With other people around, Zhong Chao's probability of encountering danger was greatly reduced, but Zhong Chao was still upset when he couldn't find the special fish.
In fact, scarcity is normal.
Special fish, a silver light fish costs more than ten taels of silver, a fire scale fish costs 15 taels, and other spiritual materials, such as sea lingzhi, blood jade coral, black pearls and other items, the prices are even higher.
If such a precious thing could be found easily, there wouldn't be so many poor people in Jujiang City.
Normally, if you can catch three or five special fish in one fishing trip, it is considered a bumper harvest.
It is also because of their scarcity that Oriole, a shop owner in the inner city, comes to the dock in person to purchase special fish.
It's a pity that Zhong Chao doesn't know all this yet.
…
Feeling depressed and exhausted, Zhong Chao simply floated to the surface of the river, lay on the water in a backstroke position, and basked in the sun.
"breathe……"
Zhong Chao on the river was breathing easily, and his skin greedily absorbed the power of sunlight, storing the light energy into his cells.
What I want to say is that light can shine into the deep sea. From the water surface to the 200-meter-deep water bottom, called the upper layer of the ocean, the light at this time only decreases slightly.
The water layer from 200 meters to 1000 meters is called the middle layer of the ocean. The sunlight here cannot fully penetrate the sea water, and the light is very weak.
Below 1,000 meters, there is no sunlight, and it is a dark world.
Zhong Chao mostly swims at the bottom of the river, which is about a hundred meters away. Therefore, although he dives under the river, he has been absorbing the power of the sun.
This is also the reason why he could hold on for five hours without returning to the ship.
Now, after fifteen minutes of basking in the sun on the river, Zhong Chao's physical strength has fully recovered.
'The Eternal God whose body is the Great Sun!'
After sighing, Zhong Chao took a deep breath again, then turned over and plunged into the Nu River again.
"I can't believe it. I couldn't catch a single special fish today."
Maybe it was time, or maybe God couldn't bear to see it, but this time, not long after he plunged into the water, a silver ray of light flashed across the corner of his eye.
"Silverfish!"
The sudden discovery made Zhong Chao excited. With a kick of his feet, he chased after the silver fish.
However, after less than three breaths of chasing, his heart sank. The chopstick-long silvery fish was too fast.
Zhong Chao had just started to move, and it jumped out dozens of meters away, as if there was no resistance to the water flow.
Well, with its special skin, the water flow really cannot hinder this fish.
This effect can be transferred to humans through Silver Light Fish Ointment and Ichthyosaurus, which is considered a good thing.
But the good thing is that it will come later. Now Zhong Chao's Yulongyou level is too low and he is only proficient in level 2. He does not have this special effect at all. Therefore, he can only watch the silver fish slip away.
"grass!"
"Am I not suitable for catching fish... I haven't seen a special one for a long time, and even if I did, I couldn't catch it."
Continuous failures made Zhong Chao doubt himself.
However, due to his depressed mood and lowered underwater vision, Zhong Chao did not notice that he entered a grayish water area while chasing the silver fish.
"How about we stop wasting time and go back directly to find other ways to make money?"
"What can we do? Our profitable business has been blocked by the rich and powerful."
"Huh... forget it, stop thinking about it, let's catch it for a while... it's okay if you can't catch it, just treat it as a training fish dragon swimming."
"Anyway, as long as I swim in a standard posture, my proficiency in swimming with dragons will increase."
After changing his mind, Zhong Chao felt a little better.
And just when he cheered up and was about to continue swimming, a pain suddenly hit him from behind.
"What the hell!"
The pain that appeared in vain startled Zhong Chao, and he immediately reached out to grab it.
This is where the benefits of body optimization come into play. With his slender body, he can reach directly to his back and quickly grab a slippery object.
However, the thing was too slippery, and Zhong Chao's arms were facing backwards and it was difficult to exert force. This made it impossible for him to pull the thing off even though he grabbed the thing behind him.
And just when Zhong Chao was struggling with the thing biting him from behind.
"Chi chi chi..."
Several more things bit him.
"grass!"
Feeling this, Zhong Chao didn't dare to be lazy and immediately ran up using his hands and feet.
With his blood boiling three times faster, in less than a minute, Zhong Chao jumped from the bottom of the Nu River to the surface. He looked around, and soon he found his boat and quickly swam towards it.
"Boss, you...what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Liang was originally happy to see Zhong Chao, but soon he noticed that Zhong Chao's face was a little flustered, which made him panic too.
The same goes for Yan Xiang and others:
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm under attack. Look behind me to see what attacked me."
After getting on the boat, Zhong Chao immediately turned over and exposed his back. After seeing Zhong Chao's back, Yan Xiang and others gasped, and one of them was timid and even jumped into the water to escape.
Already.
"???What's going on?"
Just when Zhong Chao was confused, a frightened voice rang:
"Plague leech!"
"The gray spots and three stripes are unmistakable. This is the plague leech. You, you went to the gray waters?"
"Didn't I tell you not to go there?"
"It's over, what should we do? If he dies, we will all be finished."
The leech behind Zhong Chao completely frightened them.
In the end, Yan Xiang gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Don't panic, it's useless to panic now, row quickly, let's go to the shore to find a doctor, maybe we can still be saved!"
While instructing others, Yan Xiang said to Zhong Chao: "Sir, hold on, I know your body is very cold and your consciousness is very blurry, but you must not fall asleep. Once you fall asleep, you will completely
It’s over.”
"Well……"
This kind of instruction made Zhong Chao open his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.
Seeing Zhong Chao's appearance, Yan Xiang thought he was unconscious and quickly grabbed his shoulders and shook him.
"Just wake up. If it doesn't work, just think about your family and your friends. You don't want to die, right?"
Yan Xiang, who was shouting hoarsely, wanted to shake Zhong Chao awake, but he couldn't push Zhong Chao even with all his strength. This scene made him stunned.
What made him even more stunned was that Zhong Chao, who was bitten by a leech, spoke as if nothing had happened.
"My body is cold and my consciousness is blurred. Is this leech so strong?"
"???"
"Are you okay?"
Seeing Zhong Chao's clear mind and expression without any trace of pain, this time, it was Yan Xiang's turn to be confused.
"It's impossible. Plague leeches are extremely dangerous. If bitten by one, evil energy will enter the body immediately."
"Even a blood-changing warrior may not be able to block this kind of evil energy. At that time, your body will become stiff, your mind will be dizzy, and you will be dragged into the water by leeches and sucked to death."
"Even if you escape at that time, the evil energy entering your body will cause huge damage to your body, which is difficult to treat with ordinary medicine... This is still one. You were bitten by five plague leeches. How come you are okay at all?"