The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

"However, I did get a clue from someone else. That year, there was a person named Zhang Qi who also went to the underwater tomb. According to his description, he seemed to know that girl Huo Ling. He said that in the end, his third uncle drugged them and made them lose their memories. However, this was only what he said, and there was no substantial evidence. It can only be regarded as a guess."

Fang Yun said calmly.

“Zhang Qi… The first name that girl Huo Ling called out after she woke up was Zhang Qi.”

Huo San Niang suddenly said.

"It seems that to unravel all these mysteries, we must find Wu Sansheng. However, his whereabouts are still unknown. He is probably roaming some ancient tomb again. Finding him will not be an easy task. Besides, I don't have much interest in getting involved in the affairs of your later generations."

Fang Yun said calmly.

“Your abilities are extraordinary, and your pursuits are different. I knew from then on that you could get whatever you wanted, and you are not on the same path as us at all. However, I implore you to help us continue to investigate this matter. The Huo family will spare no effort to open a channel for you. No matter what kind of help or assistance you need, the Huo family will do its duty without hesitation. As long as it is within the Huo family’s power, we will not refuse.”

Huo San Niang quickly said.

"Huo Sanniang has lived for so many years and is very insightful. Times have indeed changed, and some things are best handled by people like her."

Fang Yun muttered to himself.

Huo Sanniang stared at Fang Yun's face, and seeing that Fang Yun remained calm, she was also extremely flustered.

Huo San Niang knew very well that, in terms of wealth, this gentleman in front of her could easily produce any item.

That's enough for the Huo family to accumulate over several generations; it's not even in the same league.

Huo Sanniang only hoped that Fang Yun would help them investigate Wu Sansheng's whereabouts, out of consideration for their past working together.

And the truth from twenty years ago.

Even though Fang Yun refused, Huo San Niang had no way to resolve the issue.

The man in front of her was not someone that her small Huo family could afford to offend.

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Back in the day, even Zhang Qishan of the Nine Gates wouldn't dare to easily provoke the man before him.

Moreover, Er Yuehong treated the man before him with utmost respect, his eyes filled with admiration and gratitude.

Moreover, some of Er Yuehong's descendants have done quite well for themselves.

The hidden power behind Fang Yun is no ordinary force.

"Fine, considering that we once worked together, and also considering that you Nine Gates shed blood and sacrificed many lives to protect Changsha, I will help you investigate the whereabouts of Wu Sansheng in my spare time. If I can find him, that would be the best, but if I can't, I will have done my best."

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Fang Yun said calmly.

"I am deeply grateful and will not thank you in words. Please keep this card. If you need anything, please call the number on it. The person on the other end of the line will prepare whatever you need as soon as possible. There is also a bank card here with 100 million in it. Although you have no worries about food and clothing here, this is not easy to sell. Consider this 100 million as my personal way of repaying your life-saving grace."

Huo Sanniang handed over a bank card.

"There's no need to give money. I already said it was just a small favor. But you have to tell me the truth about the Wu and Xie families. After all, I haven't been paying attention to them for a while, so there are some things I'm not clear about. If I want to find Wu Sansheng, I definitely need to know everything about the Xie and Wu families."

Fang Yun said calmly.

"When the Nine Gates were forced to disband, everyone was fleeing in panic. I only heard about their story later. It seems that after they left, the Xie family and the Wu family had a very good relationship in private. Both families fled Changsha in the same direction, and then the two families began a long-term cooperation."

"I heard that a few years ago, the head of the Wu family seemed to have severely scolded Wu Sansheng, and no one in the family ever had anything to do with him again. I heard that it was because Wu Sansheng had tricked a junior member of the Xie family, Xie Lianhuan. The specific reason is unknown, after all, it was a family scandal of the Wu family, and naturally it could not be made public."

Chapter 300 The Zhang Family? The Pursuit of the Secret to Immortality!

"According to what you're saying, Wu Sansheng is hiding a lot of secrets. Do you even know what his actual position is in the Wu family?"

Fang Yun said calmly.

Fang Yun asked this question because he deduced it from Huo San Niang's few words.

The Nine Gates did not completely decline back then; if the Nine Gates had not been destroyed.

Some rules are naturally implemented in accordance with the original rules set by the Nine Gates.

Each of the Nine Gates families will choose its own heir to inherit the family's future rise and fall.

Huo Sanniang was a rather exceptional case, after all, in that era, there was a divine being like Fang Yun who extended her lifespan.

This is why the Huo family has never changed its head of the family, but other families have not been so lucky.

That's why Fang Yun wanted to know what Wu Sansheng's current status was in the Wu family.

If one is not the core heir, then many secrets will naturally remain unknown.

“I do know a little about this. Wu Sansheng’s status in the Wu family is not very high. However, there is someone in the Wu family, Wu Xie’s second uncle, who usually doesn’t show off, but has a lot of influence in the family. In my opinion, Wu Sansheng is not the heir of the Wu family, but Wu Xie’s second uncle is more likely to be the heir.”

