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

"Quickly! Send someone to invite Eighth Master here! Whatever the cost, whatever the price, I'll pay!"

As if sensing something, the water locust raised its hand and ordered someone to invite Eighth Master Qi Tiezui over to tell his fortune.

The scabies-ridden man fell to the ground, and the ants hiding on the ground quickly gathered around him, forming a dim black light.

Boom!

There was a thunder on the ground.

A massive bolt of lightning shattered the altar table where the bald-headed man had been placed, leaving only a few fragments of the statue of Lu Ban lying quietly on the ground.

After a while.

The subordinate who had been sent out walked back, shaking his head with a bitter expression.

"Eighth Master was summoned by Buddha to handle some business, and it's said he probably won't be back for the next couple of days."

"Do you know where they went?"

"Fourth Master, that's the Buddha."

"Forget it, could that guy really be blessed with some kind of destiny? This is going to be difficult."

"..."

Shui Huang took a deep breath, and a sense of wariness finally arose in his heart towards the Su family boy he had never met.

What Shui Huang and Qi Tiezui didn't know was...

I don't know if Qi Tiezui is just lucky or if there's some other reason.

If Qi Tiezui were still in the city today, he would have been brought here by the Nine Gates Fourth Master Shui Huang to perform divination for him.

The result would be the same as that of a scabies-ridden man who died.

Because wherever Su Mu is, the Twelve Ancestral Witches' Dharma Images will always exist, protecting him in the dark and fighting against these evil spells.

Anyone who wants to calculate Su Mu's fate is essentially trying to calculate the fate of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, their past and future.

Can you calculate this?

……

In front of the Zhenxian Temple shop.

"Hey, hey, what does that mean?"

"Even we with money can't go up to the second floor, so why can this old Taoist priest?"

"Exactly! You look down on people?"

"Shut up! This young man seems to have an unusual status here."

"What's so extraordinary about him that you don't know? This young man, Su Mu, is the boss behind the True Immortal Temple!"

"Huh? Just this young kid?"

"You haven't met the nine leaders of our Nine Gates, have you? Besides Third Master, who's the oldest? What's wrong with being young?"

"That's true. Although I haven't had the honor of meeting you all, I have heard about your deeds. You all seem to be outstanding young talents."

"I've also heard that Manager Su prefers solitude and has little interest in money, but is very interested in ancient books, artifacts, and alchemy."

"That tattered book that the old Taoist priest just pulled out?"

"That must be the reason."

"..."

Back in the shop, Su Mu ignored the long queue in front of the shop and took Sun Guofu straight upstairs.

Then he ordered someone to serve him fruits and tea.

"Please have a seat, sir."

Su Mu looked at the old Taoist priest Sun Guofu standing in front of him, who exuded an uneasy aura, and pointed to the stool next to him.

Sun Guofu, his arm resting on his master's secret manual, slumped onto the table in a daze and began to recount how he had encountered a down-on-his-luck traveler, calculated that this person was destined to be with him, and then intervened in the other person's karma.

"Sir, are you truly willing to exchange this secret manual passed down from your master for Hu Guohua's life?"

Su Mu frowned, and the bearded uncle standing to the side poured tea for the two who had taken their seats.

Sun Guofu's appearance surprised Su Mu greatly.

This person is extraordinary.

He was the benefactor of Hu Bayi's family, who would later become famous members of the tomb raiding gang.

If it weren't for Sun Guofu's rescue, Hu Bayi's grandfather, named Hu Guohua, would have died at the hands of the female ghost.

Then there wouldn't have been a tomb raider like Hu Bayi later on.

"Alas, I wander the world with good intentions, but I am powerless to save the common people and help all under heaven. So I will do my best to save whoever I encounter in distress."

Sun Guofu sighed, his face pale.

"This item is a family heirloom passed down from my master. Shopkeeper, please take a look and see if you can exchange it for the corpse-suppressing talisman in your shop."

After saying that, Sun Guofu took out a half-scroll of the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Secret Technique, which was perfectly wrapped in parchment.

The Sixteen Hexagrams of the Zhou Tian

[Introduction: Completed by Fuxi's innate Bagua, encompassing heaven, earth, humanity, ghosts, gods, Buddhas, demons, and beasts, suppressing and hiding things, and transforming yin and yang into emptiness.]

