Chapter: 2916
Charlie Wade nodded, satisfied. “If that’s the case, let me go back,” he said.
Mai Chengxing quickly agreed. But as he stood up, he suddenly exclaimed, “Huh?! Isn’t that Xuan Fengnian being struck by lightning?”
After Charlie Wade spoke, Mai Chengxing looked at the spot where Xuan Fengnian had turned to dust from the lightning strike. There, on the ground, he saw a gray-brown object about the size of a duck egg.
He frowned and said, “What is that big thing? It looks like a kidney stone.”
“That’s not quite right,” Mai Chengxing replied, stepping closer to pick up the gray-brown object.
He examined it carefully and gasped, “Oh my God! This is Ambergris!”
“Ambergris?” Charlie Wade furrowed his brow. A few days earlier, he had asked Qin Gang to help him find Ambergris, not expecting that Xuan Fengnian would have some on him.
However, Charlie Wade didn’t think much of it. Ambergris wasn’t rare; rich people could buy it whenever they wanted. He remembered when he first met Yu Jinghai at the Zhenbao Pavilion auction, where a special incense burner was sold with two boxes of Ambergris as a bonus.
For his alchemy work, Charlie Wade needed Ambergris that was at least ten thousand years old, so ordinary pieces were of no use to him.
He said to Mai Chengxing, “This isn’t anything special. I wonder what Xuan Fengnian was doing with it.”
Mai Chengxing quickly replied, “You don’t understand, Master Ye. If it’s just regular Ambergris, the whole thing is…”
“This ambergris is different,” Mai Chengxing explained. “It’s waxy and flammable when dry. Normally, you can burn it directly, but this piece is special. After being hit by your sky thunder, even Xuan Fengnian’s flesh turned to dust, yet this ambergris is perfectly preserved. It’s like it has turned into a fossil!”
“Turned into a fossil? Really?” Charlie Wade exclaimed as he stepped closer. “Are you sure this is truly a fossil?”
Mai Chengxing handed the ambergris to Charlie and said, “Look, Master Ye. It’s incredibly hard and dense now. It doesn’t feel waxy anymore; it’s more like a stone. If it didn’t have its unique texture, I might not have recognized it as ambergris at all.”
Charlie was curious and asked, “Have you found ambergris fossils before?”
Mai Chengxing quickly replied, “Yes, but they were overseas. They sold for a high price to mysterious buyers right after they were discovered.”
Charlie probed further, “Do you have any expertise on ambergris?”
Mai Chengxing nodded and explained, “Ambergris has strong medicinal properties. It helps people clear their minds and relax, making it perfect for meditation. Many Feng Shui masters love it because it aids in understanding the Book of Changes. Even those who can’t afford it usually try to buy incense with ambergris. I always keep some on hand for my studies.”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “Most ambergris on the market comes from hunting sperm whales in the deep sea, but that process doesn’t take too long.”
“It is said that some ancient masters used Ambergris as medicine for thousands of years, even over ten thousand years,” one person explained.
“But finding it is incredibly rare. The only way to get it is to dive to the bottom of the deep sea,” another responded.
“This is because, tens of thousands of years ago, humans didn’t have the means to hunt sperm whales. When these whales died, they sank to the ocean floor, creating a whale fall. After sea creatures consumed the bones, the Ambergris would settle and become buried in the mud,” the first person continued.
“However, searching for a piece of Ambergris that has been buried for over 10,000 years is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Very few people can do it. The Ambergris fossils found before were said to have been pushed up by geological movements, melting into the rock layers long ago and only appearing again in recent years,” they concluded.
Charlie Wade felt a surge of excitement. If this piece of Ambergris truly dated back thousands of years, it could be perfect for refining a cultivation pill!