Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 362 - 361: Undersea Exploration, Trigger a Rare Treasure Hunting Task!

Chapter 362: Chapter 361: Undersea Exploration, Trigger a Rare Treasure Hunting Task!

Xu Yang spent a day touring the scenic area and live-streamed the Xisha scenery.

The scenery here was indeed unique.

The next day, he boarded a fishing boat, ready to explore the sea for treasures.

It was time to use the Treasure Compass.

After an upgrade, the Treasure Compass’s exploration distance over the sea surface was very large,

much larger than in the mountains.

Xu Yang thought about trying out the number of treasure hunts to see what he could locate.

Accompanying the use of the Compass, quickly, the first treasure spot appeared on the map.

Xu Yang took a glance and discovered it was just an area with isle reefs, where the water wasn’t deep.

It was worth a look.

After all, this sea expedition was drawing a lot of attention, and Xu Yang was live streaming, taking netizens along to enjoy the scenery.

Soon, he dived into the sea once more.

It’s a pity that he couldn’t talk underwater; otherwise, he’d have definitely shared some insights.

Xu Yang made his way downward, curious about what kind of treasure such a vast sea area had pinpointed.

The visibility in these waters wasn’t as good as in the Coral Sea he dived into the previous day, but it was still high.

Xu Yang descended, only seeing that the treasure was hidden deep within the reefs.

The area’s reefs were complex, with many large and small openings.

Some fish swam in and out of the holes.

Xu Yang continued to swim downward.

The underwater camera followed him closely.

The audience in the live stream grew tense upon seeing this scene.

[Old Xu is so daring; if he damaged the oxygen tank in that place, it would be game over.]

[If he got trapped by the reefs, it wouldn’t be easy to escape!]

[It’s just too risky!]

[Let’s just watch the live stream while we can, feels like he could be in danger at any moment!]

The netizens didn’t realize that Xu Yang had diving skills, and his physical fitness had been enhanced.

A place like this really couldn’t trouble him.

The sea here wasn’t deep; even if something happened, he’d be able to swim up quickly.

Several seahorses swam upright past Xu Yang.

As Xu Yang was diving down, upon seeing the seahorses, he immediately stopped, his eyes showing delight.

These little guys looked quite distinctive.

And the way they swam, hopping along, was quite interesting.

The ocean was truly full of strange and unusual creatures.

The variety of marine life was likely many times that of land-based species.

The scenery he stopped to admire was also seen by the netizens.

Mesmerized by the state of the seahorses, the netizens immersed themselves in the view.

Until Xu Yang dove all the way down and explored the world beneath the sea.

The ocean floor was home to many strange sea creatures, such as starfish and camouflaged fish.

Before long, Xu Yang reached the location pinpointed by the Treasure Compass and took a look at the item.

At that moment, Xu Yang was somewhat astounded.

Ah?

Xu Yang thought about checking out the item first to decide how to deal with it.

Once he saw it clearly, he didn’t beat around the bush and simply reached out to pick it up from the seabed.

It was a gold coin.

Round in shape.

Upon closer inspection, he could see some patterns on it.

The netizens were also taken aback.

[Did Old Xu find another treasure?]

[What did he find, looks like a silver coin?]

[Wow, you can even find treasures under the sea?]

[What kind of constitution does he have?]

Seeing the gold coin in Xu Yang’s hand, the netizens began to discuss fervently.

Xu Yang carefully rubbed off the mud on the surface of the gold coin.

Judging by the design, round with a square hole, it should be an ancient Huaxia gold coin.

And since the coin showed a golden color and hadn’t corroded after such a long time underwater, it could almost certainly be confirmed as pure gold.

"There are gold coins here?" Xu Yang thought to himself.

"It seems to be very old, I don’t know from which dynasty."

"Ancient gold coins were quite rare, mostly used for awards; the Song Dynasty had quite a few."

"The Qing Dynasty also had some gold coins."

Since he was at the bottom of the sea, Xu Yang couldn’t make out what exactly was written on the coin.

However, he felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation.

Thus, Xu Yang chose to use the Treasure Compass once again.

This time, the Treasure Compass pinpointed another location, not far ahead of him. Xu Yang swam over to take a look and, indeed, it was another gold coin.

"This..."

"There’s a discovery!"

Xu Yang thought to himself.

Considering the potential for unfavorable effects, Xu Yang used the system to control the underwater camera to move away, not capturing the moment he picked up the second gold coin.

Afterward, Xu Yang kept using the Treasure Compass, and the next two times, it pinpointed gold coins.

These coins were beneath the reefs.

