Seven Heroes Town, by the West Liang River.
A young man in a green robe sat cross-legged by the bank, his figure enveloped in a sparse layer of tree shadows. Dappled sunlight fell upon him, conveying a sense of languidness.
The gentle breeze stirred the strands of hair on his forehead, carrying a touch of tenderness.
The youth held a fishing rod in his hand, his eyes closed, patiently awaiting a catch.
Calling it a fishing rod was an exaggeration. It was just a simple bamboo pole with a fishing line and hook, looking quite rudimentary.
Suddenly, the fishing line twitched slightly.
The youth in green opened his eyes abruptly, gripped the rod, and pulled back with force!
Plop!
A carp leaped from the river, landing in the fishing basket beside the youth, flapping its fins twice in succession.
The entire process was smooth and effortless, without the slightest pause.
Looking at the fish basket, it now contained ten carp of varying sizes.
The larger ones weighed two or three pounds, while the smaller ones still weighed around a pound, a pretty good catch indeed.
The youth hefted the fish basket in his hand, a smile gracing his lips.
“That’s enough for this morning. Big Mouth is waiting for me to deliver the fish. It’s my first time, so I can’t be late.
Besides, I need to observe carefully today, I can’t miss the lucky item.”
After muttering these words, the youth in green, holding the fishing rod in his left hand and the fish basket in his right, headed towards the Tongfu Inn.
The young man’s name was Lu Yu. Eighteen years ago, he had transmigrated to this world and become the son of a fisherman.
But over the years, he never regained his memories of his past life.
Until seven days ago, an accident occurred. His father, Lu Shan, suddenly passed away, and amidst his grief, his memories finally awakened.
And with the revival of his memories, his cheat arrived as well.
This was a comprehensive martial arts world, a fusion of various wuxia novels, teeming with countless martial arts characters he had encountered in books in his past life.
Multiple nations coexisted, and countless martial arts factions flourished.
Lu Yu currently resided in the Great Ming Dynasty.
Apart from the Great Ming, he had learned about other nations such as Song, Yuan, Liao, and Jin.
Of course, there were also smaller countries with lesser territories, which he wouldn't mention for now.
As for the martial arts world, the factions were as numerous as the fish crossing a river, countless.
Wudang, Shaolin, Beggar Clan, Five Mountains, Xiaoyao, Emei, Kunlun, Quanzhen, Dali Duan Clan, Murong Family, and so on, all existed here.
This world was vast, much larger than the Earth Lu Yu had lived in his previous life.
Transmigrating into the martial arts world didn’t particularly bother Lu Yu, who was accustomed to going with the flow.
But this world was a survival of the fittest, the rules were vastly different from his past life. Without martial arts skills, one would inevitably feel anxious.
If it were before, he might have been content to be a fisherman forever. But now, with his cheat, how could he be satisfied with mediocrity?
Lu Yu's cheat was a space called the Fishing Space.
The Fishing Space was hidden within his soul, containing a mystical Martial Dao Cloud Sea.
As long as he obtained a lucky item from a renowned figure, he could turn it into a Martial Dao bait, use it for fishing, and gain treasures from various worlds, such as martial arts skills, weapons, and pills.
Due to the existence of the Fishing Space, Lu Yu also possessed the ability to see luck.
He called it the Aura-Seeing Technique.
Unfortunately, this technique could only be used to see items, not people.
Within a five-meter radius, as long as Lu Yu activated the Aura-Seeing Technique, he could see the aura power of items.
Depending on the amount of luck in a lucky item, it would emit different glows.
Of course, most items did not possess so-called luck.
At least Lu Yu hadn't discovered any items with luck yet.
After all, he had spent the past seven days dealing with Lu Shan's funeral arrangements, and he didn't have time to go anywhere else.
Going to the Tongfu Inn today was a good opportunity to find lucky items.
If it were before, Lu Yu would have only thought of the Tongfu Inn as an ordinary inn, nothing special.
