Tomb Raider: The man is in the Nine Gates, but the system insists it's the Primordial Era.

Changsha City, the Qi Family Old House.

Qi Tiezui, who had just returned home and was planning to have a good sleep, frowned as he looked at the "Demon Suppression Plate" hanging on the living room wall.

This "Demon-Suppressing Plate" is also a family heirloom passed down through the Qi family.

The Qi family ranks eighth among the Nine Gates, and they make a living mainly by using the Qimen Dunjia (奇门遁甲) technique and divination and star observation.

When the heads of the Qi family throughout history came into contact with and found similar "spiritual artifacts," they would subconsciously take them for themselves and bring them under their command.

This Demon-Suppressing Plate was left behind by the previous head of the Qi family, Qi Tiezui's father.

Legend has it that this Demon-Suppressing Plate contains the insights into cultivation that a legitimate Taoist master inscribed upon attaining enlightenment.

It can ward off evil spirits, subdue demons, and exorcise monsters.

However, over the years, the Qi family has never discovered the true efficacy of this demon-suppressing plate.

It was simply hung in the living room of the old house as an ornament, adding a touch of mystery to the Qi family's old house, which revered Taoist arts.

At the same time, this demon-suppressing disc also serves to foreshadow dangerous situations and crises.

Just as Qi Tiezui finished washing up and was about to go to bed, at this very moment...

The wheel representing the constellations on the Demon-Suppressing Plate began to spin.

Rumble!

A deafening rumble of thunder echoed from the sky above the heads of the people of Changsha.

Dark clouds gathered, and silver snakes darted about.

The impending storm awakened many ordinary people in the city.

On a bustling street in the city.

The young Taoist priest, who possessed the sole inheritance of the Northern Emperor's Black Law, was holding a bag of delicacies he had just bought in Changsha. He had clearly gained some weight recently, with rounder cheeks. Suddenly, he looked up in the direction of the True Immortal Temple.

"The aura of ghostly soldiers is so strong."

"What's Su Mu up to now?"

The young Taoist priest popped a piece of hot, crispy fried stinky tofu into his mouth and chewed it, gazing in confusion toward the direction of the True Immortal Temple.

Ever since the young Taoist priest arrived in Changsha and settled in the Zhenxian Temple, he had heard all sorts of mysterious and amazing rumors about Su Mu.

at the same time.

Even the young Taoist priest could tell.

The Taoist items such as talismans and elixirs displayed in the Zhenxian Temple for sale are actually genuine and have corresponding effects.

The young Taoist priest simply couldn't understand how Su Mu, who possessed no aura of a Taoist practitioner whatsoever, was able to find, write, and draw that kind of ancient talisman.

Old Tea Street.

The second floor of Zhenxian Temple.

After successfully opening the iron box containing dragon bones unearthed from the tomb of the King of Lu, Su Mu, who had taken out the eerie ghost seal, also curiously examined this legendary object with its own strange properties.

【The Seal of the God of Fortune and Virtue】

[Description: The seal is inscribed with "Nine-Fold Seal of the God of Fortune and Virtue," made of "Cold Blue Stone from the Underworld," and its authority is "to govern the tombs and wandering spirits within a hundred miles of the seal's location, to collect newly deceased local spirits, to register graves, and to issue travel permits for the mountains"...]

Type: Sign

Su Mu looked up at the 'Ghost Seal' placed on the table and began to peruse the ancient books related to the seal that he had sent people to collect.

After flipping through the ancient books for a while.

Su Mu muttered, "So it turns out it's just a land seal, not some ghost seal or ghost emperor's seal that can be used to summon ghost soldiers at will. It's far from that, and the legends are too outrageous."

Su Mu gave a wry smile.

An ancient land god's seal was used by King Nalu Shang as the seal of the Ghost Emperor.

There is a vast chasm, an absurd difference, between the Ghost Emperor and the Mountain God.

After figuring out the true identity of the 'Ghost Seal', Su Mu was once again filled with doubt.

Mountain gods, land gods, and other deities are actually not uncommon.

Similar legends and rumors exist in various places.

The mountain gods and land gods of each place are different, and each holds different powers.

Within China, many places may not have the various temples and statues of gods and deities found in traditional Chinese mythology, but 99% of them will have temples dedicated to the earth god and mountain god.

What Su Mu couldn't understand was...

If mountain gods and earth gods truly exist, why have so few people in the world been able to see them, or witness real miracles by these deities?

If the connection between heaven and earth is severed, then why does this "Ghost Seal" still exist in the world and have been obtained by King Naru Shang?

"King Lu Shang, you old codger, you only cared about your love and hatred in life and death. You didn't leave any clues for future generations to decipher the 'Ghost Seal'."

Su Mu shook his head and sighed.

They searched the entire underground palace of King Lu Shang, and found nothing but the record of the tragic love story between King Lu Shang and his queen.

There is not a single trace of records regarding strange objects such as the Golden Thread Robe, the Ghost Seal, and the Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish.

There are no clues in the entire Lu Shang King's underground palace about how he obtained the Ghost Seal and the Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish.

"The Earth God's Seal?"

"Didn't you just say it was some kind of Fude Zhengshen Treasure Seal?"

"That Fude Zhengshen is the local earth god in folk legends."

"Is there anything special about this seal?"

"I'm still researching it. The book seems to say that while chanting the incantation, you should use this seal as a gavel to strike the chopping board, and then you can command the ghost army."

"To achieve the miraculous effect of killing people across millions of miles."

"That amazing?"

"..."

Zhang Haiqi and Huo Xian'er both opened their mouths slightly, their surprise forming an "O" shape.

"Do you two have some kind of grudge? Would you like to use this Fude Zhengshen Seal?"

"No, how exactly do you use this?"

"Ancient books say that as long as you write the other person's birth date and time on the table, and then press this seal on the other person's name and birth date and time, you can take their life, regardless of distance or the target."

"However, this item has one troublesome aspect: the owner of this seal must perform the task of guiding the newly deceased souls of the local land deity every night."

"If we don't do it, those lost souls will crowd into my dreams every night, waiting for news."

"Do you want to do this job?"

"Forget it, let's just let Qi Tiezui handle it."

"..."

Seeing the two women shaking their heads like rattles, Su Mu listlessly put the Ghost Seal back into the Dragon Bone Iron Box.

The true identity of the Ghost Seal is the Seal of the God of Fortune and Virtue.

It is an object of the authority of the Earth God.

However, the owner of this item will not directly obtain the divine office of the land god.

It can only borrow the remaining power of this seal to summon ghost soldiers and substitute for earthly punishments.

The ghostly creatures had no effect on Su Mu's daily life, nor could they deter him in any way.

So this thing isn't really of much use to Su Mu.

As for the special ability to take someone's life remotely, that would be too complicated for Su Mu.

One of the steps to carry out this method is to obtain the other party's birth date and time and real name.

With that skill, Su Mu could have killed his opponent a hundred or eighty times over; why go through all this trouble?