Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 616 - 403: The Benefits of Stumbling Upon by Mistake_2

Chapter 616: Chapter 403: The Benefits of Stumbling Upon by Mistake_2

Sean Knight was also quite satisfied, his trip here was not in vain.

However, he still hoped to find the true target as soon as possible.

During the day, in their spare time, they made another round trip only to find the salvage ship had changed position.

Sean felt a sense of urgency, he was worried that if the salvage ship found the target first, it would be troublesome.

He was unwilling to accept that.

At night, the yacht arrived at the location again.

"Be careful," warned Sean before diving, "If a marine patrol boat comes, leave immediately, don’t worry about me."

Elijah Hastings and the others said nothing, Sean stressed again:

"I’m serious, don’t take it lightly! I can hide alone, your ship stands out, don’t push it!"

With that said, Elijah finally nodded.

Diving again, Sean went all the way to the seabed, found the marked point, and continued to explore the unfamiliar seabed.

During this, he discovered several sunken ships, or rather, the wreckage.

But there wasn’t anything of value, so Sean didn’t bother with these and continued searching.

Occasionally when a big fish swam by, Sean would ready his fish gun, willing to fire if they dared to approach.

Luckily, these marine creatures were more alert at night, probably due to Sean’s size which posed a high threat, so they didn’t come near.

In contrast to the larger marine life, the small-sized creatures were not afraid of Sean, a little turtle even sought protection from Sean to evade a big fish’s attack.

Sean really did protect it, and after the big fish left, he helped it remove the barnacles attached to its body before letting it go.

Then, Sean saw an anchor chain not far ahead in front of him.

He remembered; this should be the anchor chain of the salvage ship.

He unexpectedly reached this far in his search.

Since he was here, Sean didn’t plan to withdraw, he dove deeper to see what the salvage ship had found.

The seabed sand had already been dug up and traced of excavation were all around, some rotten ship panels were littered around.

There should be a sunken ship here, with the people on the salvage ship still in the process of excavation.

Sean used his Sky Eye to scan and quickly found the largest and most valuable excavation pit.

The pit was the location of the main body of the shipwreck, although it was presently completely buried under the sand.

Although the sunken ship had decayed, a fair amount of items inside were still well preserved.

This was a cargo ship, likely a ship that transported goods from ancient China to Japan.

The shipwreck’s cargo hold was filled with porcelain, raw silk, iron wares as well as boxes of copper coins, and several boxes of exquisitely minted gold ingots.

The boxes of porcelain and copper coins had already been partly salvaged. The boxes filled with raw silk were mostly empty. The boxes of individual gold ingots were still under the sandpile.

Sean was relieved he came, otherwise, the salvage ship would have made a big fortune out of this opportunity.

Sean arrived at the pit, looked carefully. The porcelain was intact, but mostly Min Kiln household porcelain, not much value, so he didn’t bother.

He took out tools, slowly cleared away the sand, revealing the ship cabin storing gold ingots. He went in, and the rotten ship panels crumbled at a touch.

Sean collected all the boxes of gold ingots in one go.

He guessed these gold ingots were probably transported by the shipowner at that time to present to nobles like the Noble Lord as tokens of appreciation.

And naturally, the copper coins were used for daily expenses. Ancient China’s casting technology was advanced, these exquisite copper coins have always been the currency of circulation in the Chinese Circle at that time.

Hard currency.

The copper coins were almost completely corroded by seawater. They appeared green with rust on the surface, crumbled into powder when squeezed by hand, Sean thus lost interest.

After refilling the sand, Sean looked carefully once again. He found no trace left behind, so he swam away.

Besides the five boxes of 200 small gold ingots found that night, there were no other gains.

Each gold ingot weighed about 200 grams, which was a good income.

After all, the value of ancient gold ingots should not be calculated at today’s gold price.

As Sean neared the surface, he took out three gold ingots.

Elijah and the others waited on the deck until Sean emerged, then immediately pulled him up on the deck.

"Here’s one for each of you." Sean Knight passed the gold ingots on, "keep them as mementos."

"This gold ingot is exquisite!" Douglas Cooper took the ingot and weighed it, feeling its hefty weight, "Was it salvaged from underwater?"

"Hmm." Sean Knight vaguely affirmed, "Let’s call it a night. Let’s move."

Lincoln Harrington responded promptly and went to the driver’s cockpit, starting the yacht and leaving the sea territory.

After sleeping for two hours, Sean Knight replenished his energy and saw that they were still at sea, and suggested:

"Don’t linger here. Let’s return to the port, switch to the motorboat to spend another couple of days."

When Sean Knight made a suggestion, no one else had any objections. This time, it was Douglas Cooper who insisted on driving the yacht back to the port.

Instead of returning to the city, they directly switched to a fully refueled motorboat, and amid the roaring noise, returned to the sea.

This time, the motorboat came a little closer to the salvage ship than before but still left after making a roundabout.

Sean Knight watched from the deck, while Elijah Hastings and Lincoln Harrington learned to sail following Douglas Cooper— currently, only Douglas could operate this boat.

Fortunately, they didn’t need to cast nets for fishing at the same time. After all, with the few people onboard the boat, they couldn’t handle such tasks.

The roar of the motorboat was much louder than that of the yacht.

Therefore, Lincoln Harrington was somewhat worried. When they went there at night, they would have to keep a greater distance from the salvage ship, otherwise being discovered could be troublesome.

Sean Knight wasn’t bothered. He still stuck to his guns:

"You guys don’t worry. As soon as a boat approaches, we’ll head straight back to our sea territory. I don’t believe they’d dare to cross into our area."

After all, this is one clever plan.

By nightfall, all four of them had learned how to operate the motorboat.

It was much easier than driving a car— at least, the sea offered vast expanses, and as long as they didn’t fool around on the waterways, they could sail anywhere in this vast sea.

After nightfall, this time it was Elijah Hastings who manoeuvred the motorboat to the previous location of the yacht.

By the time they reached the spot, it was already almost two hours later than before.

However, Sean Knight didn’t mind. He had already put on his diving gear and plunged into the water.

The motorboat could hold more fuel than the yacht, so it would last longer.

Their plan this time was to hold at least three days.

After diving into the water, Sean Knight first dove under the salvage ship, and noted that much more sand had been excavated here. The box of porcelain was already fully salvaged, while only a few of the boxes containing copper coins been brought up.

It seemed they still had a lot to clean up, so Sean Knight left there and found his familiar marker again to resume the search.

The process of searching underwater was very long. Sean Knight needed to stay fully focused to avoid missing any possible presence of a sunken ship.

The task was utterly boring but essential.

Sean Knight thought this was probably the most boring experience he’s had since he started treasure hunting.

Although he stumbled across some small finds in the middle, none of them was the target.

However, with a salvage ship overhead, Sean Knight was afraid that they could find the sunken ship before him.

That would be a big problem— Sean Knight was convinced that the salvage ship and the maritime patrol ship, which had never left, were there because he had blown up two boats.

It was his responsibility, and he had to take full responsibility and solve it!

Seeing that his oxygen was about to run out, Sean Knight could only slowly ascend.

When he was nearly at the sea’s surface, Sean Knight saw a massive ship bottom— he quickly recognized that this was not a motorboat.

Was it that maritime patrol boat?

Sean Knight quickly distanced himself from this place and popped his head out of the water 200 meters away.

And the motorboat had already disappeared.

Sean Knight breathed a sigh of relief. That was a close call.

If the motorboat was still there, it would have been a serious problem.

Then he began to worry again.

How to get back?

The maritime patrol boat seemed to be showing signs of anchoring there!

This was a significant problem!