Douluo Continent: Shrek Prince, Getting to the Root of the Matter

After yesterday's ordeal, at least Mu En's matter has been resolved, which has greatly improved Yu Wudao's mood.

So after class today, he put aside his cultivation for the first time in a long time and picked up the fishing rod he had swindled from Yan Shaozhe, which he had made from a golden tree branch, to go fishing at the Sea God Lake.

Wang Dong noticed Yu Wudao's unusual attire and became somewhat curious.

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go fishing at Poseidon Lake, do you want to come along? I have some spares here."

Wang Dong looked at him strangely.

"There are fish in Poseidon Lake? Isn't that supposed to be an ornamental lake?"

Yu Wudao nodded and said:

"Yes, initially some elders kept rare and exotic species and ornamental fish in Poseidon Lake, but after I blew up too many of them, they stopped putting them in there."

Wang Dong suppressed the urge to complain and continued to press for answers:

"Then that eliminates it, doesn't it?"

Yu Wudao's lips curled up.

"How naive! After the elders stopped releasing fish, I stopped using explosives. After a while, they thought I had lost interest and started releasing more. Little did they know I had switched from explosives to fishing, fishing every now and then, and they couldn't detect it at all!"

Wang Dong said, rather speechless:

"Are you a child?"

Yu Wudao snorted coldly, completely ignoring her taunts.

"To go, or not to go?"

"go!"

Wang Dong stood up, his eyes shining.

Yu Wudao was too lazy to argue with her, so he tossed Zhang Lexuan her fishing rod and walked out of the dormitory first.

Wang Dong curiously touched the fishing rod while following closely behind Yu Wudao.

The Haotian Sect was hidden in the mountains, so Wang Dong had never actually seen a fishing rod, let alone fished; he only knew of its existence from books.

The fishing rod in her hand was very long, about a third longer than the one in Yu Wudao's hand. It was made entirely of a kind of round, golden wood, and although it was made of wood, the surface was very smooth and there wasn't a single splinter.

It must be very well maintained, and its hardness and toughness are not low. Wang Dong used all his strength but did not see even the slightest damage to the fishing rod.

Although Wang Dong had never fished before, she liked the fishing rod more and more the more she looked at it, and wanted it more and more the more she touched it. She couldn't help but say to Yu Wudao in front of her:

"Hey, can I have this fishing rod?"

Yu Wudao glanced at her and decisively refused.

"No! You can use it, but I can't give it to you as a gift."

Wang Dong pouted, somewhat displeased, and said:

"So stingy? Fine, I'll buy it then, okay?"

However, Yu Wudao still shook his head resolutely and said:

"Not for sale! This is not for sale."

"Tch~ If you're not selling, I'm not buying it..."

"..."

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins!"

"..."

Despite relentless pestering, Yu Wudao still refused to budge even after they reached the Sea God Lake.

Ignoring Wang Dong's death stare, Yu Wudao skillfully sat down, then prepared the bait, cast his line...

Wang Dong stood aside, looking at him with a resentful gaze. Suddenly, she noticed a small monster doll hanging from the end of Yu Wudao's fishing rod.

Suddenly, as if enlightened, she glanced at the shimmering white moon pendant hanging from the bottom of the fishing rod, and stroked the rod as she said:

"This fishing rod is very well maintained; it's clearly been used for a long time, and you don't use this one, plus this pendant..."

She spoke softly:

"Could this be for some girl...?"

Yu Wudao glanced at her calmly.

"What's wrong with you? If you want to fish, then fish; if you don't want to fish, then give it back to me."

Seeing Yu Wudao's indifferent expression, Wang Dong doubted himself for a moment, but then gradually dispelled his doubts and sat down next to Yu Wudao with a depressed expression.

She meticulously followed Yu Wudao's initial movements, baiting the hook step by step, while Yu Wudao, after only one glance, couldn't help but complain:

"Are you planning to make a flail and stun the fish?"

"?"

Wang Dong turned his head and tilted it slightly, blinking his big, watery eyes as he stared at Yu Wudao with a puzzled look, appearing rather dazed.

