Chapter 235: Genes Acquired

Translator: Aristophaneso

Chu Xian and his men followed Manager Zhao to the coast, and they could see in the distant water blue nets cordoning off parts of the water from the sea.

“This is our fish farm. We aren’t too big, and we don’t do very much variety, but all of our fish have good prices.” Manager Zhao explained and smiled as they walked.

“It is quite cozy.” * Chu Xian looked around. The farm bordered the sea and did not even cover half the area of his Feng Tai Lake.

“Hehe, although our fish farm isn’t big, it is quite famous, and is one of the few fish farms that cultivate precious fish.” Manager Zhao announced proudly.

When they arrived at the cement platform in front of the fish farm, Chu Xian noticed three women feeding the fish.

“This is the farm where we raise large yellow croakers. It’s only large enough to raise about a thousand croakers, and the feeding cost is very high.” The middle-aged man smiled. “Wait here for a moment, I’ll net you one. Right now we only have a few that weigh one catty. If you came in a few days, we might not have had any left.”

Chu Xian stood by the water and looked around. The food that they were feeding the large yellow croakers wasn’t ordinary fish feed, but rather meat from little fish and little shrimp. This was how they guaranteed the quality of the meat.

“Manager Zhao, why haven’t you guys tried to farm more large yellow croakers? I imagine the profit margin is quite good.” Chu Xian asked curiously.

“It is not so easy. There are many farmed large yellow croakers in the market, but those farmed large yellow croakers aren’t pure breeds.” Manager Zhao said, pointing with his net. “Over there we have a separate fish farm for large yellow croakers, but we only have a dozen of them.”

“We’ve seeded little fish and shrimp inside the farm and let the large yellow croakers eat and grow freely. Those large yellow croakers are the only ones that can be called real wild croakers. Every year, we take their eggs and place them here in this farm to cultivate.”

“But some fish farms do not use pure large yellow croakers. For instance, if they let the farmed large yellow croakers breed, after a couple of generations, everything changes, whether it is the quality of the meat or the basic fish itself. All of it undergoes great change, and the different between the farmed fish and a wild one is huge.”

Chu Xian listened carefully to Manager Zhao’s explanation, nodding along in as he thought. This matter was similar to how some animal species depended on their environment to keep their breed pure.

Manager Zhao very quickly caught a large yellow croaker and showed it to Chu Xian. “Brother, how does this one look.”

“En?” Chu Xian looked over and examined the fish.

Large Yellow Croaker: Energy 335

Gift: None

“This one is decent. The large yellow croakers in that fish farm in Hai Qing can’t even compare.” Chu Xian thought to himself but did not accept the fish yet. He looked inside the fish farm.

Immediately, a vast amount of information appeared in his mind.

Large Yellow Croaker: Energy 198

Gift: None

Large Yellow Croaker: Energy 245

Gift: None

The large yellow croakers inside the fish farm were all lighter than the one in Manager Zhao’s hands, so there was quite a large difference in their energy rating.

But Chu Xian was confident that if this were a real wild large yellow croaker in front of him with the same weight, the energy rating would be higher still.

With the importance of the large yellow croaker’s genes, obviously Chu Xian wanted to look for a purer breed to start his cultivation.

“Yi? This?” Chu Xian’s gaze paused and he focused on a smaller large yellow croaker in the water.

This large yellow croaker was thumb sized, and should have just been born. At most it was a couple dozen grams in weight.

But this small large yellow croaker had an energy rating that astonished Chu Xian, for its rating actually reached 245.

“Manager Zhao, can I net another one myself?” Chu Xian asked, his eyes locked on this yellow croaker.

“You can, but you need to be careful.” Manager Zhao nodded.

Chu Xian thanked him and focused. He controlled the small large yellow croaker and dipped his net into the water, scooping up the fish.

Manager Zhao was astonished by the small croaker and hurriedly tried to stop Chu Xian. “Little brother, why did you catch such a small croaker, you can’t eat this one yet, it isn’t fully grown yet.”

“Manager Zhao, I want this one. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you the same price for both of these, is that alright?” Chu Xian smiled and replied.

“This… little brother, why do you want to buy such a small one?” Manager Zhao asked with confusion.

“I want to raise it myself.” Chu Xian chuckled, and then placed it into a basin beside them. “Alright Manager Zhao, I want the one you caught as well. The two of them for 600 rmb is good right? Sword Two, give Manager Zhao the money.”

Manager Zhao shook his head speechlessly, but still accepted the money.

Chu Xian was very satisfied as he looked at the two large yellow croakers. He turned back to Manager Zhao, “Manager Zhao, are there any Chinese Bahabas on South Ji Island?”

“Chinese Bahabas?” Manager Zhao paused in surprise, but quickly shook his head. “i’ve heard that there used to be Chinese Bahabas near South Ji Island, but now the waters around here are protected and fishing is prohibited. No one knows if there are any left.”

Chu Xian nodded and looked out at the vast waters. Light shone in his eyes. A protected area? No fishing? Didn’t that mean that there were a lot of resources in this area?

Thoughts flashed through his mind and a small smile grew on Chu Xian’s face.

After bidding farewell to Manager Zhao, Chu Xian and the others found a hotel.

“Both of you wait by the door.” Chu Xian commanded Sword Three and Sword Four, and then entered his hotel room. He transformed into his fish form and devoured the large yellow croaker.

“Ding, Large Yellow Croaker devoured, 2.45 Energy attained.”

“Ding. Acquired Large Yellow Croaker genes.”

Name: Chu Xian

Form: Fish Form (can turn into a human!)

Energy: 2865

Combat power: 4245 (ten times less in human form!)

Gift: Devour, can devour fish to increase energy.

Control: can control lower energy fish.

Wrap: can use body to bind enemy

Fly: can fly for a short duration.

Electric Shock: can release electricity.

Water Beam: can shoot a water ball.

Poisonous body: Body contains poison

Steel body: Steel armored

Big Fish Eat Small Fish System Function:

Remold, can remold the body’s form and the form of any controlled fish. (Energy will be consumed proportional to the degree of transformation).

Absolute Rule: Can choose among controlled fish to rule absolutely. A fish under absolute rule can be any distance from system host. Absolute Rule limit: 25 fish (increases by one for every fifty tons of fish devoured).

Genetic Cultivation. Can acquire the genetic code of fish and cultivate them

Acquired genes:

Steel Bodied Dunkleosteus

Large Yellow Croaker.

“Success. I’ve gotten the genes of a large yellow croaker. As long as I give it a good environment, I’ll have a gold mine in my hands.” Chu Xian smiled excitedly.

“If I can get the genes of the Chinese Bahabas that would be even better.”

Chu Xian pulled open the curtains of the hotel room and looked out at the sea.

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