Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

"Daddy, the fish is moving!"

While Yi Tian was looking at the Celestial Dao Stone, Fourth Child suddenly gave a reminder.

Yi Tian withdrew his gaze from the Celestial Dao Stone and looked at the bobber.

He saw the bobber trembling slightly, but not with that strong rising and falling motion.

Yi Tian didn’t pull right away; he guessed maybe the Celestial Dao Fish was touching the bait with its tail or body.

The bobber just shook a few times, then stopped.

The Little Kiddos were all confused, wondering why Daddy didn’t pull!

But after a few seconds, the bobber started to tremble again.

This time, the shaking got much stronger...

"Pfft!"

The bobber was dragged down.

"Hoo!"

Yi Tian yanked up the line.

The fishing line went taut, feeling strong.

Got one!

The Little Kiddos all looked on expectantly. Fourth Child even had tears of excitement streaming down her cheeks.

"Splash!"

The high-quality fishing rod came from a Silver Treasure Chest, ten times better than those sold at the auction house.

Yi Tian gave a little extra effort and pulled up a gray-black fish from the water.

Yi Tian grabbed it with one hand; it weighed about three jin.

It was barrel-shaped, with a long flat head. Yi Tian saw it had lots of tiny sharp teeth in the mouth hooked by the line.

Is this the Celestial Dao Fish?

"Black fish, weight 1768g, fresh and tasty..."

The Celestial Dao Stone gave a prompt.

Just a false alarm, this wasn’t the Celestial Dao Fish!

Yi Tian was bummed!

This time he switched to dough and kept waiting.

It was just the beginning, Yi Tian didn’t get discouraged.

Right then, Liyue and Qixin, bundled up in thick down jackets, came running over to Yi Tian’s spot.

They were bored too.

Yi Tian handed the black fish to Liyue and Qixin, letting them handle it and grill some for the Little Kiddos to eat.

A few minutes later, the bobber moved again, and Yi Tian took the chance to lift.

It was a two-jin carp.

Switched to vegetables, caught a grass carp...

For half an hour straight, the aroma of grilled fish filled the air, but there was still no sign of the Celestial Dao Fish Yi Tian was looking for.

The region channel blew up, the lords wailing in agony.

"My hook’s been in the water for half an hour with not a single movement. I’m freezing like a dog!"

"Same here, nothing at all! Even with a fire, I’m still freezing, my hands are stiff!"

"Stacked up more fires, that helps, but it eats up firewood. I caught a carp, but where’s this Celestial Dao Fish everyone’s talking about?"

"Hey bigshots, anyone actually catch the Celestial Dao Fish? Can you tell me what it looks like?"

"Any damn fish will do! My lake got raided by Fish-eating Storks, now it’s full of tiny fish and shrimp. I can’t catch anything at all!"

Without exception, either no fish were biting, or only other fish showed up—no sign of the so-called Celestial Dao Fish.

It made Yi Tian lose confidence.

"Yi Tian, to catch the Celestial Dao Fish, you need Heavenly and Earthly Treasures as bait. Petals from Spirit Flowers, leaves from Spirit Grass, fruit from Spirit Fruit—all work. Other ordinary stuff won’t attract the Celestial Dao Fish! Even leaves from the Spirit Fruit Tree or Spirit Flower won’t work."

At this moment, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance gave Yi Tian this info.

"So that’s it! I’ve been fishing here for ages, only getting common fish. If you hadn’t told me, I’d have no clue,"

Yi Tian replied, suddenly enlightened.

He hadn’t abandoned his old thinking, mixing up Celestial Dao Fish with normal fish.

"I only learned this from other lords in the chatroom. When you pick your rod, make sure to pick a good one or strong line. Every time you catch a Celestial Dao Fish, your line’s durability +10%, hook strength +10%, rod toughness +10%. This should be super useful. If your line breaks or rod snaps, you’ll have to re-stack the toughness and durability bonuses!" Purple Phoenix Moon Dance added another tip for Yi Tian.

"Such a huge bonus—does that mean there are even bigger Celestial Dao Fish?" Yi Tian asked, very curious.

"It’s still early, everyone’s just trying things out. I’ll send you any new intel I get right away," said Purple Phoenix Moon Dance.

"Alright! Thanks a ton!"

The top-level region lords really know their stuff.

"Third Child, take the Heavenless Bead to the Spirit Medicine Garden and help Daddy get two stalks of B-level Spirit Grass. Don’t pull up the roots, just pluck some leaves," Yi Tian told Third Child, who was holding the Heavenless Bead.

Among the Calabash Sisters, Third Child was the fastest runner!

"Okay, Daddy!"

Third Child dashed off in a flash.

Yi Tian shared the Celestial Dao Fish bait info in the region channel.

At the same time, Yi Tian knew that this month’s exam would guarantee every lord Heavenly and Earthly Treasures from their Treasure Chests.

Silver Treasure Chest gives C-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, Golden Treasure Chest gives B-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, Platinum Treasure Chest gives A-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures—all in batches of three to five.

If you open three chests, you’ll get at least nine Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

Before this, lords had more or less gotten some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, too.

If any lords sold off theirs, they’d really regret it now!

Those lords with a lot of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures are definitely going to jack up the prices.

Even D-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, which are pretty much useless to most lords, are selling for over ten times the normal price.

Now, among lords, almost everyone’s at C-level strength or above; eating D-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures has barely any effect.

Pretty soon, Third Child came back carrying two stalks of Five-leaf Clover, a medicinal herb for healing wounds.

She tore off a quarter of one leaf, folded it up, and hooked it onto the fishing hook.

The Little Kiddos chose grilling fish over fishing every time.

Yi Tian, though, was totally focused on watching the bobber.

Seven or eight minutes later...

"Pfft!"

No warning at all—the bobber was yanked underwater in an instant.

Yi Tian, whose fishing skills weren’t exactly great, froze for a split second before jerking up the rod.

He wondered if the Celestial Dao Fish was really that straightforward—no teasing, just a direct strike!

The fishing line snapped tight, full of power.

Yi Tian gave a gentle tug—still couldn’t bring it up.

The tip of the rod bent straight into a bow shape.

Yi Tian felt as if he’d hooked a hundred-jin monster, locked in a wrestling match with him.