89 Doing Some Good Ole Fishing.

"Oh. This one might be a fighter." Lei Zhi's fishing rod was bending at an impressive length. "Do you mind helping me out Xiurong?" He asked.

  Bing and Ni Xong prepared themselves for whatever was going to come out of that multi-colored slit. The golden panda cub happily copied Bing. Ni Xong remembered the delicious treat he shared with him in the past and liked him ever since. He hoped that he would taste more delicious treats by sticking close next to him. Wan Qing was more interested in what Lei Zhi's fishing rod was doing rather than keeping her eye on Ni Xong.

  Xiurong crawled her way over onto Lei Zhi's hand and gave the pole a small tug. The bent fishing tool was immediately fixed and a small creature instantly came flying out of the slit. Bing used Swift Devil and arrived in front of Lei Zhi to catch whatever was coming out. Ni Xong tried to keep up with Bing but he didn't have any movement martial arts and could only clumsily run over to him to try and help.

"Hot! Hot!" Bing cried out as he dropped the beast that came from the portal.

  Saying that Bing was shocked would be an understatement. His resistance to extreme temperatures have increased greatly ever since he's gained Devil's Physique. There were very few times that he could say that something was hot to him now. Whatever this fish was, it was by far one of the hottest thing's he's ever touched.

"A fire fish?" Wan Qing questioned.

  The creature in question swam through the air as if it was water. A fierce flame burned on its body that slightly singed everyone's skin. Fur in Ni Xong's case. Bing smacked the fish with most of his strength and killed it in one hit while slightly burning his unbroken hand. He sucked his teeth from the pain of the burn while Ni Xong helped him by slapping it after it died.

  Only to have his fur catch on fire from the flames. Bing didn't have enough time to tell the little guy not to touch it as he was managing his own burn. The golden cub's reaction to suddenly bursting into flames was to run around in a circle screaming. Not the smartest but then again, if Bing was at his age, he would probably do the same.

"You idiot!" Wan Qing reprimanded harshly. She hopped off her fan and lightly swung it their direction.

  The fierce winds blew out both Ni Xong and the burning fish's flames. Although, it was only temporary for the fish. The flames soon came back to life after a few moments of being extinguished. Lei Zhi went over to the fish and stabbed it with his fishing hook in a specific part on its body. After poking an internal organ within the creature, they heard the sound of air being pushed out from inside.

"How did you know that would stop the flames?" Bing asked curiously

"I didn't. That's just where all its qi was stored." Lei Zhi explained.

"I couldn't sense any qi at all from that fish..." Bing muttered.

"You are a body cultivator." Lei reasoned.

"That���s true..." Bing agreed with this reasoning. His qi control and qi quality in general were lacking terribly in comparison to a qi cultivator at his stage.

"Hey, Lei, do you think this thing will taste spicy?" Bing suddenly asked.

"Heh... You would wonder something like that, wouldn't ya?" Lei Zhi chuckled.

"It's an honest question." Bing replied.

"Probably not after what I just did but I wouldn't know for sure." Lei Zhi answered him.

"I didn't know spirit beasts had organs to store qi in either..." Bing muttered.

"Are you ready for round 2? I doubt this'll be enough to feed a guy like you." Lei Zhi asked. The red glimmering fish was thicker than Bing's arm.

"You know me well." He snickered. "Give me a second to cool my hand off. My hand still stings badly."

  Bing and Lei Zhi watched the fish's fire slowly die out while Wan Qing was busy comforting the terrified and slightly charred Ni Xong. She confirmed that he wasn't injured and at most just lost some fur on his body. This didn't help his emotional state though, even though he was fine he was still crying his eyes out. Wan Qing rolled her eyes as she let the cub cry into her chest. It was annoying but she wouldn't be cruel to her spirit beast and ignore its feelings. Hopefully he'll grow out of this pathetic phase of his and learn to be a real man soon. Unfortunately, thinking about all the men in this group made her worried for his future even more. None of them had too many manly qualities that she would want for him to emulate.

"You should know better than to touch fire, idiot." Wan Qing said.