However, in her hand was a bait that she had squeezed into the size of a fist.

"Isn't that exactly what you're doing?"

Yu Wudao was silent for a moment before asking, "Why do you think a fishing rod can catch fish?"

It took Yu Wudao more than fifteen minutes to finally teach Wang Dong, a complete novice, which reminded Yu Wudao of Zhang Lexuan, who had learned it after only watching it once.

"How can the difference in intelligence between people be so great?"

Yu Wudao shook his head and sighed, looking at Wang Dong with a hint of pity.

But at that moment, Wang Dong's fishing rod suddenly sank!

"Hey! They've taken the bait! They've taken the bait!"

Wang Dong exclaimed in surprise, and then pulled hard, and a giant fish two meters long with golden scales on its body leaped out of the water!

Upon seeing this, Yu Wudao exclaimed in astonishment, his eyes wide with disbelief:

"What?!"

He couldn't believe his eyes! What did he see?

A complete novice angler, using a fishing rod less than three meters long, caught a two-meter-long dragon scale fish, the most precious exotic species in Poseidon Lake, in less than three minutes! Is this reasonable?

Yu Wudao couldn't believe it was true, but the giant fish frolicking on the shore wouldn't disappear because of it.

"Did you see that? Did you see that?! Wudao, am I a genius? I actually caught such a big fish in one go! Tell me, am I a genius?!"

Wang Dong, holding her fishing rod, excitedly jumped up and down, completely unaware that the golden-scaled fish at her feet hopped around a few times before darting back into the lake.

Seeing this, Yu Wudao felt relieved. "Forget it, fools are lucky. I'm not jealous at all."

Wang Dong was thoroughly drenched by the splash of water from the giant fish falling into the water, and her excited expression suddenly cooled down.

She puffed out her cheeks, stormed to the lakeside, baited her hook, and cast her line.

"No way?"

Yu Wudao suddenly had a very absurd sense of unease.

The scene that followed perfectly confirmed his feeling.

The fishing rod bent down again, and Wang Dong suddenly exerted force, and a two-meter-long dragon scale fish leaped out of the water again.

Even judging from the marks on the scales, this fish is still the same one from before.

Yu Wudao sighed softly, rubbing his forehead.

"How can there be such a stupid fish in this world?"

But it wasn't over yet. After catching it, Wang Dong coldly placed it on the ground about five meters from the shore. This distance is the limit of sight for most fish, and it was naturally no problem for the dragon scale fish.

And so, Wang Dong calmly watched the dragon scale fish leap back into the lake, then baited the hook and cast his line again!

Hooked, released!

Hooked, released!

……

After repeating this ten times, the dragon-scaled fish lay lifelessly on the shore, staring at the lake surface so close by, its eyes revealing a hint of human-like despair. It stopped jumping around, and only then did Wang Dong release it with satisfaction.

She raised an eyebrow at Yu Wudao with a smug look.

"How was it? Pretty impressive, huh?"

Yu Wudao was already stunned.

For the first time in his life, he felt a mixture of shock, admiration, and pity for someone all at once.

"No further questions asked, awesome!"

Time passed slowly. Wang Dong seemed to have some strange power supporting him, and he was fishing with absolutely no sense of reason. Yu Wudao was originally able to catch quite a lot, but after Wang Dong sat down next to him, he could only wait numbly, and so far he has caught nothing.

Before long, the shore behind Wang Dong was piled with fish of all sizes, and Yu Wudao even felt that he had emptied out the Sea God Lake.

This judgment was not based on Wang Dong's abundant harvest, but rather on the fact that he was no longer taking the bait.

Having finally found some free time, Wang Dong said to Yu Wudao with a smug look on his face:

"Wu Dao, how was your day?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Wudao's dazed look disappeared, and he suddenly looked up!

A fiery red spot of light was fiercely approaching the two of them from the other side of Poseidon Lake.

A smile crept onto Yu Wudao's lips:

"Don't worry, my big fish has taken the bait!"