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Chapter 346 - 346 315 Treating a Dead Horse as if It's Alive

346: Chapter 315: Treating a Dead Horse as if It’s Alive 346: Chapter 315: Treating a Dead Horse as if It’s Alive Chen Chen was now on the verge of a breakdown.

He could handle being shown up after acting cocky, but the extreme suspicion towards the bait, coupled with the growing doubt about his own fishing skill and a severe lack of confidence, was extremely uncomfortable.

Yue Feng shook his head without hesitation and refused, “Sorry, bro, passing bait during the competition is against the rules!

We’re live!!”

The clarity of his voice carried into the live broadcast room, causing everyone who heard Yue Feng’s words to laugh.

“Let the guy show off and now look, he’s served!

Can’t give him anything, keep fishing, and let the dude just stare idly!”

“I just love Yue Feng’s style of not contending or grabbing yet still getting things done!”

“Invisible show-off is the deadliest!

Thumbs up for Yue Feng!”

Seeing the comments in the public channel, Baby almost couldn’t help laughing out loud, but after holding it in, said, “According to the competition rules, it is not allowed to pass bait during the competition.

Yue Feng did nothing wrong!”

Indeed, Yue Feng did nothing wrong, but now Chen Chen was feeling really uncomfortable!

Positioned next to this harbinger of doom, he had already lost the initial fight for fish, and in the mid to late stages, there wasn’t much chance of guarding the big fish, either.

With the normal approach, he couldn’t fish anymore!

Chen Chen steeled his heart, opened his fishing box, and took out a whole bottle of Barley Sweet Potato Paste.

Barley Sweet Potato Paste, especially favored for use in places like Black Pit, was pretty much a staple, and the one Chen Chen was using had been freshly unsealed that morning for bait opening, a 100ml bottle costing over a hundred yuan at the fishing store.

Chen Chen was very irritated inside and didn’t care anymore about the high price.

You all fish while I just watch?

Fine, I’ll go all-in with a heavy nest—let’s see if the dead horse can be treated like a live one!

Chen Chen poured the rest of the half bag of unused Loose Powder directly into the wet loose bait bowl and then dumped the entire bottle of Barley Sweet Potato Paste into it.

After adding just a little bit of water, he rolled up his sleeves and furiously began mixing it together.

Making a nest is different from Loose Bait; the requirements for consistency and such aren’t as high, and it just needs to reach the nest properly.

The rich barley and sweet potato scent rapidly spread around the fishing spot, a much stronger smell than what the warm water created when opening the corner.

After a bit of hasty mixing, Chen Chen started using the Lead Skin to carry the nest.

Compared to Zhao Zheng, Chen Chen’s skill with the Lead Skin nest was slightly inferior.

Sometimes the force was off, causing splashing when the bait ball hit the water, and sometimes they went off target.

However, overall, his performance was still above passing, roughly acceptable.

In less than ten minutes, Chen Chen had used up his entire basin of nest material.

He casually hooked two pieces of elastic particle bait, attached the slip knot to the rods, opened the backrest of the fishing box, leaned back, and relaxed completely, thinking, whatever will be, will be.

Whether the fish bite or not was up to fate now.

Chen Chen’s continuous Lead Skin nesting had a significant impact on Yue Feng.

The area in front of the nest point, where fish ripples were occasionally seen and big fish wandered outside in the safe zone, soon cleared of any sign of fish following the nesting.

Unknowingly, the competition had reached past ten in the morning, with the weather warming up and the bites around the entire pond slowing down, entering a period of extremely slow fishing.

About twenty minutes of silence had passed when Yue Feng noticed that fish activity had reappeared in front of the baited area!

However, this time, something strange happened; the fish activity was not directly in front of Yue Feng, but slightly to the left, in between his and Chen Chen’s fishing spots.

At that moment, Yue Feng remembered that when Chen Chen had set the bait earlier, two balls of bait had deviated slightly upon hitting the water, seemingly right around this area.

Could it be that the big fish were also recognizing the scent of the Barley Sweet Potato Paste?

That shouldn’t be the case, as his own sheep dung eggs were mixed in with the bait with proven effectiveness, yet now the fish activity seemed to have moved.

Upon further contemplation, he realized, no, so much time had passed, the bait on the bottom must have become very sparse.

After catching four or five big fish in a row, ninety percent chance the baited spot was now empty with no bait left!

Realizing this, Yue Feng immediately made another targeted adjustment.

With roughly two hours left until the competition’s end, using lead skin to deliver another pile of bait for bait opening was doubtful, so he simply decided to use the Doughballs Fishing Method, dabbing granules and adjusting the frequency of casting to replenish the bait, keeping the rate up for a while and waiting with a few rods, perhaps luck might bring a few more fish before the end of the competition.

With this in mind, Yue Feng immediately made the adjustments.

He took out the remaining half bag of doughball granules from the fishing box and poured some into the feed box, then also took out the Barley Sweet Potato Paste and sprinkled a bit, but he didn’t stop there.

As the temperature began to rise, in order to encourage more bites, Yue Feng added a bit of Energy Fruit Acid into the mix, sprinkling two of the most commonly used additives on the granules, then stirred vigorously, quickly creating a very soft composite scent.

Armed with Skill, Yue Feng’s understanding of additives was far beyond that of ordinary anglers on the site, adding them in just the right amounts.

With just a tiny adjustment, he achieved the effect of putting the finishing touch to a dragon drawing.

Having mixed the doughball granules properly, Yue Feng resumed the frequency of casting.

He carefully removed the sheep dung eggs and set them aside, then started kneading sticky doughballs for bait, casting rod by rod to lay down the bait.

“Guys, look, Feng is adapting again.

Didn’t he just lay down a bunch of bait with sheep dung eggs to maintain his fishing spot?

Why has he started throwing doughballs at a frequency now?”

“Indeed he’s casting at a frequency, one rod after another, and as soon as the bait is in place, he’s lifting the rod.

Is he trying to catch a few more adolescent carps?

At this point in time, it’s doubtful there will be any effect!”

“It’s hard to judge, but did everybody notice a detail?

Feng had just re-pasted the granules with some medicine!

He must have noticed something we’ve overlooked!”

While everyone on the public frequency was still discussing what the situation might be, Yue Feng’s new bait hit the water, and the float had just turned over at a very high position when it suddenly dipped violently, indicating a big bite.

Since Yue Feng’s hook and bait were comparatively large, he hesitated to lift the rod to set the hook right away, resulting in the float being pulled straight out and slanted the next second.

He could bear a strong tug on the line, but the float being dragged away at an angle was definitely not something to ignore.

Given that he wasn’t using a small hook or thin line at the moment, Yue Feng lifted the rod to set the hook, and away it went!

With a swishing sound, the fish under the water didn’t budge, as if hooked onto a huge underwater log through the force transmitted by the rod.

The next second, Yue Feng felt the big fish make a sudden dash, shooting straight towards the center of the river.

The power was immense, and the speed was fast; although the fish had not surfaced, Yue Feng had more or less guessed what it was—eight to nine chances out of ten, it was a Grass Carp biting midway up in the water.

At this critical moment, Yue Feng had no time to think.

He clutched the rod in both hands and plunged it into the water to the left in an instant!

This time, his rod plunging technique differed from the usual way to let fish swim out; it was done hurriedly and with exceptional force, startling the nearby Chen Chen.