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

"Miss, it's time to go home. Third Aunt will scold you if she can't find you."

"Yes, it's here."

See you tomorrow, Sumu.

"Now that you're back, you're not leaving again, are you?"

"Yes, I probably won't be leaving Changsha for the foreseeable future."

"That's good, bye-bye."

Clutching the hem of her moon-white dress, Huo Xian'er walked downstairs, turning back every three steps, her eyes and face filled with reluctance.

"Go ahead," Su Mu said with a smile and a wave of his hand.

Standing by the second-floor window, Su Mu watched Huo Xian'er leave with a group of her subordinates and guards.

Su Mu closed the window, went downstairs, and began working with a pen, ink, and yellow paper.

Once the effects of talismans and elixirs are revealed to the world, they will be snapped up in a frenzy.

By then, he shouldn't be short of money.

Then he could use money to buy the antiques he wanted, thus saving a lot of effort and avoiding having to search everywhere.

There's no need to be busy with all sorts of ancient tombs.

"I still need to buy a house."

"There's a ton of stuff to do."

Su Mu muttered to himself as he buried himself in drawing various talismans.

After his hands and feet started to ache from drawing, he stood up and walked to the bottles and jars containing various medicinal herbs that he had ordered to be purchased that day.

He opened the "Seven Tablets of the Cloudy Book" that he carried with him and began to refine the elixir by following the instructions recorded on it.

"Purify the medicine, then mix it, and finally blend it with honey, herbal extract, and other ingredients, then knead it into round pills..."

He perused the alchemy methods recorded in the books and began to make pills.

As for why the book records that after purifying and mixing several medicinal materials, you also need to add herbal dew and honey, and knead them into round pills, Su Mu had no idea about the reason behind it.

Perhaps if Hua Ling were here, she could see some of the secrets.

However, Su Mu knew nothing about herbs or medicine.

Time passed little by little.

Su Mu did not tell everyone when the shop would open.

Everyone guessed that a divine figure like Su Mu would definitely choose an auspicious day.

However, the truth is that Su Mu forgot to remind everyone that the business would open tomorrow.

boom!

Lost in thought, Su Mu was hit in the face by a shard of porcelain that shattered after the purification bottle boiled. Flames shot into the air and black smoke stained his cheeks black.

"Pfft~"

Su Mu opened his mouth and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, his face showing bitterness.

"Drawing talismans and refining pills, one really can't be distracted. Well, let's stop here for today."

He yawned, carefully put the talismans and pills away from his body, locked the shop door from the inside, and headed towards the thatched hut in the slums.

The shop hasn't been prepared into a place for people to rest yet, and we haven't bought blankets, toiletries, or other necessities, so it's not habitable for the time being.

Under the bright moonlight.

As Su Mu walked down the deserted street, he suddenly heard a series of rapid footsteps coming from around the corner ahead.

Screams followed.

"No, don't kill me! I'll tell you everything! I'll tell you everything!"

"A military officer paid us to gather information about you! I don't know his name, but if I live to see him again, I can point him out to you!"

"Don't!"

"puff……"

Chaos reigned in many places during the Republic of China era.

The situation was even worse in Changsha, a city teeming with thugs, vagrants, and refugees.

I had heard about the chaotic nightlife in Changsha, but this was the first time I had ever witnessed a fight and murder in the street.

He quickened his pace and walked to the entrance of the alley where the noise was coming from.

Then, a muscular man wearing a black bodysuit, with shoulder-length hair and gold-rimmed glasses, was seen wiping the blood-stained blade with his inner arm.

The bespectacled man knelt on one knee, having just finished slitting his opponent's throat.

Upon seeing a figure appear at the alley entrance, the other party instinctively stood up quickly, prepared to fight, and drew their sword.

"Just passing by, just passing by, you can continue..."

Su Mu quickly waved his hand. He had no grudge against the other party and didn't want to get involved in other people's messy affairs.

Besides, I heard on the way here that the one who died wasn't a good person.

"You don't recognize me?"

The bespectacled man pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at Su Mu with some curiosity.

Su Mu asked in confusion, "Should I...know you?"

The bespectacled man tucked the knife into his lower back and hung it in its sheath: "You really don't recognize me?"

Su Mu shook his head: "Who are you?"

The bespectacled man smirked, sheathed his knife, and walked straight past Su Mu: "Looks like you really don't know him. Here, hush money. Don't tell anyone about tonight's events."

Clang~

The silver coin spun in the air before falling into Su Mu's outstretched hand.

"Are all the people in Changsha, except for those from our area, so rich?"

Su Mu put the silver dollar into his pocket. Even a small amount is still money, and he had many expenses to cover recently.

He glanced down at the dead man whose throat had been drained of blood, then shook his head and continued walking toward his thatched hut.

Changsha is indeed a very chaotic city.

Moreover, there are many experts among them.

Even someone who wears glasses can have such decisive and ruthless skills.

At the corner.

The subordinate who had been keeping watch to prevent the enemy from escaping to other places stepped forward and draped a prepared cloak over the shoulders of the man with gold-rimmed glasses: "Ninth Master, should we also...?"

The man known as Ninth Master shook his head, a smirk playing on his lips: "The direction he walked and the way he collected the money indicate he came from the slums. People like that will probably never cross paths with us in their entire lives. Never mind."

The subordinate frowned: "Knowing that kid is an informant for outsiders, why didn't Ninth Master send other men to handle him? Why did he have to do it himself? And why did he only bring me along?"

Ninth Master narrowed his eyes and stepped forward: "Ah Jin, how long have you been with me?"

Ah Jin, one of his subordinates, did some quick calculations: "Eighteen years. Ah Jin has been growing up by Ninth Master's side since he was a child."

Ninth Master nodded: "Then you should know that to outsiders I am just a respectable businessman, a civilized man. When have I ever known martial arts, or dared to kill someone?"

Ah Jin followed Ninth Master in a daze, seemingly having grasped something.

Master Xie Jiu.

He has always been a refined businessman, always with an approachable and warm smile, never showing any ruthlessness or violence, and has never fought with anyone.

the other side.

After walking two more streets.

Su Mu then witnessed another scene of carnage unfold before his eyes.

It's just different from the previous one-on-one duel.

The burly man in front of them, wearing a straw hat and with exposed wounds and bloodstains, was fighting ten opponents all by himself.

and,

"Sixth Master, Sixth Master, I was wrong!"

"Sixth Master, we didn't mean to betray you, it's just that he gave us way too much money..."

"Black-backed Sixth Brother! There are ten of us, and you're the only one, and you've even been slashed! You still dare to come forward!"

"If you've got the guts, let us go!"

"..."

amount.

Su Mu looked at the ten cowards in front of him, who were shouting and retreating step by step, and his lips twitched slightly.

Even though these ten men were facing only one person, they seemed to be terrified from the bottom of their hearts, hesitating to step forward, their hands holding knives trembling.

tearing~

The burly man wearing a bamboo hat tore off the strips of cloth binding his body: "This injury, is it related to you?"