CHAPTER 348: HARVEST 2

After transplanting the sunflowers, the five still walked southwest.

However, this time, they didn’t encounter a good thing until the third month.

On this day, Shen Xu was complaining about their luck when he suddenly saw a river.

The river was fifty metres wide and its water was flowing rapidly, as if in a rush to get somewhere.

However, the wide river and the fast-flowing water were not worth mentioning. What was worth noting was the little fish that were swimming against the current!

The fish were silver, had black eyes, and were barely palm-sized.

However, they effortlessly swam against the current and even appeared carefree while doing it.

"I don’t think I can swim against this current." Shen Xu muttered, feeling a little self-conscious.

After all, he was a big person, but instinctively felt that he couldn’t compare to a tiny fish.

"Master, are you addicted to competing? You even dare to compete against the soul fish to swim in the soul river?" Yang Shi asked, looking at his master with mock admiration.

"Soul fish? Soul river? Don’t tell me..." Shen Xu started and excitedly pointed.

"Could this river be soul water?" He asked, and Yang Shi nodded before dampening his master’s excitement.

"Master, don’t get ahead of yourself." He said.

"What do you mean?" The double asked in a confused voice.

After all, they had just encountered a river of soul water.

Wasn’t it natural to take out a pipe and begin siphoning soul water to a pool in the space?

"There is such a river in the Forbidden Zone, but there is little soul water in the Tianqi continent. Don’t you think it’s stranger?"

"Now that you mention it..." Shen Xu muttered and subconsciously frowned.

"Master, why don’t you try collecting the water?"

Although Shen Xu knew Yang Shi was messing with him, he still took out a gourd and tried to collect some soul water.

However, after dipping and pulling out the gourd, he found no soul water in the container.

"What’s going on?" He asked.

"Physical containers cannot draw water from the soul river." Feng Xue explained and quickly continued.

"You need to use soul power to scoop water from the soul river."

"Is that so?" Shen Xu asked, put away the gourd, moulded his soul power into a basin, and tried to draw water.

Seeing this, Yang Shi rolled his eyes but didn’t say anything.

Instead, he watched as his master’s basin scooped water, only to disintegrate in less than a breath, and all the collected water fell back to the river.

"What’s going on?" The double asked, and Yang Shi sighed with a put-upon attitude.

"Master, would there be so little soul water in the Tianqi continent if we people could draw so much water?" He asked.

Hearing this, Shen Xu lowered his head in embarrassment.

However, he soon regained his composure and sneered.

"Yang Shi, what are you without your inherited memories? You dare to look down on me, but do you dare to compete with me in alchemy?"

"Why would I compete with you in alchemy? I am not an alchemist."

"Exactly." Shen Xu sneered and continued.

"I will admit you have a good memory, but you are stupid in other things."

Yang Shi was immediately outraged when he heard this and wanted to continue arguing with Shen Xu.

However, Feng Xue; the peacekeeper, immediately stepped in.

"Master, you need to use a smaller and thicker container if you want to draw soul water." She said, distracting her master from the brewing fight.

In this way, Shen Xu moulded a smaller basin and tried to draw soul water. Unfortunately, the result was the same – the basin disintegrated and no water was drawn.

’Let me try a smaller one.’ He thought and continued experimenting.

After trying several times, he found that he could only draw a spoonful of soul water each time. Otherwise, his soul container would dissipate, and the water would fall back to the river.

"What the hell is this?" He asked in an incredulous voice.

At the same time, his dream of filling a large lake with soul water was ruthlessly and violently dashed.

After all, how long would it take to fill a lake if he could only draw a spoonful at a time?

"It’s because your soul power is not powerful or versatile enough. After practising for a while, you will be able to draw more soul water, but you should probably give up on the lake." Feng Xue said in a teasing voice.

"What about the fish?" Zhen Yuan asked, looking at Yang Shi and Feng Xue.

"You also need to use soul power to fish." Feng Xue said, and Shen Xu slumped on the ground in despair.

How was he supposed to fish when he could barely scoop a spoonful of soul water?

"Don’t worry." Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair.

"Maybe we will manage to fish if we fuse our soul power." He continued, and Shen Xu immediately peppered up.

"You are right." He said.

Knowing that they would be there for a long time, the group set up their portable cave at the river’s bank.

After that, they began a life of scooping water and trying to fish.

Unexpectedly, this life lasted forty years, but their efforts were not in vain.

Although their soul power did not improve, it became more flexible and easier to use.

In the end, Shen Xu could personally draw one litre with each scoop, and when fusing with Zhen Yuan, they could draw five litres.

Although Shen Xu did not achieve his dream of a soul water lake, the group managed to draw enough water to fill a small pond. Additionally, they caught hundreds of soul fish and soul stones, which they transferred to the pond.

However, this was not the extent of their harvest.

After digging the pond, Zhen Yuan experimentally put some soul nourishing tree leaves, branches, and dew.

Unexpectedly, this not only nourished the soul water but also served as food for the soul fish.

Although the water was currently short of what they needed for their cultivation, with time, the quality of the water would surely improve with the growth of the soul nourishing tree.

At this time, Shen Xu stretched his limbs with a satisfied expression.

"Should we continue exploring or should we leave?" He asked.

After all, it was less than ten years until the eight towers teleportation formation was activated.