After chopping down ten big willow trees, Chen Wangping was worried that Xiao Fang wouldn't understand the number, so he simply changed places and continued chopping trees happily.

Although there seem to be fewer trees by the river than in the forest, they are easier to cut down.

As his physical condition improved, he swung his axe with much greater force. A tree that previously took three strokes to cut through now only took two.

"I'll try to chop down a whole bunch of trees with one charged axe."

Chen Wangping was chopping while daydreaming.

As he thought about it, he felt something was wrong.

If we continue to upgrade technology in the future, we might even have logging robots.

Why cut it yourself?

After chopping for more than an hour, there were 135 more [Willow Wood] in the storage grid. It was a good harvest.

Chen Wangping chose a place where the water was bend, put down his small stool and sat down, ready to fish and take a break.

He rummaged through the storage compartment, took out the special sunfish bait he had seized earlier and looked at it.

This special sunfish bait seems to have been filled with some special stuff when it was made. It looks shiny and reflective.

Chen Wangping took out two, hung them on the fire beef tendon fishing rod, and threw them far away.

"Plop"

The bait enters the water.

Before the two baits sank, Chen Wangping immediately saw abnormal fluctuations on the water surface in the distance. Several golden sunfish swam over and couldn't wait to swallow the baits.

“Is the effect so good?”

Chen Wangping chuckled, suddenly picked up the fishing rod, took out the two special baits for sunfish, smashed the hook on the head of the attracted sunfish again, and sent a little bit of electric current.

A few seconds later, two sunfish came ashore.

This sunfish is shiny all over. Even on a cloudy day, its scales still shine with a different light, which looks very dazzling. Its body length is only about 30 centimeters, and it is full of vitality.

Sunfish

【Use: Food, crafting materials】

[No special effects for adult fish]

[Supplementary information from the illustrated guide: Sunfish enjoy swallowing shiny objects, and sometimes contain treasures in their bellies. Individuals reach a maximum strength of level three, and fry can be caught.]

[Recommended recipe: Steamed sunfish]

【Note: Sunfish love the sun】

"Adult fish have no special effects? Could it be that the fry do? And they like to swallow shiny things? There are minerals in their stomachs?"

After reading the properties, Chen Wangping immediately became interested.

It turns out there are such interesting fish in Yongjiang.

No wonder anglers develop bait specifically for this kind of fish.

He once again hung the bait he had just used on the hook, cast the rod out, and used the same trick again, pulling the bait ashore and then throwing the empty hook down again to hit the fish.

"Swish, swish, swish"

This fishing method is very efficient, and a special bait can be used four or five times before it completely dissolves.

Half an hour later, when Chen Wangping was taking the fish out, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be some red light in the belly of the sunfish.

Moreover, this light will move as your line of sight moves.

"gem?"

Chen Wangping was delighted and quickly processed the fish on the spot. He carefully dug out a red gem the size of a pebble.

He rinsed the gem in the river to wash away the stains.

When I picked it up and looked at it again, I was stunned.

Although it was a cloudy day, an extremely beautiful scene could still be seen through the crystal clear ruby.

Chen Wangping lit the flame and observed it. He found that the ruby ​​was dazzling no matter from which angle it was viewed. It was very bright and there was no flaw on it. It was very complete.

【Fish Belly Ruby☆☆】

【Use: gifts, materials, inlays】

[Special Effect - Red Boom: Holding a ruby ​​can increase the fire control ability of fire-type espers by 20% (up to level 5 espers)]

[Note: This ruby ​​has been nurtured in the fish's belly for hundreds of years. The long-term moisture has allowed it to suppress the violent fire element and enhance its control ability.]

"Two stars? Where did it get such a fine ruby?"

Chen Wangping looked at the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River and thought that if he had the chance in the future, he would go upstream along the Yongjiang River to take a look. The world in the water is no worse than the one on the shore.

Besides, he has been in the wasteland for so long and has never tasted seafood.

The sea here should be unpolluted, and the sensible seafood will cultivate itself, so it must taste good.

Recovering his thoughts, he thought about the properties of the ruby ​​and felt that this thing was very suitable to give to Tang Xihe.

Although I don't know if Xiao Tiemu can use this, Xiao Tiemu's attributes are very mixed. His main attack ability actually relies on the wooden whipping and the thunder-type Seven Wound Fist to attract thunder. The fire type is just the icing on the cake.

On the other hand, Tang Xihe’s fire control ability is already strong, and if he has the blessing of the fish belly ruby, it will definitely be even stronger.

Just give it away.

Having made up his mind, Chen Wangping put away the ruby ​​in the fish's belly and continued fishing.

Fishing is most comfortable on cloudy days, with no sun and no rain.

Watching the waves on the river, feeling the autumn breeze, and eating the braised beef in my hand.

These days are so comfortable.

"It would be nice to have some wine, but the wine in the city is so bad."

Chen Wangping calculated that currently, quails and chickens can produce about thirty sets of materials needed for first-level life crystals every day. It will take more than ten days to accumulate them before upgrading life technology.

Still a bit slow.

I wonder if Tang Huoniu has done any research on raising chickens when he has nothing to do.

It would be nice if there was turkey.

I'll have to ask later.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a small golden bubble on the edge among the dense sunfish bubbles in the water.

The sunfish in the bubble looked only the size of a palm, and its scales were not that shiny, but it had the glow of a fry.

"Can these fry be caught directly?"

Chen Wangping controlled the bait and moved it closer. Considering that the fry needed to be raised, he did not dare to use electricity and tried to catch the small fry.

But he didn't think of using electricity, and the rest of the sunfish around him swarmed in, crowding and pushing the small fry out.

Chen Wangping was worried that the fry would run away, so he quickly shouted, "Brother Diao, stop them!"

The golden eagle rose up in response, controlling its spiritual power and instantly exerting wind pressure towards the fish below, which immediately shocked the group of sunfish.

Chen Wangping seized the opportunity, controlled the fishhook over, quickly stuffed the bait into the fish's mouth, waited for the progress bar to be full, and gently pulled it up.

Done!

【Sunfish fry】

[Required feed: plant leaf fish food]

Animal products: sunfish roe, sunfish scales

[Note: Sunfish fry can promote plant growth after entering the growth stage~]

Chen Wangping: “….”

Also promote plant growth?

It's normal for sunfish to glow when they grow up, right?

I'll raise a bunch of them and I won't have to turn on the lights at night.

Of course, even though he was muttering, he was lying honestly by the river, carefully checking the bubbles, preparing to catch some more fish to take back.