Chapter 494: Golden Pearls

Chapter 494: Chapter 464: Golden Pearls

The letter also included Fu Mingyu’s new address.

Yun Jiao thought for a moment, then wrote a reply and tucked in a recent photo of herself.

Then she went out to mail the letter.

“Master, I’m here again~”

Elder Xu was taking a patient’s pulse and lifted his eyelids at the sound of her voice.

He saw that not only had Yun Jiao arrived, but she had also brought a large watermelon with her.

“This is from our family’s garden! It’s super delicious. I’ll put it in the well to cool off first.”

Elder Xu nodded.

When Yun Jiao returned, he handed her a prescription slip directly.

“Go fill this.”

Yun Jiao glanced at the prescription slip, then ran off to gather the herbs, doing so with speed and precision.

Worried the patient might not trust the medicine prepared by a child, she had her master check it first.

Only after Elder Xu confirmed there were no issues did she package it and hand it to the patient.

“Elder Xu, your little apprentice is really something. She’s already able to help at such a young age.”

Elder Xu nodded. “This profession also relies on natural talent. She has a keen sense of smell and a good memory. She can already distinguish all the medicinal herbs I’ve taught her.”

In front of Yun Jiao, Elder Xu would occasionally remind her not to get arrogant and to remain cautious.

But in front of outsiders, he would praise Yun Jiao without reservation.

Yun Jiao was in the middle of filling another prescription. She secretly perked up her ears to listen for a moment, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

‘Hehe, I just love it when Master praises me.’

Seeing the apprentice next to her scrunching up his face as he recited the Decoction Formulas Song, Yun Jiao leaned over to help him whenever he got stuck or made a mistake.

Yun Jiao stayed busy at her master’s place until late before finally heading home.

“Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, I’m home~”

“Jiaojiao, hurry! The TV show Brother Nine is in is on!”

Yun Jiao immediately scurried over.

The entire family was currently sitting in front of the television, watching the drama.

Yun Xiaojiu’s role wasn’t large, but his character was quite memorable.

He played the part of a likable young master.

The main requirement for this role was to be good-looking.

In the episodes airing now, Yun Xiaojiu had yet to make his appearance.

“They air two episodes a day. Little Nine, which episode is your first appearance in?”

Yun Xiaojiu replied, “Episode eight.”

“That’s not too long. We’ll just wait a few days.”

Say what you will, the show was actually quite good.

These days, watching television was everyone’s main form of entertainment.

Of course, Yun Jiao still preferred listening to the gossip from the aunties in the village.

Over the next few days, whenever the show Yun Xiaojiu was in started, Yun Jiao’s family would gather neatly at home, cracking sunflower seeds, eating snacks, and discussing the plot.

“That male lead is kinda ugly.”

“Yeah, I know. There are so many pretty girls in this show, but the male lead’s looks are just so-so.”

Finally, the time came for Yun Xiaojiu’s appearance.

It was no exaggeration to say he was the most handsome actor in the entire series!

Even some of the actresses couldn’t compare to his looks.

“So handsome, so handsome! Hahaha… Our Little Nine was born to play a rich young master like this.”

Yun Jiao nodded in agreement.

“Brother Nine, how about I invest in a TV show or a movie for you to star in?”

Yun Xiaojiu shook his head. “No, I want to try on my own first. If it doesn’t work out, you can be sure I won’t be polite about asking for your help.”

Fair enough.

Yun Jiao nodded.

The show’s viewership ratings were quite high, and as a result, Yun Xiaojiu shot to fame.

As the village developed, quite a few families now owned televisions, and they enjoyed gathering to watch shows in their free time.

Soon, they too discovered the drama, and the very familiar-looking Yun Xiaojiu.

Yun Xiaojiu quickly became a big star in the village. Every day, he was surrounded by relatives and friends asking him all sorts of questions.

“I always said Little Nine was handsome enough to be on TV.”

