Chapter 208 - The Glitter of Energy (1/2)

Xiaocao discovered that she had already drifted far away from her original position. She grinned at her new friend and said, “Xiaobu, can you carry me along?” ‘Xiaobu’ was the name that she had given to the little dolphin.

With the little divine stone providing the directions and the little dolphin speeding her along, Xiaocao appeared in the line of Xiaolian’s sight just as the other girl was going to collapse from shock.

“Look! What’s that? It’s not a shark, right?” Zhou Shanhu shouted with surprise. She was the first to spot a dark shadow cruising along in the distance.

The extremely tan youth, Zhuang Xiaomo, gazed in that direction as he squinted his eyes to carefully look. He shook his head and replied, “That doesn’t look like a shark. In the water, sharks have a triangular shaped fin that pops out. That shadow...it looks like a person to me, however...the speed and the positioning of that shadow doesn’t resemble a person swimming. It’s quite strange!!”

Zhou Shanhu felt as if her mind was exploding as she exclaimed, “Then what you’re saying...could it be a mermaid? Don’t the legends all say that mermaids swim very fast in the ocean?”

Zhuang Xiaomo looked at her as if she was a crazy person and scoffed, “The legends also say that mermaids only appear in the moonlight, sing tantalizing songs to tempt people, and fog their minds…”

“Little...Little Sister!!” The sound of Yu Xiaolian’s gleeful shout suddenly interrupted the dispute between the two. They both looked over with astonishment at the figure that was speeding over. Sure enough, it was Yu Xiaocao, who had been missing for the past hour. She was still quite a distance away, so they couldn’t tell just what exactly she was lying on. However, the object was swimming quite quickly.

“Xiaolian! Shanhu——” The sound of her voice echoed from the distance. Yu Xiaocao had one arm around the little dolphin’s dorsal fin while the other arm was forcefully waving in the air.

Zhou Shanhu swam forward a few strokes and screamed in excitement, “Ah! Xiaocao is riding a fish!! Xiaolian, are you sure that your younger sister isn’t the daughter of the Dragon King of the ocean? Otherwise, how could a fish listen to her commands?”

Zhuang Xiaomo looked at the little girl, who was riding a dolphin through the choppy waves in the distance. He couldn’t help but be a bit stunned by the sight. Goodness gracious! This little girl absolutely wasn’t an ordinary little girl. Otherwise, how could she manage to tame a free and unconstrained dolphin?

Tears of gratitude pooled within Yu Xiaolian’s eyes. She swam forward towards her younger sister’s direction with great effort. The little dolphin’s speed was quite astonishing and, within moments, it arrived in front of the other three children. The creature was a bit timid and stopped outside touching distance of them as it opened its mouth to make a few whistling noises.

Yu Xiaocao softly stroked its slippery head and soothed, “Don’t be afraid, they won’t hurt you. Thank you, Xiaobu!”

She slid off the dolphin’s back and swam over to Xiaolian. Her sister firmly knocked a fist on her head. The other girl reprimanded her, “Who told you to swim so far? If something happened to you, how was I supposed to inform our parents and your godparents ah? In my opinion, bringing you along to swim in the ocean was the worst idea I’ve ever had!!”

When Yu Xiaocao noticed Xiaolian’s eyes were red with emotion and seemed quite angry, she hurriedly placated her sister, “Xiaolian, don’t be angry. In the future, I won’t dare to do this again. I was so busy having fun with Xiaobu that I lost track of time. I promise I won’t do this again. Just forgive me this one time ah!”

Zhou Shanhu glanced at the little dolphin again, who was gleefully swimming back and forth nearby. Her eyes glistened with excitement as she remarked somewhat enviously, “Xiaocao, is Xiaobu the name of that little dolphin? It’s so cute ah! You’re too amazing, you even know how to tame a small dolphin! Quickly teach me, just how did you manage to do it?”

Yu Xiaocao ignored her as she continued to soothe Xiaolian’s ruffled feathers. Finally, she managed to tease her sister into laughing. Xiaocao secretly wiped the invisible sweat that was on her forehead. Normally, Xiaolian also had a temper, but she usually never revealed it around her.

Zhou Shanhu continued to pester her in an attempt to get the secrets to taming a little dolphin. Yu Xiaocao opened her eyes wide and looked at the other girl innocently. She vaguely replied, “What? We have to tame them? Ah, but Xiaobu came over itself to play with me. Xiaobu is a dolphin that likes humans, it’s very obedient and sweet!”

Zhuang Xiaomo and Zhou Shanhu both had a ‘you’re trying to trick us’ expression on their faces. Although dolphins had mild personalities, they were quite cautious and only watched ships in the sea from far away. Naturally, the older generation had once told stories of dolphins saving drowning people but they hadn’t heard of anyone actually having an encounter with them.

“If you don’t believe me, that’s okay! Xiaobu come over and greet everyone.” Yu Xiaocao waved her hand and the little dolphin, who was drifting about on the side, cheerfully swam over towards her. It used its snout to gently touch her wrist. As if it could understand what she was saying, it straightened up in the water and waved one flipper towards Zhou Shanhu and the others.

“Wow! Xiaobu is too cute!! I almost want to raise one for a pet!!” Zhou Shanhu carefully came closer to the dolphin and, when she saw that the creature didn’t reject her presence, she tried to gently use her hand to pet its back. The little dolphin cleverly stayed next to Xiaocao and allowed the other kids to touch it.

Yu Xiaocao gently rubbed the little fellow’s head with the hand that had the mystic stone and a bit of spiritual power slowly poured into the animal’s body. The little dolphin’s eyes lit up and became even more close with Xiaocao.