Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
—’You have consumed Origin of Water! Strength +1, Agility +1, Endurance +1, Wisdom +10, Spirit +10.’
“Puff…” Lin Jie vomited blood when he saw the results.
Origin of Water was the source of all waters, and it had the ability to improve one’s physique. In simpler terms: it was drinkable. However, only the water at the instant of entering the map was drinkable. Two seconds later, this water was being led away by the Lord God and would be replaced with the seawater around the Poseidon Shrine. This was the advantage of a reborn player as others would not have thought of having a gulp of seawater the moment they entered.
The seawater around the Poseidon Shrine was authentic deep seawater! Just one gulp would be too salty for anyone to bear.
Consumption of the Origin of Water would increase the 5 Basic Attributes – Strength, Agility, Endurance, Wisdom, Spirit – from 1 to 10 Stat points, by random chances.
Lin Jie had terrible luck. Two of the most important attributes for Warriors – Strength and Endurance – were only increased by 1 point, while the remaining 3 had maxed out the increments.
‘Oh well, Agility can increase the attack speed, and Wisdom can increase some deterrence against magic. At least, it’s something.’ Lin Jie consoled himself. This welfare was only given to the first player that entered Aquatic World, two seconds later, the water would be replaced.
At the same time, the system was flooded with announcements!
—”System announcement: Congratulations to player ‘QingKuangYiShengJianDaoMeiZi’ on finding the lost treasure chest on the island and getting the reward Gold [Five Horse Knife]!”
—”System announcement: Congratulations to player ‘Qiu Yuan’ on finding the lost treasure chest on the island and getting 5 gold coins as a reward.”
—”System announcement: Congratulations to player ‘Qiu Yuan’ on finding the lost treasure chest on the island and getting the reward [Winter Potion Formula]!”
Upon entering the final round of competition, the island would spawn out many treasure chests! Amongst those treasure chests, some might contain skill scrolls, skill books, equipment, materials, and even great items such as mounts and pet eggs!
Qiu Yuan was stuck amidst the human crowd, and now she had earned so much because the treasure chests’ spawning rate was the highest in the center of the island.
The players that had not made it into the final round were all teleported to another location, the Golden Beach. This was a temporary trade market opened by the system for players to sell and trade the fish they had caught.
Golden Beach would be opened for 5 days, and anyone could teleport in at any time.
“This Floating Lithium Mine has Rare ores! I have been searching so long for them, 2 gold coins, I am getting them!”
“OMG, Flame Spar! This is the only material I lack for my equipment enhancement! I have 13 gold coins in total, all in exchange for Flame Spars, please!”
“Wow! It’s actually Thorny Algae.”
“Ahahahaha! The Kiso Leaf that I have been coveting for the past half month, I finally bought it!”
This trading ground made countless players ecstatic. Golden Beach was officially meant to provide an event ground for players to trade the prizes they received from the festival, the raging enthusiasm was unexpected. Players that had been eliminated in the preliminaries realized that the trading area was more convenient than the Auction House, and it was also taxless. Items at the Auction House were usually from players in the same city, and now specialties from different cities were available. This also made trading so much easier, which also led many people to take out their treasures and other odd objects. Items that were usually hard to come by were all available here.
In the second year of the Fishing Festival, the officials would change the rules to ‘only aquatic products tradings allowed’. Hence, the loophole would vanish.
Lin Jie did not let go off this opportunity and ordered Savage Blade’s members to use all their secret stashes of money to purchase gemstones such as Spinel, Fluorite, Amethyst, and Matte Gemstones.
At the current stage, other than the Strength Enhancing gems such as the Augmenting Gem and Flying Feather Gem, which had been used by Lin Jie, the other gems had yet to be employed! These gems were the by-products of mining and could sell for 50 bronze coins at stores. However, as they were attractive looking, many female players liked to hang them as decorations. Thus, players would trade them amongst themselves. Of course, they were mainly sold to male players, with reasons known to all. Fortunately, the price was not exorbitant; they could be sold for probably a few silver coins.
However, once a professional Living Job gamer reached Superior-Grade, they would realize that these ornamental gems were the real treasure!
It would have been unlike Lin Jie if he did not use this chance to earn.
Baili Changcheng had strong faith in Lin Jie’s vision, and he took out 200,000 gold coins immediately and swept up the gems on Golden Beach. The players around him were shocked!
How many girls was this guy going to court with so many gems?
