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

The Huo residence.

Not yet fully grown up, and still innocent-minded, Huo Xian'er made no attempt to hide anything and told Huo Jinxi about Su Mu opening a shop.

He also said that he wanted Huo Jinxi to go over and support Su Mu.

Huo Jinxi nodded in agreement on the surface.

But in reality,

"Call everyone you can come."

Huo Jinxi combed her hair and applied rouge in front of the mirror.

The old woman standing to the side frowned: "Master, are we really going to give that Su family brat such a big favor? Miss, she..."

Huo Jinxi tilted her head and fastened her earring: "That's not what I meant. I was just bored, so I took you guys to see some fun."

"That kid has no connections or background, yet he dares to open a shop so blatantly in the territory of the Nine Gates and Eight Masters. There's bound to be a lot of people from the Nine Gates showing up to ridicule and mock him. Most of the people who go there are nobody, so what kind of weight can they possibly have?"

"The entire Huo family went there to mock that kid, to see how he can save face today, and to see how he can keep his shop open."

"Young people are always impulsive. If opening a shop were that easy, there wouldn't be so many poor people. Anyone could just borrow money to open a shop, and everyone could become a master."

Huo Jinxi looked at the wrinkles around her eyes in the mirror, caused by the movement of her lips, and then picked up some rouge and applied it.

The old woman frowned: "Won't this hurt the young lady's feelings?"

Huo Jinxi pouted and began wiping her lipstick: "Only by experiencing setbacks can one grow. Xian'er hasn't experienced enough setbacks yet. Since that kid is so eager to regain face for the Su family, let him experience some setbacks too, so he can learn what it means to be worldly-wise."

"Then I'll go call someone."

"Go."

"..."

……

"Ninth Master, Zhang Rishan, the adjutant of the Zhang family, Fifth Master, Sixth Master, and Miss Huo Xian'er all appeared in one place together."

"where?"

"Old Tea Street".

"Did Qi Tiezui get into trouble?"

"It doesn't seem so. I didn't trust the people who gathered information, so I went there myself. Guess what I found?"

"Judging from your expression, are you the guy from last night?"

"You're amazing! How could you guess that?"

"You practically have his name tattooed on your face?"

"I bet that guy opened a shop, and they were all there to celebrate?"

"A true god! Ninth Master, you're amazing!"

"No, the person I sent came to report the news to me first before telling you."

"I……"

Shaving off the stubble that had sprouted from staying up all night, Jie Jiu casually tucked the razor blade into his sleeve: "Let's go, let's go take a look. That guy from last night, I thought about it again, his demeanor was a bit off. He shouldn't be from a poor family, he must be something."

"Oh, and remember to bring a gift. They've all given gifts, it would be impolite for us to go empty-handed."

Jie Jiu slowly put on the gold-rimmed glasses, which were not completely free of prescription.

After seeing that he had returned to his usual harmless appearance, he nodded to himself in the mirror with satisfaction and smiled.

The Xie family also came from outside Changsha.

It was only after the original Ninth Gate faction was destroyed that the name of Master Xie came into being.

Among the leaders of the Nine Gates, who is simpler than the other?

……

"Ninth Master is here!"

"Master Xie Jiu is here too?"

"Ninth Master is here!"

"..."

The crowd, which had almost completely blocked the old tea street, slowly made way for the late-arriving Jie Jiu team to move forward.

Having just arrived at the shop, Su Mu, who was handing over the remaining healing talismans to Black-backed Old Six, paused, stood up, and looked up at the newcomer.

"It's him."

Upon seeing the newcomer's appearance, Su Mu was surprised to discover that the legendary Master Jie Jiu was actually the Nightwalker who had single-handedly completed the kill mission last night.

It turns out that last night he not only ran into Blackback Sixth of the Nine Gates, but also Xie Ninth.

"Congratulations, Brother Su! Hurry up and deliver the gift."

"Yes, Ninth Master."

With a smile, Jie Jiu cupped his hands in greeting and ordered someone to deliver the gift, while turning around and waving to the people around him.

"Greetings, Lieutenant; Fifth Master; Miss Xian'er; Eighth Master, why are you hiding? We don't eat people. Greetings, everyone."

Jie Jiu greeted not only the members of the Nine Gates, but also the strangers standing on the street above and below the teahouse, displaying a kind and gentle demeanor.

"Five now, five of the Nine Gates have arrived! There are only nine forces in total..."

"I'm so damn envious! With these five people showing up, this shop owner's future is truly limitless. Who in either the legitimate or underworld would dare not give him face?"

"When one of my restaurants opened last time, I originally planned to give some money and have the Nine Gates people come to support it, but who knew that I couldn't even invite a nobody."

"I'm getting more and more curious. What kind of business does this shop owner run? Judging from the couplets and lintel, it doesn't seem like he runs an antique shop."

"He looks more like a Taoist priest?"

What kind of shops can a Taoist priest open?

"Selling peach wood swords? Talismans? Don't be ridiculous, who would buy that?"

"..."

The crowd began to chatter, stopping their usual tea-drinking routine and raising their heads to look towards Su Mu's shop.

Su Mu lowered his head and drew a talisman: "Make a record of the gifts they gave us so we can reciprocate in the future. Remember to note which gifts were given by which people. Okay, Sixth Master."

Black-backed Old Six looked at the complex and mysterious talisman in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Your appearance will be a bit strange in the future. I tried it and found that incantations cannot expel this haunting evil spirit. Perhaps you have a deeper karmic connection, so we can only use talismans."

"It's okay, anything is fine, as long as it stops causing trouble, I'll do whatever you want."

"To prevent the talisman from falling off, I had someone buy me some 'drowsy' stuff."

"This is convenient for me, thank you."

"..."

The sixth black-backed man, whose body was covered in mysterious tattoos of unknown meaning, stood up, shook them a few times, and tested the effect of the talisman on his body.

Looking at the black-backed Lao Liu's ambiguous appearance, a picture suddenly popped into Su Mu's mind.

If Blackback Lao Liu were to wear a veil made of copper coins around his mouth, he would look almost exactly like the zombie in "Zombie".

"I'll go out first then, they're all waiting for you to say a few words."

Black-backed Old Six picked up the knife that was placed aside, got up and walked outside.

Originally, Su Mu did not plan to open for business today, but he was forced into this situation by the crowd.

Judging by this situation, if he doesn't open for business or stand up and say something, the people outside don't know how long they'll have to wait.

"Have you bought the firecrackers and fireworks yet?"

"Are the ribbon-cutting supplies ready?"

"We'll take care of it right away, sir. Please wait a moment. I almost forgot about it. *knocks on the head*."

"..."

Su Mu, who had ordered his men to prepare the props for the opening ceremony, slowly stood up.

He took a deep breath.

Huo Xian'er: "My aunt is here too! Su Mu! Aunt is here!"

Su Mu: "..."