"Mmm...mmm..."
Not to mention Fu Wan, Bai Qianzhou was so excited that he was gesturing wildly with his hands, and if it weren't for the diving equipment, he would have shouted out loud.
Thank God, I have fulfilled my mission!
They really found the imperial seal!
The item has been found; this place is no longer safe. Fu Wan quickly rewrapped the jade seal in silk cloth, then stuffed it into a net bag and tied it around her waist.
Seeing this, Bai Qianzhou also picked up the harpoon, preparing to float to the surface with Fu Wan.
Just as the two were about to swim away, the giant octopus and bread crab in the cave came out fighting. Upon seeing the strange two-legged creature, the octopus's tentacles lashed out instantly.
Upon seeing this, Fu Wan instinctively swung her harpoon to meet the attack, while Bai Qianzhou's harpoon also met the large claws of the bread crab.
Bai Qianzhou's aim was decent, but the bread crab's claws were too powerful. When the harpoon hit it, it only left a small dent. The bread crab was quite injured when it fought with the octopus, and one of its large claws was broken in half.
The bread crab was already tired from fighting and had never seen anything like this before, so it swung its pincers and retreated.
In no time at all, it turned around and disappeared into the seaweed.
Seeing the bread crab run away, Bai Qianzhou hurriedly turned around to help Fu Wan.
The octopus on Fu Wan's side was much more troublesome. This thing had many tentacles, but fortunately Fu Wan was agile and used the harpoon in her hand like a long, pointed spear.
At the same time, she was also holding a short knife in her hand, which she had asked Bai Qianzhou to prepare for her. Although it was not as sharp as the one Ye Jianguo had given her, it was still enough to deal with the octopus.
This octopus was quite old, and after fighting the bread crab for so long, it was already struggling against Fu Wanshi. Now that it saw Bai Qianzhou coming over with a harpoon, it simply followed the bread crab's example and retreated.
Fu Wan wasn't one to fight either. Seeing that the octopus seemed to be backing down, she kept on guard while signaling Bai Qianzhou to swim upstream with her.
Seeing this, the octopus did not pursue. After retreating two or three meters, Fu Wan pushed off with her legs and turned smoothly like a fish, pulling Bai Qianzhou and quickly floating out to sea.
On the sea, Jin Huashi stared intently at the surface, muttering to himself.
"May God bless you, may Jesus bless you, may Mazu bless you, may the Jade Emperor and all the gods bless you..."
It's no exaggeration to say that he recited the names of every deity he could think of.
Comrades are anxious; the feeling of waiting is truly unbearable.
Fortunately, the wait was successful. With a soft splash, Jin Huashi looked up and immediately saw Fu Wanbai and Qianzhou emerging from the water.
"You're back!"
Jin Huashi hurriedly steered the boat a little further, then rushed to the stern and reached out to pull Fu Wan and the other person away.
Fu Wan was the first to board the ship. She plopped down on the deck, looking at the stars and the bright moon in the sky, and couldn't help but smile.
Hehe, she really got her hands on the imperial seal.
Jin Huashi didn't dare to ask about the result at first, after all, the two of them had been there for several hours and had almost scared him to death.
If he weren't only a passable swimmer, he would have jumped in to find them long ago.
Seeing that Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou were only focused on laughing as they came up, he started to get a little anxious.
"How...how is it?"
The old man was so anxious that the lines between his eyebrows appeared. Fu Wan didn't keep him in suspense and directly took off the net bag from her waist.
"This should be it."
Upon seeing this, Jin Huashi eagerly took the silk cloth out of the net bag, and after untying the cloth, he was so surprised that he stopped moving.
Jin Huashi was born into a declining feudal family. Decades ago, he would have been considered a member of the imperial family.
He received a unique education from a young age, had a private tutor, and had seen many of the family's treasures.
He had indeed seen this jade seal before.
To be precise, he had seen the portrait.
"This is the Imperial Seal of the Retired Emperor. I've seen you introduce it to me before, but I never imagined it would be lost here."
"The Emperor Emeritus's Seal?"
Fu Wan sat up straight, looking at the jade seal in Jin Huashi's hand with some curiosity.
I didn't get a good look at it from the sea, but now, with the help of the lights on the deck and the bright moonlight, I can finally see the flawless white jade of the imperial seal.
This jade seal is different from the Imperial Seal of the State that Fu Wan found before. It is a rare cylindrical shape, simple and elegant in design, with two lifelike small dragons carved on the top, holding the three horizontal lines in the middle.
According to Jin Huashi, the three horizontal lines represent the Qian trigram. (Image of the jade seal, please delete if infringing copyright) The bottom of the jade seal, the seal face, is engraved with the four large characters "Supreme Emperor." (Image of the seal face, please delete if infringing copyright) Bai Qianzhou was also quite surprised. After bringing the flashlight closer, Fu Wan noticed something different about the seal's pillar.
"There are words on this too?"
She originally thought the jade seal was simple, with characters only at both ends, but when the light shone on it, she could still see some small characters on the pillar.
Jin Huashi smiled upon hearing this and explained to them, "The poems of Emperor Qianlong are engraved all around this jade seal. Perhaps because the jade used to make the seal is of fine quality, and the carving technique is excellent, you can't see them unless you look closely."
So that's how it is. Inscribing poems on the imperial seal was indeed something that the vain Emperor Qianlong would do.
However, this person's taste is indeed excellent. Not to mention others, even Fu Wan couldn't put down the jade seal when she saw it.
Fortunately, I fulfilled my mission and prevented it from continuing to lie dormant at the bottom of the sea in a foreign land.
The imperial seal has been found, and this mission is now completely complete.
Fu Wan felt a huge weight lifted from her heart. She turned her head and asked Bai Qianzhou with a smile, "Then can we go buy plane tickets home?"
"We'd better hurry, or we won't make it back for the New Year."
"Okay, I'll go buy it first thing tomorrow morning."
"Then I'll go with you."
The two chatted back and forth, making Jin Huashi laugh.
"Don't rush to go back yet; I'll have someone arrange your plane tickets. Now let's discuss how to bring this jade seal back."
"How do we take it back? Can't we send it back with the gold coins on a ship from Fujian?"
Faced with Fu Wan's question, Jin Huashi shook his head, "No, according to my estimate, the value of this jade seal is at least two or three times that of those gold coins."
To be on the safe side, we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket.
Fu Wan, Bai Qianzhou, you need to take this jade seal back with you when you return to China.
Will it pass through customs?
Bai Qianzhou frowned; getting this thing through customs wouldn't be an easy task.
Jin Huashi was also troubled by this issue. Getting into Chinese customs was definitely not a problem, but getting out of American customs was a big problem.
Fu Wan stared at the jade seal, lost in thought. Her gaze fell on the silk cloth beside her. She wondered where the patterns on it came from; they resembled the style of ethnic minorities from later generations. Under the dim light, the patterns looked strangely eerie.
"I have an idea, Brother Jin. Can you get some fortune-telling or shamanic ritual items, and a few talismans? We can mix them in at customs and maybe get them through!"
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