But now that he had regained his memories of his past life, he knew that the inn was full of important figures.
They must have some lucky items on them.
Therefore, when the innkeeper, Boss Tong, asked if Lu Yu was willing to take over Lu Shan's job and continue delivering fish to the inn, Lu Yu didn't hesitate for a moment before agreeing.
Half an hour later, Lu Yu arrived at the Tongfu Inn.
This was the only inn in Seven Heroes Town. It was previously called the Shangru Inn and had poor business, but a year ago it changed owners and was renamed Tongfu Inn, after which its business improved considerably.
Lu Yu carried his fish basket and went directly from the backyard to the inn's kitchen, where he found Li Big Mouth, the inn's chef.
“Big Mouth Bro.”
Li Big Mouth, who was snacking on chicken feet, was startled by the young man's call. Once he recognized who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“It's Little Lu, you scared me. You're here to deliver fish? That's quite early. I thought you wouldn't arrive for another hour.”
As Li Big Mouth spoke, he chewed on the remaining chicken feet in his hand, then walked to the youth's side and looked at the fish in the basket.
“Heh, these fish are pretty plump, fresh off the hook. You're doing great, Little Lu. I didn't expect your fishing skills to be better than Lu Ge's.”
“Lucky today.”
Lu Yu chuckled.
Li Big Mouth lifted the fish basket and weighed it in his hand.
While Li Big Mouth weighed the fish, Lu Yu turned his head to look around, activating the Aura-Seeing Technique to find the lucky item.
But unfortunately, he found nothing.
At this moment, Li Big Mouth finished weighing the fish.
“About twenty pounds. The boss said five copper coins per pound, so that’s a total of…one hundred copper coins. Just go to Xiucai to collect it.”
Li Big Mouth, as the only chef at Tongfu Inn, was quite accurate with the weight of ingredients, and with just a weigh in his hand, he knew the approximate amount.
“Okay.”
Lu Yu nodded, admiring Li Big Mouth's casual weighing skills.
Even though it was just experience, it was still a real skill.
As he was about to turn around and head to the lobby, Li Big Mouth took two buns from the steamer and handed them to Lu Yu.
“Little Lu, you haven’t had breakfast yet, right? Take these two buns to fill your stomach.”
“Big Mouth Bro…”
“Don't be polite with me. Just take them and eat.”
Hearing this, Lu Yu's heart warmed.
Li Big Mouth might seem stingy, but he was actually a good person.
Not just him, everyone in the inn was good.
After they learned about the passing of his father, the people at the inn had helped a lot.
Especially Boss Tong, he even helped pay for the coffin.
Although it was just the cheapest coffin, it still cost five taels of silver.
“Thanks, Big Mouth Bro.”
Lu Yu held the warm buns, feeling warm in his hands and warm in his heart.
He wrapped the buns and put them in his pocket, then walked into the lobby.
It wasn't mealtime yet, so there weren't many people in the inn. Bai Zhan Tang was cleaning the tables and chairs, preparing to open for business.
The inn didn't have any temporary workers yet, so Bai Zhan Tang, the waiter, was doing a lot of odd jobs.
“Little Lu is here, how was your catch today?”
Bai Zhan Tang greeted Lu Yu with a smile.
“Not bad, I caught nearly twenty pounds of fish.”
Lu Yu smiled.
“Twenty pounds? Wow! The boss said he’d pay you five copper coins per pound for the fish, so that's one hundred copper coins. You earned half a month's wages from me this morning, you have a bright future!
Remember to treat me to a drink when you have time.”
Lu Yu didn't answer immediately, because he saw a golden glow with the Aura-Seeing Technique.
The golden glow came from Bai Zhan Tang's chest!
The next moment, under the power of the Aura-Seeing Technique, he saw the true form of this golden glow!
The Jade Pendant of the Thief Saint!
Could this be the lucky item that could be used as Martial Dao bait?