I Can Fish Up Everything!

Chapter 168: Chapter 126: Eating This Fish Grants Longevity?

"Whoa, a Golden Branch? Looks like business has been good for you, Ah Nan, smoking cigarettes of this class."

"I could never afford to smoke these. I just snagged a couple of cartons from an old buddy. Just regifting, you know." Gu Nan lit the man’s cigarette and added, "Thanks for sticking up for me, brother. Otherwise, I’d have a lot more jealous people to deal with!"

Yi Chen was taken aback when she heard this, then she seemed lost in thought.

The abalone shop owner chuckled and waved his hand. "It was nothing. I was just telling them the facts. Didn’t want some idiot like that Ji Jinxin from before getting jealous and secretly reporting you again. Not that we’re scared, but less trouble is always better."

Gu Nan nodded. He wasn’t afraid—an innocent man has nothing to fear—but being investigated was still a hassle.

’Looks like I should get in touch with that fishing fanatic from the regulatory department,’ he thought. ’Build some connections. Having someone on the inside is always useful.’

Afterward, Gu Nan unloaded all the fish from his tricycle. He placed the mackerels inside, out of the way of the workers fixing the water tank.

The Yankfish were covered with crushed ice and left on the tricycle for display.

’Too bad they aren’t groupers, or they would’ve attracted a bigger crowd.’

"Boss, how much are these mackerels?" Since the display counter had been knocked down, it was hard to lay out the fish, so Yi Chen opened the foam box so customers could see them.

Gu Nan picked one up, pointed to its back, and said, "A hundred per jin. The ones with the greenish backs are especially fresh, so they’ll be more expensive. If they sit for a while and aren’t as fresh, their backs will turn bluish-purple again. You can sell those for cheaper."

"Oh, right. You can contact the Junhao Hotel. If they want some, they’ll probably take a large batch at once."

"Okay..." It was another few hundred jin of fish, and with the high price, they’d probably be hard to sell individually. Even if Gu Nan hadn’t mentioned it, Yi Chen was already planning to contact the customers she had recently gathered.

Gu Nan didn’t stay at the shop for long. Once his business was done, he headed back to the docks to go out to sea again.

Once on his boat, he sent a message to Xiang Shidong.

"Bro, when are you free to go fishing? The bite should be great for the next few days after the typhoon."

Without waiting for a reply, Gu Nan started his fishing boat and headed out to sea.

He wasn’t sure how many people would be fishing in the afternoon. He decided to head to Sanlian Reef first to take a look. If there were no other boats, he would finish his daily quest there. Then, when the bite was better at night, he’d go fish for seafood along the Fengqi Coast.

Although he hadn’t caught an elite BOSS in the morning, he had caught seven Rose Dragons over five jin and nine green crabs.

’If I work hard, fulfilling that wedding banquet order in a dozen or so days shouldn’t be a problem.’

When he arrived at Sanlian Reef, there were no other boats. The afternoon bite probably wasn’t very good.

Gu Nan steered the boat to the eastern side of Sanlian Reef, using the reef island to block the view.

Most fishing boats came from the west, so it was unlikely there would be any boats on the eastern side, which faced the open sea.

Gu Nan took out his boat rod and used the first of his six guaranteed catches from Seven-Star Rock.

A dozen seconds later, the boat rod was pulled taut. He jerked the rod up to set the hook, then quickly reeled in the line.

The fish didn’t put up much of a fight and soon broke the surface.

The fish was a bright orange-red. Normally, a fish of this color would be beautiful, but Gu Nan’s face was full of disgust.

What could he do? It was just that ugly.

Judging by its appearance, he figured it had to be a deep-sea fish, because only deep-sea creatures grew into such strange shapes.

The fish wasn’t large, probably around forty centimeters long and weighing about three jin.

Gu Nan scooped it up with a net, unhooked it, and stored it in the Cold Storage.

He opened the guide and took a look. He thought he had caught a high-star fish, but it turned out to be just one-star. Gu Nan tearfully accepted the fifty Gold Coins and then read the description.

Atlantic Gurnard, commonly known in the country as Longevity Fish.

Although its name included "Atlantic," this fish is actually found in tropical and temperate waters of all the world’s major oceans, typically living at depths of 1,500 meters.

However, the main fishing grounds are New Zealand and Australia. The stated origin of his fish was Australia, perhaps because it was closer than New Zealand.

The Longevity Fish can grow up to 75 centimeters. However, it grows slowly, so most of them caught are only two or three jin.

The reason it’s called the Longevity Fish is because it can live up to 160 years. The one Gu Nan caught was at least seventy or eighty years old—older than that old man he met last time.

Don’t be fooled by its one-star rating; its flavor level was very high, reaching five and a half stars.

Its meat contains over twenty trace elements and vitamins essential for the human body, and it’s high in protein, low in fat, and low in cholesterol.

Plus, it wasn’t expensive. The game suggested a selling price of just eighty, which was likely the price for an iced-fresh fish.

In reality, this fish is usually sold frozen in the market, so the price might be even cheaper. In any case, it wouldn’t be more expensive than eighty a jin.

’Gu Nan figured the fish was rated one-star probably because it was too ugly, and second, because its price wasn’t high.’

’But to be fair, this kind of fish is perfect for overweight people. Eat less meat and more fish, and you’ll be in great shape.’

Closing the game interface, Gu Nan continued to fish.

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When the fish from his second cast appeared on the surface, he had a bad feeling. It was another Longevity Fish.

Sure enough, by the time he had used up all his guaranteed daily catches, he had pulled in six Longevity Fish.

’This Seven-Star Rock map seems pretty interesting. It often results in catching only one type of seafood. Could it be a special effect from having a high affinity?’

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