Chapter 488: Fishing Techniques

Glimpses of the conflict. Between the two women, a thick smell of gunpowder appeared even before the fishing competition began.

Or rather, Jiang Ke’er was the one unilaterally reeking of gunpowder.

So Jiang Ke’er began meticulously selecting bait and crafting a sturdy, sensitive fishing rod.

As if the outcome would decide something momentous, she treated victory in this competition as a vital part of restoring her authority in the household.

She treated victory in this competition as a vital part of restoring her authority in the household.

Only through continuous victories could she gradually erode the high ground that Qiao Xiaoxian had completely occupied.

Victory wasn’t achieved overnight, so she had to seize every opportunity!

Just then, a voice echoed in Jiang Ke’er’s mind.

Protagonist System: [<Primary fishing art> Limited Prize Pool has been opened!]

Villain System: [<Primary Intermediate fishing art> Limited Prize Pool has been opened!]

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the Protagonist System immediately snapped angrily: [<Primary fishing art> Limited Prize Pool has been upgraded to the <Nine-Year compulsory fishing art> Limited Prize Pool!]

Villain System: [<Primary Intermediate fishing art> Prize Pool has been upgraded to <complete form hanging art>!]

Protagonist System: [You even misspelled the character and call it “hanging art,” hahaha… This Prize Pool has been upgraded to <great fishing art>!]

Villain System: [I’m the one with <great fishing art>!]

Protagonist System: [I have <mysterious fishing art of overnight wealth and heavens fishing>! I can fish up anything except fish!]

Villain System: [I have <mysterious fishing art of overnight wealth and heavens fishing: no shoes enhanced edition>! Not only can I fish up anything, but I also never fish up shoes! Unlike you, who pulls up a shoe every ten casts!]

The Protagonist System, as if struck right in its sore spot, burst into loud sobs and ran off.

Now there was only one Prize Pool to choose from, and Jiang Ke’er no longer had to face her fear of choice.

That was fine too. It just so happened that her Villain Points were double her Orthodox Points, so spending them wouldn’t hurt as much as using Orthodox Points.

But this Prize Pool was so expensive; pulling from it would probably require three million Villain Points…

[A penny for a penny’s worth. This <the nameless fishing art> only needs a body of water to be used. It triggers the rule-level fishing art of the Fishing God, capable of fishing up all possibilities…

If paired with your treasure-hunting skill—<On the Affinity Between Dragons and Fox Demons>—and used to find a body of water with excellent fengshui and fortune, it greatly increases the probability of fishing out good things. Absolutely worth every point.]

What good things? Could she fish up something that would make Qiao Xiaoxian completely submissive?

[Submissive? Emmm… I don’t know about submissive, but clinging affectionately shouldn’t be a problem…

As for submissive, theoretically it’s possible.

After all, if you level it up high enough, as long as something exists in this universe—even “talent” or “karma”—it can theoretically be fished out. So as long as something in this world could make her submit to you, there’s a chance of fishing it out.]

Jiang Ke’er perked up instantly.

Pull! Even if she went broke, she would pull until she struck it rich!

Even if there was only the faintest sliver of a chance, as long as she was diligent enough, she would eventually fish it up one day!

And if she fished it up just once… that would be her leverage to turn things around!

Hehehe.

“Villain System, you’re basically my cozy little cotton-padded jacket.” Jiang Ke’er gave a thumbs up.

The fishing art actually also came with a matching set of tackle pool, and the Prize Pool was open long-term.

The Villain System paused for a moment, then added:

[For this kind of fishing art like <the nameless fishing art>, bait costs 500 Points each, a fishhook costs about 10,000 Points each, fishing line is 50,000 Points, a low-grade fishing rod is 1.28 million, a mid-grade fishing rod is 6.48 million, and a never-wear-out top-grade fishing rod is 15.88 million. Master, would you like to consider it?]

“I take back what I said… Are you a cotton-padded jacket for summer?”

Jiang Ke’er was fuming, “I’m an Ancient God now, I’m your Squad Leader! The entire Ancient God Camp belongs to me, so can’t you just give it to me for free?”

[Until you pass the trial set by Lord Epsilon, you cannot officially take over the full inheritance of the Ancient God Camp.]

“What trial? Spending a billion?” Jiang Ke’er said grumpily.

[I don’t know either.]

Fine.

Helplessly, Jiang Ke’er, who had finally managed to save up a bit of Points, had no choice but to furiously sink her Points into the Prize Pool again.

Luckily, her luck this time was relatively normal. In the pool for the fishing art skill book, she only spent a little over 1.5 million Points and actually managed to pull the skill book she wanted.

During the process, each empty pull didn’t lose too much either, and the empty pulls earned her “wish points.”

Every 1 wish point could be exchanged for a specialized bait, 20 points for a specialized fishhook, 100 points for a fishing line, 2,560 points for a low-grade fishing rod, 12,960 points for a mid-grade one, and 31,760 points for a top-grade one.

One pull cost 1,000 Points, and she now had a little over 1,500 Points.

[A friendly reminder, in the skill book and fishing rod Prize Pools, Points are interchangeable. In other words, Master, you can save up your Points. In the future, if you’re truly too unlucky and fail to pull a fishing rod, you can still use them to exchange for one…]

“I had a budget for the pull, and I only spent 1.5 million. Watch closely—today I’ll pull out the fishing rod too, just to show you!”

“Hah, unlucky? Didn’t you see how lucky I was today? The three-million…”

Jiang Ke’er sneered and buried herself in the pool.

Two hours later, Jiang Ke’er stared at her empty palms and the 3,000 “wish points” in deep contemplation.

[Master, keep going! Just 9,960 more pulls and you can exchange for a mid-grade fishing rod!]

Only then did Jiang Ke’er remember that the Eared Fox’s original habitat was the African desert. Her luck was innate, carved into her soul as misfortune… Trying to sneak past it was simply too naive.

This fishing art pool was truly something she couldn’t afford to play with.

Knowing that continuing would likely fall into an endless pit, forcing her to toil for Points over the next few years, Jiang Ke’er decisively chose to stop.

She used her existing wish points to exchange for a low-grade fishing rod, some fishhooks, bait, and fishing line, then decisively closed this massive money pit of a Prize Pool.

However, based on the description of this fishing art, it should be worth the price.

Hopefully, it wouldn’t disappoint her.

Tomorrow would all depend on it.

Oh, right. Villain System big sister said that the skill <On the Affinity Between Dragons and Fox Demons> could serve as a supplementary aid. She hadn’t used this skill before, so it was the perfect time to try it during the fishing competition.

After all, the fishing competition had an extremely wide scope, covering a massive expanse of sea. If she could find a Fengshui Treasure Land, she could save a lot of effort in exploring.

The fishing competition was different from the dragon boat race. The dragon boat race was short, so it started at noon.

But the fishing competition lasted an entire day and had to account for the time contestants spent heading out to sea.

That was why, just at Yin Shi—three o’clock in the morning—Huang Bozhong loudly announced the start of the competition.

The competition would continue until midnight, and no matter what time contestants entered the Arena, their harvest would be tallied at midnight.

Each contestant only needed to pick out their single most valuable catch to compete in the evaluation.

In the end, the one with the highest value would win the competition.

With the fishing art backing her up, Jiang Ke’er was brimming with confidence.