For a moment, the fishermen looked at each other and couldn't believe their eyes.
They have been fishing near this sea area all day long. This is the first time they have encountered this situation. They don't know whether they should continue to close the net.
Lao Li, who was in charge of the boat, was the first to come to his senses. His level 2 Qi training was at the bottom of the world of cultivation, but he was considered the most knowledgeable person among all mortals.
Old Li glanced at the person in the fishing net in surprise. This woman's appearance was clear but not demonic. Her clothes were not wet even though she was in the water. She did not look like a mortal.
However, the fishing net is just a first-class low-grade spiritual weapon. If she were a monk, how could she not be able to escape from it?
Lao Li made a weighing decision in his mind and concluded that this woman might be a clam collector who took water-proof beads and dived into the sea, but they accidentally caught her online.
He waved his hand and said, "She must be a clam picker nearby. She accidentally fell into the fishing net and fished her out first."
When the other fishermen heard this, they looked surprised and doubtless he was the one who took the net into the boat.
Xu Chunniang heard the words of the old man on the bow and knew that she was being treated as a clam picker picking clam beads in the sea, so she was not angry.
When she was underwater, she could easily break the net and escape, but if she did, the fishing net would be directly destroyed.
Although she is a golden elixir cultivator, she is not willing to bully the weak, especially relying on her cultivation to bully ordinary people.
So Xu Chunniang simply stayed in the fishing net and waited for the net to be closed.
She just happened to come out of the secret realm of the water whirlpool, and she didn't know where she was at this time. She could use her identity as a clam collector to ask these fishermen.
When Lao Li saw that the woman on the Internet did not deny what he said, he believed in his judgment even more.
He took the initiative to step forward and untie the fishing net, his tone slightly dissatisfied.
"Why did the little girl come to this area to collect clams? Although this area is safe, there are occasionally one or two sea monsters, and the sea is too deep. What if something happens?
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Xu Chunniang did not refute the other party's guess about her identity. She nodded slightly stiffly when she heard this, "I understand, I won't come next time."
Only then did Lao Li relax his brows, and a kind smile appeared on his face.
"That's right. Although the Lin family collects heavy taxes on spiritual stones, we can't risk our lives just to earn some spiritual stones. We are about to go back, so you can come back with us."
Xu Chunniang nodded, but she was a little confused about what he said.
Judging from his tone, the Lin family seems to be a cultivating family in this area. But will a cultivating family collect taxes from mortals?
When we were on Nansha Island, although life was not easy for ordinary people, we did not need to pay taxes.
Later I went to Pingfeng Island and never heard of anything similar.
This was the first time she heard that mortals had to pay taxes to the cultivator family.
She said nothing, but several fishermen beside her felt deeply and lamented the difficulty of life.
"Every time I take risks and go fishing, I have to hand over half of my income, and the rest is just enough to make ends meet."
"If you are unlucky, not only will you get nothing, but you will also have to spend a lot of money to repair the fishing boats and nets."
"We are still like this, but collecting clams is even more difficult. We spend all day in the sea just looking for clam beads, but we are reluctant to use the clam beads we have collected so hard..."
For a time, many people looked at Xu Chunniang with sympathy in their eyes.
She felt a little ashamed and quickly changed the subject, "How was the harvest this time?"
Talking about the harvest, Lao Li showed a happy smile on his face.
"It's not bad. There are a lot of big spirit fish, which should be able to be sold at a good price. My son has practiced with the young master of the Lin family and has reached the sixth level of Qi training.
It’s just that for this level of cultivation, daily practice requires a lot of spiritual stones. His salary is not enough, so I can help him a little bit."
Lao Li's tone was full of pride when he mentioned his son, who had a sixth level of Qi training and a bright future in the Lin family.
He is only at the second level of Qi training. Firstly, he has poor qualifications and started too late. Secondly, he has no family support and has to work hard on his own.
His son is talented and hard-working, so he naturally wants to do his best to help him.
This time, in addition to the spiritual fish, I was also very lucky and caught a valuable snakehead fish!
When several fishermen nearby heard this, they were envious and joking, "Brother Li is showing off his good son again!"
"Lao Li's son introduced qi into his body when he was eight years old. Now he is only 18 years old and has already practiced the sixth level of qi. Tsk tsk, if this were my son, I wouldn't praise him to the sky every day!"
"Xiao Li is really good, but his temperament is a little cold. One time I went to Lin's house to deliver fish and saw him, but he didn't even say hello to me."
"I am the one who is with Master Lin. I have great hope of building a foundation in the future. Why do you want to say hello to people like us..."
Xu Chunniang smiled unconsciously as she listened to the fishermen on the boat gossiping.
Obviously she only needs to ride the wind or use a shuttle to get to the island in a very short time.
But she didn't do that. Instead, she sat on an old fishing boat, listening to the people on the fishing boat sharing their mediocre and fulfilling lives, and slowly but firmly moved towards the destination.
Xu Chunniang entered Taoism at the age of eight and has been practicing for decades.
Looking back at her journey over the past few decades, she was either practicing hard or practicing outside, with almost no leisure time.
She suddenly felt that it would be nice to occasionally slow down and take a look at the world, listen to the sound of the waves hitting the ship's side, and feel the gentle sea breeze blowing on her face.
Her heart gradually calmed down, and the worries about not having the skills after breaking through the golden elixir disappeared a lot.
As the saying goes, "The sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump."
However, given the vastness of the sky and the depth of the sea, even birds and fish cannot get a full view of Cangming with all their strength.
If birds and fish have obsessions in their hearts and are obsessed with flying between the sea and the sky, I am afraid that they will never realize the joy of flying and leaping until they die of exhaustion.
If Xu Chunniang felt something, she was no different from the flying birds and swimming fish, and the avenue was like this boundless, bottomless ocean.
It is said that the road is ruthless, and you need to move forward bravely against the current. But the road has yin and yang, and it is the road to relax.
Being radical without knowing how to stop and reflect on yourself is not a long-term solution.
Moreover, practicing and cultivating the mind, the way to kill is all about self-preservation, and cultivation is the foundation of everything.
At this thought, Xu Chunniang felt a sudden enlightenment. The big stone that had been weighing on her heart since the breakthrough finally no longer existed.
The road is difficult to travel, so let's walk slowly.
As long as you take every step steadily, you won't be afraid of running out of nowhere in the future.
She is still very young and has enough time to slowly explore and get to know this world.
Xu Chunniang felt the sea breeze blowing on her face, listened to the crashing of the waves, and when she looked at the world again, her mood became more peaceful.
And since the breakthrough in her body, she has never experienced a stable cultivation of the technique, and it has finally stabilized, as solid as a rock, and cannot be transferred.