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"This serpent must be a mutated giant sea serpent. It absorbed the dragon energy emanating from the dragon vein here and cultivated into a half-serpent!"
"If it continues to cultivate, it might actually become a true dragon one day!"
Hu Bayi was shocked. "You killed it?"
Li Yang smiled and shook his head. "If I were to kill millions of living beings in such a short time, I would be committing a terrible sin. The fish here were just stunned by my shock."
"You have three hours to harvest pearls and search for shipwrecks. Within a five-kilometer radius of this area, there is not a single fish that can disturb your work!"
Everyone was stunned once again.
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Subsequently.
Everyone then turned their attention to the giant tridacna shell that Li Yang had brought back, which was on the deck.
Lei Xianming excitedly rubbed his hands together, "I know the ceremony of opening a clam, how about I open this giant clam?"
Li Yang shook his head. "No need for any ceremony, I have a simpler way!"
As he spoke, he walked up to the giant giant clam and tapped its hard shell with his finger.
"Hey, open the shell! I only want your bead, not your life!"
"Be good and obey me!"
Everyone was stunned by Li Yang's actions.
Ruan Hei muttered to himself, "Mr. Li Yang, he's just a clam, he doesn't understand what you're saying..."
Li Yang flicked a wisp of orange soul gem power from his fingertip, striking the giant tridacna.
The giant giant clam trembled a few times, and its previously closed shell actually opened.
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Everyone was stunned!
Oh shit, this is even possible?
As the clam shell opened, the inside of the giant clam shone brightly, as if some treasure was radiating dazzling golden light!
Inside the clam meat was a strange fish the size of a baby, with a human head and a fish body, resembling the legendary mermaid!
Its fins and back, resembling two human hands, shone with a verdant luster, like the finest jade, smooth and lustrous!
The fish's scales shimmered with a dazzling golden light, creating a breathtaking spectacle!
Upon closer inspection, the reason why this jade embryo inside the clam can glow is because it holds a fist-sized, round and lustrous pearl in its mouth!
This pearl radiates a brilliant light, reflecting the moonlight and making its golden scales and jade wings overflow, so dazzling that one cannot look directly at it!
Lei Xianming knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down his face as he gazed at the treasures inside the giant clam shell. His voice choked with emotion as he said:
"A mermaid with jade wings and golden scales, there's no mistake, this is the peerless treasure, the Jade Winged Golden Scale Mermaid!"
"It's not that wealth doesn't pressure people, but when it comes, it's like the sky has fallen. We've really struck it rich!"
"These jade-winged golden scales are far more valuable than diamonds of the same size; they are priceless treasures, truly a gem of unparalleled beauty!"
"If you don't have a billion, you don't even have the right to look at it!"
Wang, standing to the side, exclaimed with gleam in his eyes, "Holy crap, Uncle Ming, holy crap, you're saying this thing is worth a billion RMB?"
Lei Xian glanced at him, then said bluntly, "Fatty, can't you broaden your horizons a bit? I'm talking about US dollars, of course!"
One billion US dollars!
This answer shocked everyone present.
Even Li Yang himself didn't expect that this thing would be so valuable!
Lei Xianming suddenly chuckled sheepishly, "I might have exaggerated a bit just now. One billion US dollars is still a lot... but it's definitely worth five hundred million US dollars!"
"This treasure is a legendary rare and precious material. As long as it is enshrined in the home and combined with the appropriate formation, it can prolong the life of the people living in the house and keep them young forever!"
"I'm not bragging, this treasure contains extremely powerful essence of moonlight. Some animals even cultivate themselves into spirits by absorbing moonlight!"
"We humans mostly work at sunrise and rest at sunset, spending most of our time exposed to sunlight and rarely to moonlight!"
"But with this treasure, one can absorb the essence of the moon into the body, replenishing the yin essence that is lacking, thus naturally prolonging life and maintaining youth forever!"
Therefore, it seems much more reasonable that the 723 Jade-Winged Golden-Scaled Mermaid Pearl is worth 500 million US dollars.
Lei Xianming looked at Li Yang hesitantly.
“Mr. Li Yang, this Jade-Winged Golden-Scaled Mermaid Pearl was retrieved by you, so it should rightfully belong to you…”
Fatty Wang shouted angrily, "Uncle Ming, what are you trying to do by saying that? You're not trying to get a share of the profits, are you?"
"I'm warning you, this thing belongs to my brother Li alone. Without him, we wouldn't have been able to get here so easily!"
"If anyone dares to morally blackmail Brother Li and tries to take advantage of this Mermaid Pearl, I, Fatty, will be the first to object!"
Lei Xianming rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Fatty, can you let me finish what I have to say?"
immediately.
