As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 279 - Chapter 279 Chapter 234 The Giant Coral Cave

Chapter 279: Chapter 234: The Giant Coral Cave Chapter 279: Chapter 234: The Giant Coral Cave If it had been before, Chu Mingcheng would have found these two large fish troublesome and would have needed to put them on the boat first.

But now, hooked on a live fish clip, his movement was not affected in the slightest, so he continued to keep them by his side.

Jiang Luoluo’s diving time was only twenty minutes, so she had to continue accompanying her.

However, this time, ten minutes passed, and she did not find any more large fish.

During the day, most fish hide and only come out to hunt at night, hiding again to sleep after nine o’clock.

The fish that live in coral reefs and rock clusters mostly stay inactive for the majority of the day.

After half an hour of training, Jiang Luoluo was also huffing and puffing with fatigue.

It wasn’t that her physical strength was insufficient, but her energy was spent dealing with Chu Mingcheng, and she was not in top condition, so naturally, half an hour of diving made her tired.

Once Jiang Luoluo returned to the boat, she took a shower and then took out her laptop to listen to music, looking for a suitable song to serve as background music from her downloaded collection.

If Chu Mingcheng worked hard, she would not be an exception.

Before starting to shoot the underwater dance, she would continue to maintain her previous update rhythm, releasing a video every ten days or so.

After selecting the song, she took the time to understand the background of the song and the meaning expressed in the lyrics.

Then, based on the background and lyrics, she would choreograph suitable dance movements.

Meanwhile, Chu Mingcheng was five meters above the coral reef, activating the fish gathering feature.

With the fish gathering feature, he didn’t need to search laboriously in the coral reef anymore.

In just a short while, lobsters, groupers, and premium green dress appeared within his line of sight.

Chu Mingcheng observed and found only a Shu’s pigtooth fish and a tiger spot were relatively large, probably around ten jin each.

But the tiger spot was more expensive than Shu’s pigtooth fish, so he chose to deal with the tiger spot first.

His harpoon was always raised, but a slight movement did not alert the group of creatures.

Only a large movement by Chu Mingcheng would awake them, thereby breaking free from their attracted state.

The next moment, the harpoon pierced through the tiger spot, making a loud noise that scared the gathered creatures into immediate flight.

However, Chu Mingcheng only paid attention to the movement of the Shu’s pigtooth fish, pulling the line and following the tiger spot, while turning off the fish gathering feature in advance.

To avoid being followed by a group later, which would make it difficult to choose a target.

After swimming for about twenty meters, the Shu’s pigtooth fish slowed down its swimming, thinking it was safe, and stopped near some aquatic plants.

Chu Mingcheng stopped about ten meters away from it and first pulled over the tiger spot to bleed it.

After dealing with it and hooking it on the live fish clip, he reloaded the harpoon and approached the Shu’s pigtooth fish.

After the scare, the Shu’s pigtooth fish seemed very alert. When Chu Mingcheng got within about six or seven meters, it became uneasy and started swimming further away.

This distance was a bit too far, and the carbon spear wasn’t able to perform very well.

Chu Mingcheng tried to activate the fish gathering feature again, but it didn’t attract it.

Turning it off and on again repeatedly several times still had no effect.

He didn’t know if the chances were too low or if there was a limit to such repeated activation–the Water Produce Handbook did not give an explanation.

Chu Mingcheng had no choice but to maintain the distance, aiming the harpoon and predicting the fish’s movements.

With a “bang,” the harpoon hit the back of the Shu’s pigtooth fish.

This position was a bit troublesome; the fish wasn’t seriously injured and would struggle quite violently later on.

Luckily, since the harpoon had fully pierced through, and the barb kept it from falling off.

Chu Mingcheng released the harpoon and pulled the line without much force.

He wanted to wear down the fish’s strength first, to avoid causing a larger wound by pulling too hard.

So, he let the fish run for five or six minutes before finally pulling it in front of him.

The completely exhausted Shu’s pigtooth fish, when grabbed by Chu Mingcheng, was so drained that it remained motionless, only struggling a little when bled at the end.

After removing the harpoon and examining the wound, he found the injury was quite large, even the surface flesh was somewhat damaged, which was regrettable.

Fortunately, the fish weighed about ten jin and was large enough that the wound was acceptable.

With only four fish on him so far, he was still far from his goal.

Chu Mingcheng activated the fish gathering feature again, attracting hidden premium aquatic creatures.

The resources of this coral reef were beyond his expectations; an abundance of large fish, where each use of the fish gathering feature attracted precious fish weighing over ten jin.

There were even three Golden Yellow Pout fish, all male, each weighing more than twenty jin.

These three fish would definitely be sold in Wen City, where the prices were higher.

With twelve fish hung on him, the weight had already exceeded two hundred and fifty jin.

A hundred jin of fish was no issue for him, but more than two hundred and fifty jin, even with his current physique, swimming was still greatly affected.

It was somewhat heavy, but with the help of the buoyancy of seawater, it wasn’t too difficult.

After returning to the edge of the boat, Chu Mingcheng called Jiang Luoluo out, asking her to place two foam boxes beside him, then he passed her the fish one by one from the live fish clip to be properly arranged and covered with crushed ice.

