As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 167 - 154: A Turn Around, Encountering Love

Chapter 167: Chapter 154: A Turn Around, Encountering Love

It hurt, blood was shed, and the strength to struggle faded away as well.

An arrow pierced the flesh, and the cravings were the same, but the outcome of life was different.

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t expected that he would encounter such a fool while heading back.

While gripping the fishing line, he kicked his fins upward, preventing the Red Friend from escaping into the vast rocks in its final moments.

Fortunately, the shot hit a good spot, in its brain, and the Red Friend fish only struggled a little before calming down.

Chu Mingcheng gave some slack to the line and then swam up to the surface first, to avoid having to explain if he took too long, unaware that Jiang Luoluo had already taken care of that issue for him.

As long as it didn’t exceed five minutes by much, there wouldn’t be any problems.

“He’s coming up, he’s coming up!” Jiang Yuqi yelled pointing towards the surface, but actually, everyone else was already watching and noticed immediately.

Brother Haiwang looked hopeful and said, “Looking at Ah Cheng’s manner, he must be pulling up a fish. Having him stay so long underwater, he must have encountered a big one, right?”

“I wonder what fish it is, it might even be a big Stone Fish,” guessed Jiang Yuqi.

“Eh, could it be another giant tiger spot?” Brother Haiwang was reminded by her and suddenly thought of the previous tiger spot they had purchased.

He had never known tiger spots could be that large until they shot that video, and he had finally made another claim of the biggest on the net.

Today, he was looking forward to saying something similar when cooking in the evening.

Then, he saw Chu Mingcheng pulling up a large red fish, which almost obscured his upper body.

“My word, really got a big catch?” Brother Haiwang immediately picked up the binoculars hanging on his chest to observe, “Hey, it’s actually a big Red Friend, awesome!”

Of course, the surprises didn’t end there. When Chu Míngchéng swam to the boat, he first handed over the Red Friend Fish to them, and then picked up a string of Pepper Diao, finally expanding his experience.

“Brother Haiwang, Ah Qi, how about this Red Friend for dinner?”

After handing over the catch to Jiang Luoluo, Chu Mingcheng pointed at the large Red Friend on the deck and smiled.

“Boss is generous!” Jiang Yuqi gave a thumbs up.

They had made nearly four thousand yesterday, and this Red Friend probably weighed over thirty jin, its value not much less than yesterday’s.

“Let’s not, let’s not, let’s not be that extravagant today. Let’s see what to make after you finish fishing in the afternoon!” Brother Haiwang waved his hands, refusing.

He couldn’t just take advantage like this; once was enough yesterday, and doing it again today was even embarrassing for himself.

If possible, he actually wanted to purchase it to make a separate episode solely about it.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng just smiled and didn’t bring it up again.

“Alright then, I’ll go back underwater to check, there might be other good finds!”

From the start of the dive to now, only half an hour had elapsed, and both his physical strength and condition were still good; he definitely had to keep going.

After swimming back to the area he’d just been, Chu Mingcheng reloaded his spear and had just entered the water when he saw a three-point crab, also known as the Red Star Crab.

It looked quite sizeable, weighing seven or eight taels.

The crab swam in a funny manner, its back two short legs moving up and down as it moved sideways, causing its body to sway in such a way that it appeared quite arrogant.

Chu Mingcheng amusingly poked it with the front of the fish spear, but the Red Star Crab turned out to be quite temperamental and actually opened its claws to clamp the fish spear.

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Curiously, even after he moved the spear away, the crab deliberately swam over to continue clamping as if harboring some deep grudge.

Chu Mingcheng found this interesting, so he moved the spear back a bit and the crab, which was still clamping onto the arrowhead, would not let go, and soon after, he caught it with his left hand.

Was that really necessary!

So fierce, for dinner, you’re scheduled to be steamed.

As the crab was so accommodating, Chu Mingcheng was not bothered at all and swam back to the side of the boat to fling the crab onto the deck.

