manynovel Chapter 119: Seeing a coffin brings wealth and good luck!
Chapter 119: Seeing a coffin brings wealth and good luck!
"It's Ebony!"
It was as small as the size of a palm, and Jiang Youzhen immediately turned his gaze to the bottom of the river.
There is no sunlight here for many years, so she doesn't know what it was like in the past, and she can't control how the earth's crust moves, but she only knows that there won't be only such a small piece, there must be larger pieces in the water.
A cubic meter of ebony is worth more than a box of treasures! This shows the value of ebony. Ebony has been buried underground for a long time, up to thousands of years, and has been deposited over the years.
The color is thick and black, and it has a very textured feel. In addition, it is corrosion-resistant, so it is usually carved into beads, furniture, and can also be used as a medicinal material.
If it is big enough, in addition to furniture, it is also a precious material for coffins of dignitaries or emperors. Of course, the power and economic strength of the family should not be underestimated. Because of anti-corrosion! You can imagine.
The high-ranking officials and nobles were in short supply and it was not easy for the royal family to collect these things.
It was probably the movement of the earth's crust that washed out the ebony buried in the ground. I just don't know if it's in the muddy bottom of the river or in the river water. Jiang Youzhen was very tempted. Since he had come across it, as long as there was a tree stump as big as this, he would be rich.
However, there is also a worst-case scenario, which is that the remaining ebony in the water is actually the coffin.
Taking a closer look at the piece in his hand, he found it to be of irregular shape. Then, looking more closely, Jiang Youzhen discovered that it contained gold threads. He was immediately delighted. It was golden nanmu ebony!
It seems that she has to go down now! Now that she has come this far, she can't give up no matter what.
Jiang Youzhen was able to recognize this thing thanks to the treasure appreciation skill that the system had just rewarded him with. If he hadn't used the skill at that time, he would have definitely returned empty-handed after entering a mountain of treasures.
Gao Shuisheng watched Jiang Youzhen take a piece of tree root-like object and looked at it again and again, and asked curiously: "What's wrong? What's so good about a piece of tree root?"
"This thing is valuable, you don't know it!" Jiang Youzhen smiled mysteriously, you should learn more knowledge! Look! This kid has a clear and stupid look on his face, no wonder he can't make a fortune!
"It's just a small piece of a tree stump. What's so valuable about it?" Gao Shuisheng touched the back of his head and asked in confusion.
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Okay, you stay here. I'll go down and see if there's anything left. Come back right away!" Jiang Youzhen said as he walked to the water's edge.
"Don't! Don't go down. There are undercurrents down there. If you are swept into a river, you will definitely die. Even if you are not swept away, you will be stuck somewhere and you won't be able to climb out! I am a better swimmer than you, I will go!"
Gao Shuisheng grabbed Jiang Youzhen and frowned. How could this man be willing to give up his life for the treasure?
Thinking about how Jiang Youzhen dared to enter the inner circle for the sake of prey, he was indeed bold and reckless.
Jiang Youzhen was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this boy was actually willing to go down for her?
"Actually, we should not be so greedy. Isn't it good enough to have this piece in our hands?" Gao Shuisheng didn't understand how there could be people who were so fearless of death.
"What can I do with this? It's so thin that I can't even grind two beads. I have a way to save my life, otherwise how could I climb out of the river? You wait for me up there!"
Seeing that the boy was about to speak, Jiang Youzhen immediately said with a cold face: "Forgot what I told you before? Obey orders, otherwise you will be a hindrance."
Gao Shuisheng had no choice but to let go with an embarrassed look on his face, and Jiang Youzhen didn't care about him anymore. He took off his outer clothes, held his breath, and went into the water without hesitation.
As soon as she entered the water, the icy cold water nearly froze her to death. She really didn't understand winter swimming. Wouldn't it be hard on the body?
She immediately took out the water-repellent beads and put them in her mouth. A transparent protective shield wrapped her up, and Jiang Youzhen suddenly felt warm all over.
"System, are you sure that other people can't see this shield?" Jiang Youzhen asked again.
[Of course! As long as you swear your blood to own this kind of thing, it will be useless even if someone else takes it, let alone if they see anything unusual.]
The system's affirmative tone made Jiang Youzhen feel relieved. As long as Gao Shuisheng didn't find out, it would be fine.
Looking around in the light of the water-repellent beads, there were no aquatic creatures around. Jiang Youzhen went a little further and found some red on the rocks near the shore.
She was excited. Whether she found ebony or not, it would not be in vain! It was agate. Just look at the bright red color and you can tell it is of good quality.
"Take it! I'll take it! I'll take more!" Jiang Youzhen took several pieces in a row and confiscated the others that were not in very good condition.
Going further, Jiang Youzhen finally saw creatures in the water, many fish, some common ones, some unfamiliar ones. It seems that the underground river here leads to a very large place, and there are big fish in it, which shows that the estuary where it converges is not small!
There was another dark cave ahead, a little narrower than the others. Jiang Youzhen looked around but didn't find any ebony, so he decided to go over there and take a look.
As soon as I entered the cave, I suddenly found a large rectangular object sinking to the bottom of the water. It was dark and looked a bit creepy.
"Oh my god!" Jiang Youzhen couldn't help but swear, and then he repeated several times, "Seeing the coffin brings wealth and good luck!"
When she came down, she had prepared for the worst, but when she looked at the ebony, it didn't look like it had been polished, so she took the risk.
"Oh! Sorry to bother you, sorry to bother you! I'm leaving!" Jiang Youzhen sighed. It would be a bit too much to take someone else's coffin for himself, so he decided to forget it.
I just don’t know how this coffin got washed here. Fortunately it is made of ebony, otherwise it would have rotted long ago.
Just as Jiang Youzhen was about to turn around and leave, she saw that the other side of the coffin was damaged and two boards were missing.
It must have been knocked apart by the impact, and the boards were also washed away. She hesitated. Should she take a look? Should she take a look? She was really curious! Would it be okay to take a look? Anyway, moss had grown on the coffin, and it seemed that it had been in the water for a long time.
Now that it has dispersed, everything inside must have rotted.
"I'll just take a look! Anyway, I have a shield, so even if there are zongzi, they can't attack me." Jiang Youzhen slowly moved towards the coffin. He had no choice but to take a look because he was really curious.
"Just take a look, I won't do anything!" Jiang Youzhen went around to the other side and looked inside from a distance. He didn't see anything clearly, only a corner of rotten clothes.
However, her eyes quickly moved downwards and she discovered that some gold, silver and jewels were exposed from the hole in the corner of the coffin, with half of a round bracelet covered with moss sticking out.
There was also an object that looked like a jade pendant that was about to fall off, but when Jiang Youzhen arrived, perhaps because of the floating waves, the jade pendant fell right under her nose.
Ah? This? Was she too enthusiastic? A welcome gift right after she arrived? These treasures seemed to be waving at her, Come on! Come on! Come quickly!