Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 632: Blue Ice Fish

Chapter 632: Chapter 632: Blue Ice Fish

Two days later, a series of personnel changes occurred within the Dongfang Family, with the largest change befalling Dongfang Leiming’s second son, Dongfang Dian.

Originally in control of many of the Dongfang Family’s industries, Dongfang Dian’s power was second only to Lin Ruoxue and her daughter, Dongfang Rushi. However, after the adjustments, he was stripped of almost all control over the industries, becoming the least powerful among his siblings.

According to rumors, it was Old Master Dongfang who made this decision. This led to Dongfang Dian making a scene in front of Old Master Dongfang, who became so angry that he gave Dongfang Dian several hard slaps and even threatened to expel him from the family. It was only after the family members’ persuasion that he let the matter go.

The root cause of this event was Dongfang Dian’s son, Dongfang Yue, who had provoked one of Fang Bai’s disciples, causing Fang Bai’s displeasure. To quell Fang Bai’s anger, Old Master Dongfang made such a decision.

In Yanjing, many prominent clans that had little understanding of Fang Bai began to investigate his background after this incident. They came to the realization that Fang Bai was a master of both medicine and martial arts and had connections with clans like the Lu Family and the Jiang Family, concluding that offending him would lead to no good end.

Therefore, the elders of those prominent clans started to constantly remind their young ones to take Dongfang Yue’s example as a warning and to never provoke Fang Bai.

Meticulously, some observant people calculated that since Fang Bai’s arrival from Zhongzhou to Yanjing, he had conflicts with many young members of prominent clans, and in every case, his opponents ended up worse off.

As a result, Fang Bai also earned the title of "nemesis of the unruly young masters."

Those close to Fang Bai, upon hearing this news, displayed a mix of concern, excitement, and admiration.

As for Fang Bai himself, he merely smiled indifferently, not taking these matters to heart.

With the "World Meta-Human Elite Competition" date nearing, Fang Bai also sped up his cultivation, hoping to break through in his cultivation level before departing for America, thus increasing his assurance of winning the championship.

Early this morning, Fang Bai once again came to the waterfall deep in the mountains outside Yanjing City to temper his body.

After nearly a month of uninterrupted body tempering, Fang Bai’s physical body had undergone countless impacts, becoming even stronger. The energy of his physical body transformed into traces of True Yuan flowing into his Qi Sea. Coupled with large amounts of Essence Stones and Spiritual Medicine, the True Yuan within Fang Bai’s Qi Sea was exceptionally abundant and concentrated.

Every time Fang Bai practiced his punches and kicks, the True Yuan inside his Qi Sea would surge ceaselessly, giving him a sensation of bursting out of his body, inching closer to the critical point of breaking through barriers and advancing to the next realm.

Under the assault of the waterfall, Fang Bai performed a set of martial arts like flowing water, then sat down cross-legged on the spot, allowing the cascading water to strike his head, blocking out his senses and all external sounds, entering a state of self-forgetful cultivation.

After a long while, Fang Bai opened his eyes, sighed, and shook his head with a wry smile.

He had repeatedly attempted to break through the realm’s barriers but had not succeeded, realizing he was still lacking some fortuitous opportunity.

Just as he was about to leap to the shore, get dressed, and leave, a bone-chilling cold suddenly invaded from beneath the water, causing him to involuntarily shiver.

"Hmm? What’s that?"

Fang Bai’s gaze sharpened as he saw a small fish with deep blue scales emerge, slowly swimming in the pool. To Fang Bai’s surprise, where the blue fish swam, the water within a three-foot radius instantly froze over with a layer of thin ice.

"Blue Ice Fish!"

Seeing the blue fish, Fang Bai couldn’t contain his excitement. He hadn’t expected to encounter in the Secular World what was considered a cultivation treasure only found in the Cultivation World in his previous life.

In Fang Bai’s previous life in the Cultivation World, Blue Ice Fish commonly lived in extremely cold waters, covered with a layer of thin yet hard blue scales, and could live up to a thousand years.

For Fang Bai, the Blue Ice Fish was not an ordinary fish but a Water Element spiritual creature that naturally absorbed Water Element Qi.

A mature Blue Ice Fish, a thousand years old, was only about the size of a thumb, but the condensed Water Element Qi within its body was astoundingly powerful.

In Fang Bai’s past life in the Cultivation World, there was a saying, "Eating a single Blue Ice Fish is equivalent to a hundred years of arduous cultivation," which showed how significant the fish was for martial artists.

Fang Bai had never imagined that in this world, where Essence Energy was so scarce and resources were depleted, such spiritual creatures would exist.

From this, Fang Bai became even more certain that this world was not as simple as he had thought; there were many mysteries waiting for him to explore and discover.

The Blue Ice Fish in the pond before him was mature, likely around a thousand years old. It was leisurely swimming in the water about five or six meters away from Fang Bai. Whenever it swam past, a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the water, which would then be immediately broken by the flowing water pouring down into the pond.

Because it lived in the extremely cold waters all year round, the condensed Water Element Qi within the Blue Ice Fish was chilling to the extreme. The outflow of this energy while the fish swam caused the freezing of the water’s surface.

Fang Bai’s eyes shone brightly, his throat moved, as he stared intently at the Blue Ice Fish in the water.

He prepared to capture the Blue Ice Fish. If he could successfully catch and consume it, the Water Element Qi within his Qi Sea would surge immensely, and he might break through his current realm in one fell swoop, elevating his strength even further.

However, the Blue Ice Fish was cunning and had sharp reflexes. It swam at an incredible speed in the water, and even with Fang Bai’s great strength, he didn’t dare to be careless—in case he startled the fish and missed this opportunity forever.

Fang Bai stood under the waterfall, holding his breath, suppressing his heartbeat, and slowly shifted his feet forward. He was gathering strength in secret, waiting for the best moment to strike.

Shortly after, the Blue Ice Fish swam towards Fang Bai. When it was about three meters away from the rock where Fang Bai stood, he suddenly sprang into action.

Quiet as a maiden, swift as a fleeing rabbit.

Fang Bai was still until he wasn’t, then he moved with the speed of lightning, pushing his movement technique to its limits and astonishing speed.

He suddenly leaped from the rock beneath the waterfall, like a swallow skimming over water, diving towards the Blue Ice Fish in the water, his right hand splayed out to catch the elusive creature.

With such a close distance and an all-out surprise attack, Fang Bai believed that it would be difficult for the Blue Ice Fish to escape from him.

Yet, to his surprise, the Blue Ice Fish displayed unexpected agility. Just as Fang Bai’s fingertips brushed the water’s surface, the fish "swooshed" away, darting from beneath his fingers. Then with a flick of its tail, it created a splash and rapidly swam to the bottom of the pond.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Fang Bai hadn’t expected that his full-force strike, with all his gathered momentum, would miss. Annoyed, his body instinctively plunged into the pond, chasing after the Blue Ice Fish that had dived to the depths, like a fish himself.

The pond wasn’t very large, but it was quite deep. Sunlight shone down, yet the bottom was hard to see.