Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

Chen Yan turned around and sat down, casually placing the teacup in his hand on the small table: "Your adjutant is just too cunning."

Zhang Qishan didn't speak, he just looked at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan turned to look at him: "Can I borrow your telegraph machine?"

"Oh? On what grounds?"

"You don't want the equipment anymore?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Qishan said, "Mine is a military telegraph machine. Giving it to you to contact people in Italy will only cause me trouble."

Chen Yan scoffed, "Fine, don't take it."

He was about to leave after saying that, so Zhang Qishan could only say, "Wait."

Seeing Chen Yan turn around, Zhang Qishan could only say, "You can use my private telegraph machine, but you must tell me what Lao Ba did?"

Chen Yan sat back down, crossed his legs, and said in a relaxed and unhurried tone, with a hint of laziness: "Qi Tiezui's family is the Qijia clan, a Mongol clan, on his maternal side."

"Although they were beyond the fifth degree of kinship, Qi Tiezui's family members were all killed because someone wanted Qi Jia's things."

Zhang Qishan's eyelids twitched. He didn't know about this at all. Did Chen Yan really know?

"Qi Tiezui knew someone was hiding behind him, wanting to kill him."

He also knew that these people would find him sooner or later.

Zhang Qishan asked, "Who are these people? What do they want?"

"Immortality".

Those two words made Zhang Qishan's heart skip a beat.

His eyes darkened slightly as he looked at Chen Yan, who seemed oblivious to his presence and continued, "Qi Tiezui, through the Nine Gates and you, has been scheming to save his own life."

"However, what Qi Tiezui didn't expect was that shortly after the war ended, you helped the Zhang family patriarch divert the attention of those who had designs on the Zhang family."

Chen Yan turned his head and smiled slightly at Zhang Qishan: "You betrayed the Nine Gates."

Zhang Qishan's hand clenched suddenly, and he looked at Chen Yan calmly: "You know the Zhang family very well?"

"I wouldn't say that."

Chen Yan withdrew his gaze and continued, "Because those people infiltrated the Nine Gates, and you couldn't distinguish who was on your side, you had no choice but to order a major purge of the Nine Gates. However, the Nine Gates were only cleaned up on the edges. You and Master Xie conspired to preserve the core strength of the Nine Gates."

"But those people still didn't stop."

"Following the organization's orders, you had to organize a large number of people from the Nine Gates to search for the Zhang Family Ancient Building."

"This time, the Nine Gates suffered heavy losses."

"Of the Nine Gates, Third Master disappeared, Sixth Master died tragically, and Qi Tiezui faked his death and escaped before this event."

"My father didn't want anything to do with you, so he left Changsha a long time ago, and he's safe now."

"After that, the organization never gave up and wanted to explore the Zhang Family Ancient Building again, but the Nine Gates' manpower was exhausted."

"The organization contacted a non-governmental organization."

"They didn't get in; in fact, a large number of their men were replaced by Master Jie."

"In the end, the organization could only wait until the second generation grew up before it could start investigating the Zhang family's secret of immortality again. With your secret help, Master Jie's men were originally going to replace all the second generation members this time and send them away secretly."

"On the surface, they've ruined all the second-generation leaders."

"In that case, there won't be enough manpower available, so we'll have to stop."

"Something went wrong."

Zhang Qishan spoke calmly.

Chen Yan nodded: "That's right, something unexpected happened."

"Old Eight made it."

"Eighth Master tricked Old Dog Wu, and Old Dog Wu also had his own ideas, so he cooperated with him, and the third son of the second generation of the Wu family secretly infiltrated the team."

"Eighth Master was in poor health at that time and died that year. However, the person left behind by Ninth Master to complete the mission, the second generation of the Xie family, was tricked into joining forces by the second generation of the Wu family."

"This caused your and Ninth Master's plan to fail."

"Wu Sansheng, the third son of the Wu family, stuffed the Corpse-Eating Pill into the mouths of those second-generation rich kids and returned the people to the organization and you."

"This led to Li Sidi of the Li family, Huo Ling of the Huo family, Qi Yu, the adopted son of the Eighth Master, and Xie Lianhuan of the Xie family faking their deaths to cooperate with his actions."

Zhang Qishan sneered: "The Wu family is quite formidable. With this, Chen Pi still has no children, and Sixth Master has no heir, leaving only the second generation of the Wu family."

Chen Yan took a sip of tea and continued, "As for Wu Sansheng and Xie Lianhuan, those two idiots, after thinking for a long time, the only plan they came up with was to secretly scheme and plot."

"Wu Xie, a member of the Wu family across three generations, was set up from birth."

"The Xie family, the Ninth Master bypassed Xie Lianhuan to appoint the young patriarch, and Xie Yuchen, the third generation of the Xie family, was also tricked into paying the price for their plan."

"As for the Huo family, Huo Xiangu lost her daughter and had to sacrifice her own life for the sake of the plan."

"You were planning to end your life at the end of 2001, but I met you in secret and took you away."

"On the surface, you died at the end of 2001. Wu Laogou died not long after you, at the end of 2002, before the Chinese New Year."

"Er Yuehong, the Second Master, also took Jie Yuchen as his junior apprentice because of the divination that the Eighth Master had told him."

"But this is just one part of Qi Tiezui's plan."

"Second Master also died at the end of 2002."

"At this point, only Huo Xiangu and my grandfather remain from the first generation of the Nine Gates."

"In March 2003, the Wu family's plan officially began."

"At the end of 2003, my father had a job: Changbai Mountain."

"If I hadn't returned just in time, my old man would probably have died in Changbai Mountain, paving the way for Wu Xie."

Zhang Qishan frowned slightly: "Chen Pi is unaware of your existence."

"My father didn't want me at all back then, because he was afraid that I would make it impossible for my mother to escape."

"My mother kept me."

Zhang Qishan nodded. No wonder.

If Chen Pi knew he had such an outstanding son, he would never have agreed to the Wu family's scheme to pave the way for that kid named Wu Xie.

"Huo Xiangu's predicament lies in the Zhang Family Ancient Building."

After Chen Yan finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Qishan: "But what Master Qi wants is not just to get rid of those people who have infiltrated the Nine Gates."

"Zhang Qishan".

Zhang Qishan looked up and met Chen Yan's eyes.

"A fortune teller."

"I do not seek immortality."

"That's true."

Chen Yan scoffed, "You actually believe that?"

Zhang Qishan's face darkened, but then his expression suddenly turned grim.

"Eighth Brother..."

Zhang Qishan emphasized each word.

Chen Yan said nonchalantly, "The first, second, and third generations of the Nine Gates were all tricked."

"Even the patriarch of the Zhang family became a sacrificial offering."

"Zhang Qishan, tell me now, is Qi Tiezui still innocent?"

"Am I targeting him?"

"Or rather, do you think Qi Tiezui wouldn't do that?"

Zhang Qishan closed his eyes, and Chen Yan said casually, "The reason I came here might not be because of the feng shui arrangement that Qi Tiezui set up for me at the sacrificial site."

"I don't even know how to get back now, though I don't really care."

"But who would be willing to suffer, Master Zhang?"

Chen Yan said with a hint of disdain, "Especially since I am my father, who carefully raised me from childhood."

"The material of this clothing is so rough; I've never worn such cheap clothes before."

Zhang Qishan opened his eyes, looked at Chen Yan, and realized that Chen Yan was genuinely disgusted with the material of the clothes.