The reason why Zhao Lin was so excited was because he figured out one thing: Pipa Catfish's extremely strong self-healing ability is of great benefit to cultivation!
Cultivating Taoism cannot be achieved by just hard work.
If others practice for one hour a day and you practice for four hours or more, you will be able to make better progress. This situation does not exist at all.
Just like practicing martial arts, there is a diminishing marginal effect in practice, and those who work hardest may not be able to come out on top.
Seven points of hard work, seven points of gain; nine points of hard work, in many cases it is good to have seven and a half points of gain.
This is one of them, and there is a more important point: the meridians and qi orifices have limited endurance, and monks who have just entered the monastic realm can only practice for a maximum of one hour a day.
Any longer than this will greatly increase the risk of injury.
Once injured, it is only a matter of a few days of recovery and delaying cultivation. If a hidden danger occurs and the foundation is damaged, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Therefore, at the beginning of practicing Taoism, the elders and senior brothers of Lingdao Academy repeatedly warned the disciples to do what they can and not to be too "diligent" in their cultivation.
But...if you have the same recovery ability as the Pipa catfish, you won't have to worry about this!
Even if the meridians are damaged or the acupoints are ruptured, they can be restored instantly.
Zhao Lin even boldly thought: If his practice encounters obstacles, he can even directly attack the Qi orifice with violence. Even if he fails and is injured, he can recover quickly without any worries.
Although the level of spiritual roots remains unchanged, the speed of cultivation can definitely be improved a lot to make up for the gap with high-grade spiritual roots.
"After reading the book, I finally realize that I have to do it...if I hadn't seen this experience, I would never have imagined that the spirit that is most suitable for me is actually Pipa Catfish!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Lin couldn't help but feel excited, and immediately looked at the Pipa catfish in the hands of the monk surnamed Hu.
He was surprised to find that while he was stunned, the monk surnamed Hu had cut it into two pieces, and the spirit had already flown to nowhere.
"Oops, my spirit!"
Zhao Lin's heart tightened, but he immediately thought that there must be more than one Pipa catfish in the lake, and he could definitely catch another one, and his expression immediately softened.
"Junior Brother Zhao, what did you just say was him? Who is he?"
The shout just now startled the monk surnamed Hu, and he quickly asked.
Zhao Lin had regained his composure at this time, raised his hand to apologize, and explained with a smile: "Senior Brother Hu may not know that I am a martial arts cultivator."
"Although his magic power is low, he has some cultivation in martial arts. I just thought of a technique that can help my senior brother kill the Pipa Catfish."
In this way, he not only found a reasonable explanation for his gaffe, but also had a reason to catch Pipa catfish. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
"real?"
The monk surnamed Hu was stunned, and his words seemed to be doubtful.
Zhao Lin smiled slightly and said nothing. He flicked his fingers and shot out a stream of white mist from his fingertips.
The white mist was as straight as an arrow, exuding a cold air. It penetrated into the water with a whoosh, turned into an ice arrow, and hit the pebbles at the bottom of the lake, making a crisp sound.
After Zhao Linxiu arrived in the Yuan Realm, he created several techniques of his own, and this "Ice Finger" move was one of them.
In fact, he also practices a thunder-type boxing technique, which is more powerful, but if used in the water, it may harm other pond fish.
Moreover, this thunder-type boxing technique can also be fatal to monks. Zhao Lin uses it as his trump card and is not prepared to use it unless absolutely necessary.
"Junior Brother Zhao is so awesome!"
The monk surnamed Hu praised it, but then sighed, "Actually, as long as you find the Pipa catfish, it is not difficult to kill it. The difficult thing is how to find it."
"This fish usually lurks at the bottom of the water, motionless like a stone, and cannot be scanned by spiritual consciousness. It is extremely difficult to find."
As an extension of the monk's eyes and ears, one of the uses of spiritual consciousness is to search the surroundings.
At the first level of Qi refining, the spiritual consciousness can reach a radius of ten feet. At the second level of Qi refining, the spiritual consciousness can reach twenty feet... In this way, with each level of cultivation, the spiritual consciousness increases by ten feet.
Divine consciousness is very important to monks. The reach of spiritual consciousness is the farthest attack distance of magic weapons.
However, spiritual consciousness is not omnipotent. It is difficult to penetrate objects. When it encounters water, its detection ability will be greatly reduced.
The angler fish itself has the ability to hide its aura, and since it is underwater, it is naturally difficult to detect it with spiritual consciousness.
