Lin Qianxuan temporarily set aside the task of winning over Ling'Er.

In her situation, it was clear this wasn't something that could be achieved in a day.

The urgent matter was to gather more information first to lay a foundation for future real engagement.

The most important was the information about the Dao Fruit.

Lin Qianxuan's [Eyes of the Muddled Heaven] couldn't discern any information about the fishing rod.

Without using it, it's hard to truly understand it.

So, a place where fishing is possible was needed.

Additionally, Ling'Er needed a suitable environment to cultivate emotions.

It would be best to have a societal environment for her to personally experience human life.

Many things, just knowing isn't as direct as experiencing them firsthand.

Fortunately, it just so happens that there are humans in this world, or rather, it's a world dominated by humans.

After half a day's view in the game.

Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er arrived near a city.

Ahead were skyscrapers, and the moving vehicles floated lowly, with civilian technology much stronger than on Earth.

"What are we doing here?" Ling'Er asked.

"Hiding in the city." Lin Qianxuan answered.

Ling'Er agreed: "It indeed reduces the risk of being detected."

Scenes of fate markings flashed rapidly in Lin Qianxuan's eyes, and soon they entered the city together.

Without much effort, he easily obtained a residence and identity, as well as a substantial amount of living funds through simple means.

Getting money was easy, while acquiring an identity and residence was relatively more difficult.

In such a modern society, population statistics and whatnot were more stringent.

However, Lin Qianxuan, seeing many possibilities, did not find this difficult.

What surprised Lin Qianxuan a bit was that the gambling industry in this world actually made it possible to earn money.

At first, in the simulated future of "String of Destiny," he bought lottery tickets from Xuan Country based on the predicted numbers and failed to win, leaving him unhappy for quite a while.

....

"It's like a time split feeling!"

Outside the game, Lin Qianxuan felt only a few minutes had passed here, but inside the game self, he had already experienced nearly a day.

This experience of undergoing two different timelines simultaneously made Lin Qianxuan's understanding of space-time deeper.

And he felt that this was far from the limit.

In "String of Destiny," if he accelerated the storyline, several scenes could span ten days, or even one or two months.

He thought this different gameplay could probably escalate his understanding of space-time to another level.

.....

.....

In the game.

Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er formally settled in this city called [Nan Jing].

Their place of residence was called [Pisces District].

Here stood a colossal sculpture of two intertwined fish in the square, and nearby was a colossal artificial lake, surrounded by park facilities.

This place was a fishing paradise in itself.

This was the place Lin Qianxuan chose, feeling it more suitable for his mission.

It allowed for both fishing and experiencing human life.

On the first day of their stay, he and Ling'Er went fishing together.

They weren't the only ones fishing there.

Other people's fishing rods were much more advanced, equipped with underwater infrared detection, automatic reeling, live bait simulation...

As for Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er's fishing rods, they were merely a green bamboo rod and a red bamboo rod.

In contrast, they stood out quite a bit.

A middle-aged uncle looked at their fishing rods and advised, "This won't work; using such vintage rods without bait, how can you catch fish?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling'Er's rod jerked, pulling up a fish the size of a palm.

Seeing this, the middle-aged uncle was momentarily dumbfounded; he glanced at his multi-functional rod and suddenly felt a bit doubtful about life.

Lin Qianxuan smiled brightly, sitting by Ling'Er's side, and cast his fish hook into the lake as well.

Holding the rod, Lin Qianxuan's mind received a wealth of information.

First was the fishing rod itself, which was indestructible and wouldn't get lost.

Additionally, universal fish bait could automatically generate while fishing.

Then came the most crucial aspect.

Mirror Sea World!

With water, it could reflect the Mirror Sea of the current world.

Lin Qianxuan's thoughts fluttered, and the lake changed in his vision.

The entire world was mirrored in the water.

His fish hook floated within, its destination unknown.

Vaguely, he felt he might control this fish hook.

Using fishing techniques!

"So, was my previous intuition correct?" Lin Qianxuan remarked with sudden realization.

He had always had a feeling to practice fishing techniques more, but he didn't expect them actually to come into play.

In the Mirror Sea, everything turned into one fish after another.

Some were bigger, some smaller.

But in Lin Qianxuan's perception, their mass didn't differ much.

Lin Qianxuan's own mass exceeded that of the current world.

After all, this was just an Eternal Sand World.

He slightly moved the intuition, maneuvering the fish hook towards a gigantic fish within.

This process wasn't easy.

Mirror Sea's undertow was quite turbulent; the fish hook advanced like a small boat amidst raging waves.

However, once Lin Qianxuan found the technique, it became much easier.

He had a premonition that the turbulence reflected in the Mirror Sea might differ across various worlds.

This world was merely the Eternal Sand World, where rules weren't so complex. He could relatively easily maneuver the fishing hook; but if it were the Great Thousand World, he feared the hook might just drift aimlessly with the waves.

At this moment, the fishing hook had already reached near the big fish.

The big fish seemed attracted, but hesitated, circling the bait several times.

