aircannonsinc Chapter 424 Fishing Under Someone's Nose
Chapter 424 Fishing Under Someone's Nose
Chapter 424 Fishing Under Someone's Nose
The round sea monster ball had its big, round eyes wide open, and two small tiger teeth were slightly sticking out. Its milky white belly trembled as the sea monster ball moved, making it extremely cute.
An adorable sea monster ball noticed the Spirit Blossom Grass that housed Ye Nanxiao's soul and stopped its hopping.
Meanwhile, the sea monster ball's companions behind it did not notice Ye Nanxiao and continued forward, bumping into the stopped sea monster ball.
In an instant, several sea monster balls actually turned into balls and rolled down the ground.
The first sea monster ball to stop was still blinking, wondering why its companion had bumped into it.
Small eyes, big questions.
"Pfft~"
Ye Nanxiao couldn't help but laugh out loud. Sure enough, cubs are the cutest creatures in the world.
The village chief of the small fishing village spread the word that the demon wanted to trade items, and even offered his own courtyard as the place for the transaction.
The demon, carrying a backpack, squatted into the village chief's courtyard.
The trading base for the spirits is a ground paved with large stone slabs and a simple set of stone chairs.
The demon placed the backpack on the ground, reached inside to take out its contents, or rather, reached in and took out supplies from its storage soul tool.
The village chief was a kind-hearted man who was nearly two feet tall. He was squatting on the ground, holding a bunch of burlap sacks, and watching curiously as the demon spirit took out supplies.
When the demon spirit produced the tenth batch of supplies, the village chief's mouth dropped open.
"Young man! Could this be a storage soul tool?" the village chief asked, pointing at the demon spirit's backpack.
The spirit nodded and asked, "Would you like to trade this backpack as well?"
The village chief quickly shook his head, the force of which shook the sea monster ball perched on his head off.
"I've heard people in the city talk about this thing; it's incredibly expensive! Our little fishing village probably couldn't afford it even if the whole village sold itself!" the village chief said, shaking his head.
His small fishing village was a village that relied solely on fishing for a living. Although each family could eat their fill, they couldn't be described as wealthy. Otherwise, so many children wouldn't have stayed in the village to help process the fish they caught.
"Is your village friendly with this kind of spirit beast?" the demon spirit asked, looking at the sea beast ball that was snuggling up to the village chief's feet and acting cute.
The village chief nodded and said, "Our village makes a living by fishing, so naturally we rely on the help of some sea spirit beasts. Sea Beast Balls are gentle in nature, but they don't have much offensive power. Our village once worked together to save a group of Sea Beast Balls from the Rift Fang Fish, and since then, these Sea Beast Balls have become our good helpers when we go fishing!"
The sea monster ball rolled up the village chief's palm, and the village chief placed his own sea monster ball on his head. The ball and the person blinked at the demon spirit.
The demon spirit paused as he took out the supplies. Looking at the village chief and the sea monster ball with their identical expressions, he was touched.
Ye Nanxiao sensed the demon spirit's actions and understood what it was thinking.
This village, which resembles the world of Pokémon, can be described as an ideal world for both spirit beasts and humans.
"You two have a really good relationship." The spirit smiled, a genuine smile on its face.
The village chief was somewhat taken aback by the demon's laughter, and a slightly shy smile appeared on the honest man's face.
"Strategist, dreams really do exist!"
The spirit's voice carried unwavering resolve.
Ye Nanxiao watched the village chief and the sea monster ball getting along well, and released his soul power, which quietly spread out.
The village was filled with scenes of villagers getting along well with the sea monster balls. Children carried the sea monster balls and ran around, and one even carried a sea monster ball up a tree to steal bird nests. A little girl carried her parents' sea monster balls and put the pretty wildflowers she had picked on the sea monster balls' heads.
"A person's dreams will never end," Ye Nanxiao replied with a smile.
After arranging everything, the demon spirit took out a wine gourd from its storage soul tool and handed it to the village chief.
"Good wine!" The village chief's eyes lit up. He wanted to take the wine gourd, but he was troubled about what he could offer the demon in exchange.
After all, most villagers' homes are filled with various kinds of seafood. If they were to exchange their seafood for other goods, some villagers would be unable to use it to exchange for the items they need.
There's only one demon spirit, so how much seafood can it accept?
Ye Nanxiao saw the village chief's conflicted expression.
"Give it to him, it's just a small pot of wine." Ye Nanxiao patted the demon spirit's ear.
The demon had the same thought in mind, and stuffed the gourd of wine into the village chief's hand, saying, "It's fate that we met. If it weren't for the village chief's help, I wouldn't have been able to go door to door to collect things!"
"Thank you very much, young man!" The village chief rubbed the sea monster ball's back a few times before accepting the gourd of wine.
"Lu~"
The sea monster ball's short, wispy wings wrapped around the village chief's hair, suspending its body. It inhaled deeply, the aroma from the wine gourd causing it to pat the village chief's head repeatedly.
"You old fool! I haven't even had a drink yet!" The village chief carefully uncorked the bottle, poured some wine into his hand, and held it out to the sea monster ball.
"Slurp!" The sea monster buried its face in the village chief's hand and drank the wine in one gulp.
