← 我的模拟长生路

第八百五十二章 掏空钓鱼池

Following the principle of sustainable exploitation, Ji Shao Li did not choose any particularly outrageous targets for his first mental intent bait.

Although he was very eager to see what would happen if White Sir, True Immortal, Chaos, Hunger, or even [True Real] and other entities formed mental intent baits, there were still some uncertainties involved.

After all, the fishing pool was a First Rank Divine Artifact, its inner workings mysterious and unpredictable. If he insisted on this method, who knew what unnameable monsters might be caught?

Like in the 115th World, True Immortal could have ruthlessly destroyed the Xuanhuang Realm. This world had just begun, and his plans were only starting to take shape.

Li Fan currently had no intention of using True Real Technique yet.

"Perhaps when this world ends again, I can give it a try."

Returning to the first mental intent bait, Ji Shao Li visualized the seven-colored divine light caught by Zhong Shen Tong in their previous life.

Considering the principle of like attracts like, what could be more fitting than an item from the dazzling starry sky itself? This was also an experiment.

If it turned out as expected and made it easier to catch known items...

With True Real Technique's assistance, fishing would become much less daunting.

As long as he had enough cycles of reincarnation and attempts, he could establish a comprehensive list of light ball items in the fishing pool.

Perhaps one day, this seemingly endless fishing pool could be completely drained!

The most crucial point was that the resources produced by the fishing pool were entirely independent and unaffected by events within the Xuanhuang Realm.

Different plans Li Fan devised for each world would not hinder the fishing pool from becoming a stable source of divine artifacts.

This was significant.

Of course...

All this depended on whether his conjecture was correct.

In the dazzling starry sky of the fishing pool, Ji Shao Li's mind visualized various characteristics of the seven-colored divine light Zhong Shen Tong had used in their previous life.

The seven-colored divine light was continuous and powerful. Not only did it have tremendous destructive power, but its speed was terrifyingly fast—basically on par with an Immortal Core Realm cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, there seemed to be a special protective function for the owner.

In the 114th World, Zhong Shen Tong could freely move through the white mists using this divine light, unharmed by the devouring white mists.

It was truly an all-rounder—offense, defense, and evasion combined with endless uses. With such a treasure, one would no longer need other divine artifacts.

Even with Li Fan's extensive experience, the extraordinary nature of the seven-colored divine light among everything he had seen in his various reincarnations was undoubtedly top-notch.

At just the Foundation Establishment stage, it could already perform so well.

What about the Transcendence Realm and beyond? Would this divine light reveal even more astonishing characteristics?

As Ji Shao Li continued to visualize, a faint seven-colored light slowly formed at the end of his fishing line.

Since he only knew its external appearance rather than fully mastering it like Zhong Shen Tong did, the mental intent bait was somewhat different from the actual divine light.

But as soon as the bait took shape, it seemed like a drop of water splashing into the pond, causing ripples to spread outwards.

The countless light balls responded in various ways—most ignored it completely, mostly white with occasional blue ones mixed in.

Some, however, appeared to recognize something and drifted towards the mental intent bait curiously. These were primarily a mix of blue and purple.

But after approaching, most recognized it and did not bite.

Ji Shao Li paid no attention to these lower-quality light balls but focused on whether any golden or higher-grade ones would be attracted.

As expected, as Zhong Shen Tong had described, the range affected by the mental intent bait was extremely limited.

The invisible ripples quickly dissipated after a certain distance and eventually vanished into the endless starry sky.

This fishing attempt yielded no seven-colored divine light but only a blue light ball containing defensive artifacts.

Ji Shao Li casually stored it away without feeling discouraged, waiting patiently for tomorrow's attempts.

At least this confirmed that visualizing existing items in the fishing pool was indeed effective.

It just happened to be bad luck not catching within the detectable range of the seven-colored divine light.

"Though it’s like searching for a needle in a haystack, I have enough trial-and-error opportunities. No need to rush."

"But normal cultivators don’t have nearly infinite attempts like me..."

"Perhaps there's a method similar to this for casting targeted baits with the fishing pool."

Ji Shao Li pondered as he looked at the shallow yet deep pond before him.

"I wonder if a genius cultivator could derive the methods of manipulating the fishing pool based on their needs. Though it’s a Divine Artifact..."

"But after all, it's just an artifact. There should still be a significant gap compared to true immortals."

Ji Shao Li’s mind flashed with a white figure.

For some time, Ji Shao Li persistently tried again and again without changing his mental intent bait—always the seven-colored divine light!

The light balls in the fishing pool seemed to have their own intelligence. As the number of times the seven-colored divine light emitted invisible ripples increased, fewer and fewer were attracted and willing to bite.

This led to Ji Shao Li catching some blue light balls at first but eventually none.

Even white light balls became increasingly rare, mostly empty lines!

Zhong Shen Tong, who had been closely observing Ji Shao Li's fishing progress, couldn't help shaking his head in disappointment.

But Ji Shao Li was not discouraged; instead, he felt a growing sense of joy.

Because when all wrong answers were eliminated, the only remaining answer must be correct!

On the 20th day of consecutive empty lines, Zhong Shen Tong saw Ji Shao Li slowly rise from the pond, seemingly still without any luck.

Finally, he couldn't help offering some comfort: "Friend, there's no need to feel disheartened. Fishing is a common occurrence of coming home empty-handed. As long as you can endure the solitude, your luck will eventually turn and catch that ideal fish."

Li Fan’s face remained calm. "Zhong Dao友 are absolutely right," he said.

"I fully agree."

"Even after sitting in silence for over sixty days..."

"At last, I have some small gains."

As Zhong Shen Tong nodded repeatedly at the beginning of Ji Shao Li's words, his expression gradually changed as he heard more.

A look of surprise appeared on his face before it turned into disbelief and shock.

In Ji Shao Li’s hand was a golden light ball emitting blinding light, like another sun, temporarily blinding everyone else in the small temple.

(End of chapter)

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