The Legend of Fangren

As soon as the gray fish came ashore, it started jumping around vigorously. All the fattening it had done over the past month had paid off, as it leaped into the air several times, reaching waist height.

Fang Shi: "Master, it doesn't seem to be showing any signs of evolving."

Qu Yang: "I'm glad you dared to put it into practice, but if the fish dies, all your efforts in raising it will have been in vain."

"Fine." Fang Shi had no choice but to kick the gray fish back into the pond.

Unexpectedly, this kick seemed to greatly stimulate the gray fish, and a spiritual light emanated from its body.

Fang Shi felt a force on his toes, and the gray fish used the force to leap into the air and into the pond, startling the other gray fish into fleeing in panic.

Upon closer inspection, Fang Shi noticed that the edges of the gray fish scales had begun to show bluish-black patterns.

Qu Yang: "..."

After a moment of stunned silence, Fang Shi pointed at the bluish-black fish and said, "Master, it has evolved."

"Um."

In the Xuan Realm, the principles of breeding are very basic. Even Qu Yang has not studied this aspect much and can only nod in agreement.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he said to Fang Shi, "Young man, I've noticed that you and that gray fish have many similarities..."

Upon hearing this, Fang Shi immediately became wary: "Master, what are you planning to do?"

"I just wanted to give it a try, don't be afraid."

Unfortunately, once suspicion between master and disciple begins, it is difficult to eliminate.

Upon seeing Qu Yang with his hands behind his back, smiling as he walked towards him, Fang Shi didn't say a word and took off running.

"Don't run away, kid!"

"Master, please don't chase after them!"

The two of them dashed out of the vegetable garden in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, they had run across most of the inner courtyard.

Upon seeing this, a bystander said to his companion, "See? I told you that Junior Brother Fang was bound to get a beating from Master for hanging up the sign today."

But how could others know that Qu Yang hoped his apprentice would become a talent?

"what!"

A scream rang out in front of the mountain gate. Qu Yang, feeling relieved, put away the rattan cane and went to drink.

"It seems there is still a difference between humans and beasts."

It's a shame he still had that sliver of hope... no, I mean, hope for a higher realm.

Touching his sore bottom, Fang Shi returned to the pond in the vegetable garden.

Since being beaten had no effect, the gray fish that had become a mystical beast became crucial.

In the past month or so, it has eaten so many spiritual fruits, even if most of them were dried fruit, that it was still more than other disciples could buy.

But soon, Fang Shi discovered an even more delightful change.

After one of the five gray fish in the pool evolved, the other four gray fish also changed.

Could it be that the more advanced gray fish went back and became the leader of the group, playing a guiding role?

Upon closer inspection, the four evolved gray fish, although they also had bluish-black markings along the edges of their scales, were noticeably less pronounced than the first fish, as if expressing submission.

Now, these five gray fish are all the size of a forearm, making Fang Shi's mouth water. He immediately jumped into the water.

Wild beasts, unaware of the dangers, dared not venture forward. These five gray fish were raised by him; surely he knew their true nature?

Five fat otaku! Stop pretending!

Snap! X5

Unexpectedly, as soon as Fang Shi entered the water, his vision was blurred by the splashes from the five fish. By the time he parted the ripples, the gray fish had disappeared without a trace.

"Huh? Where's my fish?"

The pond is so small, only three meters on each side. Could these fish possibly fly?

He then recalled the principles of cultivation that his master had taught him, and he feared that after the gray fish became a mystical beast, it would learn new abilities based on the circumstances of its evolution.

He used to scoop fish out of the water with a single swipe, but now... could it be that he has acquired the ability to disguise himself in order to avoid being caught?

The little gray fish is quite intelligent, but compared to humans, it is still clumsy.

Stepping into the fine mud at the bottom of the pool, Fang Shi shallowly inserted several straight wooden sticks into the pool.

He then stomped on it hard, and sure enough, the mud at the bottom of the pool stirred, and the gray fish, in its panic, bumped into the wooden stick.

He instantly pinpointed the gray fish's location, exerted force with his legs, and slashed into the water with his right hand.

brush!

Like a sharp blade piercing water, the fingertips touch the fish scales, and the five fingers spread out to grasp and pinch a round, gray fish.

"Hey, trying to escape?"

He scooped the fish out of the water and felt the weight of the big fish in his arms, truly experiencing the joy of a bountiful harvest.

However, before this joy could fully take hold, the gray fish's tail slapped Fang Shi several times, and its scales suddenly became incredibly slippery, making it harder to catch the fish the more he tried.

"Oh dear, oh dear..."

As the fish slipped out of my arms and fell back into the water, a splash rose up, and everything returned to the beginning.

"..."

With a sullen face, Fang Shi silently went ashore and left for a few minutes.

When he returned, he was carrying a large wooden bucket.

"It's just a small pond; if we can't catch fish, can't we at least pump out the water?!"

Little fish, remember this: these are despicable land creatures.

Thinking about it this way, the reason why carp leap over the Dragon Gate is to fight against despicable land creatures.

"hiahiahia…"

His treacherous, sinister smile was like that of a devil; in the fish's eyes, Fang Shi must have been extremely evil.

With each scoop of water from several large buckets, the rate at which the pool water decreased was visible to the naked eye. Although the pool was fed by streams flowing from the mountainside, they could not keep up with the speed at which water was scooped out.

Before long, only silt remained in the pond, leaving the gray fish nowhere to hide; no matter how they tried to conceal themselves, they could be easily spotted.

In this way, Fang Shi no longer needed to painstakingly carry the fish ashore. With just a few steps, a bend in the waist, and a punch, the five gray fish became a pile of experience orbs.

Ding ding ding ding~

As the five experience orbs entered his body, Fang Shi immediately felt a tremendous power pour into him, as if he had instantly consumed several large spirit fruits.

An ordinary person would not be able to withstand such a large amount of profound energy, but his body was fully able to adapt to the process.

Moreover, during the process of this profound energy merging into his body, he could also feel the path of the profound energy flowing within his body.

Could this be... the Qi Path? Last time, the amount of Xuan Qi experience orb absorbed was too small, and the experience was too short. This time, it lasted much longer.

Fang Shi quickly sat down on the muddy ground, calmed his mind and closed his eyes. In an instant, the light before his eyes stopped and he sank into the void.

In the darkness, he seemed to have fallen asleep, his vision blurring for a moment before sharpening again.

At that moment, he finally understood what introspection was.

In the chaotic darkness, his gaze broke free from the constraints of his eyes, and his consciousness drifted out of his body, arriving in a chaotic void.

The body seemed to disappear, but when you looked down, you saw countless threads like blood vessels forming the body.

With his past life experience, Fang Shi recognized at a glance that this was the body's blood vessels. At this moment, he could feel a slight coolness flowing through it, which gradually became warm from the initial abruptness, and finally completely merged with the meridians and blood vessels, becoming completely imperceptible and integrated with them.

After that, the internal vision did not end, but instead fell into a state of stagnation.

Fang Shi was not in a hurry, but was very fascinated by exploring the mysteries within his body.

Even in a technologically advanced world like the one I lived in, it was rare, or rather, impossible, to observe oneself so clearly.

This is a full-view view of a living organism, where every blood vessel is clearly visible, detailed and undisturbed.

No post-mortem anatomical reconstruction can compare to this scene; if it were in a previous life, it would surely be recorded in medical history.