Chapter 16 First Fishing Trip

　　The huge ball of blood in the sky as it has been for ages. 　　It was still this familiar ship, and the fog this night was a little thicker than last night's. 　　Zhou Fan saw Mist, who was sitting beside the square wooden table, dining elegantly, with thin slices of ebony meat on an alabaster plate. 　　"Welcome back." Mist did not raise his head, in a slow and methodical way, he picked up the thin slices, dipped them in the seasoning of the flavor plate, and put them into his mouth to slowly taste, "What I have to say was told to you last night, if you want to fish, tell me, if you don't want to, then stay on the side, and if you don't want to any more, then you can jump off the boat too." 　　"Do you eat like this every day? Aren't you tired of it?" Zhou Fan asked with a smile as he deliberately disturbed Misty's meal. 　　Misty's emotions were too cold, Zhou Fan hoped to provoke him slightly, it would be a bit risky, but or he could see something interesting in his angry facial emotions. 　　In any case, Mist shouldn't kill him, otherwise with the strength Mist showed last night, it would be too easy to kill him, as long as he didn't, it would be worth the risk. 　　"Each head of the soul fish in the river is different and has a different taste, and then with the flavor plate, the taste level becomes diverse, of course after eating such things for tens of thousands of years, I actually got tired of it a long time ago, no matter whether it is fried and stewed, steamed and stir-fried, or eaten raw, for me it is just a satiating experience." Mist did not get angry, just said slowly. 　　Tens of thousands of years ...... Zhou Fan's heart twitched slightly, if the fog didn't lie, then wouldn't he have lived for tens of thousands of years? 　　Zhou Fan did not speak again, this fog was hard to be angered by himself. 　　Zhou Fan walked around on the deck, looking at the distance from time to time and the gray river. 　　It was just that the gray fog in the distance was so thick that his eyesight could only reach fifty meters away, but within fifty meters, there was nothing in the square, except for the gray water or gray water, so quiet that there was not a single sound. 　　Zhou Fan walked back, the fog had already finished his meal, and he changed his tricks, using the gray fog that could be found everywhere to condense a tea set, and was making tea. 　　The tea was gurgling and boiling, the smoke from the pot curling up, but there was no tea aroma that could be smelled. 　　The mist poured a cup for herself and savored the dark tea, without the slightest intention of pouring a cup for Zhou Fan. 　　"Is the tea you're drinking real or fake?" Zhou Fan asked with a smile. 　　"If everything in this space is real, this tea is certainly real." Misty said faintly, "This tea is the water of the Gray River, the tea leaves are things caught from the bottom of the river, it's not that I'm stingy, but it's not suitable for you to drink." 　　"What about yesterday's soul fish? What will happen if I eat it?" Zhou Fan already knew that the creature at the bottom of the river was called a Soul Fish, and he guessed that the creature might be related to the soul. 　　"Half and half." Mist looked at Zhou Fan with a weird smile on his face, "Half the probability is that you will survive and get heavenly benefits from that piece of fish fillet, and half is that you will die." 　　Zhou Fan was instantly glad in his heart that he didn't eat that thin piece of fish fillet, he wasn't willing to gamble with his life on this half chance. 　　"You don't seem to care if I die or live." Zhou Fan suddenly added. 　　"Why should I care?" Misty's face remained indifferent, "Whether you die or you live, it has no effect on me." 　　Zhou Fan laughed when he heard this. 　　"What are you laughing at?" Misty asked as she picked up her teacup and took a sip of tea. 　　"I think you should care." Zhou Fan's face tightened his smile, "You're like a guide in some of the stories I've read, guiding me, why else would you tell me about fishing?" 　　"Yeah, I totally could have not told you." Misty still said nonchalantly as he put down his teacup, "Actually, you're wrong, I wasn't obligated to tell you, I told you it was because last night's food tasted somewhat good, and I was in a good mood when my appetite was still good." 　　"The first time you appeared on the ship, I didn't show up because I didn't want to show up, amongst some of the people who boarded the ship in the past, I didn't even show up once, and allowed them to sit on this ship withered away, do you know what happened to them?" 　　Zhou Fan's heart was slightly chilled as he looked at Misty and said, "They chose to jump off the ship, the same ones you mentioned last night, right?" 　　"Uh-huh." Mist nodded in acknowledgement, "So I'm not some guide you're talking about, I'm completely free to do whatever I want." 　　"Telling me that it's also just because the food tastes good, if that's the case, I'm in luck." Zhou Fan felt that it was a bit ridiculous, but he also vaguely felt that Misty hadn't lied to him. 　　"That's the main reason, there's another reason ......," Misty picked up the gray teapot and poured a fill of tea into a teacup, "It would be too boring to hide and watch from the shadows like this and do nothing. " 　　"Sleeve hand watching the boarders such a thing, try a few times I do not want to do it again, if there are boarders, I am usually willing to tell them about fishing, this is more interesting, to tell you is only sooner or later, the premise is not to offend me too hard." 　　"Could it be that my death would have no effect on the fog at all?" Zhou Fan asked with some reluctance, this was completely different from what he thought. 　　Mist picked up the teacup and took a sip before saying, "It's not to say that there is absolutely nothing, but I don't care, when the ship permanently loses its passengers, I will fall into a deep sleep, and I won't wake up until the next one comes along, but I've lived for far too long, and a deep sleep is nothing to me, and it's okay even if I never wake up." 　　Zhou Fan understood somewhat, if Fog had lived for tens of thousands of years as he said, then he must have seen countless boat passengers and would feel drained, that's why his attitude towards himself was so indifferent, and Fog's words revealed another message to Zhou Fan. 　　