Strange Life of a Cat

Chapter 254 - 254 247 A Drop of Blood Worth Ten Thousand

?Chapter 254: Chapter 247: A Drop of Blood Worth Ten Thousand Gold Chapter 254: Chapter 247: A Drop of Blood Worth Ten Thousand Gold After returning home, Mr. Jiao found an excuse to rest and took the opportunity to examine the items his cat son had unearthed in the room. When he had first received them, he hadn’t been sure what they were, or if they were of any value, but past experiences had taught him that the cat had its reasons for whatever it did; hence, just to be safe, he cautiously hid the items away and only now had time to look at them.

He carefully moved aside the vines to reveal the amber inside.

He peeled the vines off and set them aside without discarding them. He had found these plants in a botany book, and they indeed were from the mountains. Mr. Jiao could confirm his cat son had truly been to the mountains, though he didn’t know what unusual experiences it might have had there.

As for the amber, Mr. Jiao wasn’t very knowledgeable about appraisals; he had only ever made synthetic ambers himself. He had a few natural ones, gifted by others, including one said to be worth tens of thousands that contained insects, though the preservation of the insects was only at eighty percent. He had only seen synthetic ambers containing plants; he had never encountered a natural one.

Since he was at the base and did not want others to discover it, Mr. Jiao had to rely on the simplest method of distinguishing whether the amber was synthetic or natural. Amber fluoresces under ultraviolet light, though nowadays, with the advancement of counterfeiting technology, even synthetic amber can fluoresce. Thus, Mr. Jiao was only able to conduct a preliminary identification.

The appraisal showed that the amber did fluoresce under ultraviolet light, and the little flower inside it emitted a bright blue fluorescence tinged with purple. Mr. Jiao even checked a botanical reference on rare plants compiled recently by some botanists over the past two years and found no similar flower inside it.

If this amber were real, Professor Jiao had an intuition that the little flower inside might be a plant from tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years ago, a plant undiscovered by humans. Once confirmed real, it would certainly excite plant and paleobotany scientists. They had no interest in red rats, as their research focus was different. But an ancient plant was another matter, especially a complete flower; the details visible in its stigma could reveal much. Red rats, having been the first seen, might hint at the existence of a second; but this amber encapsulating a complete flower recording a natural miracle from millions to hundreds of millions of years ago might truly be unique in the world. To biologists and geologists, the value of amber lies in its historical evolutionary process, while to collectors and investors, amber containing rare biotic or botanical entities is considered a precious treasure.

Mr. Jiao could very well take this amber out, and when the time came, several professors working on it might directly publish their findings in Nature, with Mr. Jiao as the “discoverer” certainly listed as an author. This would bring great benefits for his future career promotions, project grant applications, and more. If this amber were included, it would be icing on the cake. Similar to how a professor at a paleontology research institute had once published his findings on ancient plants as the primary author in Nature, Mr. Jiao could do the same, competing in a place like Chuhua University known for its fierce competition among both teachers and students. There are not many teachers of Mr. Jiao’s age who could publish papers and results in either of the two world-renowned academic journals, Nature or Science, which speaks volumes about the benefits Mr. Jiao could gain.

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