Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 41: Chapter 39: Foul Smell, Strange Object

The heart of a parent knows no bounds, and given the dolphin father’s disregard for the danger of fresh water to save his child, Huo Sining could not stand idly by.

She sighed and moved closer to the dolphin.

The young dolphin was not yet fully grown, barely bigger than a piglet, yet its wound on its back was a good five or six inches long.

The wound must have been there for some time as pus had already started to form around it. If not treated soon, the little one had little chance of surviving.

“How did you get hurt? Did you get into trouble for not listening to your mom and dad, and get hurt by some big creature?”

Huo Sining crouched down and gently stroked the little one’s head while slowly gathering the spiritual energy of the Azure Pearl in the palm of her hand, softly comforting the dolphin.

The little one seemed to understand that Huo Sining was there to help, and whined a few times, expressing its grievances and pain, but lay still in the sand waiting for Huo Sining’s aid.

Huo Sining channeled spiritual energy into the dolphin’s back. When the spiritual energy covered it, the dolphin initially struggled to withstand it and wriggled as if trying to escape.

Huo Sining firmly held the dolphin down, and it stiffened. Gradually, it felt the spiritual energy spreading throughout its body and let out a comfortable moan.

The healing took a full ten minutes, and not until Huo Sining felt her spiritual energy was depleted did she finally release her hands.

The wound was simply too large, and despite the fact that Huo Sining’s control of spiritual energy had increased over the days, it was not enough to counter the amount consumed by such a large wound.

Fortunately, after the treatment, the pus had been cleaned up, and the bleeding had stopped.

Even without the aid of spiritual energy, given the dolphin’s natural healing capacity, the wound would soon scab over, and there would be no more concerns for its life.

The two adult dolphins, probably sensing that their child was no longer in danger, circled it in the water and sprayed water at Huo Sining.

If Huo Sining had not been protected by the Water-Repelling Pearl, she would have been completely drenched by now.

Huo Sining was both annoyed and amused. She had been busy catching fish earlier, and now with her spiritual energy drained, she was truly tired and had no energy to deal with these dolphins.

She waved her hand at the dolphin, “Okay, knock it off and take me back. I’m tired and need a good rest.”

The dolphin seemed to understand Huo Sining’s words and came closer.

Just as Huo Sining was about to climb onto the dolphin’s back, the creature suddenly retreated, nearly causing Huo Sining to face-plant into the sand.

“Hey! I want to go back, aren’t you being too ungrateful? I just saved your son’s life!” Huo Sining was frustrated.

It seemed the dolphin did not understand Huo Sining’s words. Puzzlement flickered in its eyes, and after a moment of hesitation, it came closer again, flapping its head. It took hold of Huo Sining’s clothes in its mouth and started pulling her towards the shore of the island.

“Where are you taking me now?”

Huo Sining had no idea where the creature was leading her, but she found herself involuntarily following it.

After walking for about forty or fifty meters, the dolphin brought her to a rocky outcrop.

The creature shook its head at Huo Sining and then dove down a few meters, circling the rocks.

Huo Sining, as clueless as a perplexed monk, tentatively asked, “You mean there is something under the water?”

The dolphin shook its head, and Huo Sining frowned. She dived into the water only to be greeted by a strong, putrid stench almost immediately.

Though the Water-Repelling Pearl allowed her to be unaffected by water, she still had to breathe. Thus, as Huo Sining breathed in the water, the foul smell assaulted her nostrils.

“Ugh… what the hell is that stench?!” Huo Sining was taken aback, feeling almost suffocated by the smell.

She held her breath, intending to surface, but at that moment, her hand touched a pile of hard objects at the bottom of the rocks.

Huo Sining had just touched the pile of hard objects when the Water-Repelling Pearl on her forehead started flickering wildly as if its life depended on it.

“Huh, the Water-Repelling Pearl has identified it, looks like it’s really something good.”

Huo Sining paused, originally eager to return to shore, but now she was energized, “It smells so bad, I have to see what it actually is!”

Not only did the object stink, but it was also hard. Huo Sining struggled for quite a while but couldn’t budge it in the slightest.

Finally, she had no choice but to find a sharp rock on the shore and jabbed furiously at the hard object with it.

Soon there was a clatter, and a huge grey-black object, like a stone, fell off the reef.

Huo Sining hurried to embrace the object. Gosh, it must have weighed at least thirty or forty catties, she exhausted all her strength to drag it back to shore.

It was only upon reaching the shore that Huo Sining discovered that grey-black was only the surface color of the layer. Inside the break in the object, beneath the thin grey-black skin, was an incredibly pristine white.

But within moments, the broken surface also instantly turned grey, gradually deepening in color, until it matched the grey-black of the outer skin.

The foul stench was emanating from this object, there were several more black masses attached to the underside of the reef, even larger than the one in her hands.

However, Huo Sining’s physical strength was limited; it was already quite difficult to pry off a single piece.

By this time, it was getting late, and Huo Sining had also arranged to meet with the truck driver at the cruise terminal, so she had to give up on further attempts to pry off the object reluctantly.

After packing the piece she had in a large bag and strapping it to her back, she mounted a dolphin’s back and raced on the return route.

At this point, Huo Sining didn’t know what a valuable thing she was giving up because the object stank, she felt somewhat disgusted, so she didn’t care at all.

Facing a lump of something she couldn’t comprehend and had no idea what use it was, she acted indifferently.

However, not long after returning, when she found out what that thing was, she couldn’t help but regret not making more effort to claim the treasure under the reef.

Back on shore, the dolphins thanked her by jumping in and out of the water, before parting visibly reluctant to leave. Meanwhile, Huo Sining held a large “stone” feeling utterly frustrated.

The dolphins had been willing to dive into the freshwater of the Yellow River to save their son but now absolutely refused to swim any farther forward.

Huo Sining stood on the beach, grinding her teeth in anger. They really knew how to turn their backs on someone.

She had no choice, she couldn’t just stand on the beach and be blown by the cold wind indefinitely, so she had to dive back by herself.

Upon reaching her destination, her already depleted energy finally ran out, and she sat gasping beside the water, dragging along a great load of sea creatures.

Fortunately, the truck driver was punctual, arriving right on time, and was shocked to see the heap of living things that Huo Sining was guarding, casting a skeptical glance at her.

Huo Sining was too exhausted to move and didn’t bother coming up with excuses, she just waved her hand to have the driver load the truck, thinking to herself that it might be time to quickly find a reliable truck driver.

Back at Xianyu Shop before seven o’clock, Huo Sining released the live fish and river delicacies back into the fish pond and took a bath.

By the time she ordered breakfast, Su Qingqing was still lazing in bed, deep in sleep.

Huo Sining couldn’t help but feel helpless; suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind, and she was struck by a mischievous impulse.

She cut a small piece of that dark object and gently waved it under Su Qingqing’s nose.

Immediately, the foul smell assaulted Su Qingqing’s nostrils, and she sneezed violently, waking from her slumber.

Su Qingqing, bleary-eyed, looked at Huo Sining, “What is this, it smells terrible!”