The matter with Leper Liu is over. I don’t know whether it was Wang Laizi or Mr. Hu who took the blame, but Chen Yi didn’t care.

In the following days, he quietly and low-key practiced martial arts, strengthened his energy and blood, and from time to time caught a fish from the spiritual world to nurse his mother and sister back to health.

He didn't use the three taels of silver he got from the leper Liu. He planned to go to a martial arts school to pay tuition in a less high-profile time, and learn the boxing techniques that can refine Qi and blood into Ming Jin.

As the Qi and blood in Chen Yi's body grew stronger, his strength also gradually increased.

This day, Chen Yi gave it a try and found that he could lift a weight of 150 kilograms with one hand without any effort.

"It is said that a warrior who has entered the Ming Jin can only have two to three hundred kilograms of strength. I haven't practiced the technique yet, but it should be no problem to increase the energy and blood by standing in the spiritual world."

Chen Yi's body grew stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye, his muscles became plump and powerful, his eyes were full of sparkle, and he was also a lot taller. In the past month or so, he had almost grown to nearly 8 feet tall (one meter eight).

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During this time, Chen Yi began to wear some numbing shirts to cover his muscles.

Otherwise, everyone in Huxi Village is poor and Chen Yi suddenly became so strong, people would be suspicious.

However, when you are strong and full of energy and blood, there is one disadvantage: you get hungry quickly!

Although fish in the world of spiritual energy can replenish vitality, fish is not a staple food and cannot replace the supplementary effect of grain energy on qi and blood.

As for the bigger fish in that world, Chen Yi tried several times, but it was extremely difficult to catch unless he had more advanced fishing techniques.

Thinking of what the old man said before, that the red-blooded black carp can help those who are refining the body very quickly and can replenish a large amount of Qi and blood, Chen Yi felt a little itchy.

"Well, let's go back to the town and ask if there is such an advanced fishing technique."

The first thing Chen Yi needs to solve now is the food problem. One piece of sorghum pancake for each meal at home is really not enough.

Nutritious staple foods such as wheat and rice must be arranged in some way.

It's just that these are very expensive. Wheat flour costs one copper coin per catty, and rice costs one copper coin or two catties.

In town, only the owner of a wealthy family like Wang Xiaohu can afford to eat every meal.

According to Chen Yi's current appetite, if he eats freely, he can easily eat two or three kilograms of staple food a day.

This kind of expense would have been unthinkable for the Chen family in the past.

It's just that Chen Yi is now stronger and can catch some big fish weighing more than five kilograms. He feels that he can improve his living standard appropriately. As long as he keeps a low profile, it should be fine.

Daze Lake, near Huxi Village, the sound of water splashing on the lake surface can be heard,

A young man with strong muscles jumped out of the water, holding a fish mouth in his right hand, and the fish body below, which was longer than his forearm, was struggling to fight the water.

"The little herring weighs about 6 or 7 pounds. This one should be worth 10 copper coins!"

Daze Lake is too big. Most big fish move underwater and cannot be caught with a net. If you rely on fishing rods to catch them, Chen Yiyi doesn’t have such a good fishing rod, and Chen Yi doesn’t have the skills either.

As a fisherman who grew up by the lake, he always dives into the lake water and hides motionless, waiting for the big fish to swim over and catch it instantly.

Before practicing martial arts, he had caught fish weighing three kilograms at most. Now, any big fish weighing less than twenty kilograms can be caught almost 100% of the time as long as it passes within three feet of him.

Just to keep a low profile, he couldn't sell a 20-pound big fish all at once. That would only be remembered by the gang management and cause trouble for him.

After getting on the boat, Chen Yi rowed to the dock in the town and paid the dock steward a copper coin for parking fee. He carried the small herring ashore.

Cross the pier fish market and go directly to the more upscale farmers' market.

There are various shops here, including rice, flour, grains and oils, poultry and game, fruits and vegetables, and various daily necessities, etc.

There are also individual people who go to this market to sell goods, but they have to pay taxes.

The tax collector was also from the Yulong Gang. He was a fat man named Li. He was sitting at the door and saw the sellers coming in with poles on their backs. He could roughly estimate the value at a glance and set an admission fee casually. You can just ask for it if it suits you.

If you come to sell it and you think it’s not suitable, just take it away.

Anyway, in this lakeside town, places like this are almost all taken over by the Yulong Gang. Wherever you go to sell, this level of exploitation is indispensable, unless you sell it secretly to Mr. Hu before.

Chen Yi was unwilling to let himself get too far ahead in such trivial matters. When he entered, he was exploited by Fatty Li for the entrance fee of 3 copper coins.

Then I found a fish shop and sold the big fish for 12 copper coins.

I got nine copper coins, which is not bad.

"What, the price of rice and noodles has increased?"

After arriving at the grain store, Chen Yi was shocked to hear the bad news. The prices of flour and rice had each increased by 20%!

"Yes, little brother, there has been banditry outside recently, and many grain merchants are unwilling to come to our remote town. The price of flour today is 12 copper coins for ten kilograms. If you don't buy it in a few days, I'm afraid it will

It will continue to rise.”

Chen Yi bought 4 kilograms of flour and 7 kilograms of rice. After returning home, he told Mr. Chen about the price increase.

Mrs. Chen complained again: "Just buy some stick noodles and mix them with sorghum noodles. Why are you wasting money on such a good product?"