(Tian Gua: Celestial Feng Shui, Observing Stars to Determine Burial Sites, Auspicious and Inauspicious Star Signs)

(Earth Trigram: Dragon Vein Mountain Range Water Formation Topography, Concealing Wind and Obtaining Water)

(Human trigram: birth, aging, sickness and death, destiny, human-shaped feng shui, yang house and human dwelling)

(Ghost Gua: Yin house, tomb, corpse, coffin, funerary sacrifice, Yin evil)

(Divine divination: deities, sacrifices, ascension to immortality, sacred mountains and divine spirits)

(Buddhist divination: expounding the feng shui of the sect, pagodas and temples, relics and karma)

(Demon Divination: Evil spirits, demons, fierce blood sacrifices, sinister formations)

(The Animal Hexagram: Birds, beasts, spirits, water monsters, and malevolent creatures)

(The Hexagram of Suppression: to suppress evil spirits and drive away malevolent forces, to suppress corpses and scare away ghosts)

(Zhen Gua: Suppressing tombs, suppressing dragons, suppressing evil spirits, and sealing burial sites)

(Dun Gua: Dunjia, a secret method for avoiding disaster)

(The hexagram for things: ...)

(Hua Gua:...)

(Yin hexagram: ...)

(Yang trigram: ...)

]

[Type: Hexagram]

The system display did indeed appear.

However, instead of the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Secret Technique" that was used as a reminder, it was changed to the "Sixteen Trigrams of the Zhou Tian".

Is it enough to exchange for the corpse-suppressing talisman drawn by Su Mu?

Sun Guofu was still looking at Su Mu, waiting for Su Mu's response.

After Zhang Sanlianzi, Sun Guofu's master, obtained the book on the sixteen-character secret of feng shui, he tore up the remaining sections about ghosts and gods.

Only eight hexagrams related to "dragon hunting and gold divination" remain.

Therefore, Sun Guofu had a tough time dealing with that deadly female ghost.

Only after learning that a person with a spiritual body and Dao embryo had appeared in the city, radiating brilliant light, did they come looking for him.

He originally just wanted to see if he could persuade someone in the city who possessed innate spiritual energy to help deal with the evil spirit transformed from the female corpse.

Unexpectedly, the person with innate spiritual energy turned out to be a trading shop called Zhenxian Temple.

Inside the shop, there are many old talisman papers that exude a rustic charm.

These talismans all possess innate power and are genuine treasures.

Thus, the current scene unfolded.

"Sure, absolutely. Not only can you exchange it for my corpse-suppressing talisman, but I can also go with you on this trip, if it's not too far."

Su Mu could tell that Sun Guofu was just an ordinary person. He didn't have any so-called "magical power" flowing through him, nor did he practice Taoist arts. He only knew about feng shui and finding dragon veins.

Sun Guofu was shocked and stood up abruptly: "That's great, I can give you the manual now."

Su Mu accepted the "Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Secret Technique," which the system had renamed "Zhou Tian Sixteen Hexagrams," carefully arranged it on his person, and then stood up: "Let's not delay, shall we set off? By the way, is it far?"

Sun Guofu pointed north: "Not far, in Chang Le Town on the shore of Dongting Lake. The female corpse transformed into a malevolent spirit at the location of Shisanlipu. You can get there quickly by riding a carriage."

What a coincidence!

Hu Bayi's grandfather actually lived not far from Changsha.

It's in Chang Le Town, right on the shore of Dongting Lake.

Su Mu pondered with doubt.

Remember Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang? They always spoke with a Beijing accent, didn't they?

Could it be that our ancestors moved away from this place later?

Forget it, there's no point in overthinking.

After going downstairs.

Seeing Sun Guofu's disheveled and impoverished appearance, Su Mu waved to the shop assistant and said, "Go find me a carriage. I need to go out for a while. Remember, choose a fast horse and bring a driver. If you can't find one, just have anyone from your group drive me."

The shop assistant, summoned by Su Mu, scratched his head: "Shopkeeper, it's getting late. You know what's going to happen in the city tonight..."