As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 135: Chapter 129 Cause of Death: Boldness

“Come, let’s first learn how to kick with fins,” Chu Mingcheng instructed Jiang Luoluo to float horizontally on the surface of the water and started by getting her to practice kicking with fins.

Whether she could swim or not, the basic skill of kicking with fins had to be practiced for diving.

Once she became proficient in its use, she would be able to dive horizontally, and her swimming technique would naturally improve as she got used to it.

Getting a free diving certificate from a club requires one to know how to swim first because the training time is very short.

If one can’t swim, it’s hard to master basic skills in a short time, and it can also hold back the progress of other students.

Jiang Luoluo felt that as long as Chu Mingcheng was there to teach her anytime and to protect her by her side, it didn’t really matter whether she learned swimming first or not.

“Ei, ei, ei…” When Chu Mingcheng let go, Jiang Luoluo immediately panicked.

Thinking she was about to perform an unintentional handstand due to her heavy head and light feet, luckily the buoyancy of the sea was enough for her to resurface with a few strokes of her hands.

“Don’t rush, you need to learn to breathe with your mouth; the snorkel’s mouthpiece is right above your head. As long as your head is above water, you definitely won’t choke,” he reassured her.

“But remember to exhale forcefully before breathing in, to blow out any seawater that’s gotten into the snorkel,” he added.

Seeing her cheeks puffed up in the water, hesitant to breathe like a little hamster, made Chu Mingcheng want to laugh even as he was instructing her.

Jiang Luoluo’s dance background gave her strong control over her body.

With just a little practice, she was already able to dive with ease across the surface of the water.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng, under her slightly surprised gaze, took her hand, “Come, let me show you the wonders of the sea.”

Jiang Luoluo smiled broadly, “Okay!”

“Take a deep breath first, but don’t strain yourself.”

“Mm-hmm,” she nodded.

Once she was ready, Chu Mingcheng began to swim with her into the water.

Jiang Luoluo wasn’t wearing a weight belt, so with her beginner diving skills, it would take a lot of energy to counteract the buoyancy.

It was much easier with Chu Mingcheng pulling her into the water.

But he was very careful not to dive too deep all at once; instead, he started from one or two meters, stopping at a depth of five or six meters and then glided through the water at that level.

It was a pity that the water here was quite deep. If it were near an isolated reef or a small island, he could have taken Jiang Luoluo diving for sea treasures, searching for large sea snails and the like.

After five or six tries, each lasting a minute,

seeing that she was getting tired, Chu Mingcheng suggested they return, “Let’s stop here for today. Next time we’ll find a place with coral reefs, so you can experience the fun of diving and hunting in the sea.”

Jiang Luoluo nodded agreement, “Mm, what about you? Are you going to continue fishing?”

“Of course, I still have some time. I’ll fish for another hour,” he said. Taking her diving hadn’t taken much effort, and with today’s good fish resources, he could not miss the opportunity.

“Alright, I haven’t caught anything fishing today either, I’ll try again later.”

After returning Jiang Luoluo to the boat and having her pass him the speargun, Chu Mingcheng set off again, this time heading for the area beneath the signal tower.

He first dove horizontally towards the signal tower. It was just a small tower with a single pillar standing on the seabed, covered in corals.

But these weren’t the main attraction; he dived a little deeper to observe the fish situation and saw schools of sea bream swimming around the pillar, much more exaggerated than those he had seen beneath the pier at Yanmen Island.

The fish schools were located more than twenty meters deep, so he had to dive at least fifteen meters to hunt them on breath-hold.

He sensed that hunting here might be more challenging than his previous mackerel hunts—sea bream were smaller than mackerel and perhaps not as fast,

but they were more agile and their movements were harder to predict.

Chu Mingcheng returned to the surface to adjust his breathing and reloaded the speargun, using it to lead the way as he descended vertically.

This allowed him to maintain a streamlined posture, reducing drag as he dived straight down.

Descending to about twelve meters, he spotted the fish.

However, as he approached, the fish began to flee downwards.

At this moment, he noticed a particularly nice Striped Rockfish about eight meters away from him. It appeared small due to the distance,

but in reality, it was much larger than the other fish nearby. Based on his experience, it weighed over five pounds.

The fish seemed panicked. As Chu Mingcheng aimed his speargun, it flipped in the air and suddenly speeded to the opposite side, ending up on the same level as him, only five meters away.

Without hesitation, Chu Mingcheng aimed the gun and quickly pressed the trigger.

The fish spear instantly pierced the Striped Rockfish’s body, it was an excellent headshot.

Scientific name: striped stone bream

Cause of death: aerial flip

The water was stained with blood as the fish struggled to swim, but Chu Mingcheng easily pulled it to the surface.

He hoisted the fish, which was about the size he had estimated, five to six pounds.

He waved at Jiang Luoluo in the distance, signaling there were fish around and he would continue hunting in this area, to let her know his whereabouts.

Jiang Luoluo waved back to show she understood.

With that, Chu Mingcheng secured the fish with a fish stringer, readied the speargun, reloading it, and dove back down.

He maintained a speed of one meter per second as he descended; with so many fish around, he aimed to catch as much as possible.

Although he moved effortlessly in the water, he was not aquatic by nature, and coupled with the energy spent hunting mackerel earlier, he couldn’t fully recover just by resting for a while.

This time, he found a suitable target at a depth of seventeen meters—another Striped Rockfish.

But it was too far away; he had to dive deeper.