With her help, it took only a short while to arrange all twelve large fish neatly in the foam boxes.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t continue fishing but returned to the boat and moved the two nearly full foam boxes to a more secure spot.

An hour and a half had passed, and it was time to retrieve the floats drifting on the water surface to check the catch.

Upon pulling the first float, he immediately felt resistance in his hands and a smile appeared on his face, “We’re in luck, caught one on the first try.”

“Hurry, pull it up and let’s see what kind of fish it is.”

Jiang Luoluo had just been steering the boat, and once he had lifted the float, she immediately came up to the deck to see the catch.

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t taken off his gloves, so he could safely pull the fishing line now.

As the line reeled in, a Blue Spot Snapper was brought up.

He had thought it was a Stone Fish, but it turned out to be a snapper.

However, the snapper wasn’t small, and to have swallowed a little squid, it had to be at least over five pounds.

Jiang Luoluo quickly brought the scale over, and Chu Mingcheng placed the fish on it to weight it–it was seven pounds and seven ounces, not bad at all.

Then, the second float felt even heavier when pulled, indicating an even larger fish.

A bigger fish was naturally good news, but it also depended on what kind of fish it was.

If it was just an ordinary sea bass, then even if it was over ten pounds, its price wouldn’t compare to the Blue Spot Snapper.

“Holy shit~”

“Wow~”

The two people on the boat let out a gasp of amazement when they saw the struggling fish on the surface of the water.

The very next moment, Jiang Luoluo hurriedly grabbed the landing net and scooped the fish up.

This was a Rat Spot and looked much larger than the one previously sold to Wei Jiaguo; its length was almost seventy to eighty centimeters, which was why Chu Mingcheng didn’t dare lift it directly onto the boat!

“We struck it rich, hurry, let’s weigh it and see how much it weighs,” Jiang Luoluo said excitedly, looking at the fish.

This was a living Rat Spot. Even if Chu Mingcheng encountered one while fishing, he would try to catch it alive, simply because the price difference between a live and a dead Rat Spot was too astronomical.

Placing the fish on the scale, it shockingly showed fourteen pounds six ounces. This Rat Spot was guaranteed to be worth at least fifteen thousand.

After weighing, Chu Mingcheng quickly isolated it in a separate fish box, filled it with seawater, and started the oxygen pump.

“Who should we sell this fish to? Grandpa has bought one before, would he buy it again? Or should we sell it to Brother Sea King? I feel like he would particularly love such a large fish.”

Jiang Luoluo discussed and inquired.

“Brother Sea King isn’t quite right; he’ll only haggle when buying fish, expecting you to drop the price. He doesn’t buy seafood from us at a premium like Grandpa does,” Chu Mingcheng said.

Apart from when his account needed traffic at the beginning and he sold fish at a low price once, he hardly ever considered selling fish to Brother Sea King, unless he made an inquiry.

If he could sell fish at a high price to others, he definitely wasn’t going to sell it low.

“When we get back, I’ll ask in the group first. If the price in the group can’t get over twenty thousand, then we might as well sell it to Grandpa for a little less.”

Compared to Brother Sea King, Wei Jiaguo had a closer relationship with them and had helped them quite a bit at the beginning. If they were to give someone a discount, Chu Mingcheng thought it was better to give it to Wei Jiaguo.

Jiang Luoluo agreed with his decision, so they continued to retrieve the floats, hoping for another Rat Spot.

Unfortunately, such a large Rat Spot might not appear for years, and their capture of one was thanks to the Little Sea Lion.

All the remaining floats caught fish: six groupers, two parrotfish, and another two snappers.

The lightest among them were five pounds, an astonishing harvest.

So, Chu Mingcheng baited the hooks with little squids again and cast the floats back into the water one by one.

After the work was done, he dived into the water again to continue fishing.

Because they had pulled up the floats, the fishing boat had moved away from the original area towards the island.

Chu Mingcheng dove to the ocean floor, about to activate the fish-attracting feature when to his astonishment, he spotted an entrance within the coral group on the left large enough to fit him.

With a bit of curiosity and a hunch that there might be some big loot inside, he swam over to check out the situation.

But as he approached the entrance, he found that the depth of the cave was surprisingly greater than he’d expected.

The weather today was excellent, with a clear sky and abundant sunlight.

If the cave wasn’t deep, he would be able to see clearly inside with the help of the sunlight.

However, upon reaching the cave entrance, he found it was still pitch black inside, rendering him unable to see anything at all.

This piqued his curiosity, making him want to explore what was inside.

Chu Mingcheng returned to the boat and asked Jiang Luoluo to bring him an underwater flashlight.

She was quite puzzled and handed him the flashlight, asking, “What did you find that you need a flashlight for?”

“I found a large coral cave. I’m planning to go inside to take a look; there might be something worthwhile in there.”

“Could there be any danger?” she asked.

“No, at most some fish might be hiding inside. The truly dangerous things in the sea are the big sharks, and we won’t encounter them here.”

Jiang Luoluo considered this and, not having seen the situation for herself, let Chu Mingcheng go ahead.

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