Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

As Wu Xie and Wang Yue were sound asleep, leaning back in the back seat, Lao Jiu suddenly spoke up, "Wake up, get out of the car!"

What?

The two woke up groggily to find it was pitch black outside, and their car had stopped.

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban quickly wiped their faces and got out of the car. Lao Jiu quickly pulled three backpacks out of the trunk, one for each of them.

He then said, "Leave here and wait for us at a more distant location."

"Yes, Ninth Master."

After the guy got in the car, he stepped on the gas, and all the other cars drove off. Wang Yueban pulled out a flashlight and asked, "Old Jiu, where do we go in?"

Wu Xie held a flashlight and looked around at the surrounding environment. It was a vast, empty mine, and it was clear that it had been abandoned for many years.

"Come with me."

Old Nine glanced at the distant lights and immediately said, "Over here."

After saying that, he turned and left, and Wu Xie and Wang Yueban quickly followed Lao Jiu.

The others caught up with them not long after, but lost track of Lao Jiu and his group.

Fortunately, someone spotted the tire tracks on the ground. These people immediately began to examine the footprints on the ground and eventually followed the footprints step by step into the abandoned mine in Yinchuan.

The Mafia had night vision goggles, so they took advantage of the darkness around them and the fact that everyone else was still looking for their way to enter the mine before these shady characters.

Lao Jiu led Wu Xie and Wang Yueban through the mine, and Wu Xie followed along, asking, "What exactly is this place?"

"Why didn't my third uncle think of bringing me here, but you brought me here?"

Wang Yueban looked behind him and said, "Yeah, Ninth Brother, what exactly is the connection between this place and the Nine Gates?"

As Lao Jiu walked, he calmly replied, "In your Wu family's old house, there are several large vats hidden in a secret room in the ancestral hall."

"And those things are the source of your becoming a medicine man, Mangren grass."

"You're not suggesting that those so-called 'Mangren Grass' all come from the mines in Yinchuan, are you?"

Wu Xie stared in surprise at Lao Jiu's retreating figure. Lao Jiu calmly said, "Mangren Grass is actually just something that mutated after a meteorite fell to Earth."

"Heavens... a meteorite from outer space?"

Wang Yueban blurted out without thinking, "Old Ninth, if you're not going to tell me, fine, but the story you made up is way too outrageous!"

Lao Jiu's tone remained calm and collected, revealing no underlying problem: "Alright, actually, Mangren grass is just a type of grass."

"The seeds of this grass are very precious, so precious that if just one seed blossoms and bears fruit, it would be enough to bankrupt your Wu family."

"Holy crap, that's expensive?"

Wu Xie couldn't help but blurt it out, and Wang Yueban was also stunned. "No, really?"

"Is this gold? This is ridiculously expensive!"

Wu Xie suddenly said, "That's not right. Everyone in the Northern School knows about this. How could it be so expensive?"

Old Nine turned a corner and said, "Because what's valuable isn't the grass, but the seeds after it flowers and bears fruit."

"And Wu Xie, you."

Lao Jiu suddenly stopped and shone his flashlight on Wu Xie's face: "It's the one who ate the seed."

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban both stopped. Wu Xie, shocked, avoided the light and stared at the wall.

Old Nine turned around and continued walking: "Keep up."

After regaining his senses, Wu Xie quickly caught up with Lao Jiu and asked anxiously, "You said yourself that the seeds of this thing are very expensive. A single seed could bankrupt the Wu family. Where did the money come from?"

"You really can't believe it?"

The ninth brother's tone was tinged with sarcasm: "Why did your third uncle get on the ship? Who will carry out the arrangements made by Jie Jiu? Why is Jie Lianhuan associating with your third uncle? Willingly letting the Jie family become the Wu family's money bag?"

"You really can't guess?"

Wu Xie gritted his teeth, his mind racing as he began to filter through Lao Jiu's words, trying to find any loopholes.

Suddenly, Wu Xie said, "Wait! This isn't right! Xiao Hua is the head of the Xie family. If Xie Lianhuan used the Xie family's money to help the Wu family, how could Xiao Hua not know?"

"Because Xie Lianhuan has a large amount of private property left by Xie Jiuye."

"The Xie family's current wealth is all earned by Xie Yuchen."

Old Nine bent down, preparing to crawl into a mine shaft, and said with a slight tilt of his head, "Wu Xie, don't struggle. Actually, you knew when I told you that your Third Uncle's scheme against Xie Lianhuan wasn't to save the Nine Gates at all, but to scheme for the money in Xie Lianhuan's hands, so that the Wu family could cultivate the Mangren Grass to bloom and bear fruit."

Wu Xie's face drained of color, but he did not refute it.

Lao Jiu turned around and crawled into the mine, followed by Wu Xie and Wang Yueban.

They appeared from the other end; this place is very large.

Unlike the narrow passageways outside, this place is very large, not only large, but also has countless passageways in all directions.

Old Nine calmly said, "Come with me."

As he spoke, he crawled into the third hole in the second row horizontally, and the third hole in the third row vertically.

The opening here isn't in a regular shape; it's slightly twisted. So if you actually count, you'll find that the horizontal and vertical lines don't match.

Old Nine told Wu Xie and the others to leave first, while he would leave last.

With Wu Xie and Wang Yueban looking back, Lao Jiu took something out of his bag: a miniature electronic fan, commonly known as a small blower.

Although small, it was enough. Lao Jiu quickly blew up the dust that had settled on the surface where they had walked, while also cleaning up their footprints.

He nimbly flipped over and went straight to the entrance of the second floor: "Let's go."

A few minutes after they crawled into the cave, a group of people dressed in black came in with guns.

But with so many openings, they immediately began to check which one they had entered.

Who knew this trick would fail?

No matter how they investigated, it was useless.

After entering the cave, Wu Xie and Wang Yueban had to half-squat to move forward because the entrance was narrow. Lao Jiu, who was at the back, said, "Keep going, don't stop."

Wu Xie, standing in the middle, told Wang Yueban, "Fatty, be careful."

"clear."

Wang Yueban became more cautious, holding the gun in her backpack. The thought that there were still many explosives in the backpack made her feel safer.

The Mafia met with all sorts of people, and a shootout ensued. Although the Mafia members were well-equipped, the shady characters were far more agile and nimble in the tomb.

So besides those who died, quite a few people ran away.

These people will spread the news of the Mafia's involvement, which is the effect Chen Yan wants.

Similarly, many people also fled from the Wang family's headquarters. These people, like sparks, will not only make all sorts of people more cautious, but also make them more convinced that Chen Yan has provoked a different group of people. These people are well-trained, which will make them wary.