"Mom, today I caught a 7-pound fish and sold it in exchange for it. Recently, my martial arts practice has made me stronger, and I can catch some fish weighing over 5 pounds. It's time for our family to eat something good.
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In addition, my martial arts training consumes a lot of money. Mom, please prepare three steamed buns for me every meal from now on. In addition, you and my little sister also have one steamed bun each. No matter what others do, we have to eat enough!"

"Okay, you should eat more. You have the strength to eat more now. Half of it is enough for Ranran and I. From now on, we will have four steamed buns per meal. By the way, we still have some sorghum noodles at home. I

Mix it in too."

Facing such a mother who is always thinking about saving money, Chen Yi is also very helpless.

Forget it, at best, go to Lingwuze to catch more fish and come back to replenish their health.

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After Chen Yi went to the town's farmer's market and sold big fish several times, he gradually caught the attention of interested people.

At least every time I go there, Fatty Li at the door will smile and say: "Brother Chen, have you gained something again?"

Chen Yi pretended to be scared every time and replied: "Don't dare, Mr. Li, you are joking. This is today's special money."

Fish weighing 5-7 kilograms will be given three copper coins, and fish weighing 7-10 kilograms will be given five copper coins. This is the rule of the Yulong Gang.

Chen Yi paid according to the amount every time. He didn't say it, but he kept the account in his heart.

I didn’t get a single cent of your Yulong Gang’s benefits, yet I’ve been exploited so much by you, just wait!

In addition to Mr. Li, the owner of a fish shop called Fukasawa who specializes in high-end parallel imports in the market also became interested in Chen Yi.

The boss’s name is Li Baitiao, but he looks dark.

He was a man in his 40s, with wrinkles all over his face. He looked like a fisherman who had been floating on the lake all year round when he was young. That day he saw Chen Yi carrying a large grass carp of nearly 10 kilograms.

"Boy Chen, you are so strong! Isn't it difficult to catch this ten-pound fish?"

Chen Yi smiled naively: "Luck, luck, hehe."

"Boy, you don't have to pretend to be stupid with me. I've been catching big fish in deep lakes all my life, and I know the ropes here.

How about it, are you interested in taking on the challenge of bulking up to 50 pounds or more?”

Li Baitiao whispered to Chen Yi in a seductive tone.

Chen Yi was shocked, a 50-pound big thing? How to catch that thing? In ancient times, there were no professional fishing tackle or nets, so people had to go to the deep lake to catch it?

There are not only big fish weighing 50 kilograms in the depths of Osawa, but also various super-large aquatic creatures weighing hundreds of kilograms, some of which even eat humans. It is not an exaggeration to call them monsters.

How dare you go to that place?

Chen Yizhi shook his head: "No way, I don't dare to go there."

"You don't have to go, just use it to seduce. I have a secret recipe of bait passed down from my ancestors here. When you go to the lake farther away, sprinkle a bag on it and keep it until the big fish will smell it and swim up.

Of course, this bait can only guarantee that he will swim over. Whether you can catch him or not depends on your level.

How about it, a pack of bait costs 5 copper coins, do you want to try it?"

Chen Yi was silent. It turns out that this old guy not only collects fish, he also sells bait. He seems to be unable to refuse this thing because he wants to see if the bait can be used in the spiritual world.

But you can’t be fooled like this. 5 copper coins can buy 4 pounds of flour!

"Shopkeeper Li, there are no 50-pound big things outside Daze Lake, but we don't dare to go deep. What if a 500-pound giant water monster comes up and eats me?

Regardless of whether your bait is good or not, I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell. After all, there are few fish outside and the depth is too dangerous."

Of course Li Baitiao understood this truth, but he didn't expect this newcomer to be so precious about his life and failed to deceive him successfully.

After he was almost attacked by a deep water monster, his ancestral fishing bait had not been used for many years.

After all, there are only a few people in this town who can catch big fish, so no one knows what’s going on inside.

"Then how much did you say?"

"One copper coin per share" Chen Yi said the price he had thought of for a long time.

"No, it's too low, add more."

"It's just this price, just don't sell it." Chen Yi made a move to leave.

"Forget it, I see you are a regular customer, I'll sell you at a loss." Li Baitiao held Chen Yidao's lean and dark hand.

It’s over, the price is too high.

This is the most direct thought in Chen Yi's mind. Let's try it first. If it works well, we can negotiate the price later.

After getting a pack of fish bait similar to mixed noodles and steamed buns, Chen Yi exchanged all the money from selling fish today for rice noodles and returned home.

Grain prices have been rising recently, and there are fewer and fewer imported mountain products on the market. Chen Yi felt something was wrong, and he subconsciously stocked up on some grain.

If there is a war and trouble occurs, the money will be worthless.

After returning home and putting away his things, Chen Yi grabbed the bait and jumped onto the boat in the spiritual world.

He inquired and found out that their fishing boats were located on the outskirts of Lingwu Lake, and the highest-level water creature here was the Red Blooded Carp King.

And the evolutionary direction of this thing is to solidify flesh and blood, increase the content of spiritual energy, and increase speed and flexibility.

Not that aggressive towards people,

Compared with the large water monsters that may exist in the depths of Daze Lake in the martial arts world, the outside of Lingwu Lake is much safer.
Chapter completed!