Chen Ping'an and the others surprisingly found an abandoned bamboo house next to a lake in the mountains. This bamboo house had been abandoned for many years, but they could still vaguely make out its original appearance. One could imagine just how exquisite this bamboo house had been in the past. It had definitely been built by a wealthy person living a secluded life, and this person definitely liked to go fishing. 0

They stopped here to rest, and each person was given a task. Chen Ping'an left to cut two stalks of mature bamboo, one long and one short. When he returned, Zhu Lian had already started a campfire. Chen Ping'an walked over and squatted down, using the flames to slowly cure the bamboo. This would increase the strength of the fishing rod and prevent it from being snapped by larger creatures in the lake. Chen Ping'an handed the shorter stalk of bamboo to Pei Qian and instructed her to copy his actions.0

Inside the bamboo house, Zhu Lian and Xu Yuanxia were exchanging knowledge with each other. They were sitting quite far away from everyone else, and it appeared that Zhu Lian was showing off the so-called immortal book that Old Man Xun had given him. Of course, it was a book about men and women "fighting" in bed.2

Zhang Shanfeng and Lu Baixiang were sitting on the ground and playing Go, and Wei Xian was squatting beside them and waiting to see who would emerge victorious, as he always did.0

The yellow earth bull was keeping a lookout in the mountain forest near the bamboo house.0

This place had beautiful mountains and limpid water, and no one else was around at this moment. Thus, Sui Youbian seized this opportunity to leave the bamboo house, taking her boots off on the foundation of the house that looked much like a bamboo raft. Sui Youbian then sat down and placed her jade-like feet into the water, resting Deep Infatuation across her knees. She placed her hands on the mouth and tip of the scabbard as she gazed into the distance. The air in the mountains was cool and refreshing.6

After curing the two bamboo fishing rods of different lengths, Chen Ping'an swung his rod a few times to see how far it could bend. Pei Qian stood beside him and did the same thing.0

The master and disciple walked outside the bamboo house, where Chen Ping'an started to tie a fishing line to his rod. Just like before, Pei Qian stood there and copied his actions. However, she didn't do as well with some of the details, so Chen Ping'an helped her redo some of the knots and fishing hook attachments.0

He then brought her over to the lakeside in the distance, and they started to flip over some rocks to search for small...0