Finally, it couldn't resist and bit the hook.

Lin Qianxuan felt the rod suddenly sink, and a powerful force surged towards him.

How to put it?

The force was so immense that ordinary Celestial Rank cultivators might not withstand it.

But for Lin Qianxuan, it posed no difficulty.

With a gentle flick of his wrist, he forcefully pulled the fish out of the water.

A fish emanating a blue halo flew out and finally landed in Lin Qianxuan's hands.

The next instant, the fish transformed into a book.

On it was written "Dharma Image Technique."

Catching a book made Lin Qianxuan quite surprised.

He glanced around; others seemed not to be drawn to this scene.

As if his fishing was entirely commonplace.

Lin Qianxuan turned to look at Ling'Er, who managed to see his catch.

"A book. I also caught a few books earlier, along with some pills and fruits."

The fish-keeper box beside Ling'Er was nearly filled with things.

Inside were books and jade boxes with pills, several fruits emitting a peculiar fragrance, and an Energy Sword.

Lin Qianxuan's expression was one of speechlessness.

His current connection rate was around three percent, quite lower in fishing efficiency compared to Ling'Er.

Lin Qianxuan continued to cast his rod, experiencing the Dao Fruit.

After one fishing session, he had some understanding of Dao Fruit and began summarizing his experience mentally.

Firstly, the fishing range was the Mirror Sea reflected by the current world.

All things in the Mirror Sea could turn into fish, and he could control the hook to swim nearby. With the blessing of Universal Fish Bait, the likelihood of hooking was high.

Notably, larger fish had exaggerated struggles.

The struggle brought by that book "Dharma Image Technique" was at least at the Celestial Rank level.

If he hadn't held onto the fishing rod, the fish would have surely slipped off.

Yet, since everything in the Mirror Sea turns into fish, what about certain abstract entities?

As Lin Qianxuan's thoughts shifted, he suddenly noticed more fish appearing in the Mirror Sea.

"So, are the fish in the Mirror Sea changing based on one's cognition?" Lin Qianxuan pondered to himself.

He had just been wondering whether he could directly fish for experiences, even cultivation techniques and such.

And then, there were more fish.

"Then, if I want to fish for this world's current space-time?"

Lin Qianxuan took it a step further, attempting to turn snippets of space-time into fish.

To his astonishment, the Mirror Sea indeed held several enormous fish, their shapes blurry like whales, cruising within.

If he could catch one of these fish, it would equate to directly acquiring all material energies and information from a segment of this world's space-time.

This was only an Eternal Sand World. Wouldn't it be far more exaggerated in the Great Thousand World?

"Wait, I'm also within this world, isn't it...."

As his thoughts shifted, Lin Qianxuan noticed a colorful fish in the Mirror Sea.

Yes, it was his own cultivation transformed into a fish.

It possessed all of Lin Qianxuan's energies and rules, even skills, and..... Dao Fruit.

Lin Qianxuan's emotions surged as he maneuvered the hook to swim beside that colorful fish.

Then the colorful fish bit the hook.

An overwhelming force transmitted from the fishing rod, but Lin Qianxuan, despite frantically pulling, found it immovable.

His size and the opponent's were identical, but unfortunately, he couldn't fully exert his strength, making it impossible to bring the fish up.

The opponent seemed to give him a contemptuous glance and then swished its tail, vanishing.

Lin Qianxuan's hook also disengaged.

"Was I mocked by the fish my own cultivation turned into?" Lin Qianxuan realized.

His mood was indescribably complex.

However, having gone through this, his understanding of Dao Fruit had deepened.

If he had successfully caught that fish just now, his own cultivation would have directly doubled.

From his perspective, there was no faster way to cultivate.

It's no wonder even beings as exalted as Supremes are drawn to Dao Fruit, madly pursuing it.

Used well, it might indeed be deemed omnipotent!

This absolute concept-level entity encapsulates narrative power from a certain standpoint.

As Lin Qianxuan made another move, the Mirror Sea reflected a profound yellow fish.

Indeed, if he couldn't fish for himself, could he not fish for Ling'Er?

Yet reality told him, it still wouldn't work!

Another instance of disengaging, Lin Qianxuan couldn't help but cover his face.

Ling'Er's cultivation indeed wasn't as high as his, but she also had Dao Fruit!

Moreover, her Dao Fruit was the same as his, and even stronger than his current incomplete Dao Fruit.....

"Without Dao Fruit, can he only fish for her cultivation?"

As Lin Qianxuan's thoughts shifted again, more fish swam in the Mirror Sea.

They represented Ling'Er's varying Great Dao, her energy, as well as all Lin Qianxuan's Great Dao, skills, and energies.

If together, due to the heavy weight of Dao Fruit, fishing wouldn't succeed, but separated, it might!

Much like an entire world composed of different elements.

Lin Qianxuan could even, based on his understanding, freely combine these entities into varied sizes of fish.

For instance, half the Great Dao information with Dao Practice should allow easy fishing, right?

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