After leaving the square of the fishing village, Ou Shaotian quickened his pace and walked towards the seaside, continuing what he had planned to do. First, he would go to the seaside and eat his fill.
He was penniless now, and there was no other way except for this.
Unless he could put down his self-esteem as an adult and borrow money from Yun Duo, a child, or go to the neighbor's place to eat, he could only rely on himself.
So after leaving the fishing village, he went straight to the seaside.
Whistling, whistling, whistling …
The sea breeze was very strong, and the waves kept hitting the reefs on the shore. On the boundless sea, one could see white waves rising from the distance and surging towards the shore.
The boundless sea made Ou Shaotian's mood surge, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
Looking around, he saw many people catching seafood on the seaside. Most of them were advanced fishing apprentices who dared not go to the fishery anymore and could only catch ordinary seafood on the seaside.
Not far away, there was a watchtower where the guards of the fishing village were patrolling. If the villagers were in danger, they would rush to rescue them.
However, their most important task was to observe the sea and see if there were pirates.
In this age of great navigation, there were many rampant pirate forces. From time to time, fishing villages were attacked by pirate forces, so it was necessary to set up watchtowers and patrols.
Without further ado, Ou Shaotian glanced around and began to take action.
With a thought, the radar scanning function was activated, and everything within a kilometer appeared in his perception as if he could see it with his own eyes, and it was even clearer than his eyes.
He could also get the basic information of the object, including whether it was a threat to him or not.
The radar was the eyes of the fishing boat clone and also his second pair of eyes. It had a wonderful ability, which was even more powerful than the legendary spiritual consciousness.
After all, even spiritual consciousness couldn't identify the basic information of the object.
"Hahaha, I found something!"
Ou Shaotian smiled happily and found a lot of good things in the depths of several reef cracks on the seaside, such as sea crabs, clams, scallops, and so on.
After confirming that there was no danger, Ou Shaotian quickly went to a reef with crabs and started to catch them.
He bent down and reached out his hand to grab a large crab. It was as big as an adult's palm and was very plump.
Name: Swimming Crab
Level: Level 0
[Quality]: Normal
[Spiritual energy]: 3 points
[Effect]: It contains a small amount of spiritual energy and can barely fill the stomach.
Ou Shaotian scanned the screen, and the basic information about the crab appeared in front of him. However, only he could see the information, and it felt like something out of a science fiction movie.
"Only three points of spiritual energy. This ordinary seafood is too lousy!"
Ou Shaotian was a little depressed. However, with his current strength, he could only catch ordinary seafood. If he tried to catch anything with a higher level, he would be killed instantly.
Of course, the Swimming Crab was also very lethal to ordinary people. If they were caught by the crab pincers, their fingers would be broken.
However, Ou Shaotian was a level-one fishing apprentice anyway. Even though he was only a level-one fishing apprentice, his skin had been quenched and was extremely tough. The crab pincers couldn't hurt him at all.
This was why he dared to reach out to catch it.
With a thought, the struggling Swimming Crab was put into the fish cabin of his fishing boat clone. The space inside was not large, but it was about ten cubic meters, which was enough for him.
The most important thing was that it could store living creatures and seafood.
One by one, Ou Shaotian found six Swimming Crabs from under the reef one after another. They were all palm-sized and were enough for him to have a meal.
After successfully harvesting a few Swimming Crabs, Ou Shaotian beamed with joy.
However, he was not satisfied with the current harvest. Instead, he continued to move to the next relatively inconspicuous seafood nest. This time, he harvested nine Swimming Crabs.
People were catching seafood on the beach every day. Normal places had been searched again and again. If it weren't for the radar scanning, Ou Shaotian might not have been able to catch any seafood.
After all, his predecessor was too inexperienced and was still a child.
Now that he had the radar scanning, it was easy for him to do so. Even though many places had been searched in the afternoon, he still found a lot of good stuff.
Time passed quietly. After spending more than an hour, he harvested a total of 30 Swimming Crabs, 16 clams, and 15 scallops, which were enough for him to eat today.
As for tomorrow's harvest, he would definitely get more if he came again tomorrow morning because a lot of new goods would appear on the beach after the tide went out at night.
As long as he came to collect seafood in the morning before other people searched, he would definitely get a good harvest.
Looking at the time, it was already three in the afternoon. Ou Shaotian decided to go back.
When he was about to pass by the fishing village's square, he chose to take a detour. He did not want to disturb Yun Duo's cultivation for the time being, so he changed direction and took a detour back home.
He had not awakened his innate spirit soul yet. To absorb the spiritual energy of these seafood, he could only cook them himself. He could not rely on his spirit soul to devour them, which would cause a certain amount of wastage. This was unavoidable.
He went to the kitchen to take a look. Other than salt, there were no other seasonings. He had no choice but to cook them all together. As for the taste, it was not the most important thing at the moment.
He washed the pot, put half a pot of water in it, and started a fire.
Then, he went to the yard to wash the seafood. After boiling the water, he put them one by one into the pot and stewed them for about half an hour. After confirming that they were cooked, he turned off the fire.
Time to eat!
A Swimming Crab was quickly eaten by him. The few points of spiritual energy in the Swimming Crab meat were quickly absorbed by him. Each Swimming Crab was about three to five points, and some would be lost during the cooking process.
However, his strength was too low. Even if some of it was lost, the spiritual energy in a Swimming Crab was enough to restore his spiritual energy to the upper limit.
"Let's deduce and perfect the Body Forging Technique first!"
Ou Shaotian hesitated for a moment before making a decision.
The radar's deduction function was activated and began to consume the spiritual energy in his body. He also sped up the speed of eating, absorbing spiritual energy while consuming spiritual energy.
The 30 Swimming Crabs were quickly eaten by him. Excluding the portion that was lost, each Swimming Crab had an average of three points of spiritual energy. He had absorbed a total of about 90 points of spiritual energy, but it was still not enough.
Soon, he also ate three clams and accumulated 100 points of spiritual energy.
The clams contained more spiritual energy, but he could only absorb about four points of spiritual energy each. Some clams even had excess spiritual energy and condensed pearls in their bodies, but most of them were very small.
They were all ungraded pearls and were not very useful.
After he had absorbed more than 100 points of spiritual energy, the radar issued a prompt. The first stage of the deduction was over, and the prompt directly appeared in his mind.
Existing Technique "Spiritual Energy Body Forging Technique" (Incomplete). Current Skin Refining Realm tempering once.
Note: This is an emasculated and simplified technique that has been passed down for countless years. The original version was lost and has long been incomplete. Deducing and repairing it requires 10,000 points of spiritual energy.
Current Deduction Progress: 10010000. The Skin Refining Realm portion has been fully restored.
After reading the prompt, Ou Shaotian knew that the Skin Refining Realm portion had been fully restored. The next point was to use the spiritual energy in his body to temper his skin and improve his strength.