The fog would fall into a deep sleep until the next boat passenger appeared, that meant there was a high possibility that he was the only boat passenger on the boat! 　　"It's really not right to say you're a guide, you're more like a bystander who then does things depending on whether the mood is good or bad." Zhou Fan commented. 　　Fog did not reply, he just flicked his right hand on the table, there was an additional hourglass on the table, gray sand flowed into the bottom glass ball from the narrow pipe, the top glass ball had less than half of the fine sand left. 　　Misty pointed at the hourglass and said, "This is the time you have left on the ship, if it leaks out, that means you're going back." 　　"Why are you telling me the time left, I paid most of my lifespan to board this ship, so will I still consume lifespan every time I come in?" Zhou Fan said without haste, to him, if he went out this time, he would just come in again next time. 　　"Since you boarded the ship, every time you show up on the ship, it won't consume your lifespan anymore, otherwise your lifespan that hasn't been there for a few years would have been gone long ago." Misty smiled and said, "I'm telling you the rest of the time because I see that you're still a smart and sensible person, and I don't want you to waste this opportunity." 　　"What opportunity?" Zhou Fan froze for a moment and asked. 　　"After the time, the next time you come in, then you won't have the chance to use the fishing rod once for free, this one free chance is counted from the time I told you about the fishing rod, as long as it's after two nights, that means the boarder is giving up the only chance to use it for free." Misty explained. 　　Zhou Fan just looked down at the gray quicksand inside the hourglass, he didn't question Fog why he didn't say it earlier, this Fog was doing things completely by preference, it was useless to question it. 　　Fog put down the tea cup, his left hand flicked, the gray fog on the edge of the table rolled and dispersed, his left already had seven fishing rods of different colors leaning against the square table. 　　"Take that fishing rod if you fancy it." Misty picked up the teapot to refill her teacup, "Or you can not take it of course." 　　Zhou Fan glanced at the seven fishing rods as he said, "Misty, could you tell me the significance of my presence here?" 　　Zhou Fan knew that there would definitely exist some purpose for having him appear here, and he had to figure it out. 　　"I can't tell you right now, because it doesn't make sense right now, and I don't want to talk about it." Misty said after a moment of silence. 　　"Is this fishing really favorable and harmless to me?" Zhou Fan's voice was also urgent because there wasn't much quicksand left at the top and he had to make a choice. 　　"If you believe me, my answer is that it's favorable and harmless, this will be your chance, and the boarder who can take advantage of this opportunity will have a good start." Misty smiled and narrowed his eyes, every time it came to this kind of time, it would always bring up a hint of interest in him, he wanted to see how Zhou Fan would choose? 　　Zhou Fan closed his eyes, he was thinking, he recalled what he remembered the two saying, the demeanor with which Fog spoke, he was weighing the pros and cons. 　　In just a few seconds, Zhou Fan opened his eyes, those eyes were no longer confused, he looked at Fog and said sincerely, "I'm willing to fish, but there are seven fishing rods, can you give me a hint?" 　　Misty's gray eyes shrunk slightly as he looked up to the blood orb in the sky and spoke, "Why would you believe me? I've seen all sorts of boarders, all sorts of personalities, and there are quite a few of suspicious and cautious personalities like you, but the suspicious and cautious personalities end up giving up their first chance." 　　"You are still the first one of this character to be willing to take a risk, this really makes me a bit surprised." 　　Zhou Fan was slightly silent, he knew that when it came to the critical moment, the fog did things based on his mood, if his answer couldn't satisfy the fog, the fog was afraid that it wouldn't give him any hints, and at that time, he could only rely on his luck to randomly choose a fishing rod, which wouldn't do him any good. 　　"Like you said, I'm the kind of person who is suspicious and careful, in fact even now I'm suspecting you, but when I think about it, you don't have a reason to lie to me, then I'm willing to take a chance, my grandmother once pointed out the problem with my character, she said that a reckless person should be cautious when they want to be reckless, and that a suspicious person should boldly take a step forward when they're being suspicious, or they're bound to regret it! " 　　Misty laughed softly and said, "You need the elixir now, choose the light purple one for the fishing rod." 　　Zhou Fan walked over and quickly picked up the light purple fishing rod, he walked towards the boat and opened his voice, "How do you know I need elixir?" 　　"I can see the needs of those boarding the ship." Misty explained. 　　"How should I use the fishing rod without a fishing line?" Zhou Fan held the fishing rod, which didn't have any fishing line on it at all. 　　"It's not that there's no fishing line, it's just that you can't see it, the bait has long been merged with the fishing line, just throw the rod into the river with force, and remember, don't start fishing if the fish doesn't take the bait." Misty's voice came from behind again. 　　Zhou Fan didn't ask again, he was afraid that it would be too late, he had taken too much time to ask before, he didn't know how much time was needed to fish here, he just flung the fishing rod with both hands with force. 　　The rod made a snapping sound and Zhou Fan saw a light purple fishing line dangling within the gray river. 　　There was no float, the fishing line just disappeared within the gray water, the black shadows swimming underneath seemed to feel some kind of threat and swam wildly, stirring up the calm mirror-like river surface and forming a whirlpool. 　　The fishing line was like hooked on something and suddenly tensed. 　　Zhou Fan didn't ask Mist what to do anymore, he just violently lifted the fishing rod. 　　Wow! 　　The fishing line retracted from the gray water, and the filaments at the end of the fishing line were like open octopus claws, tightly binding the white porcelain bottle. 　　Zhou Fan reached out and caught the white porcelain bottle that retracted with the fishing line.