In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

Chapter 446: Old Lady Huo Kneels Before Zhang Qiling

"Girl!"

Just as the two sides were about to clash again, Huo Xiangu suddenly appeared on the second floor. "Could you please give me, this old lady, some face? I have something to say to Wu Xie!"

Huo Xiangu looked at Yin Nanfeng with kindness and affection.

"Grandma Huo...you..."

Yin Nanfeng was somewhat surprised. She couldn't refuse Huo Xiangu's face. As the only remaining leader from the old Nine Gates era, Huo Xiangu had long become a banner of the Nine Gates.

"..."

"All right!"

Yin Nanfeng sighed, "Nanfeng will listen to Grandma Huo!"

"Okay! Little Dog Wu..."

Huo Xiangu looked at Wu Xie and her expression immediately changed. "Get up here right now!"

"..."

Wu Xie was also filled with helplessness. Why was he the one who was scolded for the emotional debt left by his grandfather?

Wu Xie reluctantly went upstairs and followed Huo Xiangu into the private room.

Also in the private room were Xie Xiaohua, Huo Xiuxiu, and several other members of the Huo family.

Xie Xiaohua and Wu Xie exchanged a glance, then Xie Xiaohua gave Wu Xie a helpless look, as if to say, "Good luck to you, kid..."

Huo Xiangu sat at the wooden table, picked up her teacup, and took a small sip. "Speaking of which, you should call me something nicer. Your grandmother and I have been best friends since childhood..."

Wu Xie forced a smile, about to say something, when Huo Xiangu changed the subject, "But your grandfather, Wu Laogou, is truly a scoundrel..."

Wu Xie: "..."

Wu Xie stood there, stunned and at a loss.

So, the old lady called me that just to insult me ​​to my face, huh?

After making a few sarcastic remarks to Wu Xie, Old Lady Huo ignored him and turned to Zhang Qiling behind her. "He's the one with the Qilin tattoo..."

"..."

Wu Xie nodded in bewilderment, but upon seeing Old Madam Huo's expression, he sensed something was amiss and felt there must be something fishy going on.

Grandma Huo looked at Zhang Qiling, her whole body trembling slightly, "Let me see your hands!"

Zhang Qiling remained indifferent, perhaps sensing that Old Madam Huo meant no harm, and readily extended his right hand, his movements appearing rather wooden.

In fact, unless it's a fight, he wouldn't lay a hand on an old man.

As Mrs. Huo looked at his fingers, her eyes immediately reddened. She took a step back, her expression extremely complicated.

"It's you, it's you! I can't believe I didn't recognize you before..."

After finishing her speech, Old Lady Huo did something that shocked everyone. She suddenly knelt down in front of Zhang Qiling.

The sound of their knees slamming onto the floor was very loud.

"..."

Almost everyone was petrified.

What's going on here?

Xiuxiu was confused, but when her grandmother knelt down, she didn't know why, but she couldn't help but kneel down as well.

At this moment, Huo Xiuxiu was completely dumbfounded. Her grandmother, who had been a powerful figure in Yanjing and one of the few remaining elders of the Nine Gates era, actually knelt down in front of so many people.

The children nearby wanted to rush over to help her up, but Grandma Huo still wouldn't stand up.

"..."

Wu Xie was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

The solemnity on Granny Huo's face, and the weight and determination with which she knelt down, were not acting at all; it was as if she were worshipping "Buddha"!

It turns out that the old lady's target wasn't herself, but Zhang Qiling.

Wu Xie muttered to himself.

"..."

Even so, Zhang Qiling remained unmoved by Huo Xiangu's gaze, not giving her a single extra glance, as if he were in a daze.

Grandma Huo's tone softened considerably, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Do you still remember me?"

Zhang Qiling mechanically shook his head.

Wang Yueban, standing to the side, said, "Don't even mention you. You even forgot about Fatty and Innocent a while ago."

But it seemed as if Old Mrs. Huo wasn't listening. She lowered her head and murmured, "That's right, you probably don't remember anything. That's the downside of immortality!"

Although Wu Xie was very upset, his anger had subsided by now. Kneeling like this wasn't a good idea, since Xiao Ge was indifferent to emotions right now.

Wu Xie stepped forward to help her up, saying, "Alright, Grandma, get up and we can talk about it later..."

At this moment, Su Mo and Zhang Rishan also walked in.

Zhang Rishan was initially reluctant to see his clan leader, but he couldn't resist Su Mo's persuasion, and after hearing that Zhang Qiling had lost his memory, he followed Su Mo over.

"Master Su... Lieutenant!"

Huo Xiangu looked astonished when she saw Su Mo and Zhang Rishan.

Su Mo stepped forward, "The ground is cold, please rise, fairy!"

Grandma Huo stood up shakily, but her eyes remained fixed on Zhang Qiling. "It was our Nine Gates that failed to keep their promise..."

"Over the years, the Nine Gates have suffered a severe loss of talent and have been plagued by misfortune on numerous occasions. I have always believed that this is divine punishment for the Nine Gates!"

