In the fish farm, all the villagers of Baiyun Village were working hard. All of them were focused and had never been so serious before.
Only Ge Wanjin and the others from the Fish Tax Department were waiting to laugh at them.
From the beginning, Ge Wanjin didn't think that the villagers of Baiyun Village could complete the task. That was why he agreed to give them half a day.
If the ranked spiritual fish were so easy to catch, Green Wood Town wouldn't have handed the fish pond over to Baiyun Village to manage.
They would be fishing themselves!
The villagers of Baiyun Village were naturally aware of this, including Village Chief Yun Hai. However, they weren't willing to give up until the last moment.
Everyone was working hard and persevering.
"I caught it. I caught a level-one spiritual fish. It should be more than ten catties!"
Soon, someone exclaimed in surprise.
"Go for it!"
The others cheered one after another.
"I caught one too!"
Soon, another level-one spiritual fish came out of the water. However, this one only weighed slightly more than three catties and was relatively small in size.
The world had undergone a metamorphosis and spiritual energy had recovered.
The species had changed drastically, but most of the seafood in the sea remained the same. Apart from having more spiritual energy in their bodies, their size didn't change much.
Just like the human race, most of them were still less than two meters in size even though they had cultivated to the size of dragons and tigers.
"Go for it, everyone!"
Someone shouted loudly.
As spiritual fish were caught one after another, everyone cheered. As long as it was a ranked spiritual fish, no matter how big or small it was, everyone was happy.
"Duo, follow me. I know where there are more ranked spiritual fish!"
Ou Shaotian drove the fishing boat clone near Yun Duo and the others and called out to them.
"Okay, Shao Tien!"
Yun Duo didn't suspect anything. She immediately started the fishing boat and followed behind Ou Shaotian's fishing boat clone. Soon, they arrived at a fish nest.
"This is it. Let's cast the bait. Be careful. The spiritual fish below are mostly level-one or level-two. They are all ranked spiritual fish."
As Ou Shaotian spoke, he cast the fishing rod and cast the hook. He was the first to cast the bait.
Through the radar scan, he had already confirmed that there were a few schools of fish swimming in this area. Most of them were ranked spiritual fish.
It wasn't easy to call the others, but it was possible to call Yun Duo, Xu Haibo, and the others.
After all, they were more familiar with each other.
Yun Duo and the rest also cast their hooks in the direction Ou Shaotian pointed at!
"Shua!"
With a soft sound, Ou Shaotian raised his rod and caught a large black carp that seemed to weigh at least five kilograms.
Name: Big Black Fish
[Level]: Grade 0, Level 1
[Quality]: Normal
Spiritual Power: 1351 points
< Remarks >: Ordinary spiritual fish, tastes average, contains a certain amount of spiritual power, and is comparable to a level-one fishing master in water.
With a sweep of the radar, Ou Shaotian could see the big black carp's attribute interface. Only he could see it, others couldn't.
Moreover, the remarks section only showed a part of the situation. If he clicked on it, he could see a more detailed description.
However, there was no need to take a closer look at ordinary spiritual fish, so Ou Shaotian threw them into the fish cabin.
"I've already caught one. Good luck!"
Ou Shaotian shouted at Yun Duo and the others as he continued to cast his bait.
"Got it!"
Yun Duo and the others all responded.
Soon, Yun Duo and the others also took the bait. They caught one spiritual fish after another, all of which were level-one spiritual fish.
Among them, there were many level-two and level-three spiritual fish.
"No wonder Shaotian's cultivation speed is so fast. We can't compare with his ability to watch the fish!"
Zhang Pengpeng couldn't help exclaiming after catching another level-one spiritual fish.
This was already the third one he had caught. In less than 15 minutes, he had caught almost 20 kilograms of level-0, level-one spiritual fish.
The big ones weighed ten kilograms, and the small ones weighed three to five kilograms.
"He's really good, better than many old fishermen!"
Xu Haibo also couldn't help but admit defeat.
From the initial contempt to the present, Xu Haibo and Zhang Pengpeng's psychological journey could be said to be extremely complicated.
"Hmph, now you know how good Shao Tien is. Hurry up and suck up to him. Otherwise, I won't bring you along in the future."
Yun Duo said proudly.
"Alright, stop praising me. Focus on fishing. We don't have much time left!"
Ou Shaotian said aloud.
In fact, he wasn't worried. In the fish cabin of his fishing boat avatar, there were still a large number of level-one spiritual fish that weighed at least a few hundred kilograms.
In addition, in one morning, he could gather more than a thousand kilograms of level-one spiritual fish by himself.
In addition, there were still many fish in the fish pond at home.
He could handle more than half of the two thousand kilograms of level-one spiritual fish by himself. What was there to worry about?
Now, it was just a matter of how many fish everyone could catch. When the time came, he would make up for whatever he lacked. There was no need to worry at all.
"Got it!"
Yun Duo and the others responded in unison.
Then, they all focused and carefully controlled the output of spiritual power, ready to set the rod at any time.
…
Time passed quietly. Unknowingly, it was close to noon.
Due to the large number of people, although there were some accidents, they were more scared than hurt, and the whole morning passed safely like this.
As soon as it was 12 o 'clock, Ge Wanjin from the fish tax department couldn't wait any longer.
He immediately looked for Yun Hai and said, "Village Chief Yun, it's time. Hand over the two thousand kilograms of fish tax!"
Yun Hai looked at him deeply and said, "Alright, I'll get everyone to gather and hand over the fish tax. You won't be left out."
"Well said, I'll be waiting."
Ge Wanjin's face was full of pride. That condescending look was disgusting no matter how one looked at it.
Yun Hai ignored him. Instead, he began to urge everyone to hand over the level-one spiritual fish they caught.
Soon, the villagers handed in their fish one by one. When the other villagers were done, the weight of the level-one spiritual fish had reached more than six hundred kilograms.
Then, the trial team's mentor, Wang Xucai, also led his team to hand in two hundred kilograms. They were still short of one thousand and two hundred kilograms. The rest was up to the patrol team.
"Uncle Li, you guys go first!"
Yun Duo said aloud.
"Alright!"
Uncle Li nodded and didn't stand on ceremony. He led his teammates and handed over all the fish they caught. It was exactly three hundred kilograms.
In other words, they were still short of more than eight hundred kilograms.
"We have about three hundred kilograms here!"
Yun Duo, Xu Haibo, and Zhang Pengpeng also handed over the level-one spiritual fish they caught. The total weight was more than one thousand and five hundred kilograms.
Only Ou Shaotian hadn't handed in yet, but he was still short of nearly five hundred kilograms. Village Chief Yun Hai couldn't help but despair. Everyone else also became nervous.
"Tsk tsk, you're still short of five hundred kilograms. It seems that you guys didn't catch enough!"
Ge Wanjin said proudly.
"Captain Ge, can you make an exception and give us a few more hours? You know that the afternoon is the best time to fish."
Although Yun Hai knew that the other party wouldn't give them more time, he still couldn't help but beg. It wasn't for himself, but for the village.
For the villagers!
As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he wouldn't give up easily.
"I'm sorry. You know that it takes a few hours to return to Green Wood Town from here. I'm in a hurry, so I can't give you more time."
Ge Wanjin refused without hesitation.
What a joke. He did it on purpose. How could he give Baiyun Village more time to complete the mission?
Yun Hai was helpless. Although he was angry, he could only look in the direction of the weighing station and hope that the remaining people could make up for the missing five hundred kilograms.