Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1430 - 690: Dissolution and Joining

Chapter 1430: Chapter 690: Dissolution and Joining

In the era when mammoths roamed, this land was not only home to mammoths but also other animals.

For instance, the woolly rhinoceros.

This creature was no small entity, at least much larger than today’s rhinoceroses.

Therefore, its horn was also larger than those of modern rhinos.

For mammoths, people today desire their ivory, while for the woolly rhinoceros, modern humans seek its horn.

Of course, over 90% of the market for these is in China—these horns are extremely valuable medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine.

Naturally, due to rhinos facing extinction today, many have turned their sights onto horns from the woolly rhinoceros.

Why are Angong Niuhuang pills from North Korea so famous now? Why were Angong Niuhuang pills from decades ago so expensive?

Isn’t it because the current Angong uses buffalo horn, while those from back then used rhino horn?

In some specific cases, for certain diseases, this is a life-saving medicine.

But don’t listen to those who spout nonsense; it’s not a cure-all, not something that can heal every illness.

What Sean Knight saw was a colossal woolly rhinoceros carcass buried within the permafrost.

Although it wasn’t encased in ice, this was still quite good.

Sean shouted for Elijah Hastings, who then quickly came over with his team.

"Boss, did you find something?" Elijah asked eagerly as he arrived.

There was no helping it, the environment here was too complex, even Elijah’s vision, better than ordinary people’s, couldn’t spot anything. The place was also bitterly cold. After searching for a while without finding anything, everyone’s enthusiasm waned.

"There should be something underneath here," Sean gestured around and pointed to where the woolly rhinoceros carcass lay, "Start digging."

The team members had heard rumors about Sean’s miraculous abilities.

Of course, the main rumor was that Sean understood fengshui, could simply pinch his fingers and predict where valuable items or dangers lay.

Initially, this was an excuse Sean came up with when he was into container treasure hunting, helping others find treasure. He hadn’t expected it to be taken as a skill and to persist as such.

Sean couldn’t be bothered to explain; after all, he needed a plausible explanation for his extraordinary "Sky Eye" ability. If it was to be attributed to fengshui, then so be it.

So now that Sean pointed out the location, Elijah and his team said nothing; they simply grabbed their tools and began to dig.

The woolly rhinoceros carcass was relatively well preserved, but Sean didn’t think he needed the entire body.

However, he didn’t say much while Elijah and his team were excavating.

As Elijah and his team dug, Sean watched their progress, then radioed over another group with the walkie-talkie.

Rather than searching aimlessly nearby, it made more sense to dig this one out now.

After all, considering its enormous size, and the fact that it was buried in permafrost, just Elijah’s few would struggle to excavate it entirely within one day.

Considering the geological environment, Elijah and his team chose to use advanced tools, such as electric drills and jackhammers, which saved effort.

After a bit more than an hour passed, the large hollow place Sean pointed out was cleared, and the head of the woolly rhinoceros, preserved by permafrost and trapped in silt, was now exposed.

Just the visible part of its horn was nearly one meter long!

This fellow was huge!

Although Sean could see it with Sky Eye, viewing it in reality after excavation offered a wholly different experience.

"Take a break," Sean said from above the pit, "Slow down a bit!"

While Elijah and the others were digging, Sean and Viola gathered some dry tree branches nearby, lit a fire for warmth, and also to dry the team members’ damp clothing and shoes.

"Watching videos and pictures earlier, the size didn’t seem that big," Elijah said, warming his hands by the fire and smiling, "But now being down there, you really feel how hard those who excavated mammoth ivory must have worked."

Sean nodded in agreement.

Our ancestors said, "Without personal experience, one doesn’t know the hardship," Those standing on the riverbank will never understand the helplessness of someone drowning in the river. The ones who don’t work are always the most likely to give orders to those working.

So when Elijah and his team were excavating, Sean did not interfere—no labor, no unnecessary chatter.

"Boss, should we dig out the whole thing?" Elijah asked again.

"No need," Sean pondered before responding, "We can’t take it back anyway. When we continue digging later, focus on excavating its head, remove the head along with the horn, and we’ll only take that horn."

Sean had reviewed some documents; rhino horn, even if buried underground for tens of thousands of years, typically traded at several tens of thousands of dollars per kilogram.

This one horn could be worth 200,000 to 300,000 dollars, which was a very nice profit.

Sean had no intention of selling it. With such high medicinal value, it was better to keep it for himself.

Elijah breathed a sigh of relief. They had only exposed a small piece of the woolly rhinoceros’ back. To excavate the entire thing would be a huge challenge even in one full day.

Now that Sean had spoken, it directly saved a considerable amount of labor and workload, naturally making him happy.

At that moment, Viola’s mobile phone rang, and she gave Sean a apologetic smile before answering the phone call.

After a rapid conversation in her language, Viola asked Sean, muffling her phone, "My friend is asking if we’ve found anything. If not, they want us to go over to their place. They’ve made another discovery."

"Tell them we have found something here," Sean responded, "Thank them and say we won’t be heading over just yet."