They were now in deep sea, with Fu Wan swimming ahead. Just now, her eyes flickered, and she seemed to have seen something in the mud and sand not far away.
As the two swam closer, they discovered that the objects were actually broken pieces of porcelain. Fu Wan picked up a shard and wiped it with her gloves.
The porcelain shard features a simple yet elegant blue pattern; judging from the design, it should resemble a beautiful plum blossom.
Bai Qianzhou also picked up a piece. He cleaned the porcelain shard like Fu Wan did. The pattern on his piece was clearer, with just a few strokes depicting a lush clump of bamboo.
Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou exchanged a glance, their eyes conveying the same message: there really are Chinese artifacts here.
This porcelain, and these patterns, are typical of Chinese aesthetics!
It seems there really might be an imperial seal here, and Jin Huashi's intelligence was correct!
Fu Wan put down the porcelain shard in her hand. There were still many porcelain shards in the mud and sand, but unfortunately none of them were intact. The largest fragment was no more than five centimeters in diameter. Judging from this, it must have been deliberately broken and thrown into the sea.
Damn it, I don't know where this beast came from, what a waste of such beautiful porcelain!
Bai Qianzhou echoed this sentiment, realizing they hadn't gone to the wrong place, and the two began searching for traces of the Imperial Seal.
Fu Wan was a little worried. If those people could break so many porcelain pieces, would the imperial seal really remain intact?
And these porcelain fragments, if possible, could she take them back and repair them?
These are all things left by our ancestors. It's disheartening to think that they've been reduced to dust and are now resting in foreign waters.
Fu Wan's mind raced with all sorts of thoughts, but her hands didn't stop; she kept parting the seaweed to search for traces of the imperial seal.
According to Jin Huashi, the imperial seal wasn't simply thrown away; there should have been a wooden box containing it. Even if the box was damaged over time, there should still be broken pieces of wood remaining.
The two searched within a ten-meter radius of the broken porcelain shards, but still found nothing.
Fu Wan was somewhat discouraged. She had thought that since she had just been able to collect gold coins so easily, the imperial seal wouldn't be too difficult to obtain.
But reality taught her a good lesson.
Bai Qianzhou noticed her dejection and patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.
You can't rush when looking for something; you need to calm down to achieve your goal.
Fu Wan understood this principle. She tried to calm herself down and began to think about which sea area the imperial seal might be in.
Just when the two were at their wits' end, Fu Wan suddenly heard a noise not far away. She instinctively pulled Bai Qianzhou to the side. What a joke! The seabed is full of dangers. Even when looking for something, we can't forget to protect our own lives.
Within minutes, the commotion gradually grew closer, and the seawater began to surge.
Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou crouched behind the rocks and peered out. Suddenly, a crab the size of a washbasin darted out of a hole in the rocks next to them, startling them.
The crab was a bread crab with huge pincers. After noticing Fu Wan and the others' presence, the bread crab raised its large pincers and waved them in a show of defiance towards them.
Good people don't fight with crabs, especially since she had disturbed the bread crab's rest. Just as Fu Wan was about to lead Bai Qianzhou to the side, the commotion from the other side arrived. A huge octopus charged over aggressively, and before Fu Wan could react, the octopus and the bread crab were locked in combat.
This is my old nemesis!
Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou looked at each other, and with perfect understanding, they both quietly retreated, moving away from the battlefield where mud and sand were already flying everywhere.
The octopus and the brown crab seemed to have a long-standing grudge, and for a time they fought fiercely and evenly. Although the octopus had eight powerful tentacles, the brown crab's claws were not to be underestimated.
Suddenly, the mud and sand on the seabed were stirred up, and the seawater became so turbid that it was impossible to see clearly.
Seeing the lively fight over there, Fu Wan nodded to Bai Qianzhou, indicating that since they hadn't found anything in this area, they should try searching further afield.
However, at that moment, the battle between the octopus and the bread crab had shifted to the rocky cave where the bread crab had just hidden. Just as Fu Wan was about to leave, a piece of wood was thrown out of the rocky cave and landed right in front of her.
wood?
Where does wood come from on the seabed?
Fu Wan picked up the piece of wood, with only one thought in her mind.
There's something going on in the hometown of the bread crab!
Look at the shape of this wood, it looks like a wooden box!
Fu Wan handed the piece of wood to Bai Qianzhou. Now they didn't need to look anywhere else; they could go check out the bread crab's burrow first!
The two quietly approached the rocky cave, where the octopus and the bread crab were fighting fiercely. When they reached the cave entrance, Fu Wan patted Bai Qianzhou and made a gesture to him.
It's not a good place to use a diving light; it would disturb the octopus and the brown crab. She can see them, so let her go check it out!
Bai Qianzhou nodded in agreement. He swam to the other side of the rocky cave and then took the harpoons they carried with them off his back.
Having a weapon in hand meant she wasn't worried. Fu Wan had one too. She peered into the cave and saw that neither the octopus nor the bread crab had noticed her. So she began searching the cave for the jade seal.
Wooden crate, wooden crate...
Fu Wan stared wide-eyed. She didn't see a proper wooden box, but there were a few pieces of wood on the ground.
Could it be that I made a mistake in my judgment?
Fu Wan was having an existential crisis when something next to the bread crab caught her eye.
It looked like a piece of cloth, and as it floated with the seawater, you might mistake it for a piece of seaweed if you didn't look closely.
But seaweed doesn't have such obvious patterns; Fu Wan looked at it as a piece of silk cloth wrapped around something.
Thinking this, she wanted to take the piece of cloth over to take a look, but no one could get in. Fu Wan thought for a moment and then gestured with the harpoon in her hand.
The harpoon was about one meter long. When Fu Wan stretched out her arm, the harpoon could barely touch the edge of the cloth.
Although Bai Qianzhou couldn't see what Fu Wan was scribbling, he could tell that Fu Wan must have seen something.
So he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Fu Wan's hand, and with someone holding her, Fu Wan felt safe enough to reach out with the harpoon to pry at the piece of cloth.
Persistence pays off. The cloth was quickly pulled to Fu Wan's side. She immediately threw away the harpoon and picked up the silk cloth wrapped in the shape of a sandbag.
The silk cloth had several knots tied in the middle, and the middle didn't feel like a wad of cloth. Seeing that the noise in the cave was gradually decreasing, Bai Qianzhou hurriedly pulled Fu Wanyou to swim behind the rocky cave.
The knot on the silk was very complicated, and Fu Wan tried several times but couldn't untie it. Bai Qianzhou took over and carefully found the four corners of the silk. After finding the pattern of the knot, he tried for two minutes and finally managed to untie the silk.
Fu Wan eagerly unwrapped the silk cloth, and a thing no bigger than a fist came into view. Even in the low visibility of the seabed, Fu Wan could see what it looked like at a glance.
Pure white in color and exquisitely carved, it is a rare jade seal!
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