"Rour..." He sobbed in response.

  Minutes went by with the group waiting for Bing's pain to go away. While he was waiting, Bing tried several things to make the pain go away faster. Coating his hand in qi, using his Devil's Arm to try and deal with it somehow, and when that didn't work, he simply tried blowing on it. None of the methods worked and he was starting to get worried. Not even the recovery pill seemed to work on it. Lei Zhi tried to help him but he didn't have anything on him that could help either. Xiurong suggested cutting it off with her claw. Bing immediately refused that suggestion. He didn't know if his Devil's Arm could regrow limbs but he sure as hell didn't want to find out over something like this.

"Tch. I'll handle it." Wan Qing spoke annoyed. A bright blue butterfly floated off her of finger and flew towards Bing's burned palm.

  Once it landed on his hand, it shook its wings and scattered a small amount of blue dust onto his hand. In almost no time at all, tiny little blue spores grew all over Bing's hand. He could feel his qi being drained by these little things and looked at Wan Qing in confusion. After doing its job, the butterfly took off from his hand and returned back to Wan Qing.

"Don't let those stay on your hand for too long. It might suck you dry and completely drain everything in your hand." She casually explained, terrifying Bing greatly.

"I'm not going to lose my hand, am I?!" He was one second away from rapidly shaking his hand to get rid of the spores.

"Hehe... As long as your quick enough." Wan giggled.

"I believe she means that you have to remove them when you no longer feel the pain from the fire." Lei Zhi clarified.

"Oh! Thanks Qing!" Bing patiently waited till he couldn't feel the burning on his palm anymore.

  Bing clapped his hands together with great force after several seconds, destroying the spores.

"Ha ha ha! My hand is back to normal now!" Bing cheered.

"You don't have a lot of qi, do you?" Qing asked him.

"Nah. My cultivation technique isn't the best so I can only gather so much." He explained. It was the reason why it takes him so long to break through even though he has 3 sky-ranked martial arts.

"Which one is it?" She wondered.

"Book of Qi." He answered.

"Ew." She responded honestly.

"Yeah... Heh heh heh... That's a normal reaction." He rubbed the back of his head embarrassed. It was the most looked down on cultivation technique within the continent because literally anyone could afford it.

"I'm sure you'll find one suited for you soon." Lei said positively.

"I can only hope. Now, let's get this second fish." He rubbed his hands in anticipation. The flame fish was already placed to the side, ready to be prepped and cooked for later.

"Alright, here we go." Lei Zhi tossed his fishing pole into the unexplainable tear in space.

  Bing waited near Lei Zhi so that he could grab whatever came out. Ni Xong was staying behind Wan Qing this time around and watching with her from her lap. Quon wanted to help Lei Zhi so he floated next to Bing ready to paralyze whatever came out of the opening next with his tentacles. The group then caught several different beasts of all shapes, sizes, and with all types of abilities in a few hours.

  Some of the beasts were forced to be sent back as their strength was too great for them to handle. Wan Qing was the most shocked when encountering these types of spirit beasts. One of the unique things about Lei Zhi's fishing pole was that every beast pulled out from the colorful slit was at the same cultivation stage as Lei Zhi. Who himself was at the 5th stage of the Qi Gathering realm. So, when she met with these incredibly powerful beasts that should be considered trash to her and seeing them easily dwarf her in every aspect, it was a very humbling experience.

  It somewhat reminded her of the time she almost died against Kun Lao. Someone that should've been far weaker than her was actually better than her. At first, she gave the excuse that it was because of his bloodline and spirit weapon that he bested her but as time went on, she had to accept that she lost fair and square. She didn't train hard enough. She didn't push herself as hard as she could have. She underestimated her opponent. She didn't take the fight seriously when she should have. As humiliating as it is, Wan had to accept that her talent has its limits. Her pride should not cloud her judgement and decisions. If she doesn't change those qualities about herself, it won't be long before she's dying in a pathetic manner all over again.

"Hahaha! We got a great haul everyone! Now let's get cooking!" Bing happily announced with several injuries over his body.