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This was genuine gold, a product of nature, not some treasure from a certain dynasty left behind by a shipwreck.

Lu Ao stared wide-eyed with his large dragon eyes, examining the chunk of gold in his hand.

The widest part of this gold chunk was at least forty centimeters across, while the narrowest was still ten or twenty centimeters. Its shape was irregular. Apart from one side that had likely been frequently scoured smooth by the currents, its other sides were angular, like ordinary rocks.

He had read reports about gold before and knew that natural Gold Nuggets were not pure metal. They could contain quartz or other impurities. Yet even if it was not pure gold, its weight and size alone made it immensely valuable.

Lu Ao made a rough estimate. This chunk of gold had to be worth several million at least!

Even if he were picking up money off the ground, banknotes of the same volume would not be worth as much as this gold chunk!

Money really had fallen from the sky!

Song Zhou saw it too and waved, signaling for him to bring the gold up first.

Lu Ao nodded and hurriedly swam toward him.

Halfway there, Lu Ao suddenly realized something. He turned and swam back toward the pile of silt, then reached in with his dragon claw and stirred it around. Soon, he encountered another hard object in the silt.

This hard object was lighter than the Gold Nugget on his claw, but it was still quite large. He reached in and squeezed it. It was hard yet soft as well; at the very least, his claw easily left marks on its surface.

Without even taking it out, Lu Ao could almost certainly conclude that this was another Gold Nugget!

Once he pulled