Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

"We must tie the Xie family to our Wu family's ship. Third brother, you're in charge of this."

His father said, "Dad, this thing needs a lot of money to grow and bear fruit, and Jie Lianhuan might not be willing to help us."

"Then we'll force him to help!"

Wu Laogou made the final decision, and neither Wu Erbai nor Wu Sansheng had any objections.

Wu Xie doesn't remember how much he saw, nor how long he watched.

All he knew was that time passed very slowly, so slowly that he thought a century had passed.

"Naive! Wake up, naive!"

"Ninth Brother, why isn't Tianzhen awake yet?"

"What's the rush?"

Hearing the voice beside him, Wu Xie slowly woke up. As soon as Wang Yueban saw that Wu Xie was awake, he immediately asked excitedly, "Tianzhen, are you alright? Ah? You scared me to death!"

Wu Xie propped himself up on his arms, rubbed his forehead, and the innocence in his voice vanished as he asked, "How much time has passed?"

"Three days. You stayed in that broken vat for three days. I couldn't pull you out. It was like you were being sucked in by something."

"It was Lao Jiu who pulled you up."

Wu Xie lowered his hand and looked at Lao Jiu. Lao Jiu raised an eyebrow at Wu Xie and said, "No need to thank me. After all, if you keep soaking in it, you'll become an idiot."

Wu Xie's lips moved, and after a long while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "How did I see those things?"

Old Nine glanced at the large vat below and said, "It's very simple."

"Simple?"

"The human oil from the Mangren grass, combined with the seeds of the Mangren grass, can transform a person into a 'medicine person.' Such a person will unconsciously attract things from the tomb when they go into the tomb."

"But similarly, they will also become people who can absorb pheromones."

"Pheromone?"

Wang Yueban also asked, "What are pheromones? What are they?"

Lao Jiu explained, "There is a type of snake, like the Mangren grass, that likes to appear in mines. In ancient times, that snake was used for information transmission and storage."

"However, the information left by this snake cannot be seen by just anyone. Only those who are medicine practitioners or those who have Mangren Grass in their bodies and can resist its domineering effects can see it."

As Lao Jiu spoke, he rummaged through his backpack and pulled out a small bamboo tube, placing it in front of Wu Xie: "The snake inside carries the message that your grandfather and your third uncle wanted to convey to you in this way."

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban stared at the snake before them. Wang Yueban asked in surprise, "Where did you get this?"

Wu Xie's heart skipped a beat: "You guys went to the Wu family?"

"No."

Old Nine smiled and said, "Both your grandfather and your third uncle chose Black Bear as the messenger, so this snake has always been in Black Bear's hands."

"If it weren't for us, Hei Xiazi would have delivered the snake to you after the Queen Mother of the West's palace, and told you that you could absorb the snake's pheromones."

"Your Wu family's encryption methods are really ruthless."

Wang Yueban looked at the bamboo tube and cautiously asked, "Is this snake poisonous?"

"certainly."

Old Nine nodded: "But people who don't have the ability to absorb pheromones will only be poisoned. Only people with this ability can use the pheromones secreted by snakes to create a deep brainwave connection with snakes and see what the snake sees from the snake's perspective."

Wang Yueban turned to look at Wu Xie, who, without hesitation, reached out and grabbed the bamboo tube.

"Innocent."

Wang Yueban grabbed Wu Xie's wrist, and Wu Xie smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll try."

Pulling Wang Yueban's hand away, Wu Xie carefully opened the bamboo tube.

really.

A snake, entirely black with long hair on its back, slowly appeared.

The snake's eyes were fixed on Wu Xie, and Wu Xie was also staring at the snake. He asked, "Is being bitten the only way?"

"Of course, I had no other choice anyway."

Wu Xie looked at the snake, thinking he would just reach out and let it bite him, but who knew the snake would choose its own spot and bite Wu Xie's neck in a flash.

Wu Xie gripped the snake's body tightly with both hands, his whole body convulsing as he leaned against the wall.

"Innocent!"

Old Nine slammed Wang Yueban against the wall: "Don't touch him. Do you want him to get bitten for nothing?"

Wang Yueban was pinned against the wall, watching Wu Xie's eyes twitch and roll back, and hurriedly asked, "Ninth Brother, are you sure Tianzhen will be alright? Are you sure?"

"nonsense!"

Old Nine released Wang Yueban and said irritably, "Wu Xie has to carry out the schemes of Wu Laogou and his family for two generations. You don't actually think Wu Laogou would be willing to kill him, do you?"

Hearing Lao Jiu's words, Wang Yueban wasn't angry at all. Instead, he relaxed.

As for Lao Jiu and Chen Yan, Wang Yueban was really unsure whether they would kill him and Tianzhen, but as for Wu Laogou, they couldn't very well kill the Wu family's only hope, could they?

Wu Xie saw Wu Sansheng and heard what he wanted to say to him.

When Wu Xie woke up again, he struggled to sit up, and Wang Yueban quickly helped him lean against the wall.

"Tianzhen, how are you feeling? Are you alright?"

Wu Xie's eyes were lifeless as he looked at Lao Jiu, who casually unwrapped the dried rations: "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you believe me now?"

Wang Yueban looked at Wu Xie: "Tianzhen, what did you see?"

Wu Xie's expression was indescribable, very complex, and his tone was obscure and difficult to understand: "I see, this is what the Wu family originally needed me to do."

"I also saw how much my third uncle and my grandfather did."

Wu Xie suddenly asked, "Ninth Brother, you said before that my Third Uncle wasn't in your hands, is that true?"

"certainly."

What does it have to do with him and Xiaoyan if it's in Sister Yue's hands?

Wu Xie looked at Lao Jiu and said, "I saw my third uncle say that they were going to a place, and that the tomb was very dangerous. If my third uncle and Xie Lianhuan are really not in your hands, then they must have gone there."

Lao Jiu stopped chewing his dry rations and looked at Wu Xie: "Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?"

Wu Xie smiled bitterly: "What value do I have that makes you go to such lengths to deceive me?"

Looking at Wu Xie, Lao Jiu paused for a moment before saying, "I've thought about it, and I don't think so."

"........."

If you don't have it, you don't have it. Why do you have to say it?

Seeing that Wu Xie was alright, Wang Yueban quickly opened a bag of dry rations: "Tianzhen, are you hungry? Eat something. Let's rest a bit. Lao Jiu said he'll leave once you wake up."

Wu Xie took a bite of his dry rations: "Leaving already? To Motuo?"

"Um."

Old Nine said, "It's almost time."

Is it almost time?

What does that mean?

Wu Xie didn't ask. He chewed on his dry rations, picked up the water bottle next to him, and took a big gulp.