Chapter 952: Chapter 933: A Single Feather
Hu Changsheng looked at the numbers on the electronic scale, his eyelid twitching uncontrollably, his heart surging with tumultuous waves.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Leng Xiaojun doesn’t usually hang around at the youth training team; his strength is evident to all. The fish situation in the earlier match, he must have studied through the surveillance caras.
At his level, as long as he observes intentionally, his understanding of the fish situation is very thorough.
The let-three-jin initiative released before the fish match is not spoken casually but cos from a place of great confidence.
But under this premise, Wang Xiaomin was only trailing by 0.68 kg in fish catch, which is a bit terrifying.
Hu Changsheng watched the fish match between the two from start to finish, seeing their performances clearly.
Speaking solely of this Wang Xiaomin, his performance was outstanding from various dinsions – reaction speed, adaptability rationality, and solidity of basic skills. If it weren’t for Leng Xiaojun slightly edging out with his skilled bait control, the results of this fish match could really go either way.
Leng Xiaojun glanced at the electronic scale, his face turning grim: “I lost, I admit defeat. I didn’t ask about the stakes for this match, what would you like?”
Hearing this question, Wang Xiaomin’s mind began to spin: “I noticed when you ca over, you used everything from Brother Hu, except you only brought your own float. How about giving the float?”
Wang Xiaomin’s request was reasonable, much like how car racers leave their badges after losing, the fish match has a similar rule.
The simplest is a small cash prize, often seen in pre-match practice fish matches.
Slightly more advanced is winning the opponent’s float or fishing rod, or even breaking the tip of the rod.
Masters keen on competitive matches usually use very classic floats, with both practical and market values not being low, and among them, there are quite a few exceptional ones not circulated in the market.
Hearing this request, Leng Xiaojun frowned, hesitated for a few seconds, and then seed to decide: “Okay, I admit defeat! The float is yours!”
“But I must say first, this float is important to , it’s only temporarily given to you for safekeeping. You must at least give a chance to win it back! If I lose to you again, only then are you free to dispose of it!”
“Okay!” Wang Xiaomin readily agreed.
Leng Xiaojun handed the float to Wang Xiaomin, feeling a mix of emotions once it left his hand.
This was the float given to him by his master Deng Gang as a gift when he formally acknowledged him as a master.
Apart from this commorative significance, this float was also very rare.
Why say so? It’s just a float, what’s so extraordinary about it?
Many might think of sothing like classic molds when ntioning high-end floats. Actually, above those, there’s an even higher level.
This type of float is referred to as a Peacock Feather Float.
Peacock Feather Float is a type, and the material of a Peacock Feather, as the na suggests, is the feather of a peacock.
It uses the feather shafts that have naturally grown and fallen from the tail of a peacock, selected and processed.
The feather shafts of ordinary Peacock Feather don’t reach the level of a reed where one entire reed is enough to make a float. Generally, the process would involve cutting and polishing the tail feathers’ shaft, then gluing pieces together, with different specifications like four-piece, six-piece, eight-piece, and so on.
But this particular one is quite hard to co by.
Normally, an adult male Blue Peacock has around 150 tail feathers, the ones suitable for making floats are few and only a small part rich in the central shaft, possibly only a fifth or even less.
Under certain special conditions, a peacock’s tail might have a rare case of follicle shaft developntal abnormality. Most of the malford feathers will fall off midway, but so might luckily grow, and such feathers have shafts much thicker than normal.
In these cases, the feather shaft’s middle structure has a very light density, and so even naturally have a hollow-like structure.
Such a single feather used for making a float needs no glued segnts, is lightweight with high strength, has a sufficiently thick cross-sectional area, and can hold a significant load, making it the most superior natural material for making floats. A feather float made from this surpasses conventional ones in performance significantly.
Due to the rarity of the material, such floats are almost impossible to reach the market; the rare ones either remain with float-making masters or are collected at high prices by certain grandmasters.
Wang Xiaomin took this float without considering it a big deal and casually placed it in the float box.
By the ti he looked up again, Leng Xiaojun had already turned and left, sowhat lost in spirits.
“Just left like that…” Wang Xiaomin muttered, puzzled.
It’s just a float, the team captain should be able to afford to lose, why act like he lost his soul.
Seeing this, Hu Changsheng smirked: “Cold team lost the fish match, his mindset isn’t adjusted well, don’t worry, he’ll be fine after a while! You’ve beaten the captain; our match isn’t too suspenseful now! You, boy, have a high talent for fishing! If our team mbers had half your performance, I’d be burning incense in thanks!”
Hearing that there’s no fish match to play next, Wang Xiaomin scratched his head in irritation: “Co on, I’m here to find opponents to hone my skills. What should I do if you surrender so quickly? Or I could let you have so numbers? Sitting idle is boring; we can see it as practice!”
At this point, even Hu Changsheng’s thick skin couldn’t hold back, as the team captain of the second team, being beaten by a young fellow and asked to handicap the match was a bit much.
About face, even if Hu Changsheng knew he would lose, he couldn’t back down.
“Since you’re enthusiastic, I’ll accompany you for a few more rounds! But this ti we’ll use public bait, like just now! I don’t need you to give any numbers!”
“Sure! Whatever you say!” Wang Xiaomin agreed without hesitation.
They quickly settled on the fish match rules and got busy again.
Forty minutes per match, from afternoon past three to evening.
In total, there were five matches, Wang Xiaomin won four, and Hu Changsheng won one, with the win rates on basic skills nearly even at fifty-fifty. The first two matches were mixed, but in the subsequent three matches, after finding his rhythm, Wang Xiaomin executed with frightening efficiency, winning three consecutive matches.
“It’s getting dark, should we pack up? Everyone else has gone!”
“Sure! I’m hungry, let’s call Han and Zhao to go out for a al? I won money this afternoon, I’ll treat!”
“Let’s go, see if the two drunks have sobered up!” Hu Changsheng maintained a good spirit, agreeing to Wang Xiaomin’s suggestion.
In the reception room, Han Luofeng and Zhao Zheng were leaning on the sofa, fiddling with their phones while sipping tea, looking like they had sobered up.
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