Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 139 - 138: You Are Unkind, and I Am Unrighteous

Chapter 139: Chapter 138: You Are Unkind, and I Am Unrighteous

Sean was nearby when Martin’s satellite phone suddenly rang.

After answering and speaking for a while, Martin said to Sean:

"Mr. Brown said you’re lagging behind and hopes you can move forward faster. This area has already been searched by others, so there’s no need to search it again."

Sean shook his head and said:

"I won’t move on, I’ll search around here. I feel like there might be something here."

Martin had a good relationship with Sean, and since he had made up his mind, Martin didn’t say anything more.

Anyway, the main focus of the treasure hunt should always be on the treasure hunter.

It’s inappropriate for Brown to interfere in the first place.

Sean roamed around nearby, his circle getting bigger and bigger.

With his Sky Eye open, he saw more and more things that were buried underground.

Scattered white bones, scattered bullet shells, broken daily utensils, ruined house foundations, buried cellars...

Looking at where Sean was going, these places had been explored before and were recorded on the tablet. Mr. Brown had the original records too. Martin got a bit disappointed and simply turned off the electronic tablet, not recording anymore.

Otherwise, Brown would call to complain later—even letting him know that Sean was resting in place would be better than him thinking Sean was stubborn.

Suddenly, Sean pulled a shovel from his backpack and started digging.

He first removed a large pile of dead branches and leaves, then shoveled away the surface soil, revealing a piece of metal.

Martin hurried over, thinking Sean had found something valuable.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a rusted horse stirrup.

Sean threw the object to the side, stood up, and continued walking forward.

After a few steps, Sean began digging again, eventually uncovering a horseshoe.

After that, Sean successively dug up an iron shovel, half a leather boot, one silver coin, and other miscellaneous items.

At first, Martin was quite excited, thinking that Sean must have found some clues, but later on, he figured it out.

There must be a village ruin site below, and as for why Sean was able to find it, Martin didn’t ask and Sean didn’t say.

Finally, Sean stopped his digging and carefully looked at the broken corner of the silver coin that he was holding.

The front of the silver coin depicted the head of a Native American, but the words on the back were too blurry to read.

Not knowing when the silver coin was made, Sean didn’t mind, wiped it clean, and put it in his pocket.

The satellite phone rang again, and Martin answered it.

"Martin, what’s Sean doing?"

"He found a village ruin site and is looking for things."

"Village ruin site? Any discoveries? Where is it?" Brown sounded somewhat interested, "What’s the location?"

"Not far from the small lake that was once thought to be Swan Lake, he found some residual iron wares but nothing significant so far."

"Isn’t it a place that has already been marked?" Brown’s voice suddenly became stern, "Didn’t you remind him?"

"I did, Mr. Brown," said Martin with a hint of grievance. "But Sean insisted that there might be something around here, so he insisted on searching."

"That won’t do!" Brown’s tone showed some dominance, "Tell him, if he insists, when others find the treasure, I won’t give him severance pay! Let him hurry to an unexplored area to find!"

Martin agreed, and Brown hung up.

Martin walked over and told Sean who was still searching about Brown’s decision.

Sean Knight pursed his lips.

This Brown guy was really a miser, just like Grandet!

However, he didn’t come here for Brown’s 10,000 US dollars solatium, but for the 30% share of the treasure!

Suddenly, Sean Knight doubted whether Brown would actually keep his promise if he found the treasure.

Considering Brown’s character, it was quite possible that he would do something like that!

Sean Knight slowly walked to the outskirts of the village ruins.

He had already noticed that this was a rather primitive village, built with thatched roofs and mud houses. There were no stones in the foundation; the houses were built directly on the ground.

Finally, on the outskirts of the village, Sean Knight found a small cellar.

Inside, there were some gold and silver wares. Using his Sky Eye, he saw that they were mainly golden sacrificial utensils, such as golden figurines, golden axes, and golden scepters, as well as some irregular golden bars that seemed to have been melted.

The silverware consisted mainly of jewelry and decorations.

Sean Knight counted, finding about 100 items in total. Their value was only several million dollars at most, far from the several hundred million they were expecting!

He maintained his composure and continued searching.

Sure enough, at a distance of about 200 meters from the cellar and under another large tree, there was an even larger cellar. This cellar was four to five meters deep from the ground and had already been penetrated by the tree’s roots.

Inside the cellar were hundreds of gold and silver wares, the largest of which was a pure gold totem pillar, nearly two meters high and as thick as a person!

The totem had strange patterns and circular decorations, making it look very mysterious!

There were also various gold statues, standing, kneeling, holding both hands high, ranging from 20 centimeters to one meter in height.

There were also statues of magical animals, winged leopards, two-headed snakes, and various trays...

Sean began to understand. Both cellars were deep enough, and there were some metal fragments nearby that provided false leads. So, although the place had already been searched, there were no significant finds.

Sean expanded his search radius once more, going almost a kilometer away, close to Swan Lake, and found another pit next to a large tree.

Unlike the neatly buried pits before, this pit was haphazardly filled with hundreds of gold and silver wares, many of them still stained with blood.

Many of these gold and silver wares were everyday items, decorations on saddles, doors, and so on, with fragments that were not complete. Some had dark brown stains on them, which Sean guessed were bloodstains.

After marking the location, Sean continued searching the nearby area.

He couldn’t understand why there were so many "cellars" within just a few kilometers radius. Even if the Native Americans in this village were very wealthy at that time, it didn’t seem possible, did it?

Could this village be the central area of a Native American tribe?

Or were these things buried here by other villages?

Sean couldn’t know the specific reasons.

After searching for a few more rounds until nightfall, Sean didn’t find any new treasure hiding spots.

Perhaps this was all there was.

Which one should he report to Brown?

Although Sean was not a Holy Mother, Brown had given him a clue, and he couldn’t make peace with himself if he kept everything hidden and didn’t report it.

However, Sean didn’t plan to tell Brown everything. First, he didn’t trust him, and second, he suspected that a portion of this wealth had been plundered by Brown’s ancestors.

The other part should be the belongings hidden by the Native Americans themselves.

It didn’t belong to the Brown family in the first place, so Sean felt justified in making his choice.

One night passed, and the next day, Sean had made up his mind.