Just when Qingshan was worried, Ruyi Tuanzi's voice appeared again: "Shanshan, you can try to catch leeches with your spiritual power."

Qingshan was delighted. Ruyi had been with Xuan Huizi for many years. Although she still looked like a child and her mind was sometimes like that of a child, she was definitely experienced in cultivation. Every time she gave him guidance, Qingshan could improve a lot in the use of spiritual power.

"Catch with spiritual power? How?"

"Spiritual energy is a great tonic for all living things in the world. All you have to do is control a strand of spiritual energy and suspend it in the lake water, and lower animals like leeches will follow their instincts and flock to you!"

Qingshan understood that it was actually the same principle as fishing, except that the bait was her spiritual power.

Qingshan's mind moved, and he took out a steel needle from the space and threw it into the center of the lake.

Qingshan emitted a very thin line of spiritual energy from his fingertips, controlling the steel needle to suspend vertically in the water. The lake-green spiritual energy was transmitted from Qingshan's fingertips to the steel needle, slowly dispersing into the lake water.

Soon, ripples appeared on the surface of the water where the needle was suspended, and in the blink of an eye, the ripples turned into splashes. The splashes became larger and more dense, as if the lake was boiling.

Qingshan saw that the time was almost right, so he called Zhan Feng and Yang Hongmei to come and help, and asked them to dig a hole by the lake and fill it with a shallow puddle of water.

After the puddle was dug, Qingshan gradually shortened the spiritual power line, controlled the steel needle to move to the shore, and the things under the water also followed to the shore.

Zhan Feng saw a thin needle slowly sliding down from the lake's center, where the water was churning, leaving a long trail of water. The needle looked familiar; it had been used by the Little Divine Doctor when he had dealt with Li Ergou. Needless to say, the situation in the lake must have been caused by the Little Divine Doctor.

The needle, like it was suspended by a thread, rushed towards the puddle and stuck in the middle of it. Behind it, a group of things, like a school of fish, chased after it with splashing water, and in the blink of an eye, they jumped into the puddle one after another.

Zhan Feng shouted excitedly: "Hey! I caught it! I caught it!"

Qingshan squatted by the puddle and looked at the things inside: palm-sized fish, small shrimps, snails, freshwater crabs, golden leeches... Basically all the living things that can swim in the lake are here.

Qingshan slapped his thigh in joy: "I didn't expect spiritual power to be so useful! Eh? By the way, did Jiang Ziya use this trick when he was fishing?"

Qingshan rummaged through the puddle, picked out some golden leeches, and put them in a jar. Yang Hongmei, having seen these mollusks frequently in her hometown as a child, was naturally not afraid of them. She also took a jar and helped Qingshan put the leeches in.

Only Zhan Feng, the young master who grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, had a tall and mighty appearance, but was actually a sensitive little princess at heart. Looking at the leech curling up its body, his face changed several times, but he did not dare to reach out to catch it.

Qingshan was amused and handed him an empty can, asking him to pick up some fish and shrimp to improve his meal in the evening.

The water of Peacock Lake is clear and low in plankton, so the fish and shrimp are small, but their flesh is delicate and almost translucent, and they must be incredibly delicious. Although Master Zhan is not good at catching leeches, he is very skilled at catching fish and shrimp. He only selects the big, fat ones and fills three jars with them. If Qingshan hadn't stopped him because he was afraid that the jars would be insufficient, he would have continued catching.

The steel needle, wrapped in spiritual energy, was stuck in the middle of the puddle, like a piece of Tang Monk's flesh, attracting all living creatures in the lake to jump into the pit. Qingshan only kept the golden leech and threw all other aquatic creatures back into the lake.

Qingshan and Yang Hongmei worked for half an hour before giving up. Qingshan didn't want to exhaust the lake's resources, so he left some seeds for the golden leeches. Leeches reproduce quickly, and within half a year, they would reach a staggering number.

Qingshan put away the steel needle. Without the spiritual bait, the small fish and shrimp regained their senses and stopped jumping into the pit. The mud and sand that were churning by the lake gradually settled, and the lake water became clear again.

Qingshan lowered her head to count her harvest. In half an hour, she had caught more than 200 leeches. This spiritual power was truly a cheating artifact! Qingshan was secretly happy when Ruyi's voice rang out again:

"Shanshan, the Insect King appears again!"