He then looked at Li Yang and said sincerely, "I don't intend to sell this Mermaid Pearl for a penny. I'm thinking... if Mr. Li Yang is considering making a move, whether it's finding a private seller or holding a public auction, could you please let me handle the process?"
"I will definitely sell it for a sky-high price, I guarantee it!"
Lei Xianming didn't intend to make money off the Mermaid Pearl, but he could use the scheme to get to know a group of super-rich people, paving the way for his future business.
Li Yang readily agreed.
Subsequently.
Ruan Hei led Gu Cai into the water to collect pearls.
Hu Bayi was pulling Lei Xianming along, preparing to go into the sea to search for the sunken ship.
As the giant giant clam shell closed, Shirley Yang suddenly discovered that there was something inside its shell.
After cleaning the shell of impurities, it was astonishing to discover that it was engraved with many ancient characters!
These ancient characters were not simply carved on the shell of the giant clam, but rather grooves were first carved and then molten bronze was poured into them!
The bronze and giant clam shells were tightly inlaid together, and even after thousands of years, the characters remain intact and clearly visible!
The only civilization with such bronze craftsmanship could be the legendary Kingdom of Hatred!
Shirley Yang hurriedly took out her phone, took a picture of the text, and prepared to hand it over to Professor Chen for deciphering.
But suddenly I discovered that my phone signal still showed two bars!
Why is my phone suddenly unaffected when the Coral Spiral's electromagnetic field is malfunctioning and almost all electronic devices are failing?
And there's even a signal in this vast deep sea?
Unbelievable!
Shocked, Shirley Yang sent the photos and text she had taken to Professor Chen.
Sent successfully!
next moment.
Professor Chen then called.
"Shirley, is that really you? Oh my god, where are you now? How did you manage to call me?"
Shirley Yang was worried that the signal might disappear at any moment, so she quickly gave a brief account of what had happened.
"Uncle Chen, could you please decipher the ancient script as soon as possible? It might be of great use to our next operation!"
Professor Chen immediately replied, "Wait a moment, Professor Sun and I have already begun deciphering!"
soon.
The deciphered information about the ancient script was sent to Shirley Yang's phone.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the text on their phones.
"O gods who guide souls, please help the people of our Kingdom of Hatred to escape this sea of suffering and lead us to the moon palace!"
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Everyone was astonished when they saw the ancient text that Professor Chen had deciphered.
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then.
Hu Bayi quickly realized what was happening and looked at Li Yang in shock.
"Are you the deity who guides souls?"
Li Yang's identity is that of a soul ferryman, also known in ancient times as a ghost messenger or the Black and White Impermanence, a legitimate spirit of the underworld.
Fatty Wang gasped.
"What do you mean? Old Hu, are you saying that thousands of years ago, the people of the Kingdom of Hatred of Heaven predicted that Brother Li would come here?"
"Then that mermaid pearl with jade wings and golden scales that we just saw, was it the tribute that the Kingdom of Hatred Heaven prepared to offer to Brother Li thousands of years ago?"
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Wang Pangzi's words made everyone else gasp.
Lei Xianming looked the most shocked.
He had previously harbored some ulterior motives towards the mermaid pearl with its jade wings and golden scales, but those motives vanished at that moment.
Such a bizarre thing is beyond the comprehension of a mere mortal like him!
A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way. If he takes something he shouldn't have, he will surely suffer retribution!
Li Yang also took a deep breath.
As expected, something different happened compared to the original plot!
Shirley Yang looked at the deciphered text on her phone and asked in confusion, "Since the souls of the ancestors of the Kingdom of Hatred yearn for salvation, why not just have the soul ferryman guide them to the underworld? Why go to the Moon Palace?"
Others were puzzled.
Li Yang explained, "Because the Kingdom of Hatred of Heaven reveres the moon and deeply despises the sun, they may be the legendary Hou Yi clan!"
Hu Bayi was taken aback. "The Hou Yi who shot down the suns?"
Li Yang nodded.
Shirley Yang's phone suddenly rang, and the caller ID showed Professor Chen.
But the phone only rang once before it stopped before Shirley Yang could answer.
"My cell phone has no signal!"
Shirley Yang watched in surprise as the signal indicator went blank.
It seems that the signal just now was only to allow them to decipher the ancient bronze characters on the giant tridacna shell through Professor Chen!
There are still unsolved mysteries surrounding the Kingdom of Hatred and the Ruins of the South China Sea.
Li Yang instructed everyone to collect the Moonlight Pearls first, and that there was no need to search for the Mary Senu shipwreck.
Because the shipwreck isn't here at all, but in the Ruins of Guixu!
Everyone was shocked when they heard that Li Yang was going to take them into the South China Sea Eye.