However, Zhao Lin has the specialty of echolocation. Ultrasonic waves propagate faster in water, so he is not afraid of this obstacle.
Zhao Lin was confident, chuckled, and said, "I often caught fish in the river when I was a child, and I have some experience in this. Can I give it a try?"
"Oh well."
The monk surnamed Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "Junior brother is a disciple of Lingdao Academy. Isn't it a bit aggrieved to do such a thing?"
Zhao Lin waved his hand and said: "No, it's just a little effort, senior brother, you don't have to be polite."
Seeing that he was very determined, the monk surnamed Hu said nothing. He picked up the oar and asked, "Where to row?"
"Senior brother should be familiar with the places where Pipa catfish often hang out, even if it's just boating!"
Zhao Lin didn't want to expose his echolocation ability, so he deliberately opened his eyes wide and stared at the water with all his concentration, looking like he was searching carefully.
Although the monk surnamed Hu did not think that Zhao Lin could find Pipa Catfish, he was a serious disciple of Lingdao Academy. As a monk with ordinary spiritual roots, he could not refuse, so he started paddling with the oar.
Zhao Lin's Adam's apple vibrated rapidly, and the ultrasonic waves spread quietly in all directions in circles.
With his current level of cultivation, echolocation is far easier to use than divine consciousness. Not only does the detection range be longer, but the positioning is also more accurate.
Plankton drifting with the current, swimming fish, floating aquatic plants, undulating lake bottom...
As the ultrasonic waves continued to return, Zhao Lin imagined a clear underwater picture in his mind.
About a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Lin "discovered" a Pipa catfish adsorbed on a stone.
However, he did not say anything immediately, but pretended to look over there for a while, then stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice: "Senior brother, look, there is one over there."
The monk surnamed Hu was stunned, stopped rowing the oar, leaned out of the side of the boat, looked into the water for a while, and said in surprise: "There really is one!"
Then he turned around and said, "Junior brother Zhao has such a good eye. Let's take action together to make sure he doesn't get away."
"good."
Zhao Lin smiled and nodded.
The monk surnamed Hu rowed the boat forward, stopped above the water where the Pipa catfish was, and shouted: "One, two, three!"
As soon as the words fell, the two of them shot at the same time, one using martial arts and the other using magic, hitting Pipa Catfish.
After a while, the Pipa catfish, which was unconscious and unable to control its swim bladder, slowly surfaced.
The monk surnamed Hu laughed "hehe" twice, stretched out his hand to grab it, slapped it on the frame of the ship, and reached for the axe.
Zhao Lin quickly stopped him: "Senior Brother Hu, wait a minute!"
The monk surnamed Hu paused and asked in confusion: "What?"
"Can you leave this fish to my little brother?"
"Why?"
The monk surnamed Hu was startled. He glanced at the Pipa fish and seemed to realize something. He immediately said, "Junior brother, I don't know. This Pipa catfish eats a lot of carrion and its meat is poisonous. It must not be eaten!"
Zhao Lin smiled and said: "Brother, you misunderstood. I don't want this fish to eat it, but to practice my magic."
When the monk surnamed Hu heard this, he was even more confused, "Practice magic?"
"Yes! To be honest, senior brother, I am practicing the spirit sword technique, but when the spell is sent out, it always hits the empty space, which is not very interesting."
"I just saw that this angler fish has a hard body and is not easy to die, so I thought that practicing spells with living animals might be more effective."
"This method sounds good, why didn't I think of it before?"
After hearing Zhao Lin's explanation, the monk surnamed Hu scratched his hair, grinned and said, "Junior brother, just take it!"
As he spoke, he took out a fish basket from behind and threw the angler fish into it.
Zhao Lin didn't want to absorb the soul in front of others, so he asked: "Isn't this fish easy to die out of water?"
The monk surnamed Hu smiled and said: "Don't worry, junior brother, this fish will not die even if it has been out of water for three days."
One Pipa catfish was enough to absorb the soul, but Zhao Lin couldn't leave now, so he walked around the lake for a while and caught two more Pipa catfish before giving up.
The monk surnamed Hu was very grateful and thanked him repeatedly. He sent him far outside the ban before waving goodbye.
Looking at Zhao Lin's back, the monk surnamed Hu nodded and said to himself: "This Junior Brother Zhao is really a nice person, humble and kind, and has a warm heart."
"Unlike some disciples of Lingdao Academy, they don't have any respect for us monks with spiritual roots!"
(End of chapter)
