Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 171 - 170: What is that over there?

Chapter 171: Chapter 170: What is that over there?

Everyone looked at Sean Knight because after moving all those gunpowder boxes, the cave was empty. Behind them was a solid mountain wall.

Could the treasure be just this dark gunpowder?

That would be too outrageous, right?

Unflustered by everyone’s stares, Sean took a shovel and walked into the cave.

He had put on a headlamp by now.

Walking into the cave, Sean gently knocked on the cave wall with the handle of the shovel.

A hollow sound came through.

"Empty?" Penson Smith’s spirits lifted, "Is there a space inside?"

"Almost." Sean said, "The person who designed the mechanism probably feared that the gunpowder explosion might damage certain things, so they built a wall behind the gunpowder to block its power."

"Come, let’s break through this wall." Sean pointed to the cave wall.

The wall was built very realistically, and with the years that had passed, layers of moss had grown on it. If one only looked, it would certainly be indistinguishable.

Several bodyguards and Elijah Hastings stepped forward to break the wall, while Sean and Penson watched. Sean casually asked:

"This is the treasure left by your ancestors, and they didn’t mention any of these traps and mechanisms?"

Penson paused and then bitter-smiled:

"The treasure of my ancestors is real, but when it was handed down to my father, there was only a sheepskin map.

Over the years, my father has researched many things, but due to its age, there was a time when my family experienced turmoil and war. Many documents were lost, and it’s already a great fortune to have this sheepskin map now!"

Sean didn’t say anything further.

In fact, he had been doubting whether this treasure really belonged to the Smith family.

According to the probing, Peter Smith did have pirate ancestors.

So could these treasures have been robbed by Peter’s ancestors, or perhaps obtained through piracy and only just started to be excavated now?

Various possibilities swirled in Sean’s mind before he dismissed them.

What difference did it make?

The island belonged to Peter, and now to Penson.

According to the law here, the property naturally belonged to Penson as well.

As for whose it was before, it simply wasn’t important.

The bodyguards and Elijah were very careful, fearing any mechanism behind the stone wall. After a long time, they finally broke through a hole.

Then they heard the bodyguards exclaim!

"Treasure! It’s really treasure!"

Penson hurried forward but then stopped, looking at Sean.

Imperceptibly, Sean had become the backbone of him and everyone else.

"Let’s go, there shouldn’t be any more traps now." Sean smiled and walked forward.

The hole was the size of a basketball. Looking inside through the hole, under the illumination of the headlamp, there emanated a golden glow!

Small piles of gold coins stacked, assorted gold and silver, and boxes filled with a large number of silver coins or silver ingots were arranged haphazardly.

A rough estimate revealed that there was at least a few hundred kilograms of gold and silver here!

"Good, my job is done." Sean smiled, "I shouldn’t need to do anything more, right?"

At this point, Elijah stepped back, standing beside Sean.

"No need, no need." Penson could no longer suppress the smile on his face, "I never thought, I never thought it would be found like this!"

He sincerely said to Sean:

"Thank you so much, Mr. Knight - without you, I would never have found these treasures!"

"It’s what I should do; I’m here for that bronze man." Sean didn’t take credit for his role. This was a trade.

"No, no, no," Penson was eager to express, "Mr. Knight, we’re friends, aren’t we? You’ve helped me tremendously this time. That bronze man can’t fully compensate for your contribution."

Sean smiled:

"It’s enough. For me, it’s the same meaning as this treasure is for you."

Penson didn’t say anything more; he was somewhat emotional. He immediately let the bodyguards enlarge the hole, and he started filming with his phone.

This should be a meaningful video.

Quietly, Elijah asked Sean:

"You really don’t want anything?"

Sean nodded his head.

Compared with the Acupuncture Bronze Figure, what are these few hundred kilograms of gold and silver worth?

They’re worth nothing!

Although there are many people who slander Chinese medicine and malign it nowadays, the country seems to not care much.

But if this bronze figure really comes out, would the country not take it seriously?

Of course, for now, Sean Knight had not thought about how to handle the Bronze Figure once he got it.

In any case, it certainly couldn’t be left here with the Americans.

As for gold and silver, he doesn’t lack them, even more than what’s here!

Sean Knight understands the importance, so Penson is very happy.

With no worry of having 30% taken away, Penson was chatting while recording a video, talking about his memories of watching his father look for treasures since childhood, inheriting his father’s will, and finding excellent treasure hunters and treasure hunters. He picked the right time to come here to hunt for treasure.

Now that the treasure is finally in hand, his father can rest in peace.

Listening to him, Sean Knight suddenly remembers Peter’s aftermath and wonders how the investigation is going?

However, it’s not appropriate to ask this question now.

Seeing Penson still chattering, Sean Knight lost interest and began looking around.

The space here is quite large, and although the air is hot and humid, it doesn’t feel suffocating, either if there is a ventilation hole or the water flow bringing air over.

Except for this cave, there were no more treasures elsewhere, which Sean Knight finds regrettable.

Looking down underwater, Sean Knight was surprised to see an unexpected sight.

However, Sean Knight didn’t say anything, just took another look and raised his head.

By his estimation, these gold and silver should be worth about seventy to eighty million.

That’s enough.

As Penson’s video finishes, he had bodyguards fill a few bags with gold coins, and everyone started heading outside.

Penson saw Sean Knight looking around and asked:

"Mr. Knight, do you think there will be more treasure?"

Sean Knight shook his head and said:

"I don’t know. There should be enough here. There’s definitely none left in this cave."

Penson was somewhat disappointed.

He just made a rough estimate that the value of these treasures wouldn’t exceed one hundred million — there were no particularly valuable antiques, and the gold coins, silver coins, and gold and silverware were all ordinary items.

Though there were many, Penson wanted more.

But if there’s no more, there’s nothing he can do about it.

As they left, everyone’s mood was completely different.

Full of excitement, and after the excitement, there was envy for Penson.

Then, the bodyguards began calculating how much bonus they could get.

On the way back, Sean Knight and Elijah Hastings shared a boat.

Sean Knight whispered to Elijah Hastings:

"When we get back, your bonus won’t be less than theirs."

Though this trip was safe, both Sean Knight and Elijah Hastings were on high alert.

Elijah Hastings carried a gun with bullets loaded.

Sean Knight had prepared the Thompson submachine gun in the spatial realm.

Elijah Hastings smiled and whispered as well:

"As long as it doesn’t involve secrets, just tell me why not sharing three-tenths of the gold and silver is enough."

Turns out he’s also a gossip!

"No problem, but you need to keep it a secret!" Sean Knight didn’t mind telling Elijah Hastings.

That thing would come out sooner or later anyway.

"No problem!"

When they left the cave, bright light opened before their eyes, and it wasn’t too late when they checked the time.

After closing his eyes for a while to adapt to the outside light, Sean Knight hadn’t spoken yet, when Penson’s satellite phone rang.

"What? You found the wreckage of the big ship?"

Penson’s eyes lit up!

Today is a double celebration!