The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chu Xuan smiled and said, "How should I address you, sir? Just call me Chu Xuan instead of benefactor."

The old fish nodded and said, "I named myself ’The Old Man By The Stream’, hoping one day to fish from the cliff above, rather than just swim below the cliff, waiting day and night for the fishhook."

Chu Xuan was surprised, "You do have ambition."

Qin Mengyao squatted down, picked up the golden fishing net, and simply said, "Junior brother, you should pick something. After all, you opened the box, so I don’t need anything."

The old fish also looked over with an expectant expression.

Seeing their kindness, Chu Xuan also squatted down and carefully began selecting.

As the old fish said, most of this pile was made up of broken and incomplete items, with few truly worthy treasures.

For example, a small fragment of a bronze halberd, a sword hilt with only three inches of blade remaining, a bare purple duster; a cracked golden alms bowl; an unknown blue jade pendant; a thumb-sized white jade bottle; a dragon seal missing a corner; a simple green bamboo fishing rod; a dozen bottles of elixirs; and several sealed boxes containing spiritual water, spiritual fire, and thunder...

Of course, these heavenly spiritual objects were not of too high a grade, as the old fish couldn’t capture them, let alone seal them.

However, this golden fishing net was in good condition. Although ancient magical artifacts were not classified by Earth and Celestial tiers, Chu Xuan infused it with magical power and found its might was between Earth and Celestial tiers, at least stronger than typical Earth-tier artifacts.

The old fish’s most cherished possession was evidently this fishing net; it was a rare complete magical artifact with powerful capabilities, convenient to use, and those water and fire spiritual objects were fished back with this net.

Of course, Chu Xuan wouldn’t pick this item. He pointed to the few bottles of elixirs and asked, "What kind of elixirs are these?"

The old fish had risked his life to taste them all, "There are supplements for cultivation, healing elixirs, and poison elixirs..."

Chu Xuan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I’ll just take this little jade bottle. Since I’m going to seize that Jade Purity Bottle this time, it’s a good omen."

He picked up the small bottle, which seemed relatively intact and considered good among this pile of junk.

However, after probing it, Chu Xuan was somewhat surprised, "It’s also a space artifact?"

Seeing him choose this, the old fish explained, "I’ve studied this item too; it is indeed a space artifact, able to collect and store items like spiritual water and fire."

"But I’ve tested it; the fishing net’s power is stronger and can be used to confront enemies, bind, weaken, and suppress. After fishing spiritual objects, you need to seal and preserve them separately since it doesn’t have inner space."

Common storage artifacts are actually just one type of space artifact; for example, the Six Souls Banner also has its own space within.

However, Chu Xuan generally doesn’t place items inside it because the Six Souls Banner, unlike ordinary artifacts, likes to stay in the divine sense sea, nurtured by divine sense.

This means each time he wants to take something in or out, he has to take the Six Souls Banner out of the divine sense sea first, unlike rings or bracelets that are conveniently carried.

If he doesn’t want others to see the banner, he has to transform and disguise it first every time he takes it out, which is even more troublesome.

Therefore, before setting out this time, Chu Xuan exchanged his years of sect contributions for a storage belt, similar to the ring that was destroyed by the magic fetus, but naturally incomparable to the white jade bracelet.

But Chu Xuan wasn’t very wealthy; having enough was sufficient.

Back to the jade bottle, space artifacts are quite rare; Chu Xuan casually set it down, intending to pick something else.

However, the old fish wouldn’t agree, so he had no choice but to keep it. The bottle had no inscriptions or signatures; Chu Xuan didn’t bother to name it.

Next, the old fish carefully explained the route to them, warning about the various dangers lurking in the ancient battlefield, and finally summoned a small fish the size of a little finger.

"Just follow this fish."

This kind of little fish probably numbered in the tens of thousands in this nest, with only instinctive dim wits, but leading the way wasn’t a problem.

Qin Mengyao nodded with satisfaction, eagerly took Chu Xuan’s hand, and nudged the little fish to urge it forward.

After being dragged out of the palace by his senior sister, Chu Xuan suspiciously asked, "Senior sister, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Moreover, I feel like you’re intentionally trying to distance ’The Old Man By The Stream’."

"How could I?" Qin Mengyao stared at Chu Xuan with her blood-red enchanting eyes, with a hint of grievance in her tone.

Only then did Chu Xuan stop asking. He followed the small fish closely while attentively observing the battleground’s situation.

Particularly those fires burning with different glows, like the Green Wood Spirit Flame, Fire in Stone, Samadhi True Flame...

He said, "In my cultivation of ’Jade Capital Secrets,’ after reaching the third stage of Core Formation, I can practice a divine technique called ’Jade Capital Dan Fire’; the cultivation technique also includes alchemy and artifact refining parts, all requiring this Dan fire."

"It can also be used against enemies, extremely powerful."

"However, cultivating this fire requires absorbing two kinds of heavenly spiritual fires, one yin and one yang, into the body. I was previously preoccupied with closed-door cultivation, so I hadn’t specifically collected them."

"The ancient battlefield, due to its unique environment, has preserved many readily available ones. Junior sister, you should also help me look for them, preferably of a higher grade; the ones from the old man earlier were quite ordinary."

"Mmm mmm," Qin Mengyao nodded while pulling Chu Xuan’s hand to her smooth, fair thigh.

She was now wearing a long skirt that she had altered herself, slit open on the side, not exactly a high split, but convenient to touch nonetheless.