I'm a male god in Liyue

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"Ok!"

Xia Zhi "watched" the girls baiting and casting their lines, smiled, and then calmly took a small box from his inventory.

This was also an item he had opened from a treasure chest before.

【Strange-smelling bait】: Fish bait that emits a strange smell. Small fish avoid it, but it is very popular with large fish.

Xia Zhi opened the box and immediately smelled a strong, strange odor.

It smelled like some kind of fermented bean, with a pungent, fishy odor. Even with his master chef's sense of smell, Xia Zhi couldn't discern its recipe.

Its raw materials must be products from other worlds.

The bait is shaped like a small ball.

Xia Zhi baited the hook, cast it out casually, and began to wait quietly.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Everyone else had caught some fish, but Xia Zhi was still getting no fish.

"Boss, you haven't opened for business yet?"

"It's coming soon."

"Why don't you come fishing here? I've baited the area, and there are lots of fish!"

"Need not."

Xia Zhi shook his head.

He had miscalculated a bit.

Given his current luck level, he shouldn't be this unlucky.

The problem lies with the bait.

Although the unusual flavor of the bait has a special effect on attracting large fish, this is a shallow sea area where there are hardly any large fish.

The small fish, however, were too afraid to even get close to the bait because of its strange smell, and all swam away to the other fish.

Gotta find a way.

Xia Zhi stood up, retrieved the fishing rod, swung it out forcefully, and began to let out line continuously.

The fishing hook, baited with the fish, drifted further and further away with the surging seawater.

Xia Zhi only sat down and continued to wait patiently when he had almost finished casting the fishing line.

Waited for a while.

"Cousin, you haven't caught any fish yet?"

"It's coming soon."

"real or fake?"

"real……"

As soon as Xia Zhi finished speaking, he felt the fishing rod in his hand tremble and suddenly bend into a huge arc.

"Boss, it's a big fish!"

"I know."

Xia Zhi gripped the fishing rod tightly, feeling a tremendous force being transmitted along the fishing line. Fortunately, he had the blessing of [Innate Divine Strength].

"It's not easy to catch."

"Boss, your fishing rod is bent so badly, it won't break, will it?"

"Hard to say……"

The girls all gathered around to watch the spectacle.

Xia Zhi tried to pull on the hooked fish, hoping to wear it down first.

But several minutes passed, and the fish was still full of energy, struggling even more violently.

Xia Zhi's fishing rod finally gave way under the pressure and snapped with a "crack".

"Pity……"

Xia Zhi held the half-finished fishing rod, feeling a little regretful.

This ordinary fishing rod, bought on sale, is indeed not very good.

To perfectly pair with exceptional bait, you need an exceptional fishing rod.

Xia Zhi was about to give up.

Shen He suddenly took out a long spear and flew it into the sea, following the direction of the half-fishing rod.

"Hey?"

Everyone stared at her departing figure, momentarily stunned.

"What is Shen He doing?"

"She's probably catching fish."

"The fish is underwater, how can you catch it?"

"Hard to say……"

Xia Zhi smiled and shook his head, tossing the broken fishing rod aside.

After waiting for a while, everyone saw Shen He fly back.

A huge sea fish was slung over her shoulder with a long spear. The fish was so big that it almost completely obscured her figure, making her look like a dark cloud.

Xia Ci picked up the camera and took a picture of her at the right moment.

"Boss, I've brought back the fish you just caught."

"Thanks a lot."

Diona was already slacking off at the fish, her face full of amazement: "This fish is huge! It must weigh several hundred pounds, right?"

"there must be!"

"Shen He is incredibly strong! No wonder he is a disciple of a celestial being!"

"It seems the boss won the competition."

"Not really, Shen He caught this fish, I didn't catch it myself."

"It's the fishing rod's fault. If the fishing rod were of good quality, you would definitely have been able to catch something."

"Haha, okay, let's not worry about that anymore. You guys help me prepare this fish, we'll have grilled fish for lunch today."

Diona cheered, "Yay!"

They took out firewood from their spatial ring, set up the barbecue grill, and a pleasant outdoor picnic began.

Fresh fish, grilled until thoroughly cooked, and sprinkled with seasoning, becomes delicious.

"Boss, we can't finish this."

"Shen He, freeze the rest of the fish, we'll take it back and eat it slowly."

"I've eaten so much grilled fish, I'm craving some soup now."

I'll make you fish soup tonight.

"Long live the boss!"

After eating, everyone rested for a while.

Xia Zhi picked up his broken fishing rod, cut it into thinner strips, tied them together with fishing line, and then covered them with a piece of oilcloth.

"A simple kite is finished. Anyone want to fly it?"

The girls exchanged glances, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

In the end, everyone decided on the order of flying kites based on the number of fish caught in the morning.

fair enough.

When it was the third person, Zhu Zi,'s turn to fly a kite, the kite string suddenly broke, and the kite drifted directly towards the distant sea.

Shen He then retrieved the kite.

Since the string was broken and it was no longer playable, Shen He simply put it away as a souvenir.

Afterwards, everyone lay down on the beach and sunbathed together.

The December sun is warm and feels very comfortable on the skin.

Akabane exclaimed, "The weather is absolutely fantastic today."

Ying'er nodded: "Yes, I wish the weather were like this every day!"

Xia Ci turned to look at Xia Zhi, who smiled but remained silent.

"cousin."

"Ok?"