Zuo Shan was stunned when he heard this. He really hadn't expected Chu Chen to give an explanation like that.
When people heard the word "treasure," many would immediately let their imaginations run wild. Glittering gold, silver, and jewels certainly had the power to inspire fantasies. This was also the main plot of many wuxia novels, such as Jin Yong's Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain and Liang Yusheng's A Tale of Wandering Heroes.
To be fair, China was vast and rich in resources, and there had been countless legends of treasures since ancient times. Treasure maps were everywhere as well, but Zuo Shan had never heard of anyone who had actually found a treasure based on a legend or treasure map.
However, generally speaking, no one would publicize the fact that they had found a treasure. Therefore, it was possible that someone had found a treasure with the help of a treasure map but had kept it secret.
Besides, Zuo Shan suddenly remembered that there really was a priceless treasure buried somewhere in Xiazhou. That place was the Three Gorges.
As everyone knew, the Three Gorges waterway was filled with dangerous shoals. Along the 660-kilometer waterway from Xiazhou to Shancheng, the elevation dropped 120 meters, and there were as many as 139 major hazards to navigation. Shipwrecks caused by striking reefs occurred one after another.
Some sections of this waterway were filled with rapids and dangerous shoals. Historically, it had been famous for its winding course, strange rocks, numerous shoals, swift currents, and perilous navigation.
It was precisely because of the countless dangerous shoals along the Three Gorges waterway that innumerable ships had sunk there over the past several thousand years. Many of those sunken vessels contained vast amounts of gold, silver, precious treasures, and valuable cultural relics.
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