Huo Sanniang recounted everything in detail.

"It seems that after all these years, you still know each other to some extent. Since Wu Sansheng is not an important person, the secrets he has are not even worth mentioning. It's just that you want to know some secrets. However, in my opinion, the best entry point now is Wu Xie."

Fang Yun took a sip of tea.

"Indeed, sir, you can see through the mystery at a glance. In Wu Xie's generation, only Wu Xie can continue to carry on the glory of the Wu family. However, Wu Xie doesn't have any special skills. He just runs an antique shop and spends his days researching things. If the Wu family really passes on to him, I wonder what will become of it."

Huo Sanniang said.

"We don't need to worry about that. Since then, besides you, do any of your generation still have old friends who are still alive?"

Fang Yun asked.

"I'm not really sure about that either. Back then, the war was urgent, and everyone was packing their things and going their separate ways. Those who left home were mostly the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and the young. The strong young men had long been sent to the battlefield to meet the invaders."

Huo San Niang sighed.

"Well then, finding Wu Sansheng won't be difficult for you. However, there's someone whose background I want to know. You've heard of him, Zhang Qi. I've been to the ancient tomb with him twice before. Judging from his behavior and the abilities he's learned, he seems to be a descendant of the Zhang family. But I remember that the Zhang family only has one successor per generation, and there's never a second one. That means that only one person in each generation of the Zhang family can use all of their abilities."

Fang Yun glanced at Huo San Niang.

"My lord, please forgive me for being powerless to help with this matter. The Zhang family will always be the head of the Nine Gates. Their secrets are only known to those within the Zhang family. Outsiders have no way of knowing them. Even though we are all members of the Nine Gates, unless we can find someone inside the Zhang family, we will never know the identity of this person."

Huo Sanniang said with shame.

"My lord, there is one more thing I'm not sure whether I should ask or not."

Huo Sanniang seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly looked at Fang Yun.

"Ask me any questions you may have. I'll tell you what I need to know, and you won't know what you shouldn't know."

Fang Yun said calmly.

"If I remember correctly, Seventh Sister should have fled with the adults back then. I wonder how Seventh Sister is doing now? I wonder if this old woman will be able to see her one last time before I die."

Huo San Niang sighed.

"Seventh Miss is a very good person now, but whether you can meet again depends on fate. You don't need to ask about this anymore. If you are destined to meet again, you will naturally meet again. If you are not destined to meet, then accept your fate."

"If there's nothing else, please leave! I need to come back and rest for a couple of days."

Fang Yun then walked back into the inner room.

Having achieved her goal, Huo Sanniang felt embarrassed to stay any longer after seeing Fang Yun seeing her off.

He bowed to the inner room and then walked out of the antique shop, his steps unsteady.

Inner room.

A stack of files lay on a table steeped in history.

The stack of files lay quietly on the table, the writing on them blurred, but a few words could still be made out.

"Zhang Family Experiment... in pursuit of immortality... Zhang Qi... the key."

"I never imagined that the Zhang family back then was also pursuing such an ethereal thing as immortality. Zhang Qi's background is really hard to guess. Moreover, Zhang Qi has always been silent and will never reveal his abilities until the time comes. This is a tough nut to crack. I will have to get to know him better in the future and see what this so-called immortality that the Zhang family is pursuing really is."

Fang Yun muttered to himself.

Although this trip to the underwater tomb didn't yield much, it confirmed that the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds still exists.

And it's right there on Changbai Mountain.

"Finding Wu Sansheng isn't something we need to prioritize; we can just look for him as things happen. However, there are still some things we need to find by using Wu Xie. We don't know when the jade figurine and the corpse beetle pill will be able to awaken someone. It's safest to find a few more ways to achieve immortality."

Fang Yun has decided that he will still need to use Wu Xie to find the ancient tomb.

Wu Xie didn't rest after returning. This trip to the underwater tomb had given him a lot of new questions.

These doubts have been lingering in my mind for a while, especially the secret about my third uncle, which is giving me a real headache.

Zhang Qi's side of the story alone is not enough to make Wu Xie accept the whole situation.

After all, so many people still know what happened twenty years ago.

Wu Xie naturally didn't want to miss such an opportunity, especially since the internet had already developed so much.

Wu Xie found a group photo of his third uncle and the others before they went down into the underwater tomb.

He also added captions and posted a photo of a bronze fish with snake-like eyebrows online.

Wu Xie wanted to use this method to find the people who went down to the underwater tomb with his third uncle twenty years ago.

I tried to learn more about the truth from them.

Meanwhile, Wu Xie inquired about the whereabouts of his third uncle within the family, but no one in the family knew where Wu's third uncle had gone.

Chapter 301 Old Friends Reunite! A Cry for Help from Fang Yun!

However, Wu Xie remembered that there seemed to be a worker at his third uncle's house who had been working for him all along, so Wu Xie quickly called that worker.

"Hello, this is Wu Xie. Has Third Master Wu come back yet?"