughly examined all the other fishermen.

We didn't see any snakehead fish.

For the sake of ten taels of silver, we must not let anyone go.

If we can find a plump black carp, we can go back and report our success.

Thinking of this, the big man snatched the bucket from the old man's hand, looked inside, and then exclaimed.

"What a huge snakehead fish!"

Seeing the thrashing blackfish in the bucket, the burly man was overjoyed.

Such a plump and delicious snakehead fish must be what my master wants.

With that thought in mind, he picked up the bucket and prepared to leave.

The old man's expression immediately turned anxious upon seeing this. These were the fish he had caught that day; if these people took them away like that, what would he eat?

Moreover, there was a snakehead fish inside, which he thought could fetch a good price.

"I caught this fish myself, you can't take it from me!"

The old man grew anxious and tried to stop them from leaving.

But he was just an old fisherman, no match for these strong young men. He was kicked away as soon as he stepped forward.

"My master has taken a liking to your things, that's your honor. If you dare to complain again, I'll twist your head off and feed it to the fish!"

The burly man said something menacingly, then picked up the bucket and strode away.

As instructed by their master, they were to kill the fish in Pingjiang City before bringing it back.

The master's orders were strange and unusual, but they had no choice but to follow them.

The old fisherman was kicked and nearly died from his injuries.

After finally managing to get up, he saw the burly men ahead heading towards Pingjiang City, and then gritted his teeth and followed them.

He was unwilling to accept it; how could these robbers steal the fish he had worked so hard to catch?

He thought to himself that the new prefect was extremely harsh, having previously managed to kill all the county magistrates.

If he reports it to the police, the authorities will likely not let these people off the hook.

Thinking of this, the old man hurriedly headed towards Pingjiang City.

Wu River.

The Dragon King was still sitting on his dragon throne, his head slightly tilted as he pondered something.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly the Dragon King frowned, a sense of unease rising in his heart.

"Strange, why do I have this feeling..."

The Dragon King was puzzled. That fleeting feeling he had just experienced suddenly gave him a feeling of heart-wrenching pain.

After pondering for a moment, the Dragon King still couldn't figure it out, and when he looked up, he couldn't see his son.

After thinking for a moment, the Dragon King began to call out.

But after a long while, she still didn't hear a response from her son.

The Dragon King suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and his Divine Sense immediately extended outwards.

After sweeping across the entire bottom of the Wu River, the Dragon King transformed into his true form and swiftly swam forward.

A huge black carp swam across the bottom of the Wu River, instantly frightening the fish demons beneath the Wu River into trembling.

"My son... has been Human Tribulation..."

The Dragon King finally realized that his son was destined for Human Tribulation.

Once the Human Tribulation is overcome, one can begin to Transformation.

However, if Human Tribulation, then death will be the consequence.

He originally thought that his son should be able to survive the Human Tribulation, but the palpitation he just felt made him worry instantly.

"No, we must send someone to find my son. If he encounters danger, we must risk everything, even if it means sacrificing our Human Tribulation."

The Dragon King was starting to get anxious.

If you forcibly intervene and the Human Tribulation is not overcome, then your cultivation level will still not be able to break through.

But for his son's safety, he would rather his son never break through in cultivation than die.

Thinking of this, the Dragon King immediately gave the order.

A large group of fish demons began to gather at this moment, and then prepared to investigate the location of the little black fish.

Pingjiang City.

The burly men had already arrived in Pingjiang City. They were to kill the culprits here as instructed by their master.

With that in mind, the group found a house and asked to borrow a knife to kill the fish.

Once he had the knife in his hand, he grabbed the incredibly plump cuttlefish, licked his lips, and prepared to make his cut.

Such plump and delicious snakehead fish, they all wanted to take a bite just looking at it.

"How do we kill this cuttlefish? Just stub its head out?"

A burly man had already caught the cuttlefish, and no matter how much the cuttlefish thrashed about, it couldn't escape his grasp.

At this moment, however, a trace of grief and indignation welled up in Wuyu's eyes.

Why is this Human Tribulation so perilous?

Wu Yu was puzzled, and trembled all over as he looked at the kitchen knife the other person picked up.

"The master probably wants the whole fish. How can you just chop off the head? Just cut open the belly and clean out the internal organs."

Upon hearing this, another person quickly added a comment.

The fish on the dinner table are usually served whole; how can you chop off the head like that?

The burly man with the knife standing nearby thought about it and agreed.

So he picked up a knife and began to cut into the belly of the cuttlefish.

At first, Ganggang felt it was difficult to cut open, but after he exerted force, he felt a slight obstruction, and then the cleaver directly sliced open the belly of the cuttlefish.

In an instant, the cuttlefish began to struggle frantically.

The slime covering its body made it difficult for even the burly man holding the cuttlefish to hold on.

He called over a few men to hold down the blackfish, a fierce glint flashing in the burly man's eyes.

"Wouldn't it be better to just obediently be killed? Why are you still struggling!"

After saying that, the big man pulled hard on the cleaver that was still in the belly of the cuttlefish, and a large gash was instantly opened in the cuttlefish's belly.

Fresh blood immediately began to drip slowly down the cutting board, and strangely enough, the flowing blood actually emitted a faint fragrance.