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The young man's name was certainly not Piao Ke, but was called Piao Ke!

Lu Ye wondered what his parents were thinking to give him such a name, or perhaps he found it amusing and changed it later; it's not something Lu Ye needed to verify.

By reporting his own name, he truly got to know Piao Ke.

Of course, he used the name Li Taibai as a pseudonym. Given the complex and diverse origins of people in the All Phenomena Star System, he dared not use the name Lu Ye from the Nine Heavens World. If someone later asked about his background, he would surely report it as from the Unparalleled Continent.

In Tang Jun's knowledge, he was Li Taibai of the Unparalleled Continent.

After a moment's wait, a stream of light flashed by from the side and directly landed not far away, revealing a petite figure.

The newcomer was a woman with wheat-colored skin and a neat physique, but her face was obscured by a veil. That veil was evidently a remarkable spirit treasure, capable of blocking Mental Consciousness's prying.

She wore little, with her calves and even parts of her arms exposed. What caught Lu Ye's attention was the strange and complex patterns spread across the bare skin.

Specter Race!

Lu Ye immediately recognized the woman's heritage; the strange complex patterns weren't artificial rune tattoos but the manifestation of Specter Race bloodline.

"Are you buying?" the Specter Race woman directly looked at Lu Ye and asked.

Lu Ye immediately understood; this was the person Piao Ke had contacted earlier to sell fishing gear. He hadn't expected her to be from the Specter Race, and a woman, too!

Because, while there were many people fishing here, women were still a rare sight; among hundreds of people, there were fewer than twenty.

Oddly enough, Piao Ke's glance at this woman was surprisingly direct. Any female cultivator passing by earlier would undoubtedly be trailed by his gaze, especially if they had a good figure; he focused particularly intently on them.

"It's me." Lu Ye nodded.

"Is the price settled? I won't lower it!" the Specter Race woman turned to Piao Ke.

Piao Ke smiled slightly: "Rest assured about my work; just as you said, three thousand spirit jade."

The Specter Race woman sighed deeply and directly reached her hand toward Lu Ye: "Pay up!"

Lu Ye wasn't going to indulge her and said flatly: "Show me the goods first!"

The Specter Race woman tilted her head and tossed him a storage ring: "Everything's inside; check for yourself."

Lu Ye did a quick inspection, confirmed the goods were correct, and then handed over the prepared storage ring to her.

The Specter Race woman completed her check, sighed deeply again, and swore: "Damn, finally sold it; this thing was really a headache for me!" She said, glaring at Piao Ke: "My mind must've been messed up earlier to be cheated by your sweet talk!"

Piao Ke looked speechless: "I advised you not to be impulsive. You insisted on joining because you saw the fast money in this; blaming me now is simply unreasonable!"

"Anyway, it's your fault! If you hadn't caught a White Spirit back then, I wouldn't have stepped into this trap!" As she spoke, she turned to Lu Ye, eyes curved, and patted his shoulder: "From now on, you are my specter heartfelt friend. If you want to ambush someone, send me a message and take a twenty percent discount!"

And just like that, they became heartfelt friends?

However, what Lu Ye noted was something else: "Fellow Daoist, what's your name?"

"Specter! Why? Heard of my name?"

"No, no! It's the first time hearing it, I found it quite novel."

Lu Ye hadn't heard of Specter, but he did know Youping…

Both being Specters and all female, Lu Ye guessed they might be related somehow; even though the stellar space was vast, it wasn't very big.

"Got an audio talisman? Bring it over." Specter was very familiar as she extended her hand to Lu Ye.

Lu Ye didn't really want to give it to her, but couldn't refuse, so he took out his own audio talisman. Specter took it, quickly left her mark, and tossed it back to Lu Ye: "Remember, twenty percent off!"

With that said, she swayed away, quite carefree.

After Specter departed, Lu Ye began taking out the fishing gear, and with Piao Ke's guidance, attached a set of fishing lines to the rod, tied the hook properly.

Piao Ke also gifted him two bait pills, and Lu Ye thanked him, hung the bait pill on the hook, preparing to try his hand.

Glancing around, ready to find a suitable location, Piao Ke said: "If you don't mind, stay here. It'd be convenient to ask me if you have any questions."

Lu Ye thanked him, positioned himself ten meters away, and cast his line and bait.

Though it was his first time handling it, the process was a bit clumsy, yet he had observed for a while before and understood the procedure, knowing he should focus on sensing the movement of the fishing line now.

Despite no one on Angling Island catching anything that day, the fish took bait quite frequently. Occasionally, someone would lift their rod and reel in, even if they had to let the fish go due to various reasons.

Lu Ye's bait had been in the water for just under thirty minutes when he felt movement on the fishing line. Imitating others, he gently lifted the rod, distinctly feeling the line tighten a bit, and saw an elixir pill nicked at the edge by fish bites as it emerged from the water.

"You need to rehook. Although the White Spirit has no spiritual intelligence, its sense of danger is still very keen. If the hook is exposed, it will never bite the bait." Piao Ke carefully explained beside him.

