Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

"Did Emperor Shan catch a Celestial Dao Treasure Chest?" a Lord asked Shan Dashan.

"I fished up a Golden Treasure Chest!" Black Stone Star Human Race Shan Dashan replied.

"I caught a Golden Treasure Chest too. I plan to strengthen my fishing line twenty times, then try fishing for B-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures," Sheepman Race Yang Yangyang said.

"Although Celestial Dao Fish doesn’t give much of a boost, you can consume it endlessly. That Celestial Daoist Old Thief won’t let us keep catching them! Maybe it’ll get harder and harder to fish up. Right now, I don’t want to push my luck, I just want to fish up the five Celestial Dao Treasure Chests and avoid any uncertainties," Dwarf Race Skage commented.

"Has anyone tried fishing in a different spot?" Earth Human Race Yi Tian asked.

"Yi Tian, bro, I’ve changed locations three times, but it’s the same as before. Still have to wait a painful half hour," Pigman Race Pig Boar replied.

Seeing this, Yi Tian decided to try Lake Three.

If changing locations doesn’t work, he might as well try switching lakes. It won’t waste much time anyway.

Lake Three was on the third-level plain west of the city, closest to Lake One.

He only brought his fishing rod and a big iron bucket containing Celestial Dao Fish.

With or without the Heavenless Bead—forget about tents!

After finding a new fishing spot, Yi Tian carved out ice blocks and tossed in the fishing hook.

Although the ice would refreeze into a layer very quickly, with the current strength of the fishing rod, Yi Tian didn’t worry at all.

Yi Tian was also sure that the Celestial Dao Fish could pull the float underwater.

Really couldn’t stand it, so Yi Tian cast a flame, melting the ice.

About twenty minutes after dropping the hook into the lake, just as a thin layer of ice formed, it instantly shattered into ice chips.

The float was pulled under!

The fishing rod’s strength allowed Yi Tian to yank it with full confidence.

"Poof!"

A Spirit Celestial Dao Fish was pulled straight out; Yi Tian reached out and caught it.

This was Yi Tian’s eighteenth Celestial Dao Fish caught, and the seventeenth in the big iron bucket.

No luck!

The number of Celestial Dao Fish has nothing to do with lake size or number of lakes.

With things like this, Yi Tian found it pretty boring.

But he couldn’t leave, so he could only grit his teeth and stick it out.

Fishing alone in the snowy river!

With Yi Tian’s physique and spirit, plus top-tier Hundred Flowers Spirit Honey from Qixin, he could withstand three days and nights no problem.

But Lords from the Ordinary and Middle-Level Regions were much more miserable!

Some Lords didn’t even have winter coats; after midnight, the temperature dropped to minus 75℃.

If a tent or makeshift log cabin had a draft, you’d shiver nonstop.

Let alone going out to use the bathroom or find food.

In one night, a portion of Lords gave up fishing and went to sleep by the warmth of the stove.

Yi Tian fished from midnight until five in the evening, eight fish in five hours.

With the Heavenless Bead, he wasn’t restricted at all; his fishing speed was definitely faster than other Lords.

Still didn’t fish up a single Celestial Dao Treasure Chest. Yi Tian wasn’t sure if he should be happy—he felt unsure.

At five o’clock sharp, Yi Tian returned to War Manor as usual to cultivate.

The Little Kiddo wasn’t there, and with the Heavenless Bead on him, the jade bed increased Yi Tian’s Spiritual Power by +6.

When he went to the Martial Arts Arena for Body Refining, he saw Little Kiddo sleeping soundly in all sorts of strange poses.

Yi Tian trained without waking Little Kiddo up.

Strength +6, Physique +4, Agility +4.

This happened because his three-dimensional stats were unbalanced.

The Body Refining Skill was working to balance his strength.

World-Edge Sword and Misty Step Technique both had progress.

Misty Step Technique—Yi Tian felt he could break through in just a few days.

Back then, the Dao Heart Bead had brought Misty Step Technique close to perfection.

It wasn’t until Yi Tian finished training that the Little Kiddos slowly woke up.

Cyan Ice Spirit Spring Three-dimensional +3, Silver Wood Gold Tea Spiritual Power +15.

Strength 2947, Physique 3110, Agility 3028, Spiritual Power 2837.

After drinking Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine, Yi Tian went back to the old fishing spot. The Heavenless Bead he gave to the Little Kiddos to play with.

Didn’t matter—same result anyway.

Four big bonfires were lit.

The Little Kiddos quickly came running over.

Because Yi Tian told them that today, they’d be eating hot pot.

The Little Kiddos didn’t know what hot pot was, but they had a feeling it must be delicious.

Yi Tian had free time—catching one fish per hour was too tough.

Luckily, the Huaxia Shop of the Store System sold hot pot soup base.

Various veggies, and all kinds of meat from the territory—even bean products. Yi Tian had Liyue and Qixin go prepare things.

Water Qilin at the Saltwater Lake caught crabs and shrimp for Yi Tian.

Pots and bowls were ready too.

Yi Tian went on with his boring fishing.

In the whole morning, only four Celestial Dao Fish were caught.

Yi Tian planned to fish two more before switching to S-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

The hot pot was ready, and since daytime winds had died down, the tent was temporarily moved away.

In the icy snow, with snowflakes flying everywhere and steaming hot pot—that’s real comfort.

A field of pure white, very pure. The hearts of Little Kiddo and Liyue and Qixin were also pure.

Carefree, making Yi Tian feel a little longing.

Watching the snowflakes fall into the pot, he felt even hungrier.

Spicy flavor, fire all around, eating so hot it made Yi Tian sweat on his forehead.

If you say hot pot is incredibly delicious, that’s probably an exaggeration.

It’s really about the atmosphere!

The Little Kiddos were totally into this way of dipping and eating, super happy.

They had huge appetites, dumping plate after plate of veggies into the pot.

In no time, they’d fished everything out to eat.

All kinds of fresh beast meat, seafood, special tofu, and crisp vegetables.

Yi Tian felt that enjoying alone wasn’t as good as sharing—might as well promote it.

Otherwise, the long winter would be too boring in the territory.

"Poof!"

Yi Tian had just taken a piece of tofu Liyue handed him when the float got pulled under.

Yi Tian gave a sudden yank.

A Power Celestial Dao Fish shot out of the water.

With it came a beam of Black Gold light.

"Congratulations, Lord! You’ve obtained King’s Treasure Chest *1."

Just as Yi Tian had imagined—a King’s Treasure Chest.

But if he switched to S-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, would it be a Venerable Treasure Chest instead?