Chapter 207 (1/2)
Chapter 207: 207
Zhou Shanhu’s small head appeared after it collapsed for a while . She shouted towards Xiaocao, “How is it? Did you harvest anything?”
Xiaocao shook her head and disappointingly said, “There’s nothing!”
Zhou Shanhu smiled and comforted her, “Maybe it’s because we’re too close to the sea, so there’s nothing good around here . Other people are professional divers, so they can submerge underwater for several minutes . Do you want to look further in?
Xiaolian continued to gather goose barnacles by the sh.o.r.e when she saw that her younger sister’s swimming skills were very good, and that Zhou Shanhu was looking after her too . Younger Sister seemed to like to eat goose barnacles with soup . After their family separated from the main branch, she didn’t have any time to gather seafood, so she rarely had the chance to eat the seafood soup made by her younger sister! Xiaolian put her younger sister’s outer garment on the dry reef to dry, then she stooped over and busied herself .
Xiaocao had gradually swam into the depths of the sea, but her ability to hold her breath wasn’t that great . She often had to come up to take a breath when she had just reached the seafloor . She felt very discouraged because she had busied herself for a long time, yet she still didn’t get any harvest .
The little divine stone’s mocking voice suddenly appeared in her mind, [I reckon that even if you dawdled until dusk like this, you probably still won’t get any harvest . Do you want this Divine Stone to help you out?]
Xiaocao was somewhat exhausted as she treaded water and asked impatiently, “No kidding! If you were able to help, why didn’t you say so earlier rather than watching me from the sidelines?”
[What’s with your att.i.tude? This Divine Stone is unhappy, I’m not helping anymore!] The little divine stone proudly and lovably snorted, giving off an unhappy appearance .
“If you don’t want to help me, then don’t! I don’t care!” Xiaocao didn’t try to please its temper! Who was the master in this relations.h.i.+p? She took a deep breath in and dove underwater again .
The little divine stone was speechless for a long time by her words, it really wanted to just wash its hands of her and ignore her . However, it had reached a bottleneck at a critical point right now . If the little divine stone helped its master, then it could absorb the spiritual powers from heaven and earth, recovering its full power!
Although the little divine stone was still angry, it still helped Xiaocao . The little divine stone condensed a protective screen of spiritual power around Xiaocao’s body . It seemed as if she was wrapped in a transparent bubble, the seawater couldn’t get close to her and the pressure from the surrounding water disappeared instantly .
Xiaocao held her breath and looked at the magical scene happening in front of her, it seemed as if she had entered a fantasy world . The transparent bubble slowly sank down, the cute little fish in the surrounding curiously swam toward her . They gently touched the spiritual barrier with their mouth, but it seemed as if they had touched a transparent film, they could see it but could not enter it .
Xiaocao was so entranced at that moment that she forgot to breathe, and her face turned red . She thought that she should hurriedly go up and to take a breath when the little divine stone’s annoying voice appeared again, [You’re so stupid! You can breathe freely in my spiritual barrier . Alas… why do I have such a stupid master? Forget it, go and suffocate to death!]
Xiaocao rolled her eyes in her mind and tentatively breathed in . Sure enough, fresh air filled her lungs and her stuffy chest . She extended her hand out of the bubble-shaped spiritual barrier and discovered that she wasn’t obstructed by the barrier . She looked around and tried using her mind to control the bubble to float toward where a fat sea cuc.u.mber was . Just as she thought, she had quickly arrived next to the sea cuc.u.mber . As soon as she reached out, she caught the squirming sea cuc.u.mber .
“The size of this sea cuc.u.mber is pretty big, so the grade of this product should be good . We finally got some harvest . ” Xiaocao put the sea cuc.u.mber into the bamboo basket tied around her waist and advanced further into the depth of the ocean .
However, in order not to worry Xiaolian who was at the sh.o.r.e, she would occasionally emerge from the sea to breathe and then descend into the sea again . Thanks to the little divine stone’s spiritual barrier, her speed was no longer hindered by the sea, so she was much more agile now .
The little divine stone had nothing to do, so it guided Xiaocao to capture the more valuable seafood like sea cuc.u.mbers, abalone, and armored lobsters…these all became goods in Xiaocao’s basket .
The seafloor was like a big treasure field that had yet to be exploited by humans as it completely presented itself in front of Yu Xiaocao . The bamboo basket on Xiaocao’s waist was relatively small, so it couldn’t hold much . She began picking and choosing on the ocean floor . One moment she disliked this sea cuc.u.mber for being too small and another moment she disliked this lobster for not being fat enough . She specially picked only the best quality seafood . If other people knew that the things they’ve wished for but couldn’t get was being discarded like trash, Xiaocao likely would have received a mult.i.tude of glares!
Just as the bamboo basket she brought could no longer hold anymore, a distant group of huge, dark shadows swam towards her . Xiaocao was shocked and thought that she had encountered a group of sharks . She was about to run away when she was teased by the little divine stone: [Why are you running? You really are a coward! It’s a pod of dolphins, they are very docile, and they won’t hurt people!]
Dolphins? She had only watched dolphin performances on television before and knew that they were adorable sea creatures . She floated quietly at the bottom of the sea as she looked at the shadows in the distance . Sure enough, when the group of black shadows approached, she finally saw their appearance: their bodies were glossy and bright with a graceful physique, their movements were light and quick, and their snouts were bent into a curve like they were smiling .
The dolphins seemed to be very interested in her, and they swam around her . There was a cute little blue dolphin that lightly b.u.mped its head against her just like a child asking for a caress .
Yu Xiaocao smiled lightly and reached out to touch the little dolphin who wasn’t afraid of people . The little creature didn’t dodge away from her touch, and it gently pecked her palm with its mouth . The ticklish feeling made Xiaocao smile .
Xiaocao changed the shape of the spiritual barrier so that it clung onto her body like a second skin, while allowing it to supply her with oxygen . She wrapped her arm around the little dolphin’s body, and the little dolphin brought her along to travel freely around the seafloor . The scenery at the bottom of the sea was un.o.bstructed through the transparent barrier .