Zhang Rishan watched all this in silence, his thoughts drifting back to decades ago.

From birth, the Zhang family has been burdened with the mission of guarding the secrets of the Bronze Gate. However, due to the Wang family's targeting, war, internal conflicts, and other reasons, the Zhang family has fallen apart, making it impossible for them to shoulder the mission alone.

Decades ago, his clan leader, under pressure, came to Changsha and found a monk who also had the surname Zhang.

Later, Zhang Rishan also learned that Buddha and the young clan leader had made an agreement—the young clan leader would help Dai find the secret of immortality, and in return, the Nine Gates would take turns helping the Zhang family guard the Bronze Gate.

This is the agreement between the Nine Gates and the Zhang family, and it's the reason for everything!

Later, during the biggest tomb raiding operation of the Nine Gates, they explored the Four Sisters Mountain and found the key to enter the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

As a result, the Nine Gates suffered heavy losses, with almost all of its elite members wiped out. In addition, the later purge of the Nine Gates by Buddha forced the Nine Gates to gradually decline, leaving them as a mere shell of their former self.

The internal divisions within the Nine Gates also prevented the Old Nine Gates from fulfilling (or perhaps did not want to fulfill) their agreement with the Zhang family.

Zhang Rishan, a member of the Zhang family, betrayed his family's beliefs by following the Nine Gates!

This is also why Zhang Rishan has avoided Zhang Qiling all these years. "I know you've been searching for the secrets of the Zhang Family Ancient Building recently. I have some things that I hope will be of some help to you..."

Grandma Huo beckoned to her granddaughter Xiuxiu, who then took out an antique box from behind her back and handed it to her.

Grandma Huo took the knot from her hand and casually opened it.

Wu Xie looked up and saw that there were seven Yangshi Lei sheets in total.

Wu Xie exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible? How do you have so many..."

Wu Xie had been investigating the Banna incident and the mystery of Zhang Qiling's clan's territory for some time, and despite his great efforts, he had only managed to collect one Yangshi Lei.

Old Mrs. Huo said, "These are blueprints from the last period of the dynasty. The designer was Lei Siqi. I only have seven of them in total!"

Wu Xie asked, "Grandma, how did you get all this...?"

Grandma Huo was silent for a moment, "Over the years, I've received videotapes from unknown people one after another. Xiuxiu found it hidden in a compartment of the videotape..."

Chapter 447: Zhang Family Ancient Building

Grandma Huo was silent for a moment, "Over the years, I've received videotapes from unknown people one after another. Xiuxiu found it hidden in a compartment of the videotape..."

Wu Xie found the Golmud Sanatorium hidden in the videotape, while Old Lady Huo found information about the Zhang Family Ancient Building inside.

Both gained something, except that Wu Xie's videotape was sent out by Chen Wenjin.

The events in Tamutuo have been over for a long time, and Old Lady Huo already knew the truth about her daughter's tragic death.

Grandma Huo said, "As for the contents of the videotape, I'm sure you're all already very clear about them!"

Huo Xiangu's words reminded Wu Xie of Huo Ling, who had long since become a forbidden woman and died at the hands of Zhang Qiling. Huo Ling was the daughter that the old woman in front of him had been thinking about for more than ten years.

"..."

Wu Xie looked at Old Madam Huo with great sympathy, and the atmosphere in the room became even more somber.

"Don't look at me like that!"

Old Mrs. Huo doesn't need anyone's sympathy. As one of the few remaining elders from the Nine Gates era, she has witnessed far too many human tragedies in her life.

At this moment, Old Madam Huo had regained her composure. "I know someone is using my daughter to force me to go to the Zhang Family Ancient Building, since they have what they want there..."

"I must get what they want before they do, only then can I force all the people behind the scenes to show themselves!"

"I don't know who they are, but I know these people are no good..."

"For the sake of our Huo family, for the sake of the Nine Gates, I will never let this go, because our Huo family will always avenge any wrong done to us!"

Huo Ling was once Old Lady Huo's only bond, but now that Huo Ling is dead, Old Lady Huo is no longer afraid of the enemies lurking in the shadows.

"..."

Hearing Huo Xiangu's words, Wu Xie was also moved. The anger in his heart completely disappeared; what a fine saying, "A grudge must be avenged." He was now filled with rage towards that unknown "it."

It is because of "its" existence that the Nine Gates have been plagued by unrest for decades, and even their generation cannot escape it.

Grandma Huo slowly calmed herself down. "You all know how Yangshi Lei came to be. In a way, we were all arranged by them, and we have no choice but to cooperate with them now!"

"Once we reach Zhangjia Ancient Tower, those people will definitely show up..."

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Huo looked at Zhang Qiling again: "We are now only one step away from the truth. With you here, our trip will definitely go smoothly..."

Zhang Qiling looked at Old Madam Huo and uttered a few words with unwavering determination, "I don't trust you."

"..."