“That’s right! Little Nine is way better looking than that male lead.”

“I think he’s prettier than all the girls on the show.”

“Little Nine, do you really know martial arts, like Qinggong and all that?”

“That time you were dancing on the sea, the way you flew over… wasn’t that the legendary Qinggong?”

Yun Xiaojiu was exasperated, repeatedly explaining that he didn’t know Qinggong.

“I was riding on the killer whales to get across. I really don’t know Qinggong.”

But that’s the thing about rumors. You can say your piece, but people will hear what they want to hear.

And so, the story that Yun Xiaojiu knew Qinggong quickly spread throughout the entire village.

Yun Xiaojiu was speechless.

Even more people came looking for him. The rumor even spread to the tourists, who now knew he was the actor who played Young Master Xie and came to find him.

Yun Xiaojiu said, “That’s it, I can’t stay at home anymore. Dad, Mom, I’m going to stay at my master’s place for a while. If they can’t find me, everyone should calm down. And please, you have to tell them I don’t know Qinggong!”

‘Seriously, how did they start spreading such wild rumors!’

Yun Jiao also went to hide out on the island and at her master’s home for a while.

Because the video of Yun Xiaojiu dancing on the sea had been dug up, it was inevitable that she was identified as well.

And then the rumor started that she knew Qinggong, too.

Yun Jiao was speechless.

‘I’ll just go home after this craze dies down.’

She took the opportunity to clear another wave of trash from the sea and purify the ocean.

One day, she discovered that a lot of coral had grown around her island, and even inside the island’s sea lake.

The corals were beautiful colors: red, blue, white, pink…

Like the most beautiful ornaments in the sea, these corals made the nearby waters and her sea lake exceptionally gorgeous.

Coral growth requires high water quality. Yun Jiao guessed that because she spent a lot of time in this area, the water quality was naturally better than elsewhere, which was why the coral had grown.

It was a good thing.

“Hm? I’ve never seen this type of shellfish before.”

After discovering the coral, Yun Jiao found a type of shellfish she had never seen before.

But there were very few of them.

The killer whales swam over, whining and circling around her.

“Are you saying you brought these shellfish?”

Killer Whale: *’Our treasure likes them, so we brought them as a gift for you.’*

This seashell looked very similar to the pearl mother shells the killer whales had brought back when they were young, the ones that could produce pearls.

‘I’ll know for sure if I open one.’

There were only about ten of these shellfish in the area; that was all she had found so far.

She picked up a larger one and opened it.

The seashell was slightly bigger than her hand. As she gently pressed her finger on the flesh, she indeed felt a hard object.

Her eyes lit up.

With a slight squeeze, the hard object popped out.

“It’s golden.”

It was so beautiful. She loved it.

“It really is a pearl mother shell that produces pearls.”

She was so happy she kissed the killer whale on its head.

The killer whales were overjoyed too.

The other killer whales that had also brought pearl mother shells immediately swam over, jostling each other as they begged for kisses.

Yun Jiao kissed each one of them.

Then she collected the pearl mother shells she found and placed them in the sea lake on her island.

She often swam in there, so one could say the water quality was even better than in the open sea.

Plus, the environment was beautiful.

She wanted to see if she could raise them. If it worked, she could cultivate Sea Pearls in the future.

“Thank you. When I have time during the holidays, take me to explore farther parts of the sea. I want to look for different kinds of pearl mother shells and see if I can raise them.”

The killer whales naturally agreed.

While placing the pearl mother shells, a thought suddenly occurred to Yun Jiao. She pricked a small cut on her finger and let the blood that flowed out drip onto the opening of a shell.

She was now certain that she had Merfolk blood in her veins, but crying didn’t make her produce pearls. Besides, who would cry for no reason? She couldn’t cry on command, anyway.

She wondered if her blood, which contained the Merfolk bloodline, might cause these mother shells to mutate in some way.

Even if there was no change, it was no great loss—just a few drops of blood.