Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

The last three words were spoken with extreme intensity by Chen Yan, clearly indicating his deep hatred for the Wang family.

Everyone in the main hall fell silent.

Zhang Qiling suddenly asked, "How did you get better?"

Chen Yan looked at Zhang Qiling: "Guess?"

"You went to the Zhang family's territory. How did your parents know about the Zhang family's affairs and find their territory?"

Chen Yan didn't answer. Lao Jiu opened his mouth, and Chen Yan turned his head to look at him. Lao Jiu smiled helplessly and said, "We've come this far, there's no need to hide it anymore."

Old Nine stepped forward, stood beside Chen Yan, and looked at Zhang Qiling, saying, "Because I've lived a long life."

"What?"

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban looked at Lao Jiu in surprise, while Xie Yuchen frowned. No wonder he always felt that Lao Jiu was strange.

Zhang Qiling looked at Lao Jiu, seemingly unsurprised.

"Not only am I long-lived, but back when the Zhang family was fighting amongst themselves in Sishui City, I saved someone who taught me the Zhang family's secrets."

"The Zhang family's swordsmanship, fist techniques, disguise and bone shrinking techniques, as well as the Zhang family's ancient building code and the Zhang family's history."

Old Nine said calmly, "That man's name is Zhang Qiling."

What the hell!

Everyone looked at Zhang Qiling, but the next second...

Wu Xie shouted, "That's not right! Chen Yan said at the New Moon Hotel that Xiao Ge was just a child back then, and he himself didn't know the password to the Zhang Family Ancient Building, otherwise he wouldn't have cooperated with Zhang Qishan."

"That's right."

Lao Jiu looked at Zhang Qiling and said, "The Zhang Qiling I saved is the one who died in Sishui City."

"That is, your previous clan leader."

"wrong."

Zhang Qiling frowned slightly as he looked at Lao Jiu. Just as he was about to say something, Lao Jiu said, "I know what you want to say. You want to say that when you were freeing the wild, you went to Sishui City, and the clan leader's token was also brought out from Sishui City."

"And the corpse you found the token of was that of the clan chief, wasn't it?"

Zhang Qiling's eyes narrowed: "You've tampered with it."

"certainly."

Old Nine calmly said, "He was seriously injured at the time. After I managed to save his life, he has been living with me ever since."

"After he recovered from his injuries, he made a copy of himself and placed it in Sishui City, and also placed the clan leader's token on the corpse."

"He said he was tired, the Zhang family was gone, the Zhang family in his heart was gone, so he would no longer call himself a member of the Zhang family."

"But."

Old Ninth lowered his eyes slightly: "In the end, he still couldn't let go of the Zhang family, so when he lived with me, he warmed my blood. That's why I live a long life. The method of warming blood was also told to me by him."

"Including that he continued to secretly observe the affairs of the Nine Gates afterward."

"But after you took the clan chief's token, and the entire Zhang family left the clan territory, he came to me and told me that he was leaving."

"He told me everything he knew, and then said that if the Wang family ever found you, I must help you. You are also a child with a hard life, and all this responsibility should not be yours."

"He is the one who wronged you. He is alive, but cowardly and lacks the courage to take responsibility for himself again."

Zhang Qiling remained silent, and Wu Xie and the others all looked at her, unsure of what to say.

Hei Xiazi, standing to the side, sensed something was amiss; there was something wrong with what Lao Jiu had said.

Because if he were so passionate, why would he know so much about the Zhang family yet have no fame?

It has never happened.

He even appeared beside Chen Yan?

Blood Heat requires Qilin blood. If Chen Yan was saved by Blood Heat, then where did Blood Heat get his Qilin blood?

Zhang Qiling had clearly considered this as well, so he looked at Chen Yan and asked, "Does he have hemorrhagic fever?"

"No, it's not Brother Yan."

Old Nine glanced at Chen Yan and said, "I only managed to save him by using the Zhang family's connections to enter several of the Zhang family's ancient buildings and find the antidote."

Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged. Zhang Qiling felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't verify what Lao Jiu had said.

Unless the previous Zhang Qiling appears to prove all of this.

Otherwise, since Zhang Qiling had amnesia before and had not received the inheritance, and the amnesia occurred afterward, there would be no way to connect the memories.

Wu Xie, Wang Yueban, and Xie Yuchen were even less able to refute Lao Jiu's words, and they couldn't find any loopholes in Lao Jiu's words.

After all, they had no idea what happened a hundred years ago.

For a moment, the entire main hall fell silent.

Chen Yan spoke first: "Alright, that's the gist of it. If you don't want to die, then figure out how to survive."

"From this moment forward, I am the head of the Nine Gates, the leader of the Nine Gates. Does Patriarch Xie have any objections?"

Xie Yuchen glanced at Chen Yan, and after a long while, said, "If I had any objections, would I not even be able to leave your Chen family's house?"

"Not at all, at most I'll just keep my uncle behind for a heart-to-heart talk."

Chen Yan looked at Xie Yuchen with a gentle smile, but Xie Yuchen rolled his eyes, not wanting to discuss the matter with him.

Chen Yan looked at Wu Xie: "As for you, you are not the head of the Wu family. If your third uncle has any objections to this, let him come to me personally."

If Wu Xie knew that Wu Sansheng was in Chen Yan's hands, he would definitely jump up and yell at Chen Yan, "Are you crazy? My third uncle is in your hands, what are you pretending for!"

You even made my third uncle come to find you in person?

Aren't you ashamed to say that?

Chen Yan: Hehe~

Wu Sansheng: No, not at all.

Xie Yuchen looked at Chen Yan and said, "I need you to arrange for someone to escort us safely back to the Xie family."

"sure."

Chen Yan smiled and said, "I'm very easy to talk to."

Everyone: ? ? ? ? Say it again while looking at us?

"Someone come here!"

A person entered from outside and looked at Chen Yan: "Patriarch."

"Arrange for a team to escort the Xie family head and the others back to the Xie family, and deliver them safely."

"Yes, Master. I'll make the arrangements immediately."

The waiter turned and left, and Xie Yuchen couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, what kind of people are these waiters of yours?"

Even if you hire mercenaries, which company hires a bunch of mercenaries?

Chen Yan smiled and said, "My father is a businessman, so it's normal for him to have some bodyguards."

This means I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Xie Yuchen wasn't disappointed. He stood up and said, "Wu Xie, let's go."

Wu Xie looked at Chen Yan, wanting to ask something, but ultimately didn't, because he had a gut feeling that Chen Yan wouldn't tell him.

Just then, Chen Yan suddenly asked, "Isn't Bei Ya going to stay?"

Everyone looked at Chen Yan, who had a smile on his face: "Anyway, I used to be one of my old man's employees, didn't I? There's nothing shameful about doing what I used to do."