Chapter 492: Chapter 323: The National Treasure in the Cave_2

As for the gold and the chicken head, he left them on this side for the time being.

Over the next few days, he needed to search for sunken ships, which would be safer stored here.

The entrance to the cave was underwater, and even at low tide, it wouldn’t be exposed, ensuring that nobody would discover it unless they came diving here.

After returning to the ship, Chu Mingcheng first took a shower and then headed to the cockpit to start the Sea God and search for the killer whales.

Searching for the shipwreck on his own had been too slow, but with the help of the killer whales, the efficiency would be much higher; he just needed to take care of their food.

It took a day, but Chu Mingcheng managed to bring the killer whales over.

They lived in the waters he had directed them to, which were rich in resources; along with the effects of his external influences, the reproduction and growth rates of the creatures were faster, which indeed supported the group of killer whales.

Upon returning near the island, Chu Mingcheng showed the killer whales pictures of various warships and merchant ships from over a hundred years ago, instructing them to spread out and search for the sunken ships.

After the killer whales dispersed, he himself went hunting for Golden Spearfish.

Today, while bringing the killer whales, he had already dealt with the food on the way, and now he needed to hunt some to store on the ship for their food tomorrow.

However, when he had hunted ten Golden Spearfish and it was just past two in the afternoon by the time he returned to the island, the killer whales had already come back.

They gathered around the side of the ship, whining. Chu Mingcheng looked stunned, ‘They found it already?’

All five killer whales were there; they had been fed fish today and clearly were not hungry.

Chu Mingcheng quickly changed into a diving suit and jumped into the water.

He had intended to follow the killer whales, but the male killer whale directly came beneath him, carrying him on its back.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t hesitate, held onto its dorsal fin, and was carried by the killer whale straight to the location of the shipwreck.

Upon his arrival, he discovered a shipwreck broken into two pieces.

This area was not too far from the island and was not very deep, measuring only about twenty meters. Near the shipwreck, on the coral reef, he also found scattered human skeletons.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng immediately had a bad feeling.

This shipwreck did not seem like it sank due to a marine disaster; instead, it looked like it had been sunk deliberately.

He then swam into the shipwreck, exploring all the rooms.

Unfortunately, there was nothing of value inside; it seemed to have been plundered long ago.

By the look of it, the contents of the ship had been cleared out at that time.

Twenty meters wasn’t very deep; hiring people good in the water, they could totally dive down and empty out all the valuables from the ship.

It seemed the group in the cave had fled to the island for refuge, only to be unlucky and encounter a landslide while hiding in the cave.

However, he couldn’t guess the exact circumstances, just lamented that a ship full of treasure had nothing to do with him!

Chu Mingcheng sadly returned to the side of the island, then re-entered the cave and carried out the two wooden boxes.

He washed the gold bars and the chicken head with clean water, then took them out of the wooden boxes and placed them into the fish tanks.

The wooden boxes were thrown back into the sea, a means to destroy the evidence.

All these valuable items, Chu Mingcheng moved to the dance hall and made sure to lock the door upon leaving.

As the customers’ orders were already completed and the mid-sized cruise ship was nowhere to be found, coupled with having been out at sea for several days, he decided to go back.

Before leaving, Chu Mingcheng fed all the hunted Golden Spearfish to the killer whales, and then let them roam freely.

Just as he saw the killer whales depart, Zhang Wei suddenly called, saying he had discussed some orders, asking for several Golden Spearfishes and other seafood.

In Xia City’s market Chu Mingcheng hadn’t even started trading, but Zhang Wei, learning from him, had managed to secure some orders from several restaurants.

As long as there was a good start, he naturally supported it.

After calculating the catch on his ship briefly, Chu Mingcheng again delayed for an afternoon, hunting some Golden Spearfish.

In the meantime, he encountered a group of East Sea Ribbon Fish.

So, he simply stayed another night, catching many ribbon fish to store in the refrigerated hold.

This time, however, he didn’t first go to Wen City to sell the fish but went straight back to Xia City.

When he arrived back in Xia City just past one in the afternoon, because he had to meet with Zhang Wei, Jiang Luoluo didn’t come to the dock to meet him this time.

“How come there’s so much catch? Didn’t you go to Wen City to sell first?”

When Zhang Wei came on board and saw that both the refrigerated and live fish holds were full of seafood, he froze, as he hadn’t ordered this much catch.

Chu Mingcheng directly threw the orders from his group at Zhang Wei’s face, “I’ve handed over my Wen City customers to you. From now on, you’ll purchase from me and then resell. I’ll give you the wholesale price, and you handle the rest.”

“Damn, you’ve calculated this cunningly!” Zhang Wei was left speechless, “Are you turning me into your fish peddler now?”

“If you’ve already become a seafood merchant, what’s the point of me selling fish? Besides, you’re the one making money. You should be treating me to a big meal instead.” Chu Mingcheng chuckled.

While he would lose some profit, it would make things much easier for him.

Dealing with thousands of pounds of catch was not easy, and even though he already had buyers, it would still take him hours to sell everything, leaving him running around exhausted.

It was somewhat better when Jiang Luoluo was around.

Now not lacking money, he wasn’t concerned about that small loss in profit.

“…”

Zhang Wei sighed; truth be told, he wasn’t prepared to take over such a big business yet.