Lu Ye followed suit and cast the bait again.

Several hours later, Lu Ye reeled in one last time, staring at the empty hook with a helpless expression.

Just by watching, he realized that fishing here was extremely difficult, but actually doing it revealed that it was not just generally difficult.

Over these few hours, he had two experiences of catching a fish, but the first time, he pulled the rod too hard and the fishing line snapped, letting the fish escape.

The second time, taking lessons from the past, the line didn't break, but during the duel of wits and courage with the White Spirit, it still got off the hook.

After several hours, he had consumed two bait pills, a set of fishing lines, and also lost a hook... which was a significant loss.

"Don't rush. Keep trying and you'll succeed eventually." Piao Ke's comforting voice rang beside him as Lu Ye stored all his fishing gear into his storage ring. Surprised, Piao Ke said, "Giving up already?"

Lu Ye shook his head, "I'm out of bait. Need to go back and buy some. Where should I go for that?" He couldn't always rely on others. Though Lu Ye didn't know how much spirit jade a single crafted bait pill cost, he imagined it wasn't cheap. Piao Ke managed to give him two pills out of kindness, and naturally, it's inappropriate to keep using others' resources.

They were strangers, but the previous help he had received had already been a significant assistance.

Moreover, time-wise, Lu Ye should make a trip to the All Phenomena Merchants Guild to retrieve his Boulder Mountain Saber.

"There's plenty for sale at the All Phenomena Merchants Guild."

Lu Ye nodded, bid farewell to Piao Ke, and swiftly dashed out of Angling Island.

He sped along the way, and two days later, Lu Ye returned to All Phenomena Island and effortlessly found his way to the All Phenomena Merchants Guild.

Before coming, he had already sent a message to Cao Xiang. Upon arriving, Lu Ye went straight to the previous elegant room.

Cao Xiang was waiting; seeing Lu Ye arrive, he greeted him first, pointing at the items on the table, "Fellow Daoist Li, the saber is here, please inspect it!"

Lu Ye picked up the Boulder Mountain Saber, unsheathed it, infused spirit force, and felt it carefully. After a moment, he nodded slightly, "It's good."

The cracks on the long saber were all gone, and the blade had no hidden damage. The artifact refiners at the All Phenomena Merchants Guild indeed had commendable skills.

"If the inspection is finished, please return the jade slip that was taken last time."

Lu Ye had forgotten about this, quickly took out the jade slip and handed it over.

Cao Xiang examined it, confirmed the jade slip was correct, and pointed to a jade box on the table, "Here are the bait pills you need, twenty in a box."

"What's the price?" Lu Ye asked.

"Each bait pill is priced at one hundred jade!"

Even though Lu Ye had prepared himself mentally, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. No wonder there's such talk circulating among anglers, fishing consumes much more spirit jade than one would imagine!

Just looking at his previous few hours of fishing, he consumed two hundred jade...

If one were to fish for a whole day, assuming a consumption rate of one bait pill every hour, it's four pills a day, worth four hundred jade!

This hasn't even counted the wear and tear on fishing lines and hooks, and is only the expense of a single day.

If there's fruitful yield during this time, one can profit considerably. But if there's a long period without harvest, it's hard for anyone to persist. That specter looked like it was about to fish into bankruptcy. Probably because it had bought lots of fishing lines and bait pills.

Twenty bait pills require an input of two thousand spirit jade, roughly equivalent to the price of a spirit treasure.

Previously, he unintentionally caught a White Spirit which only sold for two thousand six hundred jade; investing twenty bait pills might not necessarily yield a catch.

If the expenditure on fishing gear is considered, it's a total of five thousand spirit jade!

Lu Ye now had only a little over a hundred jade left, naturally unable to pay, and had no choice but to produce an unused spirit treasure.

He had about five to six unused spirit treasures on hand, originally set aside for emergencies, to be consumed by the sword gourd when needed. Now, they could only be used for urgent needs.

With slight hesitation, Lu Ye simply took out all the useless spirit treasures and laid them on the table, "Estimate the price."

The spoils of war could be won anew in the future. When the time comes, there's no hurry to let the sword gourd consume them. Right now, he really needed more spirit jade.

Cao Xiang, being the person responsible for transactions with guests at the guild, naturally had seen major deals. The pricing of a few spirit treasures was swiftly calculated.

Six spirit treasures, varying in quality, totaled only thirteen thousand jade or so.

This price was doubtlessly much lower than what Lu Ye had anticipated.

Cao Xiang noticed his concern and explained with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Li, the value of spirit treasures ultimately depends on whether there is demand for them. Our guild assumes the risk that they might not sell when purchasing spirit treasures, potentially losing money. Therefore, the guild has stringent requirements for the purchasing price, generally offering only sixty percent of the value. If Fellow Daoist Li finds this unsuitable, you could sell them to external shops or the flea market, where prices might be slightly higher, but not significantly so."