“This crab has quite the temper; I just gently touched it with the fish spear and it kept on seizing my fish spear, so I figured I’d just bring it back to you guys to correct its temper tonight.”

“This I’m good at, when the time comes, I’ll give it a decent treatment,” said Brother Haiwang with a smile, coming over to pick up the crab.

After that, Chu Mingcheng returned to the water, and this time didn’t encounter any surprises.

Returning to the previous spot, he noticed that all the big fishes had run away, but in the distance, he occasionally spotted several fish silhouettes.

Most of the shadows he could spot were large fish.

Chu Mingcheng observed the several huge stones at the bottom, choosing a slanted giant stone as a good spot for an ambush.

He knocked on the giant stone with the handle of his fish spear, making a thudding sound.

Fish curious about such sounds would come over on their own, a method Chu Mingcheng had used before when he didn’t have a boat, around a solitary rocky area close to the shore.

The noise underwater indeed attracted big fish, but the first fish that came was a surprise—a meter-long Sea Wolf appearing from behind.

No wonder all the fish here had fled; it turned out they had encountered a Sea Wolf.

Sea Wolves generally live in groups but occasionally could be found alone.

Chu Mingcheng looked around and did not spot any other Sea Wolves; evidently, this Sea Wolf was alone.

The Sea Wolf was fast, but it didn’t leave and wasn’t afraid of him, even swimming past him from two meters away at one point.

This Sea Wolf was quite large, probably about one and a half meters, and Chu Mingcheng immediately raised his fish spear to aim.

He followed the Sea Wolf’s movements with the arrowhead, and once he was sure of its direction, he pressed the trigger; with a bang, the fish spear pierced through its gills.

The Sea Wolf instantly started to speed away, its movements somewhat resembling those of a Mackerel.

But as Chu Mingcheng pulled on the fishing line, it only swam around in circles for a while before the accelerated loss of strength and the oxygen deprivation from the damaged gills caused it to stop.

Seeing this, he reeled the fishing line in and when the Sea Wolf got close, he grabbed its tail.

The Sea Wolf twisted its body and struggled again, even opening its mouth to show its sharp teeth to bite him.

However, Chu Mingcheng’s agility underwater hadn’t decreased; he simply slapped the Sea Wolf’s head away.

But this struggle seemed to drain the last of the Sea Wolf’s strength; after its head was slapped away, it stopped making trouble.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t remove the fish spear but just brought the fish back with it.

The waves were too long, making it difficult to keep the fish close by.

When there are too many big fish, even Brother Haiwang and Jiang Yuqi had become numb to it.

But seeing this Sea Wolf reminded Brother Haiwang of the video he made when he flipped over after spending over one thousand yuan.

He had always suspected that the Sea Wolf had been frozen for too long, causing its meat to be no longer fresh, and it barely had any fat.

Now that Chu Mingcheng had caught such a big Sea Wolf, and it looked quite plump, the fat content must be rich.

Perhaps, cooking this Sea Wolf tonight would be quite nice.

But he did not speak out yet, as Chu Mingcheng’s fishing hunt was not over; maybe he would encounter another fish worth filming?

Time was gradually passing, and the tide was starting to rise.

The three people on the boat, who hadn’t caught a single fish, finally felt some action in their rods after the tide rose, but they were just some smaller sea bream, and not even consecutive catches.

This situation didn’t provide much of an experience for Jiang Luoluo; she then let Brother Haiwang and Jiang Yuqi do as they wished and went back to the cockpit to take out her laptop and start looking at the background of the newly selected songs.

Her dance was not only visually appealing but also sufficiently thematic, able to convey the story behind the music, which was one of the secrets to her success.

After a while, Jiang Yuqi also came in, seemingly tired from fishing, and curiously started asking questions.

Jiang Luoluo was not annoyed at all; at that moment, she was like a gentle big sister.

Only Brother Haiwang and two cameramen remained on deck.

