Chapter 547: Gold-Seeking Beast, God of Wealth

Presented before Wang An's eyes was an irregular, cone-shaped gold nugget. Viewed from the side, it was roughly a right-angled triangle, and overall, it looked like a small hillock.

But this gold nugget wasn't solid; there was a lot of mud and sand packed inside it.

One could imagine how beautiful the intricate, ant-nest-like gold connections inside would be if the mud and sand were washed clean.

Wang An happily held the gold nugget and examined it for a long time before putting it into a sack. He checked his watch; it was already past 12 o'clock, so he waved to the tail-less fox in the distance:

"Hey, buddy, let's go, back to eat meat."

It had to be said, the speed at which Wang An changed his face was quite fast; just a moment ago he wanted to bury the tail-less fox, and now he was calling it "brother" again.

Seeing Wang An's wave, the tail-less fox looked at the big pit in front of Wang An and walked toward Wang An with a very guarded look.

It was clear that this "Fox Immortal" was very wary of this big pit and this big rock.

When the tail-less fox walked over, Wang An patted the tail-less fox's head and said:

"Very good, truly very good, I'll credit you with a merit, hahaha... I'll give you meat to eat at noon today."

As he spoke, Wang An dragged his iron shovel and walked back along the road.

To Wang An's words, the tail-less fox had no reaction; mainly, there was no responsive action, but it followed Wang An from behind, trotting along.

While passing the river, Wang An took out the gold nugget to wash it. After washing, the gold nugget appeared even more magnificent.

The only flaw was that because this thing had been buried in the soil for a long time, and because it was itself an accumulation of countless gold dust particles, there were many places where sand grains were embedded inside.

However, this was also a characteristic of gold nuggets; although it didn't look very aesthetically pleasing, like a face covered in acne, it increased the authenticity of the gold nugget.

Weighing it, it was about five jin. Even calculated at the price of pure gold, the value of this gold nugget was at least over 20,000 yuan! Soon, Wang An and the tail-less fox returned to the vicinity of the camp. When they walked to a pile of rocks near the camp, the tail-less fox began to bark at the pile of rocks.

Then Wang An saw a red fox head emerge from under a big rock. If he wasn't mistaken, it was the tail-less fox's wife, that red fox.

He never expected that the communication method between foxes was actually no different from humans; they just shouted a few times within earshot of each other and that was it.

When Wang An led the two foxes back to the camp, everyone had already returned, and the meal was already prepared.

Seeing Wang An, Feng Chengmin greeted him with a smile:

"Oh, look, isn't our Gold Gang leader back."

Zhang Shuya, who was scooping bear paw out of the pot, glanced at Wang An and said with a smile:

"A leader is a leader, coming back right at mealtime."

It was clear that everyone's harvest this morning must have been quite substantial, because everyone's face was beaming with smiles.

Hearing these two people's words, Wang An said with a smile:

"That's a must, otherwise I wouldn't be a leader in vain. Let me tell you, as long as you serve..."

Halfway through his sentence, when Wang An noticed the gloomy smile on Zhang Shuya's face, Wang An immediately shut his mouth.

Then Wang An changed the subject and said: "Let me tell you, this tail-less fox helped me a lot today."

As he spoke, Wang An took out that cone-shaped, hollow gold nugget.

Seeing this unusually shaped gold nugget, almost everyone widened their eyes and opened their mouths, collectively "dropping their jaws." Immediately after, the classic four-character exclamation, "Oh, holy shit!" echoed throughout the entire camp.

Then everyone collectively gathered around and began to comment on this gold nugget in a hubbub of voices.

Wu Dong exclaimed:

"Exquisite craftsmanship, absolutely exquisite craftsmanship. I dare say this gold nugget might be the best in the world!"

Wang Shuai immediately said:

"I remember those recorded gold nuggets, including those stolen from the Old Summer Palace, none of them grew this impressively."

Sun Nian also recalled:

"There don't seem to be many of these hollow ones."

Feng Chengmin said to Wang An with a smile:

"You really didn't feed this fox in vain. I think it's repaying your kindness. It stayed by our side all morning, then it darted away. I saw it too, didn't think it went to find you, hahaha..."

Mu Xueli shouted and asked: "Brother-in-law, tell us quickly, how did it help you find gold?"

As soon as Mu Xueli finished speaking, everyone looked at Wang An simultaneously. Clearly, everyone was extremely curious about a fox helping to find gold.

Wang An looked at the gossiping crowd and briefly recounted the events of the morning.

After Wang An finished speaking, everyone's view of the tail-less fox changed, because everyone's unanimous thought was: "Is this really a fox? This is clearly a gold-seeking beast, a God of Wealth!"

Seeing Wang Li staring at the tail-less fox for a while, he suddenly said to Wang An with a face full of excitement:

"Fourth Brother, why don't you let me feed it for a few meals, and then have it help me find a piece of gold too."

As soon as Wang Li finished speaking, before Wang An could say anything, shining golden light spilled from everyone's eyes.

Clearly, everyone was thinking the same thing at this moment!

After all, in everyone's heart, the gold nuggets Wang An found belonged to Wang An himself. Of course, Wang An thought so too.

Actually, this was the reason Wang An could bring these people to pan for gold; these people were all very sensible and understood "human sentiment" and "worldly wisdom."

And most importantly, before Wang An told everyone to come pan for gold, he had very clearly stated this issue to everyone.

That was, "Accidental wealth belongs to the individual"! Actually, the meaning of this sentence didn't just refer to Wang An himself; it applied to everyone.

In other words, no matter who picked up a gold nugget or any other valuable thing, it belonged to the person who picked it up.

Because Wang An always believed in one sentence: "Close brothers, clear accounts"! The more people involved in money, the more damn trouble there would inevitably be.

Actually, this included the gold gall of the big bear; if Wang An hadn't taken it out to share, there would have been absolutely no problem with that either.

Fortunately, as far as the current gold panning harvest was concerned, the value of the bear gall was no longer in everyone's eyes.

Therefore, after Wang An noticed everyone's gaze, he realized he couldn't refuse this matter, because refusing would easily provoke public anger.

(End of chapter)