One was buried especially deeply and required a good deal of fumbling with his hands before he could touch it.

All these were pure gold coins, and if they indeed were currency from ancient times, they would be worth a lot more than bronze coins.

Every single one of them is worth at least several hundred thousand.

"Looks like I’m picking up money!"

Xu Yang felt somewhat shocked.

So far, he had used the Treasure Compass four times and found four gold coins.

There were twelve uses left.

Xu Yang chose to use it again.

[Triggered a Rare Treasure Hunting Task, consuming ten uses of the Treasure Compass. Do you wish to accept?]

At this moment, the system panel chimed in with a notification.

Indeed, the South Sea had a good Treasure Hunting Level, making it easier to trigger Rare Level Treasure Hunting Tasks.

Naturally, Xu Yang chose to accept.

[Accepted Rare Treasure Hunting Task: Sunken Ship.]

[Task Description: Livestream the exploration of the sunken ship and find the special item within.]

[Earned Skill: Enhanced Endurance, host’s ability to endure underwater conditions will strengthen, becoming permanent after the task succeeds.]

[Rewards:]

[A small smart yacht: A yacht with powerful performance.]

[A seaside villa: A villa with a sea view located on Hainan Island.]

The task notification sounded.

Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes.

What?

A seaside villa? A yacht?

These rewards... are literally his dream!

Although Xu Yang was wealthy now, there were levels to wealth.

At his level, he had a few million, but buying mansions or yachts was still out of reach.

He also hadn’t used his popularity to promote ads or sell merchandise; otherwise, he could’ve made a few tens of millions more.

Now with a Rare-level Treasure Hunting Task offering a yacht as a reward, how could Xu Yang not be tempted?

"I have to go."

"But before I dive, I need to get prepared."

Xu Yang checked the map and noted that the sunken ship was quite far from his location; he would have to go back up no matter what.

So, he immediately swam up to the surface and emerged onto the fishing boat.

"Brother Yang, did you find something?"

As soon as Xu Yang boarded the boat, Yao Yuan immediately asked.

"I found a coin. It’s so well preserved on the seabed, I wonder what it is."

"Let’s have a look."

"I feel like there’s something down there. I’m going to explore it properly."

Xu Yang stored the other coins in the sealed pockets of his diving suit and only took out one.

The live feed switched to the drone’s perspective, and at this moment, the netizens could see it clearly.

It was a legitimate gold coin, crafted from pure gold.

The gold coin was not small - definitely much larger than a one-yuan coin.

The netizens immediately started discussing.

[What kind of coin is this? Does anyone recognize it?]

[I’ve never seen a gold coin in the domestic market!]

[Where’s the treasure identificator, bro? Time to appraise the treasure!]

[Wow, I’ve never seen this design on a gold coin before; it doesn’t look like it’s from the Qing Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, could it be dropped by a tourist?]

Indeed, the gold coin was a rarity.

But Xu Yang knew it couldn’t possibly belong to a tourist.

Because he had found four coins, all with a very good texture, with fine craftsmanship, and the coins felt particularly regular.

Certainly, they were officially minted.

Afterward, Xu Yang went back to the cabin to put the gold coin away.

He also brought some equipment.

For instance, a dagger was strapped to the thigh of his diving suit, meant to deal with the entanglement of seaweed and for self-rescue.

He also switched to a new oxygen tank.

"I feel like this gold coin is kind of special and should have a history."

"The terrain below is pretty strange."

"In such a remote sea area, there’s an island reef this big."

"If we remove the seawater, this reef could be bigger than a mountain"

"I’m going to explore it thoroughly."

Xu Yang told the netizens.

Everyone was looking forward to his livestream.

Meanwhile.

A live streamer named Ting Quan Treasure received a lot of private messages from many people in the backend.

His assistant hurriedly informed him that something had happened.

After Ting Quan found out, he learned that Xu Yang, a leading outdoor live streamer, had discovered a gold coin on the seabed that no one could identify, and people wanted to ask him.

Ting Quan was interested in coins, so he immediately started watching the recorded segments of Xu Yang’s stream.

At first, he didn’t take it seriously.

After all, the coin community was dominated by copper and silver coins, which all had various exquisite designs.

Gold coins from ancient times were very rare, and the appearance of even one was significant.

But as he watched for a while, his expression grew more serious.

"This seems to be... a coin from the Ming Dynasty."

"Really?"

"He managed to find that?"

Ting Quan said in shock.

It was just that he wasn’t live streaming; otherwise, he would have played "Spring Court Snow" to prove it was an exceptionally good find.