Chapter 509: Chapter 499: What Exactly Have You Nurtured? The Elder’s Shock!

This "colossal creature," three meters long, has golden scales that glitter faintly with a shimmering light. Its tail resembles a scythe, and its crimson eyes, with two crescent silver horns protruding from the sides of its gills, make it appear extremely dangerous.

Having guarded the Long River for so many years, Su Mu was seeing such a Treasure Fish for the first time. With just this one glance, he could tell that this Treasure Fish was undoubtedly an "overlord" level existence. In the waters, it would definitely be an overlord.

This colossal creature was easily lifted by the old man with one hand. It’s hard to imagine that his withered arm could unleash such astonishing power, making it clear that this old man is far from as weak as he appears. He’s quite formidable!

Elder Bai Mei gently flicked his right hand, and the Treasure Fish was tossed onto the shore. Under Elder Bai Mei’s gaze, the Treasure Fish dared not move, even though a slight flick would be enough to jump back into the pond. However, it seemed to be suppressed by the old man’s aura, lying motionless and stiff on the ground, ready to be slaughtered.

Upon seeing this, Su Mu raised an eyebrow, wondering if the Treasure Fish in this pond were very afraid of Elder Bai Mei?

"This fish is quite peculiar."

Su Mu looked the Treasure Fish up and down and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Elder Bai Mei asked in surprise, "Friend, have you never seen it before?"

"It is indeed my first time seeing one."

After speaking, Elder Bai Mei slowly said, "It’s normal. This type of fish is basically extinct. There might be fewer than five left in the entire river." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Upon hearing this, Su Mu was stunned.

This Yang is not simple. On this vast Long River, there are only five of them, and he managed to catch one. Why haven’t I had such luck??

Logically, since I’ve been guarding this river and refining it, all the Treasure Fish in it should belong to me.

Because this fish must have been caught by Yang from the main river outside and raised here.

Even though he’s envious, he can’t possibly be petty enough to ask for it back..... that would be too small-minded.

At that moment, Su Mu finally seemed to understand the mindset of those pond owners when faced with professional fishers catching valuable fish. It hurts a lot!

....

Elder Bai Mei noticed Su Mu’s expression and, pointing to the pond, said with a smile, "Brother Su, how about this."

"Feel free to fish as you wish, and whatever you catch, you can take it all."

Although these fish were found and nurtured by him, he still owed a little to Su Mu, because he wasn’t sure to what extent Su Mu controlled the River of Time, so he had to manage these matters of human etiquette.

These words suddenly piqued Su Mu’s interest.

Initially, he just wanted to fish as an excuse to get information from Yang. Seeing this pond full of good Treasure Fish piqued his interest.

Having said so much, if he didn’t give it a good shot, it would be a waste!

Elder Bai Mei patted the head of the Treasure Fish, gesturing it not to be afraid, and then released it back into the water.

...

Immediately, Su Mu lifted the fishing rod, changed to a new bait, and cast it into the water again.

But after waiting for quite a while, Elder Bai Mei had already caught his second and third, while Su Mu had no movement at all.

It almost made Su Mu’s face flush with embarrassment.

Yang took a worn-out locust leaf and managed to catch fish, while he, using all sorts of "technologically advanced and cunning stuff," couldn’t even catch a hair.

Do the fish in this pond usually eat rotten leaves and mud?

Can you show a bit of backbone!

You are fierce beasts, after all!

....

At this moment, Elder Bai Mei, unable to watch any longer, tentatively asked, "Brother Su, would you like to try my bait?"

Upon hearing this, Su Mu, rather unhappily, waved his hand, "No need."

In response, Elder Bai Mei laughed and said, "To be honest, Brother Su, the fish in my pond have all been trained by me. They won’t bite at any other bait, even treasures are hard to catch it with."

He was being tactful, saying they were hard to catch, but in reality, they couldn’t be caught at all.

If Su Mu really managed to catch something using his method and his bait, wouldn’t all his years of effort become a joke?

Wouldn’t it mean that anyone could influence the fish in his pond?

.....

Just like that, another hour passed.

In this hour, Elder Bai Mei caught a total of ten fish, taking breaks between catches and releasing them before leisurely continuing to fish.

But Su Mu, for a whole hour, couldn’t even get a nibble, not even a glance or a sniff from the fish.

Was his bait really that bad?!

...

"Brother Su, try my bait."

With that said, Elder Bai Mei plucked a piece of locust leaf and handed it to Su Mu, saying with a smile, "Use this, and you’ll catch something."

The relaxed tone sounded full of mockery to Su Mu’s ears!

Gazing at the locust leaf, Su Mu pondered. Could it be that the fish in this pond really preferred to eat leaves??

He then searched through his Elixir Field World, finding various leaves from different Treasure Trees.

These leaves were all from top-tier Treasure Trees and were considered a Great Medicine.

After trying dozens of types, all ended in failure.

This left Su Mu bewildered, wondering what exactly went wrong.

Was he really going to return empty-handed today?

Even if he was empty-handed, it was mainly embarrassing. The fact that someone could defeat him with a mere locust leaf made Su Mu feel like a poorly performing student with too many stationary items.

......

"Brother Su, honestly, you should use mine, or you won’t catch anything."

Elder Bai Mei again extended the locust leaf in his hand toward Su Mu.

Seeing this, Su Mu took the locust leaf, examined it closely, and found that it was indeed just an ordinary locust leaf!

It couldn’t be more ordinary!

The leaves he used came from top-tier Treasure Trees, yet they were inferior to this worn-out leaf?

However, upon closer inspection, Su Mu finally noticed something peculiar.

This locust leaf was imbued with Elder Bai Mei’s aura, which was the only special aspect.

Could it be that the Treasure Fish in this pond had really been trained to be caught with a leaf imbued with his aura??

....

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something.

He returned the locust leaf to Elder Bai Mei.

Next, he looked within his Elixir Field World and focused his gaze on the Black and White Divine Tree growing there.

Currently, the Black and White Divine Tree had grown to two and a half meters tall, with each leaf being black and white, one half white, one half black.

With a thought, he plucked a black-and-white leaf.

As he opened his eyes, a black-and-white leaf appeared in the palm of his hand.

When Elder Bai Mei saw the black-and-white leaf in Su Mu’s palm, he froze in place.

This familiar Origin aura, could it be?!