From breaking the limits of the White Ape Fist to becoming a martial arts saint.

Chapter 19 Ants! Treasure Fish!

Upon hearing this, the three of them were stunned, never expecting to be eliminated so easily.

One of the women suddenly went limp and collapsed to the ground, covering her face and sobbing uncontrollably.

To give him the opportunity to learn martial arts, his mother slept with a village thug, but he failed, and his life was completely ruined...

Her cries were suppressed and desperate, like a dull knife cutting into everyone's hearts.

Ma Fei's face turned deathly pale, and his eyes instantly became bloodshot: "I failed to break through the barrier the day before yesterday, but I still have a chance to break through. Give me a few more days, and I'm sure I can break through!"

The apprentices watching were completely silent, while the senior disciples from the inner courtyard were used to it.

At this time of month, the brutal reality of the path of martial arts training is laid bare before our eyes.

Ma Fei failed to break through once, and with his physical constitution being only average to below average, his chances of breaking through again were almost slim.

Lin Wanzhu shook her head and crossed out Ma Fei's name without hesitation.

"Rules are rules, let's go!"

"Rules? To hell with rules!"

Ma Fei went completely insane. The resentment, jealousy, and bitterness that had been building up for three months erupted like a volcano at this moment.

He pointed towards the inner courtyard, spitting as he spoke:

"You bunch of vampires! You take our hard-earned money and treat us like pigs and dogs! You only give the outer court apprentices one dose of medicine a week, while the inner court apprentices get it every day! How can we break through like this?"

And why is it that some people can enter the inner courtyard while we can't?

It's because we don't have money! No problem!

I'm going to expose the shady dealings of this lousy martial arts school! I'll let the whole city know the true faces of you bunch of liars!

Ma Fei roared in frustration.

"Shut up!" Qin Yu was already impatient. Her face turned cold, and she moved swiftly, instantly appearing in front of Ma Fei.

Her eyebrows furrowed, her eyes filled with disgust: "Something as insignificant as an ant dares to talk about fairness?"

She didn't even bother to strike a pose, casually throwing a punch.

boom!

With a muffled thud, Ma Fei's cursing stopped abruptly, and he flew backward like a broken sack, crashing hard into the training stake three zhang away.

Click!

The sound of a sternum cracking followed.

Ma Fei slid down like a lump of mud, coughing violently in pain, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.

The apprentices remained silent, trembling with fear. Although many felt a sense of shared sorrow, no one dared to speak.

This punch was delivered without any restraint!

In her eyes, killing Ma Fei might be as easy as crushing an ant.

At this moment, the fear of death finally overwhelmed everything, and Ma Fei hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Spare me... Senior Sister, spare me... I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again..."

Qin Yu snorted coldly. These ants dared to slander the martial arts school; they were truly courting death.

He kicked Ma Fei in the chest again, sending him flying.

"puff!"

Ma Fei crashed to the ground again, spitting out a mouthful of blood that stained the bluestone bricks on the ground. The arm he had been using to shield his chest was also broken again.

"Spare me, spare me!" Ma Fei propped himself up on one arm and knelt down like a dead dog, kowtowing repeatedly, begging to live.

Seeing that Qin Yu was about to make a move, Qin Shi behind him spoke calmly: "Just punish him and that's enough. Don't waste the assessment time."

Ma Fei hurriedly kowtowed, the thuds echoing across the blue bricks, leaving bloodstains, and shouted, "Thank you, Senior Sister Qin, for sparing my life!"

……

The Blackwater River is turbulent.

Three treasure ships cut through the waves, the white waters surging to both sides.

Qian Qinghong stood at the bow of the boat, the cold wind blowing up her white fox fur coat, revealing her slender yet voluptuous figure.

A fiery glint flashed in Zhao Gaolang's eyes behind him. He straightened his collar, stepped forward, and said, "Qinghong, we'll be there soon. You don't need to worry. Leave the investigation to me. You just focus on leading the fishing team to catch fish."

A hint of disgust flashed deep in Qian Qinghong's eyes. This Zhao Gaolang was a family retainer and was quite powerful.

But how could she not know that he had been involved with her fourth uncle and had long coveted her?

However, we must first find out the reason for my father's disappearance, and we still need to rely on his strength.

"Then thank you very much, Venerable Zhao."

"Don't call me 'venerable one,' I'm just a few decades older than Chi Changqinghong. Just call me Brother Lang."

"Ugh—!"

Suddenly, the sentry ship ahead sounded its horn.

"A school of fish! A huge school of fish!"

"Hand it over to ship C, the rest of you continue!" Qian Qinghong decisively ordered.

"Haha, the fish are coming! Get ready to cast the net, boys in the water, get ready!" On the third boat, Qian Wenhu saw the signal flag and laughed loudly.

Su Yu stood on the deck, prepared to cast his net, and observed the water ahead.

The next moment, a surging wave rose up and crashed against the hull with a splash, creating a large cloud of white foam.

The underwater world is teeming with large, dark fish, a truly spectacular sight.

"Lower the trawl net!"

