The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish-Chapter 65 - 64: No Longer a Novice in History, Looking Forward to the Sunken Ship Resurfacing

A sunken ship?

There's a sunken ship from a thousand years ago beneath the Tongyang River?

This had bewildered He Zhenmin.

"Where are you right now?"

Han Weixiang suddenly asked.

"I... I'm still in Binjiang." He Zhenmin stammered out an answer to his teacher's question.

"Okay, then wait for me in Binjiang. I'll come to Binjiang to find you later, and then you can take me to meet that fishing friend of yours who caught those things."

"Sure, teacher. I'll send him a message and ask him about it."

"Mhm."

Han Weixiang now also wanted to go to Binjiang immediately.

If it was really as he had guessed, and there was a sunken ship at the bottom of the Tongyang River then... this could be a major discovery.

He didn't even care about having breakfast anymore.

After telling his spouse that he needed to go out, he had someone drive him to Binjiang.

...

Fang Hao had just gotten home when he received a message from Han Zhenmin.

He was asked if he was free later because his teacher wanted to meet Fang Hao.

Fang Hao was somewhat puzzled as to why the other's teacher wanted to meet him, so he asked.

Han Zhenmin then informed Fang Hao of the situation.

"This gold necklace is from the Southern Song period?"

"There's a sunken ship beneath the Tongyang River?"

After knowing the situation, Fang Hao was also extremely astonished.

At the same time, he also looked at the gold jewelry in his hand. After all the speculation and discussions, its identity had finally been confirmed as gold jewelry made during the Southern Song period.

As for why it had a foreign style.

That was because it was the result of frequent trade along the Silk Road back then, a custom order by a foreign client.

All the connections were now clear.

Fang Hao had gone from being utterly clueless to starting to understand a little.

"Okay, I'm free."

Since that was the case, Fang Hao wasn't planning to sleep anymore.

After all, he wasn't sleepy and felt quite energetic.

He might as well wait for the other's teacher to come over.

He first put all his things away, including the Copper Coins he had fished up this time and the gold jewelry.

After getting everything sorted out.

He then checked the Platinum Treasure Box he had been awarded by the system when he hit two million followers.

This was the second Platinum Treasure Box he had acquired.

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With the experience from before, he was looking forward to the contents of this Platinum Treasure Box.

[Would you like to open the Treasure Chest now?]

The system posed the question.

Without a doubt, Fang Hao chose to open it.

He was alone at home, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a high-level protective helmet.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for acquiring a hundred-year-old ginseng.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for acquiring knowledge related to Huaxia's five thousand years of history.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for acquiring knowledge in the appraisal of treasures.]

[...]

After opening the Treasure Chest, the rewards came swarming in one after another.

Fang Hao's attention landed on the first reward.

Uh... a protective helmet?

It didn't seem to have much use at the moment. Could it be that one should wear a helmet while going fishing to prevent getting hit by a blunt object?

Wouldn't that look pretty foolish?

It's unlikely for one to be hit by a blunt object anyway.

Before fishing, he wouldn't tell his viewers where he was fishing, so the general public wouldn't know where to find him.

Fang Hao felt that it was of no use for the time being, so he placed the reward in the System Space.

The second reward was a hundred-year-old ginseng, and that was truly a treasure.

In this era, let alone hundred-year-old ginseng, even fifty-year-old ginseng was hard to find.

The ginseng available on the market was mostly Forest Ginseng, cultivated by others, and it was rare to encounter wild ginseng.

This is a treasure, truly something money can't buy.

Good stuff.

Next up are the rewards that are all about knowledge.

Does this mean I have to cram in historical and cultural knowledge myself?

But isn't this a bit too much?

The history of Huaxia begins five thousand years ago, it's not just... decades, or hundreds of years.

How much knowledge would this five thousand years of history contain?

I'm afraid even three years of reading wouldn't be enough.

Fang Hao suddenly shivered.

But in the next moment,

a vast and overwhelming amount of information began to pour ceaselessly into his brain.

It almost burst his head open.

These were the system's rewards of the five thousand years of Huaxia's historical knowledge, treasure appreciation knowledge... and so on.

Only such a vast and overwhelming amount of information would be worthy.

It took Fang Hao a full five minutes to absorb all this knowledge.

Just moments ago, he almost felt like his head was going to explode.

At this moment, his back was already soaked with sweat.

However, after assimilating this knowledge and memories, Fang Hao had changed, no longer a history novice.

Regarding those antiques and related cultural background, he now knew what was going on.

No longer clueless in the dark.

Especially after understanding the Maritime Silk Road.

"So... there really could be a shipwreck in the Tongyang River."

"During the reign of the Southern Song Emperor Gaozong, there was indeed a cargo ship that vanished, and it was suspected then that the ship might have sunk."

Fang Hao also realized why He Zhenmin's teacher was so excited to come find him.

Perhaps the fishing spot where he was night fishing last night was the location of the shipwreck.

If this shipwreck site were to be excavated, then... another batch of cultural relics would come to light.

This would be a good thing.

Fang Hao suddenly also felt some anticipation for the moment that shipwreck would be revealed, curious about how many antique treasures would appear.

And the credit for these treasures coming to light was largely thanks to him fishing up those Copper Coins and gold jewelry, otherwise who knows how many more years they would have remained underwater, or if they would ever see the light of day.

His feelings now were completely different.

Sigh.

Not thinking too much about it any longer,

Fang Hao stretched, and while there was nothing pressing, he decided to practice Innate Skill for a bit.

He always felt that his excellent spirit was somehow related to this Innate Skill.

Whether it was or wasn't, he'd practice first and see.

After all, it couldn't hurt.

It was also a good way to pass some time.

While practicing, waiting didn't seem so bad.

During the practice of Innate Skill, he couldn't perceive the passage of time at all.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Fang Hao finally opened his eyes again.

Today's practice was complete.

Indeed, after he had finished practicing Innate Skill, he felt his body brimming with energy, an inexhaustible vitality that seemed to boost his spirits even further.

Now, Fang Hao was somewhat certain that staying up all night and still feeling so good had to do with practicing Innate Skill.

Practicing Innate Skill could make his body better.

...

He Zhenmin, following his teacher's instructions, waited in Binjiang without going back.

He first found a hotel, booked a room, and planned to rest for a couple of hours.

After driving all night long, he really couldn't stand it anymore.

As one reaches middle age, one cannot avoid brewing goji berries in a thermos.

He wasn't as young as he used to be.

If he were ten years younger, he could have endured it.

Before his teacher arrived, he still had time to rest.

He would take this time to rest properly.

Just like that, as he lay down and dozed off, his phone rang, waking him up.

It was his teacher, Han Weixiang's call.

"I'll be in Binjiang soon, where are you now?"