Although feeling slightly disappointed, Zhu Dingxiang reluctantly left the ore gambling stall as Qiuyue pulled him away.
With everything ready.
Zhu Dingxiang and Qiuyue strolled around some more before leaving the night market and go to the edge of the lake. Chibi, the handsome turtle floating hundreds of meters above in the sky, quickly come diving down after feeling its master's calling.
"Puk! Puk!"
Calling out happily, Chibi flapping its massive flippers and creating a large gush of wind toward the surrounding. As the strong breezes whirling toward them, it threatened to flip Qiuyue's dress upward.
"You naughty turtle!" With both hands keeping down her dress, She cries out in embarrassment.
"Yes, yes, what a naughty turtle..." After quietly giving Chibi a thumb up, they both jumped onto its large shell before drifting away on the surface of the water.
The sudden appearance of Chibi does alarm a lot of people, but they weren't too shocked since the formation has concealed its aura as an early Rank 2 spirit beast.
A flying-type beast martial spirit is uncommon, but they weren't that rare either. A turtle of that size would probably be at the human rank or above, something they couldn't be bothered about at this moment as everybody was currently looking forward to the appearance of the Aurora Wine Fish.
After Chibi's silhouette slowly disappearing into the layer of mist, everyone continued with their work and preparation.
"It's so relaxing like this..." Qiuyue's eyes glitter with a beautiful radiant while breathing in the mellow fragrance of wine in the air, enjoying the scenery.
A little bluebird appeared with a wave of her hand, hovering and chirping around her cheerfully. It was her martial spirit, Lightning Sparrow!
Sitting to the side, Zhu Dingxiang watching her smile, feeling a little tipsy and intoxicated.
...
Back at the lakeside
"This is it, brothers!"
"Our time to shine has arrived!"
With a loud voice, a muscular one-eyed man announced to his crewmates. "Listen up! After days of eating plain potatoes, we saved every bronze coin we could to rent these two metal boats... IT'S GO BIG, OR WE BECAME DEAD MEAT, BOIS!!!!!"
"YeahhhHHHH!"*
The thirty men who stood in a row began cheering. They were all at stages 5 and 6 of Body Refining with the one-eyed man at Stage 8.
Similar conversations also occur at many other ships. Everybody was excited and hopeful, and the dock was packed full of people.
Many boats began leaving toward the deeper water, accompanying the graceful moonlight that illuminates the cold night.
Once all the cultivators and fishers noticed the wine fragrance growing stronger by the minute, the monthly Wine Lake Festival officially commenced!
A few minutes later...
Splashing sounds of water reverberated from the deeper part of the lake area, soon spreading outward.
Occasionally, one could spot large Aurora Wine Fish arching into the air from the crystal clear water creating water waves. Once reflecting the moonlight, their scale would release a mystical violet light looking exceptionally beautiful.
Needless to say, these Aurora Wine fishes were precious. Not to mention that their taste is heavenly; its meat could also speeding up blood and Qi circulation, which can be very beneficial toward cultivators.
If an alchemy master was involved, these fishes could turn into expensive pills that aroused the greed of many.
Of course, along with the temptation of riches that these Aurora Wine Fishes could offer, there is also equal danger. Since the volume of the Aurora Wine fishes has increased significantly, one could quickly meet their demise if they were too greedy.
Sitting on top of Chibi, Zhu Dingxiang wasted no time and quickly taking out the two fishing rods, staring at the splashing wave of water.
'According to the stall manager, these two fishing rods were made from the best part of hundred years Water Bamboo, while the lines are the steel thread harvested from Iron Spider. Both of the highest quality.'
'Surely, with this toughness and flexibility, my hand would never become sore even after hours of angling.'
'Well, I hope that it worth the money and catch me some fish.'
"Here you go." Handing one of the fishing rods to Qiuyue, he took out a container with the baits. Inside were fat brown worms as big as a thumb.
"Thank you."
After finishing prepare the equipment, they began to fish.
The moment Zhu Dingxiang's eyes glazed over the crystal clear water, there is only one thought in his mind.
'This is going to be awesome!'
It was a simple process; he attached the worm to the iron hook, then swung the fishing rod, casting the lure into the water below.
Because they are currently quite far away from the lakeside, the water here was deep, with nothing getting in the way. The fishes were frequently splashing the water, creating simmer on the surface and rustling sounds.
Now all he had to do is wait until some poor soul get tricked into taking the bait.
With nothing else to do, they sit next to each other in silence which he didn't mind. Despise feeling a little awkward, Zhu Dingxiang enjoyed this moment of quietness since he didn't know what to talk about...
One minute
Two minutes
...
After waiting for nearly ten minutes, Zhu Dingxiang couldn't help but feel impatient.
'I can see so many fishes swimming in the water; what is going on?'
Every full moon, the Blue Wine Lake would only release wine fragrance for an hour. Once the one-hour mark is up, the Aurora Wine Fishs won't be as active anymore.
Just as he was about to give up and move to another fishing spot.
Then suddenly comes the dark shadow of a four meters long fish looming toward his bait and swirling around it. Before Zhu Dingxiang could even start to get his hope up, he noticed that the fish only give the pitiful brown worm a disdainful look, flicking its tail and swam away in arrogance.
Splash!*
"Are yo..."
In the blink of an eye, a stream of water came extremely quick and washed over Zhu Dingxiang as it soaked his cloth wet.
"!"
Then the truth suddenly dawned upon him, 'That stall manager much be a scammer!'
'No wonder... The fish was never picky in the first place; it was all because my bait is too sus!'
"Pfft! Hahaha~" Next to him, Qiuyue witnessing all these clearly. She couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing seeing his cute yet funny face.