At Qian Wenhu's command, several veteran sailors at the bow skillfully lowered the huge trawl net.

The fish were immediately thrown into the large net and thrashed about underwater.

Some large fish turned their heads, trying to escape, while others leaped out of the water, displaying their golden, shimmering bodies in the air, and flew over the fishing net.

"Haha, it's a yellowfin tuna. Let's get it in the water and scare it away!"

Yellowfin bream is a fish that is more expensive than whitefin bream. Although it is not considered an exotic or precious fish, it is still a valuable fish.

However, its flesh is extremely delicious. It only lives in the depths of the Blackwater River and is loved by the city's dignitaries. Basically, any banquet of a certain caliber is incomplete without this yellow-scaled fish.

The fishing team members immediately jumped into the water, violently stirring up the waves to drive the yellowfin bream that had turned to flee back.

"Bang! Bang!"

More yellowfin bream leaped out of the net, attempting to escape.

"Net-casting team, cast your nets!"

Qian Wenhu issued another order.

The net-casting team, including Su Yu, immediately began casting their nets.

The Qian family's fishing fleet was experienced and coordinated well. With Qian Wenhu in command, they quickly brought most of the large school of yellowfin bream under control.

"Raise the net!"

The net-casting team pulled in the net first, and Su Yu immediately felt the impact from the net rope in his hand.

The fishing net was finally pulled up, revealing seven or eight yellowfin bream, the larger ones weighing seven or eight pounds and the smaller ones weighing one or two pounds.

They were immediately astonished. The depths of the Blackwater River were indeed rich in resources. This one net was equivalent to the harvest of an ordinary fisherman for several months.

However, it's not that easy to catch them. Just the large ships that can withstand wind and waves are not something that ordinary people can get their hands on.

Moreover, there are various other dangers.

Beside them, Bai Shun pulled up a yellowfin fish weighing over ten kilograms in one net, immediately drawing praise from the group.

The larger the yellowfin bream, the more valuable it is, and its strength also doubles, making it quite difficult to pull up. If you make even the slightest mistake, it will escape from the bottom of the net.

"Although you're new here, your fishing skills are really good." Qian Wenhu had been observing the performance of the newcomers and thought that Bai Shun was indeed quite good.

"Treasure Fish!"

At that moment, one of the fish-driving team members suddenly shouted.

The next moment, there was a loud popping sound in the water.

A water column several meters high erupted from the water's surface, and a fish-driving team member was thrown directly out of the water, spitting out a mouthful of blood mid-air, his sternum collapsing.

Just as the two men on either side were about to raise their harpoons to stop him, the dark figure suddenly accelerated and crashed into one of the men's legs, causing another scream to rang out.

"court death!"

Qian Wenhu roared and leaped into the water like a cannonball.

"Where do you think you're going! Piercing Wave Dagger!"

He spun around in the water, transforming into a human-shaped drill, and with terrifying spiraling force, he slammed into the dark figure!

"boom!"

A muffled thunderous roar came from underwater.

So strong!

Su Yu's expression shifted upon seeing this. If he possessed such skill in fishbone casting, combined with his net-casting technique, his chances of catching treasure fish in the water would greatly increase.

The waves dispersed, and the dark figure was thrown out, finally revealing its true form.

It is three feet long, and its entire body is as black as ink, except for its snow-white, round belly. It has a sharp black horn about a foot long on its head, and its mouth is full of sharp teeth.

"It's a black pomfret!"

Everyone gasped.

This is a notoriously ferocious fish! Its black horn on its head can easily slice through the hull of a boat, and it possesses immense strength. But every part of this creature is valuable; its horn, ground into powder, can be used to make a bone-strengthening powder, and its meat is highly nourishing for blood and energy. A fish this size is worth at least fifty or sixty taels of silver!

"Haha, where do you think you're going!" Qian Wenhu laughed as he continued to strike, grabbing at the black pomfret.

Having learned its lesson, the black pomfret flicked its tail, stirring up muddy water, and then turned to dive into deeper water.

"Set up the net! The ancient vine trawling net can't break it!" Qian Wenhu immediately ordered.

At the bow of the boat, several team members responsible for pulling the vines and trawling the net were desperately tightening the opening of the net.

However, the black pomfret's power is terrifying.

"what!"

The next instant, one of the crew members at the bow yelled as his hand split open and he was pulled into the water by the immense force.

As he fell into the water, a hole appeared in the fishing net, and a dark figure darted out like lightning!

"Cast the net! Cast the net quickly!"

Bang, bang…

The Zhou brothers worked together seamlessly, using two nets to block the fish from the left and right, but the black horned pomfret easily dodged them with a nimble tail flick.

Bai Shun and Gao Xiaoshuang were quick-witted and agile. The two of them used their fishing nets, one in front and one behind, to anticipate the target's movements over several meters, but still managed to catch nothing.

The fish is too fast; you can't keep up with its speed at all!

Just as the black pomfret was about to dive into the deep water and escape!

At the critical moment, Su Yu flicked his wrist, and the fishing net blossomed into a perfect round flower in the air, carrying a mysterious rhythm, as it covered the black pomfret.