A rare gentleness appeared in the demon's eyes as it quietly watched the sea monster ball vying for wine with the village chief.
He could feel that the feelings between the two were very real.
"Strategist, how wonderful it would be if the inland environment were like this little fishing village!" the demon exclaimed. He was still dreaming of one day being able to sit openly in Old Wang's courtyard and listen to the gossip of Old Wang's family.
"There will be some in the future," Ye Nanxiao said.
Huo Yuhao's magic has not yet been revealed; it will take at least another ten years before his soul can manifest in the world.
At that time, the conflicts between any soul beasts should be greatly alleviated.
"Are all villages like yours, whether they are by the sea or not?" the spirit asked.
The village chief, having finally managed to coax the sea monster ball away from staring at his wine gourd, nodded upon hearing the demon spirit's question and said, "Yes, villages by the sea often choose to cooperate with gentle sea spirit beasts to protect them when they go out to sea. Although this sea may appear calm on the surface, it is actually turbulent with countless dangers lurking within!"
"We are able to cooperate with the Sea Spirit Beast thanks to the protection of the Sea God!" The village chief said with a devout expression.
Ye Nanxiao had originally planned to snuggle up on the demon spirit's shoulder to catch up on sleep, but when he suddenly heard the village chief mention Yuan Haisan, he instantly woke up.
"Lord Sea God? Is that the deity you worship?" the demon spirit asked, repeating Ye Nanxiao's words.
"Yes, the Sea God is the deity who deceives the ocean! He is also the guardian deity who protects us fishermen!" The village chief pointed to his left chest.
Upon closer inspection, the demon noticed a small, inconspicuous trident tattoo on the village chief's dark right arm.
The tattoo was black, almost blending into the village chief's skin.
"It's not just my village; all the villages by the sea worship the Sea God! This is a tradition passed down from our ancestors!" the village chief said proudly.
"Do you have temples or similar places to worship the sea god?" The demon sensed Ye Nanxiao's emotional change, as if this deity needed to be taken seriously.
The village chief nodded and pointed towards the sea. "Our village chief's temple is at the back entrance of the village, so that the sea god can trick us every time we go out to sea and return."
"Find an excuse to go take a look!" Ye Nanxiao transmitted his voice.
From the village chief's words, it can be inferred that the sea god has a large number of believers, which means that he possesses a great deal of faith power.
One of Ye Nanxiao's purposes in Douluo Chasing the Sun was related to the power of faith.
"Alright! Shall we go take a look now?" The village chief tucked the wine gourd into his waistband.
"Wait a bit." The demon pointed to the villagers who had gathered in front of the village chief's house.
The villagers brought their homemade seafood products to exchange with the spirit's supplies.
Upon seeing the supplies from the big city, the villagers each left only enough food for their own consumption and exchanged the rest with the demon spirit.
The spirits accepted all comers and would exchange some staple foods such as dried meat and noodles with the villagers.
The trading continued into the evening, and the villagers reluctantly went home only when they had no more seafood left.
The demon clipped hairpins onto the heads of the little girls surrounding it, then waved its hand to collect the mountain of seafood.
"This quantity is a bit too much. Strategist, the two of us can't possibly finish it!" the demon spirit said.
"You can eat it if you want, but I don't eat fish!" Ye Nanxiao said decisively.
"Then I'll keep it and take it back for the Red King to eat. He's a canine, so he shouldn't be picky about food, right?" the demon spirit muttered.
The fox spirit, a canine, silently turned its head away, not responding to the demon spirit's words.
"Get out the fishing rod, let's go fishing!" Ye Nanxiao said excitedly.
"Huh? A fishing rod?" The spirit asked, somewhat puzzled.
"You come to the beach, how can you not go fishing?" Air Force bigwig Ye Nanxiao said matter-of-factly.
"How can you experience the dangers of nature without going to the beach? How can you feel the thrill of dancing right under the noses of Indians?"
Amidst the village chief's deeply grateful gaze, the demon spirit took a dried bamboo pole and carried the village chief to the seaside.
The villagers watched the village chief and the demon depart, and smiles appeared on their faces.
"Young man, these are all fish I caught in the water! Even if you give me a bamboo pole, all I can do is stick them in!" The village chief said, holding up the sea monster ball above his head. "Why don't you take this sea monster ball with you? Look at it! Small and cute! It's an expert swimmer! It's proficient on both land and water! It only needs one steamed bun per hour!"
The sea monster ball stared with its watery eyes, completely unaware of what was happening, only finding it amusing that the village chief had lifted it up high.
Ye Nanxiao perched on the demon spirit's shoulder, looking at the sea beast ball, and the sea beast ball looked back at Ye Nanxiao.
"Lu!" The sea monster ball suddenly opened its mouth wide and sucked Ye Nanxiao hard.
"You idiot, don't touch me!" Ye Nanxiao slapped the sea monster ball on the head, stunning the village chief who was being dragged on the ground.
"This flower is also a soul beast? So young man, you're also a fellow soul beast tamer!" the village chief exclaimed in surprise.
The demon turned to look at Ye Nanxiao and said, "We're probably in the same boat, but I'm the one who got tamed."
"What?"
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