Brother Haiwang had no plans to come in; he hadn’t caught many fish, but he was enjoying himself every now and then, helping Chu Mingcheng bring his catch on board, categorizing them, laying them on ice.

Perhaps the simplicity is what makes it enjoyable for men.

Time slowly slipped by, and Chu Mingcheng, floating on the surface, checked his watch and found it was already half-past three in the afternoon, and today’s catch was quite good.

Just the Pepper Diao and Red Friend Fish alone could sell for over ten thousand yuan.

Apart from the Sea Wolf, the other catches weren’t few, although they weren’t as lucky as in the beginning to encounter high-value fish, but they had the advantage of quantity.

There was still half an hour left until four o’clock, time for one last haul.

Then he would go back, take a shower, change clothes, and head to the beach to cook dinner, timing it just right.

After fishing for almost an entire afternoon, every time he caught a few fish the school would scatter, so he had to keep looking for the right fishing spots.

He was initially searching towards the left; now, feeling somewhat tired, Chu Mingcheng decided to look to the right.

The terrain wasn’t as good on the right, with few spots to hide fish.

However, Chu Mingcheng found several scallops as big as the palms of his hands and picked them up and placed them into a mesh bag.

He also found plenty of sea urchins by some rocks, which were good.

Last time Chen Yang and Zhang Wei were here, he had collected some, and they had tasted quite delightful.

He swam a large circle, finding no suitable fish but managed to collect half a mesh bag of scallops and sea urchins.

He even found several live oysters, but lacking the tools to pry them open, he had to give up.

There were still scallops and sea urchins available, but Chu Mingcheng thought it was enough and did not pick any more.

The current underwater terrain was an uphill slope.

Since he found no suitable fish, he intended to head back.

But he was curious about what lay beyond the slope, so he swam over to take a look.

Little did he know, this turn of events would lead to a great fortune.

After jumping over the slope, Chu Mingcheng initially didn’t notice because the slope led to a fault line, and the surprise was hidden in a corner beneath the fault line.

He couldn’t see it from the surface, and that corner was a blind spot of vision.

Chu Mingcheng just felt that there might be a school of fish gathering beneath the fault line, so he dove down to take a look.

Turns out, with a single turn, he encountered love.

A huge fish quietly hid in the corner, and from its outline, its length could be around one and a half meters, appearing to be a giant Grouper.

But Chu Mingcheng was very calm at the moment, not too excited yet.

Giant Groupers swam slowly and wouldn’t escape, but the difficulty was how to kill it.

Moreover, such huge Groupers appearing in shallow waters could likely be protected wild Dragon Dabs, scientifically known as Giant Groupers.

However, Chu Mingcheng realized upon getting closer that this Grouper’s fins were golden, and its body was speckled with patches—it was a Dragon Gizzard Grouper.

Protected wild Dragon Dabs, on the other hand, were easily recognizable with their polka-dot patterns.

The Dragon Gizzard Grouper is the largest among all Groupers, with someone once capturing one that measured two meters and seventy centimeters in length and weighed four hundred and forty kilograms.

This type of Grouper is also referred to as Dragon Dab.

Unlike the protected Dragon Dabs, the Dragon Gizzard Grouper was tradable.

Although its unit price wasn’t very high, its size was impressive!

Yet after the surprise came the dilemma: how to get such a big Grouper back?

It was too big to pull or hold, and even its aggression could potentially injure Chu Mingcheng himself.

Looking at the fish spear in his hand, it seemed not very effective; he was hesitant to make a move!

If he had a wooden spear from the Blue Water Fishing gear, that would likely pierce the Grouper’s head.

It looked like he needed to prepare a more potent spear after this trip; there was no choice but to escalate now.

The Grouper seemed to sense the danger and began to swim away from its spot.

Dragon Gizzard Groupers had a strong territorial sense and would attack various intruding animals and could even kill and eat smaller sharks.

Seeing it charging toward him, Chu Mingcheng quickly retreated.