What? You opened a resort on the battlefield of all races?

"Come on, you're kidding me!"

Luo Yurou raised her hand and covered her forehead, helplessly stopping Liu Bo from talking nonsense.

"What level of cultivation does the shop owner possess? How could those koi fish possibly escape his notice?"

Liu Bo stiffened his neck, thought about it, and agreed.

But he smacked his lips, still somewhat unwilling to give up, and muttered under his breath, "What if..."

Luo Yurou ignored him, turned around, and looked at the pot-bellied middle-aged man in front of her, asking a question.

"Uncle Yuangu, when did these flying fish appear?"

Yuan Gu freed one hand, scratched his messy hair, and thought for a moment before answering.

"About five or six years ago."

"After these flying fish appeared, the Qi family began to buy up the Yuanling Boats in the town on a large scale."

"Now, almost all the Yuanling Boats in Haixin Rock are in the hands of the Qi family."

Rong Jing listened from the side, her two beautiful eyebrows furrowed into a knot.

She tugged at the dark red whip in her hand and paced back and forth impatiently.

"What do we do now?"

Rong Jing looked at Luo Yurou and Bai Suhuang, her tone revealing barely suppressed anxiety.

The spirit boats are all in the hands of that Qi family.

If they want to go to sea to find the Chaos Sea Core Crystal, they probably won't be able to get around the Qi family.

That's a luxurious spirit villa with a cultivation speed twenty times faster!

Plus, you get a lifetime 20% discount as a VIP!

If we get stuck on the boat and can't get out of the sea, won't the duck that's about to be caught fly away?

"What's wrong with that?"

Liu Bo crossed his arms and nonchalantly raised his chin.

"It's just cooking a fish, isn't it?"

He pointed at Yuan Guhuai.

"Didn't you hear what this old man just said? If we stew this fish well, we can use the Qi family's high-level spirit boat, right?"

Rong Jing turned her head, looked Liu Bo up and down, and mercilessly exposed his shortcomings.

"You make it sound so easy, but can you actually do it?"

"I don't know how."

Liu Bo shrugged and answered confidently, without even a stutter.

Rong Jing gritted her teeth, just about to kick him.

Liu Bo suddenly leaned forward, lowered his voice, and approached mysteriously.

"I don't know how, but doesn't the shop owner have a snack stall?"

Liu Bo became more and more excited as he spoke, and waved his large hand forcefully in mid-air.

"I don't need to elaborate on the shop owner's status, do I?"

"I don't believe that the Qi family's cooks could be better than the owner's snack stall at the resort!"

"I asked you to try it at the stall before, but you thought it was disgusting and refused to eat it."

"A sheep with withered bones!"

Liu Bo emphasized his words, his eyes gleaming, and spittle flying everywhere.

"It looked so unlucky, but it was grilled at the food stall of the shop owner and seasoned with some secret spices."

"At that time, Brother Shan ate so much that his whole body glowed red, and he directly broke through to the Flying Realm!"

Liu Bo swallowed hard, getting more and more excited as he spoke.

"If this Moon Shadow Flying Fish is really as miraculous as Uncle says, eating one is equivalent to a year's worth of arduous cultivation..."

"If you add the incredible boost from the owner's legendary snack stall, wouldn't it take off like a rocket?!"

Rong Jing was stunned.

Although Liu Bo's words sounded like nonsense, upon closer examination, they actually made some sense.

When has the shop owner ever disappointed with anything he's made?

However, Rong Jing quickly realized what was happening.

"What about the ingredients?"

"..."

Liu Bo's voice caught in his throat.

There was silence for a few seconds.

Liu Bo slowly turned his neck, his gaze like radar, locking onto the wooden basin filled with seawater in Yuan Gu's arms.

In the wooden tub, the moon shadow flying fish, about the length of a forearm, was leisurely swimming, swishing its tail.

Yuan Gu:? ? ?

He felt a chill run down his spine.

He looked down at the fish in the basin, then looked up at Liu Bo.

Yuan Gu gasped, his fat face trembling violently.

"You...you want to cook my flying fish?!"

He hugged the wooden basin and backed away repeatedly, shaking his head like a rattle-drum, his face full of resistance.

"Absolutely impossible!"

Yuan Gu stared wide-eyed, clutching the basin tightly in his arms like a husky guarding its food.

"I already told you that the Moon Shadow Flying Fish is extremely difficult to cook!"

"The circulation of Yuan energy within the body is extremely fragile; the slightest mistake will ruin everything."

"This is my lifeline, bought with ten years' worth of savings! Don't you dare touch it!"

Liu Bo stepped forward, patted his chest, and confidently guaranteed his assurance.

"Uncle, believe me!"

"My family has a long tradition of being imperial chefs. In the old days, we even cooked for the emperor."

"real?"

Yuan Gu still looked suspicious.

"certainly!"

"I swear on my life, but you might have to follow Brother Pai Shan."

"Who is Brother Shan?"

"Don't worry about it, just leave the fish to me and you can rest assured!"

"I'm worried!"

"I have a cheat code!"

……

Just as Liu Bo was chasing Uncle Yuan Gu all over the beach like a chicken, Bai Suhuang stepped forward and spoke softly.

"Gentlemen, I think there's a problem."

Luo Yurou glanced at Bai Su and nodded in deep agreement.

"Logically speaking, if these Moonshadow Flying Fish really had such an effect, they should have been famous throughout the entire human race by now. We haven't received any news about them at all."

Rong Jing seemed to be deep in thought.

"Could it be that the Qi family is covering up the news?"

Luo Yurou shook her head.

"Won't."

"He just said that the Qi family has even put up a bounty, which shows they are not afraid of the news about Moon Shadow Flying Fish being exposed."

Excuse me for interrupting.

Bai Suhuang suddenly interrupted.

"The problem I'm referring to is the fish itself."

"Um?"

Luo Yurou and Rong Jing looked at Bai Suhuang with puzzled expressions, waiting for his explanation.

"As you've seen before, my martial arts skills are related to poison."

"When I saw that Moon Shadow Flying Fish just now, I could sense that it contained a very strange toxin."

"It was this toxin that absorbed the evil energy and transformed it into stored Yuan energy."

Bai Suhuang said with a serious expression.

"Can it transform poison that generates malevolent energy?"

Luo Yurou frowned, recalling how Bai Suhuang had casually saved a poisoned martial artist at the resort, and she began to believe Bai Suhuang's words to some extent.

"And Uncle Yuangu just said that this kind of fish has only appeared in the last few years."

Something just doesn't feel right.

The three of them hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Gentlemen, I'll head back first!"

Liu Bo stood not far away, holding the wooden basin that Yuan Gu had been holding three minutes ago, and waved to Luo Yurou and the others.

Behind him, Yuan Gu knelt on the ground and put the payment terminal back into his pocket.

Watching the moon-shadowed flying fish drift away, she felt somewhat unwilling and aggrieved.

"What a waste!!!"