Episode 3: Learning How to Swim and Meeting The Red Angler Fish

They reached the bank of the

river and the farmer tied the boat to a tree. “Undress yourself and get into

the water. You don’t have spare clothes yet. I will go to the village day after

tomorrow and buy two sets of dress for you as your birthday gift,” he said.

Yang did what he was told and dipped into the water. He felt a coolness rushing

from his toe to head. His master followed after him. He raised his hands and

said,” give me both of your hands.” He did it. First try to release your body

weight. Let your body float freely. Now try to raise both of your feet up and

start kicking your legs up and down in short intervals quickly,” he commanded

him. Slowly by slowly, bit by bit, Yang was trying to cooperate. But every time

his master let his hands go he fell down and couldn’t continue.

“It’s too hard,” Yang wailed. “If

you complain and don’t practice it will definitely feel hard. It’s already

noon. I’m going to catch some fish and come back. Wait here and don’t wander

anywhere far,” his master said and dived into the water. Yang held his breath

and jumped into the water. He opened his eyes and saw fishes and other

creatures moving around. He noticed a fish nearby and observed it. It moved his

fins back and forth and used his tail to move forward. The fish used its fins

to change direction. He couldn’t hold his breath any longer and jumped to get

some air. He thought if he could do it.

He gave it a shot. Try to make my body float, he thought, and then kick the

water up to propel forward. Use the hands to push the water behind. And in no

time he was swimming. ”I finally did it. I finally did it,” he said excitedly. Then

he felt pain in his muscles and was starting to huff. After a while, he felt

extremely tired. He swam back to the shore with his remaining strength and

closed his eyes. He soon fell into a deep sleep.

On the other hand the farmer was

hunting fishes. He had been holding his breath for five minutes already. He saw

plenty of fishes but they were too small. Suddenly a shoal of large fishes

passed him. He looked around to see any signs of danger. He saw the red angler

fish. It was about 8 feet long and had numerous teeth. Its skin was red and it

had claws and walking logs. He hid himself behind a rock and waited till it

swam away. After the red angler left he hunted the shoal of large fishes. He swam

and killed the fishes by breaking the tail so that it could no longer swim. Later

on, he returned with 12 fishes.” Today’s a lucky catch, I got more than

expected,” he complimented and praised himself. He looked all over the places

for Yang and saw him lying on the bank. He swam underwater to give him a

surprise. He reached the place where Yang was sleeping and jumped. He expected

a scream or a frightened face. But when he saw he was still sleeping and he

felt like an idiot.

He dressed Yang and carried him back to the boat. He threw the fishes into the

boat and pushed it to the lake. He looked at the surrounding and gave a deep

sigh. I couldn’t find the soul fragment of the 13th disciple of the

martial god, no matter what I will find it someday, he thought and rowed the

boat back home.

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