Chapter 128 Colorful Pearl Mussel
"Ivy, did you draw this? What is it?" Richard picked up the notebook curiously.
"Oh, a fragment of a mussel shell. I want to design it as a trinket."
"Mussel shell fragment? What kind of fragment?" Richard asked excitedly, "Could I have a look at it?"
"Sure." Anyway, Richard was not an outsider.
Ivy entered the bedroom and generously showed Richard the five fragments.
"Aren't these what I will identify?" Richard held the fragments curiously. After observing them repeatedly, he asked, "Ivy, where did you get these treasures?"
"I picked them up by the river," Ivy said.
"By the river? Which river?" Richard became more and more excited.
When Ivy heard this, she knew these mussel shells were valuable. In her impression, Grandpa was very interested in archeology, so he should be able to see the value of mussel shell fragments.
"Grandpa, can you tell the age of this mussel?"
"I couldn't do it before, but now my eyesight has recovered, it's totally possible." Richard carefully looked at the mussel shell fragments one by one, then pointed them at the light for a long time and said with certainty, "It's more than 77 thousand years."
What? 77 thousand years! Ivy couldn't believe it. Did that mussel live for so long?
If so, didn't the Magic Pearl in her body also have 77 thousand years of spiritual energy?
"Grandpa, how do you know its age? Can you teach me?" Ivy was eager to learn about this.
Richard picked up one of the fragments. "This kind of mussel is a rare ancient creature called the colorful pearl mussel. It has been extinct for more than 50 million years. It likes to live in caves at the bottom of the river. When it's born, the shell is all gray, and there are many circles on its back, and the circles are its age.
"A red circle will appear on its shell each year, and an orange circle will appear every ten years. Every hundred years, a golden circle will appear, and every thousand years, a green circle will appear. The purple circle will appear every 10 thousand years.
"On this fragment, there are seven purple circles, seven green circles, three golden circles, three orange circles, and three red circles. It's too much to count. Judging from these colors, it has lived at least 77 thousand years."
The colorful pearl mussel, 77 thousand years! It was the first time Ivy had heard such a shocking statement. She picked up the shell and looked at it carefully for a long time, then said suspiciously, "Grandpa, how did you figure out that it has seven purple circles and seven green circles? Why can't I see it?"
Richard chuckled. "Because you haven't researched it before. If ordinary people want to know the age of the colorful pearl mussel, they can only look at it from the back of the complete shell. But archaeologists are skilled."
Saying that, Richard put the shell fragments under the light. "Ivy, take a look now, do you find anything new?"
Ivy looked over curiously, she never expected that this fragment of mussel shell would show a complete image of a mussel shell against the light, just like the complete river mussel she saw at the bottom of the river. Its color could be shown very clearly.
It turned out that Grandpa could tell the age of the mussel through the light. Ivy felt that she had gained too much today.
She thought, "Since this mussel has lived for so long, its shell must have unusual effects. Maybe it can prevent and cure illness or make people live forever. I don't know if Alexander's family doctor tested its ingredients?"
When Ivy was thinking, Richard said, "According to the historical book, a colorful pearl mussel is an auspicious object in the river, which can ward off disasters and evil spirits. The river will not flood when it exists. The pearls it produces have magical effects. It can illuminate, avoid water, exorcise evil spirits, and also cure all diseases and wounds. Whoever gets it can live forever."
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