Chapter 283: Opening Sea Urchins, Gaining Fame
Yun Jiao quickly understood; if she didn’t have tools, she’d just come back another time.
She withdrew from the giant clam and patted its shell.
“Close the main gate for me. I’ll come back to find you another time and perform a small surgery to remove the things inside your body.”
For greater safety, she decided to find her Fourth Senior Brother to learn how to perform surgery and suture wounds, and also to ask her Master for good medicine.
Although her Fourth Senior Brother studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, he was more skilled in treating external injuries, so he had also learned some Western medicine, especially in performing surgery and suturing wounds.
Although her Master had studied Traditional Chinese Medicine since childhood, he was not rigid or complacent; Western medicine had developed so rapidly for a reason, so he supported his Fourth Apprentice learning Western medicine.
This giant clam had likely grown here for many years; although they couldn’t communicate, it possessed some intelligence.
After bidding farewell to the clam, Yun Jiao marked the area and left with the orcas.
In the sea, she collected many sea urchins and then encountered the damselfish that had previously led her to its kelp farm to catch sea urchins.
This fellow, with its bright orange color, rushed over and bumped into Yun Jiao’s arms, then tugged at her clothes and pulled in one direction, its movements actually carrying a hint of urgency.
Yun Jiao pushed away the orca’s large head that was curiously nudging closer, and she curiously followed the damselfish.
“Are you looking for me to catch sea urchins again? Have the sea urchins invaded your farm again?”
The damselfish couldn’t speak, only continuously tugging at her clothes and swimming forward.
“Alright, alright, just swim ahead yourself, I’ll follow you.”
She nudged the damselfish, and it really let go of her, speeding up and swimming forward. Yun Jiao easily kept up.
The place was the same as last time. Yun Jiao was astonished by the dense cluster of sea urchins on the reefs and kelp.
I wonder how these creatures always target the kelp that was so painstakingly cultivated.
Yun Jiao wasted no more words and began opening sea urchins with her small knife.
After opening them, the damselfish was the first to rush up and start eating aggressively, its demeanor suggesting a personal grudge.
The orcas saw this and thought it was outrageous; this little fish was so bold, actually competing with them for food.
Seeing that Yun Jiao clearly liked this little fish, the orcas didn’t intend to eat it, they just nudged it aside.
They hadn’t even eaten their fill yet.
The damselfish swam around outside for several laps, wanting to eat, feeling wronged…
Yun Jiao seriously opened sea urchins, occasionally glancing at the damselfish, and soon noticed another damselfish hesitating, wanting to come over but not daring to.
It was the bold one that swam over and nudged the hesitant damselfish with its head before it finally came over.
Yun Jiao gasped and pushed away the orca’s large face blocking her.
“So you found a wife, no wonder you were so anxious.”
This damselfish now had to support a wife, and perhaps a child in the future. Naturally, it was unhappy that its painstakingly cultivated kelp was being eaten by those shameless sea urchins.
Yun Jiao: “My heart aches with pity.”
Therefore, upon discovering Yun Jiao, the little expert at clearing sea urchins, the damselfish disregarded the dangerous orcas around her and boldly went forward.
Yun Jiao opened several sea urchins for the couple and then scooped the other sea urchins into the net bag.
Perhaps drawn by the scent, more and more small fish began to swim towards them.
These unintelligent little fish were foolish and not very afraid of orcas; to be precise, they weren’t sensitive to danger.
The orcas disdained eating such small fish; moreover, they weren’t delicious.
Consequently, more and more fish surrounded Yun Jiao, and sometimes, for a bite to eat, schools of small fish would jostle each other.
Yun Jiao looked at the small fish eagerly waiting for food, as well as the shrimp and crabs that appeared from who knows where, and her vision suddenly darkened.
How long would this take to finish?
“Why are there more and more of them? There weren’t this many fish around before.”
Her small eyebrows were wrinkled.
Yun Jiao didn’t know it herself, but she had become famous in the ocean, at least in the sea area near Bailong Village.
This person opens sea urchins for fish to eat!
Marine creatures without intelligence had their own special ways of transmitting information. Yun Jiao often opened sea urchins for orcas, sea turtles, even whale sharks and manta rays in the sea; occasionally, passing small fish also got some.
And so, her reputation spread. Many marine creatures in the sea were no longer afraid of her and would even swim up to her for a bite to eat when they encountered her.
Of course, it would be even better if those orcas weren’t around.
Yun Jiao was usually happy to feed sea creatures sea urchins. After all, she lived by the sea and feeding them something occasionally was a way of giving back.
Although the food she used also came from the sea, sea urchins were too abundant on the seabed.
But today…
As she fed them, her mood soured, and her bright eyes gradually dimmed, becoming somewhat numb.
Seeing more and more creatures coming for food, Yun Jiao quickly tied a large net bag of sea urchins to the orca’s tail, nimbly flipped herself onto the orca’s back, and clamped her short legs.
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
Upon receiving the command, the orca flicked its tail, carrying Yun Jiao through the increasing schools of fish, charging through them and quickly swimming towards the sea surface.
“So many fish, I’ll be exhausted!”
She lay on the orca’s back and muttered in a low voice, complaining.
She was strong, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t get tired.
And constantly opening sea urchins was very boring.
“Wuwuwu~~~”
‘Human, you are a super cute little opener of sea urchins.’
‘Yes, many fish are looking for you.’
‘Meeting you, lucky, to eat delicious sea urchins.’
‘Lucky person.’
From the orcas’ fragmented conversation, Yun Jiao finally understood what was happening.
Yun Jiao put her hands on her hips and glared, though not very fiercely, “Who said that? Was it that big-mouthed fish that spread it?!”
Orcas: Guilty conscience.jpg
When did she become someone who specialized in opening sea urchins? What do they mean by “getting delicious food when they meet her”? She just fed them casually!
How did this become famous?
However, next time she encountered them, Yun Jiao would still feed them casually, but she would have to leave quickly when fish schools gathered.
Yun Jiao mumbled a few words and then put the matter out of her mind, patting the orcas and preparing to tell them to go back.
‘Human, the shelled ones are here.’
‘Slow and steady, the fun turntables are here.’
Yun Jiao instantly understood: Oh, sea turtles.
Let her see if it was Gui Yi or Gui Er.
She propped up her small neck and peered for a moment, discovering that both sea turtles had arrived.
A large sea turtle was followed by a small sea turtle.
Actually, Gui Er was no longer small; it was almost the size of a washbasin.
The orca nudged closer and nudged Gui Yi from underneath its belly.
Gui Yi calmly flipped over in the sea, adjusted its posture, and continued towards Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao tutted at its expression, which seemed faintly lifeless.
This guy was becoming more and more zen.
Fortunately, because of Yun Jiao, although the orcas really wanted to play, they didn’t treat Gui Yi and Gui Er as turntables and only nudged them before swimming away.
