Holding this pearl, which can be said to be worthless, Li Xiaofeng hesitated a little in his heart, and finally put it away.

He thought to himself that it would be more valuable to take it back as a personal collection than to leave it here and slowly turn into a puddle of dust.

Li Xiaofeng put away his thoughts and continued to rummage through the shells of penguin shells, but he didn't expect that only five minutes later, he actually had another harvest.

When he opened a clam shell with his right hand, he was surprised to find that there was a pink drop-shaped pearl with a diameter of about 10 mm, lying quietly between the two clam shells, as if it was a girl waiting for him to unveil it.

What's even more rare is that this pink pear-shaped pearl shows no signs of aging and is exuding an elegant, noble and intoxicating color.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiaofeng was also happy in his heart, this is a pearl that is naturally used to make a pendant, this time not only my mother's New Year's gift is available, but even my grandmother's New Year's gift is also available.

Pearls in nature are not all round, and it should even be said that round pearls only account for a small proportion of them, but artificially cultured pearls have a much higher proportion of round.

In fact, whether it is a natural pearl or an artificially cultured pearl, it is the small debris from the outside world that enters the mantle of some shellfish, and the shellfish softbody secretes a kind of nacre in order to protect itself, and wraps the foreign matter layer by layer to form vegetations, which become pearls over time.

However, the foreign matter in the natural pearl core is generally not perfectly round and rarely rolls, so the shape of the pearl produced is generally poorly rounded; The core of artificially cultured pearls is relatively round, and the shellfish can also be manually turned to correct the roundness, so the roundness after the pearl is better.

However, in order to pursue yield, cultured pearls will put larger shells or obstacles in the shells, which leads to a relatively thin outer shell secreted by shellfish, generally only 0.5-2 mm; In natural pearls, the outer layer of the wrap generally extends from the outer layer to the vicinity of the center.

The thickness of the nacre also determines that the natural pearl (sea pearl) has a more delicate texture, softer luster, and higher transparency (mostly translucent); Because of the short pearl formation time, the texture of cultured pearls is also relatively loose, and the luster is not as strong as natural pearls.

This difference in texture, combined with the fact that there are very few natural pearls, also creates a huge difference in price. In general, the price of natural pearls is at least ten times that of cultured pearls of the same volume, and sometimes even tens or hundreds of times.

It can be said that 99.9% of the pearls on the market are artificially cultured, and natural pearls are becoming more and more rare.

So looking at the drop-shaped pink pearl in his hand, Li Xiaofeng's originally somewhat decadent spirit couldn't help but be shocked, as if he had been stimulated by the power of the desolation in his body all of a sudden, and began to rummage around again energetically.

Unfortunately, when he finally turned over the shells of the penguin shells on the entire seabed, Li Xiaofeng only found an ordinary white pearl, and this pearl was not only small in size (less than 6 mm in diameter), but also very irregular in shape.

It can be said that it is worthless, and it is estimated that it can only be ground into pearl powder to be used when I bring it back.

Pearls can not only be used as decorations, but also as traditional Chinese medicine.

Oral administration of pearl powder has the effect of brightening the eyes and calming the nerves, detoxifying and building muscles; Externally applied, it has the effect of whitening and freckle removal.

At this time, Li Xiaofeng looked at the large area of the seabed in front of him that he had almost rummaged through, and now he finally understood why the production of natural pearls was low.

This is really low enough, you must know that he has just rummaged through at least four or five hundred mussel shells, and only found 3 pearls, and among these three pearls, there is only 1 pearl that is really valuable.

Just when Li Xiaofeng thought that today was going to end here, his little brother of Napoleon wrasse actually swam towards him from a distance.

Li Xiaofeng was stunned, huh? Could it be that this humane Napoleon wrasse has discovered something?

Li Xiaofeng was thinking that luck would not be so good. Unexpectedly, after the wrassefish swam in front of him, it really spit out an orange-red round bead bigger than a pigeon's egg from his mouth!

Seeing this situation, Li Xiaofeng couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly followed with his hands.

I have to say that the little fish brother I received today is really powerful! A fish actually helped him find two pearls, and the first one was already a big existence among the pearls, but he didn't expect the second one to be even bigger than the first!

It's a battle fish among fish!

Li Xiaofeng hurriedly rubbed its fleshy forehead with his hand again, and it could be seen that this Napoleon wrasse fish also enjoyed the process, like a puppy that had been praised by its owner, and had fun there.

After pacifying the little brother of Napoleon wrasse, Li Xiaofeng began to observe the orange-red pearl in his hand.

However, after such an observation, Li Xiaofeng found that the situation seemed to be a little wrong.

Because the appearance of this orange-red bead does not have the delicate nacre on the pearl, but has a crystalline appearance like ceramic. In addition, the interior seems to have a flame-like pattern.

This is certainly not a pearl!

Looking at the orange-red beads, Li Xiaofeng always felt as if he had heard of it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

While he was still meditating there, the little brother of Napoleon wrasse, who had just been praised by him, went to the clam shell to get busy again.

This is comparable to a model worker fish!

After thinking for a while, Li Xiaofeng, who didn't have the slightest gain, couldn't help but look up at the little brother Yu who was busy not far away, and when he saw the wrasse wrasse fish picking up a yellow conch shell with black spots in his mouth, he was suddenly stunned.

And then there's ecstasy, this, this, this can't be "Dragon Ball"!

The porcelain-like appearance, combined with the flame pattern, is not exactly the typical feature of the Merlot beads known as "dragon balls", also known as "flame beads"?

At this time, the excitement in Li Xiaofeng's heart was simply overflowing, and he couldn't wait to pick up his little brother Yu and kiss the two, you must know that the value of Meile beads is much higher than that of pearls!

"Dragon Ball" is also known as Merlot Bead, which is generally produced from coconut vortex snails, which is what we usually call coconut snails and papaya snails.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

Due to the inability to breed artificially, it is extremely difficult to produce rare and precious "Dragon Balls".

The odds of finding a conch in a conch can be said to be one in 10,000, and the odds of finding a larger size and good quality are even worse!

This is also the reason why Li Xiaofeng didn't try to smash it open and look for the Merlot Bead when he rushed to the sea to harvest the coconut snail before, because the chance of finding it is almost zero, so it is better to sell it for money!