Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'-Chapter 812 - 497: Who Will Be Bridge Yesong’s Local Deity? (Part 2)

Chapter 812: Chapter 497: Who Will Be Bridge Yesong’s Local Deity? (Part 2)

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After cracking the array, Sun Tiecheng directly touched the Red Lotus, which would soon attract Heavenly Light.

But Sun Tiecheng wasn’t afraid; he admired the Red Lotus for a long time with one hand, completely unconcerned that Chu Shaoqiang might take any action.

"This thing, I want it." Sun Tiecheng tucked the Red Lotus into his sleeve, and Chu Shaoqiang wondered how Sun could fit it in, knowing his sleeve wasn’t that large.

After securing the Red Lotus, Sun Tiecheng said to Chu Shaoqiang, "Tell that soap seller that this thing is with me. If he wants to take it back, he can come and get it."

Chu Shaoqiang nodded repeatedly.

Sun Tiecheng pointed to the ladder below: "Is there a catfish down there?"

Indeed, there was a catfish below, and Chu Shaoqiang said, "He’s the one guarding the passage from Inner State."

Sun Tiecheng picked up a steel bar from the ground, bent it into a hook, called Shi Gongxing, and asked him to sharpen the hook’s tip.

Once the fishhook was ready, Sun Tiecheng picked a steel beam from the workshop for a fishing rod, attached a rope, secured the fishhook, and threw it into the water, sitting leisurely by the pool to fish.

"Do you think the catfish will take the bait?"

Chu Shaoqiang quickly responded, "I don’t fish, so I don’t understand this method."

Sun Tiecheng was very confident: "I’ve set the bait; how can he not bite?"

Chu Shaoqiang responded, "Well... not every time there’s bait will there be a fish to bite."

Sun Tiecheng added, "This hook is so big, it’s prepared specifically for him. How can he not appreciate that?"

Chu Shaoqiang said, "He does look a lot like a catfish; actually, he’s a person from Inner State..."

Sun Tiecheng continued to ask, "Once he bites, I’ll have it cooked; would you dare to eat?"

What should Chu Shaoqiang say?

This catfish is an Inner State person; how can you make him eat it?

"Senior, I don’t like fish."

Sun Tiecheng laughed: "You’re worried about this catfish?"

"I really don’t like eating fish..."

"You’ll eat it even if you don’t like it; this fish is very nourishing!" With that, Sun Tiecheng flicked his fishing rod, pulling the giant catfish out of the pool.

The catfish struggled fiercely on the iron hook, breaking the ladder and cracking the wall, seemingly wanting to fight Sun Tiecheng to the death.

Yet Chu Shaoqiang always wondered why, as an Inner State person, the catfish would bite the hook.

Could it be that from staying in the water too long, his intelligence truly regressed to that of a fish?

Even now, Chu Shaoqiang had not fully understood the power of the Foolish Cultivation Technique.

"Fish is delicious, but clean it before eating!" Sun Tiecheng threw the big catfish onto the ground, tore off a large piece of iron sheet from the lathe as a knife, and scraped the scales in a few moves.

Then he gutted it, removed the internal organs — a catfish was prepared just like that.

Chu Shaoqiang suspected whether this Inner State person truly transformed into a fish, for during the whole process, the catfish did nothing but flail, making no effective counterattack.

Sun Tiecheng inserted the fishing rod into the fish’s mouth and turned to instruct Shi Gongxing to light a fire.

Shi Gongxing dared not speak too much, brought in a pile of scrap wood from outside, used it as firewood, dismantled the machine bed, set up a frame, and roasted the fish right in the workshop.

Before long, the fish was roasted.

Sun Tiecheng tore off a piece of fish for Chu Shaoqiang: "Eat up."

Chu Shaoqiang took a bite of the fish, feeling very conflicted.

He recalled the scene when he arrived at Puluo State last year.

He was entrusted with a major mission from Inner State to handle important matters in Puluo State.

He had vowed that as long as he lived, he was willing to brave fire and water for Inner State, risk life and limb.

He had publicly stated that the kindness Inner State bestowed upon him was impossible to repay in his lifetime. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

And now he ate his benefactor...

The process was very bewildering.

How did things come to this?

Chu Shaoqiang felt very uncomfortable, yet his oral sensation was delightful.

This catfish was incredibly tasty!

Sun Tiecheng tore off another piece of fish for him.

What to do now?

Chu Shaoqiang, suppressing his inner pain, ate that piece of fish too.

After eating, he looked at Sun Tiecheng with deep guilt.

Sun Tiecheng frowned: "Do it yourself; don’t always let me serve you!"

Chu Shaoqiang nodded and tore off a piece of fish himself.

Shi Gongxing fetched two jars of wine, and a group of people spent the whole afternoon finishing that big catfish.

Chu Shaoqiang and Shi Gongxing both had special cultivation techniques, allowing them to expand their stomachs; but eating several hundred pounds of fish at once was still a bit overwhelming.

Sun Tiecheng didn’t feel bloated; somewhat unsatisfied, he scraped all the fish meat off the fish bones, leaving a neat fish skeleton.

"Do you know? This fish is still alive."

Shi Gongxing dared not speak, and Chu Shaoqiang didn’t understand Sun Tiecheng’s meaning.

Sun Tiecheng caressed the clean, tidy fish bones: "He truly lives because he wants to live; he can still move — big catfish, if you want to live, try moving."

The fish bones trembled slightly.

Sun Tiecheng touched the fish gills: "He can still breathe, he must be alive; breathe so I can see."

The fish gills flicked twice, as if breathing.

"He can still bite people." Sun Tiecheng touched the fish’s mouth, and the catfish opened its mouth and swung its head as if truly intending to bite.

Plop!

Sun Tiecheng picked up the fish bones and threw them into the pool.

The fish bones swam around the pool, sank to the bottom, just like they were alive.

Sun Tiecheng poked Chu Shaoqiang’s forehead with his finger: "Remember what you should, forget what you shouldn’t. Leave."

Chu Shaoqiang left.

He didn’t walk fast because his legs were too short.

Sun Tiecheng told him not to worry; eating more meat and bones would soon make his limbs grow.