Chen Yong pinched himself, and he grinned his teeth in pain. It turned out that the ambergris in front of him all existed, not dreaming.

Ambergris, also known as gray amber, is also called dragon amber, which is a solid combustible substance with a gray or black appearance.

Since ancient times, ambergris has been used as a high-end spice. Its price is very expensive, several times or even dozens of times the price of gold.

Chen Yong remembers that at the beginning of 2022, ordinary synthetic ambergris was around 1,000-1,500 yuan per gram. Pure natural ambergris is very rare, so it is very expensive. Depending on the quality, it can range from several thousand yuan per gram to about 10,000 yuan per gram. Natural ambergris is very rare in the market.

Ancient people believed that ambergris was the saliva flowing out of the "dragon" in the sea when sleeping, dripping into the sea water and solidifying, and formed over time. However, no one has seen such a "dragon".

It was not until a fisherman accidentally discovered ambergris when he was cutting open the intestines of a sperm whale, which attracted the attention of marine biologists that the truth was revealed.

Ambergris comes from sperm whales.

After eating squid, a sperm whale cannot digest its inner shell (sea squid), which will scratch the digestive tract. Therefore, the sperm whale's stomach secretes an oily substance (cholesterol) that wraps the inner shell into a ball. Because it fails to digest squid and octopus' chariot bones will form solid with secretions in the intestines before excreting or vomiting.

In theory, this is a pathological stone.

The ambergris that have just been excreted or vomited are black and soft, and have an unpleasant smell, but after being washed by the sun, air and sea water for many years, it will harden, fade and exude fragrance.

The reason why natural ambergris is expensive is that it is difficult to obtain, because not all whales can form ambergris, and only a few species can form, the most common of which are sperm whales. In addition, even sperm whales, the chance of ambergris formation is very small. Among about 100 sperm whales, only one will have ambergris in its body.

Ambergris is also the most precious Chinese medicine among all kinds of animal excrement. It can cure diseases and nourish and strengthen, which is extremely rare.

What is even more rare is that ambergris taken from the intestines of the killed sperm whale is of no value. It must be floating and soaked in sea water for decades to gain a high status. Some ambergris pieces are soaked in sea water for more than a hundred years.

All the ingredients in ambergris can be artificially synthesized, but they cannot completely replace the ambergris given to humans by the sea, because human technology cannot reach the wonders and harmony of nature, especially ambergris steroids in natural ambergris. After being added to perfume, a thin film will be formed on the skin, which can prevent the fragrance from dissipating for a long time.

Chen Yong carefully checked the ambergris on the beach. These ambergris were soaked in the sea water all year round, after rising tides, and under the sunlight. Year after year, years, and years, after nature's baptism, some have existed for hundreds of years.

Most of them are over a hundred or decades.

There are also in recent years or in recent times, these have not really become ambergris. At least it will take decades of baptism of nature to become truly top ambergris.

Chen Yong swept the surrounding beaches with his eyes and estimated that the ambergris that were washed to the beach by the waves alone cost at least a few thousand yuan.

And there may be more ambergris under the small lake, probably tens of thousands of yuan.

Thinking of this, Chen Yong kicked his feet hard, jumped, and dived into the water with a very graceful movement.

Chen Yong swam around the shore and then swam deep into the small lake. The further downstream, the more he was, the more excited he was, because he found that the entire small lake extends from the beach to the bottom of the small lake, there was a thick layer of ambergris, and the densely stacked numbers were countless, several times more than his estimated 10,000 yuan. Why didn't Chen Yong feel excited?

Chen Yong swam in the water for a long time. In this small lake, he didn't even find a fish except ambergris.

Chen Yong looked at the ambergris in the lake and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. He couldn't understand why there were so many ambergris here? It seemed that ambergris all over the world were concentrated here! What's going on?

Chen Yong guessed that it might be that all sperm whales in this sea area would come here specifically to release excrement. This may be the best explanation, otherwise it would not make sense!

In fact, there are many things in this world that are inexplicable, such as the place where Bamaoqiong Sect in Tibet. When all wild animals are about to die, they will walk towards Bamaoqiong Sect and die there.

It seems that there is a magical power in the Bamaoqiong Sect that summons the souls of all wild animals.

It was dark at this time, and the entire lake became dark. Chen Yong recalled the situation where he fell from the entrance of the cave. There was so much sea water spraying out from the entrance of the cave, and the water in this small lake would never rise. Chen Yong was very sure that there must be a drainage outlet at the bottom of the lake.

Thinking of this, Chen Yong felt very curious again. If there was a drainage outlet at the bottom of the lake, why would so much ambergris stay in this lake without being washed away by the water?

In order to find the way out and the answer, Chen Yong swam to the bottom of the lake.

Chen Yong was very fast and swam to the bottom of the water all at once. However, he did not find a water outlet at the bottom of the water. Instead, he saw the water at the bottom of the lake forming a vortex. The water flow rate of this vortex was not very fast. Chen Yong followed the vortex and then went up with the water flow. Chen Yong drilled into a cave two meters wide in the direction of the water flow. The cave was oval and the rock wall was light red. It was obvious that it was volcanic rock at a glance.

Chen Yong's body was automatically taken away by flowing water in the cave. In this way, Chen Yong's body drifted for more than 100 meters and returned to the sea.

Chen Yong looked at the water outlet and looked at the surrounding environment. He couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of nature. The terrain here is so magical and spectacular.

Chen Yong saw that it was getting late and was afraid that Duomei Jinlong would wait for a long time. If that guy ran away by himself, he would suffer a lot of losses. Duomei Jinlong is a unique existence in this world, and it is much more convenient to do anything with it.

Thinking of this, Chen Yong swam quickly into the deep sea and quickly grabbed a few big fish and lobsters to go back.

Chen Yong swam into the deep sea for about ten kilometers before he found the traces of the big fish. He caught two of the most delicious big grouper, wrapped it up with seaweed, and then found three big lobsters before swimming back.
Chapter completed!