Li Xuan controlled the octopus clone and circled around the huge giant clam.

As a gem, giant clam has a very long history in our country.

As early as the Xia and Shang dynasties, ancient people believed that giant clams were a treasure.

Li Xuan carefully recalled the memories of the giant clams. The name of the giant clams can be traced back to the "Biography of the Book of the Book of Documents" written by Fu Sheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In "The Great Biography of Shangshu", there is a story about San Yisheng using giant clams to offer King Zhou of Shang to the imprisoned King Wen of Zhou.

According to historical records, the court beads worn by second-rank officials of the Qing Dynasty when they went to court were stringed with giant clams.

In Buddhist culture, the rosary made of conch is regarded as a holy object by the monks and lamas. Therefore, conch is also regarded as one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, like gold, silver, glass, agate, coral, and amber.

In short, giant clams are a very precious treasure.

After carefully observing the giant clam, Li Xuan controlled the octopus clone and retreated little by little.

Li Xuan’s target is not this alive giant clam, but the dead giant clam shell and the possible pearls in the shell.

Although the number of tridacna is rare, since it is a crustacean creature, it must have reproduced from generation to generation. As long as you find the living tridacna, you must look for the shells left by the dead tridacna nearby. This is not a

What a difficult thing.

Of course, this is not difficult, just compared to Li Xuan alone.

The sea area where this giant clam survives is very deep and there are a large number of coral reefs around, and there are countless dangers hidden in it.

If it were someone else, I would like to say how to deal with the dangers in the coral reefs, and it would be a little bit more to say whether I could dive into such a deep water.

Li Xuan searched around and soon found a giant clam shell that was about the same size but had long been dead.

Facing the shell left by a dead giant clam, Li Xuan was immediately not polite, waved the tentacles of the octopus clone, rolled it up, and lifted it to the west of the island.

If the crew members want to get into the water later, they must have gone down from the west of the island. Li Xuan is going to take the giant clam shell to the west of the island in advance. After the crew members are in the water, they will be "discovered" as well.

Salvage it ashore.

But the giant clam shell had just been lifted away from the seabed, and something was rolling inside.

Li Xuan was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed.

What can be left in the shell after the death of the giant clam? No need to think about it, it must be a pearl.

Li Xuan quickly controlled the octopus clone to wave his tentacles, pulled the giant clam shell hard, and completely pulled it away from the sea bottom.

Suddenly, more than a dozen round beads rolled from the shell to the sea, and they were the legendary pearls.

Li Xuan hurriedly went to take a closer look.

The result disappointed Li Xuan.

These round beads are indeed pearls, but their color is not good at all. Not only does they have the pearls that they should have, they look strange and strange, not very round, and the particles are also very small.

Li Xuan controlled the tentacles of the octopus clone, gently rolled up a pearl, put it in front of him and took a closer look.

To be honest, this pearl looks very weird, it just looks like a ball, it is actually an irregular shape, and the color is very common white, but it may be stored for too long. Now it looks like it is not a jewelry

The white pearls in the store are usually pure white, with a little gray color and a little dark.

Li Xuan remembers that natural pearls seem to have time limits.

Although pearls are luxury goods like gold.

But gold can be stored and preserved.

But pearls don't work.

Generally, the most beautiful moment of pearls is the three to five years that have just been taken out of the clam shell.

At this time, the pearls exuded a charming pearly atmosphere, their brilliance and beautiful colors.

As time goes by, the pearls emitted by pearls will gradually dissipate. Generally, pearls that have been over fifteen years will gradually decrease and their color will become darker. After more than fifty years, pearls will basically have no color.

It's right.

Li Xuan looked at the remaining pearls again, most of which were similar to this one, with some differences in size, but the color and shape were basically the same.

This is exactly the characteristic of natural pearls.

Many people think that pearls are round.

In fact, this is not the case.

Those artificially cultivated pearls are indeed round because they have a pearl core at the innermost end of the pearl.

But natural pearls are different.

The shape of natural pearls is strange and has various shapes. The round ones are the best pearls, the more round it becomes, the more valuable it is.

And these strange shapes are not worth the money.

Although these pearls are not valuable, Li Xuan is still happy in his heart. More than 99% of the natural pearls are of various shapes. Less than one percent of the natural pearls are naturally plump and spheres.

Li Xuan is not afraid of these natural pearls not being round, but is afraid of the lack of pearls in this sea area.

Now that pearls have been found on the seabed, it proves that this trip to Xingdao was right.

When Li Xuan was still exploring and searching under the sea.

On the island, Liu Xiaofeng had already taken a few crew members to the barbecue stall to buy some barbecue.

"Captain, try this, barbecue grouper, I think the taste is OK." Liu Xiaofeng handed Li Xuan a fish path more than one foot long.

Li Xuan looked at the fish, and had a lot of ingredients on it and cut a lot of flavor. He couldn't tell the original shape of the fish, so Li Xuan asked, "How much did this fish cost?"

?Are you sure it is a grouper? Don't be deceived."

"I have never seen this fish. The other party said it was a primitive grouper. This one costs 80 yuan." Liu Xiaofeng said.

"Oh." Li Xuan nodded. The so-called primitive grouper is all about cheating outsiders. In fact, the real name of this primitive grouper is called gentian grouper, which is very common among grouper. It is also the largest type of fish in adulthood. It is currently one of the most popular fish in seafood farming in my country.

This gentian grouper, which is more than one foot long, is a little larger than the fry. The price on the market is actually very cheap. This fish is only expensive when it grows up.

Of course, Li Xuan didn't care whether this fish was expensive or not. He just wanted to be sure that it was really a grouper.

"You eat it. Gentian grouper needs to be boiled in water to taste good. I am not used to roasting it." Li Xuan waved his hand.

Liu Xiaofeng looked at his hands, then looked at Li Xuan, "This fish turned out to be called gentian grouper. Isn't it delicious when roasted? I'll try the taste first."

As he said that, Liu Xiaofeng took a bite on the fish, and then he frowned. The fish bite was like not biting. It was too fresh and tender, and there was no chewyness at all. The mouth was full of barbecue.
Chapter completed!