Tomb Raider: The man is in the Nine Gates, but the system insists it's the Primordial Era.

Breathing in the pungent, nauseating smell, Huo Xian'er suddenly recalled the scene from the last time she saw Su Mu.

At that time, Su Mu had fully recovered and was constantly emitting a pleasant floral fragrance.

That taste is something Huo Xian'er still can't forget.

The Huo family is the seventh of nine branches.

Qian's business naturally involves tomb raiding.

"Aunt Mei, do you remember the last night you saw Brother Su Mu? Do you remember how the air suddenly filled with the fragrance of flowers and grass?"

Thinking back to how she felt then, Huo Xian'er seemed to feel much better, but because of the repeated vomiting, her face was still pale and haggard.

The woman, known as Aunt Mei, frowned: "You, you're bringing that person up again. If the head of the family were here, you'd definitely get another scolding. But there really was a strange fragrance that night... wait, weren't you unconscious then?"

Huo Xian'er blushed as she let slip her secret, her round eyes darting around quickly: "Do I really have to touch the corpse today...?"

Aunt Mei said sternly, "You've mastered all sorts of underground palace mechanisms and traps, and you've learned them very quickly. But the simplest thing, looting corpses, is something you just can't get past. Once you get it, you'll get used to it."

"Sometimes, dealing with the dead is much better than dealing with the living. After all, the dead don't have as many complicated ideas."

Aunt Mei took out the soft ice silk gloves that she had prepared beforehand and handed them to Huo Xian'er.

Huo Xian'er took the gloves, but still hesitated.

The first hurdle in the Huo family's tradition of tomb raiding ironically became Huo Xian'er's final hurdle.

Not far away, inside the coffin, the mouth of the corpse, as well as under the armpits and waist, were filled with jewelry placed by the Huo family.

The purpose was to let Huo Xian'er experience touching a corpse and taking out the treasures inside.

So that Huo Xian'er, who was afraid to retrieve treasures placed beside corpses when she went into tombs in the future, could get used to it in advance.

"Cough cough."

Huo Xian'er coughed twice.

Aunt Mei frowned deeply: "That boy has done you a lot of harm. He knew that tuberculosis was contagious, yet he was still so close to you. If it weren't for the head of the family making you take preventative medicine every day, I'm afraid you would be terminally ill by now, Miss."

"No, you're already terminally ill. Why are you still thinking about that consumptive brat?"

"With so many men out there, Miss, do you really think you'll have trouble finding a husband in the future?"

Aunt Mei was talking about something that everyone in the Huo family knew.

"He...is really different from everyone else."

Mentioning Su Mu, Huo Xian'er suddenly became energetic as if she had taken some kind of medicine and began to walk forward.

"Why."

Aunt Mei shook her head with a wry smile.

"If he were here, he would definitely tell me not to be afraid, but it seems that as long as he is here, I really won't be afraid. No matter how many difficulties are in front of me, I will resolutely move forward."

He said, "No rainbow without rain. All the difficulties and setbacks we are facing now are paving the way for a better future."

"He told me a very magical story, which I still remember to this day."

"He said that the protagonist in the story pointed his sword to the sky and said, 'May I ask the celestial immortals, do you dare to come to the mortal world?'"

He said, "With Su Mu in the world, the world is happy, and I am happy too."

"He told me not to say hurtful things to those close to me, not to say the opposite of what I mean, and not to remain silent."

He said, "The shoulders of youth should bear the weight of gentle breezes and bright moonlight, swaying willows and lush grass..."

The woman who was observing Huo Xian'er's test was deeply shocked.

No one had ever told her these words.

No one had ever explained such a principle to her.

The reason Huo Xian'er has become so foolish and silly is most likely because she has been in contact with Su Muxia for a long time and has received a lot of good advice and worldly wisdom.

Now that we know how the world works, we should learn how to be a person.

Contrary to what outsiders imagined, Su Mu had been using sweet words to deceive their young lady in order to obtain more resources, medicine, and protection from the Huo family.

"Miss must often hear the young lady reciting Su Mu's principles, but why are they not allowed to have contact? Is it simply because the other party is a dying person? Or perhaps..."

The woman suddenly thought of another, deeper reason.

Huo Jinxi is the successor to the head of the family, raised under the Huo family's brutal education system.

She was always instilled with the idea that people are wicked, the world is difficult, and all crows are black.

She doesn't allow anyone in the world to truly exist who is completely clean, without shame before heaven and earth, and without shame before humanity.

Moreover, that person might be related to the birth of the next head of the Huo family.

Why is it that Huo Xian'er can meet someone like Su Mu, while Huo Jinxi, who has toiled for the Huo family for half her life, has never met such a person?

Huo Jinxi harbored nothing but disgust and slander towards Su Mu.

On another note, the woman's suspicions were being confirmed.

"We got Aunt May!"

Huo Xian'er's excited shouts brought the woman's attention back to reality.

The woman looked at Huo Xian'er with a complicated expression, as she muttered about Su Mu while bravely doing what she had previously despised as touching a corpse.

Fortunately, the person didn't die.

Otherwise, it might become a major source of anxiety for the young lady.

"I'll go and report to the head of the family right away. Congratulations, Miss, on passing the test. You can join us next time. Also, if that kid really comes back, I'll secretly tell you."

"Wow! Aunt Mei loves you so much! Wait for me, Aunt Mei, it's so smelly and dark here!"

"..."

……

"So that's how it is."

Su Mu seemed to have guessed the reason for the faint shouting that came to his mind when he closed his eyes to rest.

That seemed to be a mysterious reaction caused by someone constantly repeating his name.

Because he already has the "foundation for ascension", but he has not cultivated the path of Yang God, so he cannot perform the manifestation of his soul leaving his body.

But he had a strange feeling that he could sense the unseen connection even from thousands of miles away.

He just hadn't figured out how to respond to the other person in his mind.

Perhaps one day, after cultivating for a certain period of time...

As long as there are still people in the world who recite his true name, he may be able to travel thousands of miles across the void and appear out of thin air beside the one who calls him.

"The world is still a long way off. We'll take it one step at a time and observe the situation step by step. Let's not think about anything else for now and focus on getting things done in front of us first."

call--

The sound of the breeze blowing through the valley was like the low weeping of a ghost.

This also caused the people standing on the edge of the cliff to subconsciously tighten their clothes.

A rustling sound rang out continuously; it was the sound of sand and gravel sliding down the cliff as the group moved around.

The sand and stones fell down the cliff, and for a long time there was no echo.

"Hold your gear tight! Bring out everything you can to store treasures! If you see anything valuable later, stuff it full of it. When we get back to the commander's mansion, I'll reward you handsomely!"

Looking down at the cliff below, Luo Laowai shouted loudly among the soldiers.

After traveling for a day and a night, they finally arrived at the treasure-hidden place in Old Bear Ridge, Ping'er Mountain.