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

"We've definitely come to the wrong place; this isn't the right place."

Su Mu frowned, and after taking a close look at everything around him, he came to a conclusion.

He then looked at the strangely shaped bronze alchemy furnace inside the Taoist temple.

That should be the location where Guanshan Taibao's corpse was dissected.

This is not the tomb of that Yuan Dynasty general, but a hall for alchemy.

"You guys could at least leave me one!"

Su Mu stepped forward and crushed another group of highly poisonous centipedes.

There were no traces of pills in the alchemy hall, which must have been swallowed by these centipedes.

It's highly likely that the six-winged centipede was behind this.

Su Mu then remembered another matter that Partridge Whistle had inadvertently mentioned on the way.

Partridge Whistle said that Ping'er Mountain was once the site of a certain alchemist's practice, a product of an emperor who at a certain time also wanted to seek immortality and become a Buddha, investing in alchemists.

Later, alchemists were never able to refine a true elixir of immortality, and due to the change of imperial power, Ping'er Mountain became abandoned.

Without the influx of resources from the dynasty, the alchemists lost the materials to continue alchemy and the necessities for their daily lives, and gradually they ceased all activity.

Most of the pills refined by alchemists in the past were made in a hurry to achieve quick results, with only superficial effects and extremely severe side effects.

For example, the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill that Su Mu swallowed after awakening the system.

There are many similar elixirs, such as the "Five-Stone Powder," which was very famous in the history of ancient dynasties and was even promoted by poets.

The main ingredients used to refine Wushi San were lime, sulfur, and other substances.

Usually, when taken, the effects such as rosy skin and high spirits are immediately apparent.

The ancients believed that those elixirs were the path to immortality.

Through continuous research and exploration in later generations, it has been found that the reason why most emperors and high-ranking officials died suddenly was because they had been ingesting such highly toxic pills for a long time.

Not mentioning future generations.

Even Partridge Whistle, from the Mountain Moving Taoist lineage who claimed to descend into tombs solely for ancient scriptures and ancient alchemy methods, understood the simple truth behind it.

Therefore, the three of them never paid any attention to those elixirs.

Those pills containing toxins such as lead, mercury, and sulfur are highly toxic to normal living organisms.

But for Su Mu and the highly venomous centipede beneath his feet, it could turn decay into magic.

"Shall we go down and take a look?"

Su Mu frowned, his gaze never leaving the place where Guanshan Taibao's body had been dismembered.

"Why are they all Taoist items? There's not a single valuable thing among them?"

"Could it be that this kid took them all?"

"Wait a minute? He doesn't seem to be carrying anything, and he doesn't seem to be carrying anything large."

"This sandalwood looks like it's made of rosewood!"

"This is a shark oil ever-burning lamp!"

"The gold powder coating the statue!"

"There's also a glass lamp above its head!"

"This is a bronze tripod?! We've struck it rich! Wow!"

"..."

One after another, the unloading warriors descended the mountain and, under the bright lights, saw the furnishings and objects throughout the Taoist temple.

With their extremely sharp eyes, they instantly spotted valuable objects in the vicinity.

Su Mu glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief after noticing that none of his own people had followed him down.

rustling --

The little centipedes started to get excited again because of the arrival of the foreign creature that emitted heat.

"What is this?"

"Where did all these bugs come from?"

"What...what kind of bug?"

As Chen Yulou jumped down the mountain ladder with the help of his men, he also saw the swarm of centipedes rushing towards a nearby Unloading Ridge Warrior like a tide.

next moment.

The Unloading Warrior, who was stunned and hadn't had time to react, was instantly covered in venomous centipedes.

After the extremely corrosive venom, comparable to sulfuric acid, entered his body, the man instantly turned into pus, leaving not a trace.

"Still looking? We're here to take you in, so run!"

Su Mu frowned and couldn't help but offer a reminder.

In fact, this wasn't the first time he had reminded the Unloading Ridge group.

These people all believed that a treasure richer than a country was buried below, and fearing that Su Mu would take it all for himself, they came with intense greed.

"Boss, boss, you go first!"

When the moment came, the three generals beside Chen Yulou suppressed their trembling fear and stood in front of Chen Yulou to protect him.

Chen Yulou's face was grim, and his gaze unconsciously fell on Su Mu, who seemed completely unaffected.

Everyone around was being attacked by the insect swarm, so why was Su Mu safe and sound?

"Come on! Turn the head!"

Hua Maguai kept waving the torch in his hand, trying to drive away and burn the swarm of insects that were rushing towards him like a tide.

But that faint light could only scare away the somewhat light-sensitive insects for a moment. Where the firelight could not burn, the insects continued to attack from the shadows.

While Chen Yulou was in a daze, disciples of the Unloading Ridge Warriors were attacked and turned into puddles of pus.

"Walk!"

Kunlun, a burly man who was lifting Chen Yulou by the back of his arm like a chick, threw Chen Yulou toward the direction of the mountain ladder, while he and his two companions gritted their teeth and covered Chen Yulou's retreat.

"Kunlun!"

"Red Girl! Flowery Cripples!"

Chen Yulou, supporting himself on the handrail of the mountain ladder, spoke with a sorrowful tone.

"Let's go!"

Hua Maguai had already seen insects crawling onto the soles of his feet, and soon they would cover his entire body.

He was surrounded by the scene of his companions dying, and he could not escape his fate.

"Idiot."

Seeing that Chen Yulou was still at the bottom of the mountain ladder, hesitant to move forward, whether it was feigned or genuinely from the bottom of his heart, not wanting the three of them to die because of him, Su Mu couldn't help but curse.

Even a novice tomb raider like him knew that in the event of trouble, the best thing to do is to run away first, and then look after your companions, so as not to let your weakness become a weakness for your companions.

"Why did the swarm disperse?"

With a pale face, Hong Gu watched Su Mu walk to her side and uttered these few words with trembling lips.

Hua Ma Guai and Kun Lun also noticed this strange scene.

Then, the main reason for the change was found instantly.

"Why did you do that before..." Hong Gu murmured, her eyes red as she looked at her dead companions around her.

Su Mu's face was cold and stern: "Open your dog eyes and take a good look! They only dare not approach when they are less than two meters away from me! What, do you want your people to escape on my head?"

"And you upstairs, get out of here! You're just taking up space, don't the three of them want it?"

"..."

The ends of the other hanging mountain ladders did not connect to the bottom of the Taoist temple; they were all above the temple's roof tiles.

Only Chen Yulou's path was possible because he was the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction, which is why the others had to go to the trouble of building the hanging ladder down to the bottom.

Chen Yulou occupied the ladder hanging on the mountain, leaving the others with absolutely no chance of escape.

Unless you painstakingly climb up the Taoist temple pillars and then hook onto the top of the tiles on the pillars to reach the entrance of other hanging mountain ladders.

tear-

"Be careful!"

"..."