197: Fly fast!

Chen Xiangbei readily agreed. In fact, he almost always encountered Ornamental Fish every time he went out to sea, but they were all fish that were not very valuable, so he did not bring them back.

If he had a chance to encounter valuable Ornamental Fish, he would not need them to remind him; he would go and sell them the fish himself. After all, the Ornamental Fish circle in Linhai City was only so big. If he did not find them, who would he find?

Chen Xiangbei drove the fishing boat at full speed towards the sea area where he found the sapphire yesterday. He was already eager to try out the new equipment he had bought.

After driving for a while, Chen Xiangbei arrived at the "Doughnut" coral reef island again.

He first moored the fishing boat in a safe area, then put everything he needed into his personal space, and then changed into a diving suit and swam towards the coral island.

A few minutes later, Chen Xiangbei arrived on the coral reef island. He took the underwater impact drill equipment out of his space and placed it on the small island.

The power source for the underwater impact drill was a large waterproof generator specifically developed for underwater operations, or it could be said to be a power bank, because it was both fuel and electric, and could be used simply by connecting the power of the impact drill.

Chen Xiangbei bought the extra-long cable version. The power source, cable, and impact drill were all waterproof and met international waterproof standards.

For safety reasons, Chen Xiangbei still decided to keep the power source on shore and first test the effect of using electricity.

So, he plunged into the sea with the underwater impact drill and descended along the center of the coral reef.

Soon, he reached the underwater mineral layer.

He turned on the switch of the underwater impact drill and tested the strength. The drill bit rotated at high speed in the water, driving the water flow to form a small vortex. The horsepower was still very strong.

Chen Xiangbei scanned the area with a searchlight, found the brightest reflective point, and then began to work around this reflective point with the impact drill.

“Dududu~”

“Holy cow~ That's fast!”

Looking at the quickly fallinggravel, Chen Xiangbei was surprised and secretly thought, compared to chiseling by hand yesterday, using an impact drill now was incredibly fast!

Soon, the first raw sapphire was dug out. This raw sapphire was much larger than the one from yesterday, weighing about seven or eight carats.

Chen Xiangbei excitedly put away this raw stone and continued to dig for sapphires.

At this point, he no longer cared about the size; as long as it was a visible exposed raw sapphire, he would not let it go, and he dug along the mineral vein in all directions.

He kept digging until 12 o'clock at noon, when the power display of the underwater impact drill showed insufficient power and needed to be charged in time, so he surfaced and returned to the small island.

Chen Xiangbei calculated the time and found that the actual usage time was less than an hour and a half, which meant he could not work for a long time. This was very troublesome.

Although he had three sets of equipment that could be used in rotation, he still had to come up every hour or so.

He decided to try connecting it to the generator and using them together later, because the cable was long enough, and the underwater cave in the center of this small island was straight enough that he did not have to worry about the cable getting stuck.

After quickly eating a few hamburgers and drinking a glass of happy water, Chen Xiangbei went back into the water with his equipment.

When he went into the water this time, he carefully placed the cable on some relatively smooth coral reefs to avoid friction causing damage to the cable.

When he returned to the seabed, he continued to dig in the direction he had been working in.

“Dududu~”

As expected, the impact drill connected to the power source was powerful. The impact force was much stronger than when it was purely electric just now, and the hard mineral vein was quickly impacted and removed.

Soon, another raw sapphire dropped down!

These raw stones are incompatible with the mineral vein. You just need to dig away the hard rock around it, and the raw stone will naturally fall off. There is no need to worry about damaging the raw stone during the impact process.

He kept digging and digging until sunset. Chen Xiangbei surfaced again because the generator was running out of oil and he had to surface to change the oil.

In these six or seven hours, Chen Xiangbei dug out more than forty raw sapphires. Adding the few he dug out in the morning, he had a harvest of about fifty.

And the size and weight of each one were different. The smallest was about 3 carats, and the largest reached 12 carats. If processed, it could weigh six or seven carats.

If calculated according to market prices, cornflower blue sapphires of six or seven carats are worth several digits or more. The specific starting digit depends on its purity and color depth after processing.

Chen Xiangbei put all the underwater operation equipment into his space and returned to the fishing boat. He did not plan to continue digging since it was getting dark.

Back on the boat, he first took out the hamburgers and fried chicken that he had not finished eating today and ate them. Long hours of work were very physically demanding.

By the time he finished eating, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Chen Xiangbei quickly started the boat, sailed out of the coral reef area at a steady speed, and then sped towards the Yacht Club at full speed.

On the way back, he sent photos of these sapphires to Li Jing.

At that time, Li Jing was having a business meeting with a customer. When he received the message from Chen Xiangbei, he was so excited that he suddenly slapped the table, which startled the customer sitting next to him.

He quickly apologized, saying, "I'm really sorry!" The customer said it was alright, but such a sudden action was indeed likely to induce heart disease!

Li Jing immediately replied to Chen Xiangbei: "Brother Chen, are these the raw stones you got from your friend? You must keep them for me!"

Chen Xiangbei replied that he was on his way back to Linhai City and asked Li Jing to wait at the store.

Li Jing excitedly said that he would definitely wait for him to come and would prepare fragrant tea for him in advance.

Chen Xiangbei smiled slightly when he saw Li Jing's reply, thinking that this guy's temperament was really suitable for doing business. He was quite experienced in both speaking and dealing with people, and he was not as calculating in business as other businessmen.

Chen Xiangbei liked doing business with him. It was enough to make a profit; he was neither greedy nor did he cheat others.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Chen Xiangbei returned to the Yacht Club, drove his Great Wall Cannon, and headed directly towards Li Jing's jewelry store.

He arrived at the jewelry mall shortly after, parked his car, and walked directly towards Li Jing's shop.

When he arrived at the entrance of Li Jing's jewelry store, he pushed open the door and stepped in. The moment he entered, he smelled the rich fragrance of tea filling the room.

Chen Xiangbei smiled and said, "You really brewed tea?"

Li Jing put down what he was holding, quickly went up to him, and said excitedly, "Of course! This is new tea, Brother Chen, come and try it!"

"Okay, I'll drink tea. Take this and have a look, then give me a price," he said, handing Li Jing a bag containing the raw sapphires he had prepared in advance.