Chapter 314: Treasure Hunt in a Sunken Ship

Chapter 314: Treasure Hunt in a Sunken Ship

Chapter 314: Treasure Hunt in a Sunken Ship
Li Changle pulled the fishing line to the shore and found that Li Erge had picked up quite a few sea urchins. Several net bags and a scoop net were all filled to the brim. Together with the ones he picked up, there were probably two or three hundred of them.

After Brother Li got ashore, he quickly took off his equipment and said, "I looked back from several different positions, but I didn't see the black shadow you mentioned. The treasure that Lord Hailong prepared for you can only be seen if you go there."

"Maybe the direction is wrong!"

"I changed several postures. Maybe there really is some kind of trick."

"You still say I'm a weirdo, but I think you're the one."

Brother Li looked around and asked, "Are Dad and Wei still cutting kelp?"

Li Changle looked at the two people who were working hard, "I think they are planning to cut all the kelp and wakame in this area."

"Where near the sea can you find such good wakame and kelp?" Brother Li pointed at the cliffs and said, "I think we can come here to harvest laver after winter. There must be a lot of laver on the cliffs here."

Li Changle tied up the fishing rope and fishing gear. "It's better to go along the way. Otherwise, the diesel money for this trip could make a lot of seaweed."

"That's it!" Brother Li handed him the breathing tube and reminded him, "After you find the sunken ship, be careful when you go in. If anything goes wrong, get out quickly. Nothing is more important than safety."

"I know!" Li Changle responded with a smile.

"Also, those sea urchins are quite sneaky. When I went down, some of them had already hidden somewhere else."

"Don't worry, they can't run far!" Li Changle thought about it, took out the headlamp from the box and put it on, then he bit the breathing tube and swam towards the bottom of the sea.

When we arrived at the coral reef, we found that many sea urchins on the reef had run away. Thinking of the black shadow, we decided to see clearly what it was.

If it really is a shipwreck, and an ancient one at that, hehe! Just thinking about it makes me excited!
He didn't want any jewelry or jade or anything like that. He would be satisfied if he could just get some small yellow croaker.

If it is a fishing boat, there is nothing we can do.

Li Changle swam to the reef, recalled his previous actions, adjusted his posture and prepared to lean back and turn around, when he suddenly discovered two long tentacles swinging back and forth in the crevice of the reef.

He suddenly had the feeling that there was always something good trying to stop him from treasure hunting.

After thinking about it, he was reluctant to give up the money that was about to be in his hands, so he moved forward and grabbed the two tentacles. The lobster in the crevice was frightened and it arched its body and tried hard to shrink back.

"Now you're scared. Why were you shaking your whiskers so proudly just now?"

He grabbed the whiskers with one hand and reached into the crevice of the reef with the other hand. When he touched the shrimp body, his eagle claws quickly grabbed the shrimp body and pulled the lobster out.

"Hehe! It's still a little blue dragon!" Li Changle was secretly happy. He put the lobster into the net bag, adjusted his posture, leaned back, turned around and saw the black shadow at a glance.

Thinking of what Brother Li said, he thought to himself, "Could it be that this is really a benefit given to me by Lord Hailong?"

Li Changle swam towards the dark shadow with his flippers. It seemed not far away. After swimming for a long time, a wooden shipwreck finally appeared before his eyes.

Most of the ship was sunk into the seabed, with the bow raised high. The black shadow he saw should be this thing.

Judging from the shape of the wooden boat, it should be a cargo ship rather than a fishing boat.

Li Changle's heartbeat accelerated with excitement, and he quickly swam to the front of the sunken ship with his fins flapping.

When I got closer, I saw that the hull was riddled with holes, covered with barnacles, seaweed, and shellfish, and fish and shrimp were swimming freely in the holes in the hull.

It's dark under the broken deck. I wonder if there are sea snakes or sharks hiding in the hole?

There are no fewer poisonous creatures in the sea than in the mountains and forests. He dared not touch anything, otherwise, he would not only fail to find the treasure, but also become fish food.

Li Changle turned on the headlamp, and the frightened fish and shrimp fled quickly, stirring up mud and sand that made the water turbid.

He swam around the shipwreck and began to search. When he swam to the ship, he found that the deck was in ruins. He grabbed a hole and with a little force, the wood broke into pieces.

Judging from the degree of corrosion, this ship has been on the seabed for at least a hundred years, right?
An octopus swam out from the crevice and sprayed a mouthful of ink at him, turning the already turbid sea water into a black mass.

"Fortunately, it was an octopus, not a poisonous creature!" Li Changle watched the octopus leave with its tentacles waving, and continued to search for treasure with relief.

After searching for a while, he was disappointed to find that apart from a pile of porcelain that had been broken into rubble, there was no gold, silver or treasures, not even a single valuable ancient coin was found on the shipwreck.

Li Changle thought of those who salvaged shipwrecks and could easily salvage iron boxes, gold coins, pearls, gems and so on. He felt unwilling to give up, so he swam around the shipwreck and checked the outside of the hull, but still found nothing.

"How come there is nothing on such a big ship? Could it be that the owner asked a sea ghost to salvage it?"

He felt that it was not impossible, as there were fishermen trained by fishermen in the past who specialized in pearl diving, and there were also water ghosts trained by boat gangs.

