Cheng Xiaofan came to the bottom of the Shi Qiong Bridge and took out his flashlight, shining it into the gaps between the stones.
Taoxibao, being extremely intelligent, immediately understood that its little master was here to catch wild fish. It thought to itself, "This is what I'm best at! You should have asked me to come along!"
"Without this dog, how do you expect to catch any fish!"
Just as it thought this, it saw its master bend down and place his right hand on the surface of the water.
"I don't see any fish. Are you trying to catch water?"
*Poof!*
At that moment, Cheng Xiaofan released a stream of spiritual energy from his palm, which dissolved into the water.
As soon as the spiritual energy mingled with the water, *whoosh*, the large and small "idiot fish" hiding in the crevices of the rocks emerged, swimming eagerly towards Cheng Xiaofan.
"It worked!"
"I didn't expect this spiritual energy to be so useful!"
Cheng Xiaofan immediately submerged the opening of the bucket into the water and released more spiritual energy into it.
The idiot fish, sensing the source of the spiritual energy, began to swim into the bucket.
"Damn!"
Taoxibao, who had been guarding nearby, was dumbfounded.
"Master, are you defying the heavens now?"
"You just put your hand in the water and attract fish? What kind of fishing technique is this?"
"It's a good thing I'm smart and followed the right master. I won't have to worry about fish from now on!"
Before long, the bucket was more than half full of fish.
There were also quite a few other miscellaneous fish in the bucket, which Cheng Xiaofan picked out and threw back into the river.
"That's enough, it's already a lot!"
Cheng Xiaofan retrieved the bucket. The idiot fish that hadn't managed to get into the bucket seemed very dejected, leaping and splashing in the water, unwilling to leave for a long time.
Immediately, Cheng Xiaofan carried the half-full bucket of idiot fish into the space and went to the edge of the pond, pouring all the fish from the bucket into it.
The idiot fish wagged their tails so fast they looked like blurs, swimming in circles around the pond.
After swimming three circles, Cheng Xiaofan noticed that the fish had grown considerably!
"I hope that when I, Cheng Xiaofan, come here tomorrow, I will see only true divine fish, and they will lay eggs and turn into fry!"
Cheng Xiaofan began to manipulate the idiot fish in the pond within his space again!
To maintain the purity of the fish in the space pond, he instructed Taoxibao, who had followed him in, "Go down and fetch the other fish you released!"
Cheng Xiaofan had already witnessed Taoxibao's aquatic abilities and was no longer worried about any accidents.
"Woof woof!"
Upon hearing this, Taoxibao immediately leaped into the pond and dived in.
"Heh heh, master finally needs my help!"
*Splash!*
Taoxibao popped its head out of the water, a large crucian carp weighing over two pounds in its mouth. It then leaped ashore, its posture akin to a dolphin leaping out of the water in an aquarium.
Cheng Xiaofan threw the crucian carp into the bucket and, picking a fruit ginseng from the ground, tossed it to Taoxibao, saying, "This is a reward for you to eat!"
Taoxibao was ecstatic, thinking, "It really pays to follow my master!"
*Crunch, crunch.* It grabbed the fruit ginseng in its mouth and began to gnaw on it.
"However—"
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan said to it again, "Since you're eating the fruit ginseng, you won't get any of the crucian carp in the bucket. This is for Po Tian Ying to eat!"
"Ah?"
Taoxibao's eyes widened immediately, and it looked at Cheng Xiaofan with utter grief.
As the song goes, "In this world, only the new eagles smile, never the old dogs cry!"
"What are you looking at me like that for? Do you want me to stew you!" Cheng Xiaofan felt his skin crawl under Taoxibao's gaze and shouted at it.
"Master has gone mad, truly mad!"
"To spite that eagle, he's going to make dog meat soup!"
Taoxibao was so scared that it quickly lowered its head and ate the fruit ginseng at its feet.
After leaving the space, Cheng Xiaofan rode his motorcycle, with Taoxibao on the back, back to the back mountain.
It wasn't that Cheng Xiaofan was truly biased towards Po Tian Yan. When he had decided to go to Qingxi River to catch idiot fish in the back mountain, he had inadvertently discovered that Po Tian Ying, perched on a treetop, was enveloped in a faint golden light. He instantly had an inexplicable feeling that Po Tian Ying had also mutated.
Besides the spiritual energy nourishing Po Tian Ying in the space, Cheng Xiaofan believed it was also related to it eating space fish and fruit ginseng.
Cheng Xiaofan vaguely felt that if Po Tian Ying's genes were completely transformed and mutated, it might be able to fly with people on its back, just as legend said, by utilizing its ability to freely extend and retract its body.
If he could have such a Po Tian Ying, it would be a great boon to Cheng Xiaofan. He could ride on Po Tian Ying's back at any time to patrol the vast primeval forest and search for treasures.
Returning to the cave entrance on the sunny slope of the back mountain, Cheng Xiaofan parked his motorcycle and found that Po Tian Ying had somehow flown down from the tree and was standing in front of him.
This eagle was different; its senses were very acute. Perhaps it had already anticipated that Cheng Xiaofan had brought food for it.
"Po Tian Ying, this is for you!"
Cheng Xiaofan immediately took out the super large crucian carp weighing over two pounds from the bucket and threw it in front of the eagle.
"Jee!"
Po Tian Ying recognized it as a fish from the space at a glance and its eyes narrowed into slits, letting out a happy cry.
However, just as it was about to take a bite, it hesitated and looked towards Taoxibao, as if to ask, "If I eat this large crucian carp, will this dog try to fight me?"
Taoxibao gave it a blank look and turned its head away, thinking, "I'll give you a look, and you can figure it out yourself."
"Go ahead and eat it, Taoxibao won't be angry!"
Cheng Xiaofan couldn't resist adding, "Taoxibao told me it likes you more and more!"
Hearing this, Taoxibao was so angry that its eyes rolled back, and it panted heavily. "When did this dog ever say such a thing?"
"Master, I am pure white and pristine, how could I possibly like a wicked eagle?"
At this moment, after hearing Cheng Xiaofan's words, Po Tian Ying, carrying the large crucian carp, flew to the treetop and enjoyed its meal in solitude.
Out of sight, out of mind, so as not to make Taoxibao sad.
After Po Tian Ying finished eating the space fish, it closed its eyes to rest.
Cheng Xiaofan noticed that as Po Tian Ying rested, a golden light immediately appeared and enveloped it.
While enveloped in the golden light, Po Tian Ying's body flickered with blue arcs of electricity, accompanied by faint sounds of thunder.
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan couldn't suppress his surge of joy. Clearly, after eating the space fish, Po Tian Ying's genes were undergoing gradual mutation.
He never expected that after becoming a descendant of Shennong, even the legendary Po Tian Ying would come to attach itself to him.
"Woof woof!"
Taoxibao also sensed the anomaly occurring with Po Tian Ying.
"No wonder master is so smitten with this wicked eagle, it's because it glows!"
"What's so great about that? When I dream, I often see my body glowing!"