…
Aquatic World.
After several flashes, all 20 players that got into the final round, including Lin Jie, were teleported into Aquatic World. Due to the Aquatic World’s large area and the randomization of teleportation, there was a very high chance that no one would be transported into the vicinity of another.
The final round of the Fishing Festival was different from the preliminaries. There were zero Middle fish, and not even a single Superior fish, only unlimited Rare ones! Rare materials, Rare aquatic products! At the instant when Lin Jie descended, he spotted the most luxurious item, the sea crystal corals, which were emitting a faint yellowish glow, just like fireflies. Just by plucking a few pieces and selling them to the royalties would earn a huge amount of gold coins!
“Lin Jie, Lin Jie, can you hear me?”
Bu Yi’s slightly flustered voice sounded from the communication device. They could actually communicate in Aquatic World!
“Yes, I can.”
“Are you in Aquatic World as well? There are two other people at the spot I teleported to. Where are you? Hurry, let’s meet.”
Lin Jie frowned. Aquatic World was unlike the Vortex, coordinates did not exist in this map. Hence, he could not trace others as easily as on ordinary maps.
Lin Jie pondered for a moment and said, “Take a look and tell me about your surrounding fish breeds and landmarks.”
“I don’t know… the fish breeds here, but their bodιεσ look like gems, very colorful and beautiful. The seafloor also has a huge gemstone wall, just like the bottom of a bowl.” Bu Yi scanned her surroundings carefully and reported back to Lin Jie to aid him in finding his way.
“Ok, stay there and don’t move, give me 10 minutes!” Lin Jie was delighted. According to Bu Yi’s descriptions, she should be in the middle of the gemstone fish’s gathering spot, and his current location was at the border of the school of gemstone fish. Every time those fish evolved, they would leave behind some gemstone shards, and as time passed, thοse shards would form a specific region. The bowl-like crystal areas were the indicators of the living area of these fish.
After locating the correct direction, Lin Jie continued mulling while stabbing Naga’s Trident hard on the seafloor and made use of its strength to swim over rapidly.
‘Bu Yi said that there were two others, I wonder who they are.’
After 8 minutes…
Lin Jie’s head rose abruptly from the water, and he swam to Bu Yi while gazing at the two muscular men not far away. Lin Jie knew one of them. He was the Hunter’s Guild’s chairman, Ghost Eyes. The other guy held a fish rod, which was actually bent into a longbow form as it shot out baits. This type of fishing method was incredibly rare.
That man was Great Precision!
“Hmph.” Great Precision was young and arrogant. He darted a look at Lin Jie before continuing to fish. Ghost Eyes, on the other hand, simply nodded as a form of greeting.
“Bu Yi, let’s go.” Lin Jie called out. “The Aquatic World map will decrease in size as the competition progresses, by then, the intensity and crowding of the Rare fish will be even scarier, we have to accumulate enough points before that happens.”
Bu Yi blinked and lowered her voice. “You are saying, you have a better way to accumulate points?”
“Of course, time is precious. Let’s go, the competition is starting in 3 minutes.” Lin Jie led Bu Yi far away from Ghost Eyes and Great Precision. First, it was to start with his plan, and second, to prevent Ghost Eyes from using any underhanded means. If Ghost Eyes was to shoot a few arrows while he was fishing, that would be incredibly annoying!
Ding~
—”System announcement: The final round of the Fishing Festival has begun! Different Rare-Grade Fish will bring about different points. If the item you have fished or found is to the liking of Poseidon, the Sea God, there will be a 500% – 1000% increase in points!”
‘It has started!’ thought Lin Jie.
Far away, Great Precision’s rod shot out and caught a Rare [Red Phosphorus Yellow Croaker], which was able to increase Flames Immunity, and worth 100 points! He was immediately ranked first.
Soon after, Baili Mei Niang, whose location was unknown, unleashed her prowess and got 200 points from catching a Rare precious fish!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The players’ points started increasing rapidly, making the final round exceptionally competitive! Don’t forget, the first prize consisted of an Epic fishing rod and even an Epic gift bag that held Epic equipment, potions, or even mounts of the same grade!
Bu Yi witnessed the rapid rise of points, got worried, and shouted, “Fu Sheng, let’s hurry up and start fishing, see, their points are already so high.”
Lin Jie grinned. “No hurry, no hurry, hehe… They will soon know how good I am in a moment.”