For these professionally trained water ghosts and fishermen, diving more than ten meters to salvage items is a piece of cake.

I thought I could get some gold and silver treasures, but I didn't see anything. I found some broken porcelain pieces in the corner of the shipwreck. I poked them with a chisel and the sea water suddenly became turbid. Damn, such a big ship, there is not even a copper coin or silver nugget, just a pile of broken porcelain pieces, what's the use!

Li Changle shook her head in disappointment. Damn, what luck! It would be better if I hadn't seen it! It ruined her originally beautiful mood.

Then he thought again, after his rebirth, his luck has been much better than in his previous life. In his previous life, he was just a boatman until his death, but in this life, he is already a boat captain when he is only in his twenties.

Although it is said that a horse cannot grow fat without night grass and a man cannot become rich without unexpected fortune, unexpected fortune is still unexpected fortune after all, and one must have the luck to make it.

Otherwise it will be like what the old man said, if one's virtue does not match his position, there will be disaster. If a person's money comes like the tide, it will definitely flow away like the tide.

People should be content with what they have done. Those people in the village want to find sea cucumbers and pick up sea urchins to sell, but they can't find any. It's better to make money by fishing honestly!
Li Changle made up his mind and prepared to go back to find some sea cucumbers before going up, but suddenly he thought, since he was already here, he might as well go back and pick up two pieces of broken porcelain as a souvenir!
Thinking this, he turned around and swam back to the deck, picked up a piece of broken porcelain from the pile, and when he looked down, he suddenly found a large wooden box in the corner.

I excitedly moved closer to brush off the mud and sand on it, only to find that it was just a cargo box made of wooden strips. My heart sank again.

The packaging is so crude, it looks like it is not a good thing. Suddenly I remembered those exquisite porcelains and jade carvings salvaged from shipwrecks. They were also transported in boxes!

I suddenly became excited again, and thinking about the octopus just now, I felt that it would be better to be cautious.

He picked up the chisel and poked it into the gap between the wood a few times. He felt relieved when he saw that there was no sea snake or anything else.

He took back the chisel and prepared to pry open the wooden box, but before he could even put any force, the wooden strips shattered into pieces. So he simply raised the chisel and hit the wooden strips again and again.

The wooden frame fell apart instantly, revealing what was inside.

There were no porcelain or jade items in the box, but several stones. They looked very similar to the jade stones used in gambling on stones in the short video, except that this one was bigger.

"Could it be jade?"

Li Changle excitedly reached out and picked up a slightly smaller stone. Only then did he realize that this seemingly small stone was actually quite heavy in his hand, probably weighing at least fifteen or sixteen pounds.

After wiping off the mud and sand accumulated on it, the stone becomes transparent and emerald green under the light.

"Wow, it turns out to be jade, and it looks like jadeite!"

Li Changle excitedly put down the jade, took off a net bag, put the stone in it, tied it to the fishing rope, and then put in a few more. He filled seven net bags in a row before he was done.

The largest piece weighed at least twenty or thirty kilograms, and was faintly tinted red. There was no time left, so he didn't have time to take a closer look. He quickly tightened the mouth of the bag and tied it to the fishing rope.

Suddenly I thought of something that weighs more than 100 pounds, and I wondered if my second brother could pull it up?

Who cares! If he can't pull it, he will ask A Wei for help. Li Changle pulled the fishing rope hard, picked up a piece of broken porcelain, and swam towards it.

After surfacing, he took off his breathing tube, took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and felt much more comfortable.

Li Changle held up the porcelain piece. The dust on it had been washed away by the sea water. The white porcelain piece was as white as jade in the sun. He couldn't help but sighed, "What a pity, such a good porcelain is all broken!"

After looking around, I found that there was still some distance to the reef, so I quickly flapped my flippers and swam towards that side.

On the reef, Brother Li and Chen Yongwei were pulling the fishing rope upwards with excitement. They looked at each other and thought, it was so heavy, could it be that it was full of yellow croakers?
Li Changle swam to the reef. The two men had already pulled the net bag onto the reef. They both looked at the stones in the net bag with a dull look on their faces.

"Second brother, what do you think my brother is doing picking up these stones?"

"Ah Le hangs out on the streets and sees a lot of things. These stones are obviously heavier than ordinary stones. They must be valuable!"

Brother Li untied the fishing rope and took out a stone from the net bag. He wiped it a few times and found that it was light purple and looked like a stone made of glass.

"It's really beautiful!" Chen Yongwei reached out and touched it. "It's smooth. No wonder my brother said that some of the rocks in the sea are very valuable!"

"It looks good, right?" Li Changle took off the breathing tube and said to the two people who were watching intently.

"It looks great!" Chen Yongwei quickly reached out to take the headlamp, breathing tube, and goggles he handed over. Brother Li pulled him up and asked in a low voice, "Did you find the sunken ship?"

"found it!"

"Just these stones, nothing else?"

"I found these stones..." Li Changle took off his flippers and told the two of them the situation below and his own guesses.

Brother Li nodded and said, "It's possible. I heard that the diving skills of those water ghosts in the past were better than ours with equipment."

Chen Yongwei took over and said, "My grandma said that there were mermaids in ancient times. They were the same underwater as us on land."

(End of this chapter)