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

"Thank you for what happened before."

Seeing his peer Su Mu picking up the incense, candles, and talismans that had been scattered on the ground for him, the boy returned and raised his hand to express his gratitude.

Su Mu, who was collecting incense and talismans, originally just wanted to see if he could find some that he could use.

Seeing the other party's extremely grateful and excited appearance, Su Mu went along with it and accepted the favor once again.

"The legacy of the Northern Emperor's Black Law is a rare sight in the world, you're too kind," Su Mu replied with a cupped-hand salute.

"Sigh." The boy sighed, looked at the people in the carriage who had previously looked at him with disdain, and scratched his head: "Let's go chat in your carriage."

There were many empty seats in Su Mu's carriage.

But the guards strictly ordered everyone else to take their seats, so there were only a few people.

The boy casually found an empty seat and sat down, saying absentmindedly, "You must also be a member of the Taoist sect."

Thieves' Gate?

The guards all looked at Zhang Qishan, Er Yuehong, and Qi Tiezui with strange expressions.

Is this new boy really that amazing?

Can you tell everyone's identities at a glance?

Su Mu heard something different from what his personal guards had heard.

He nodded: "Half."

"Half?" The boy shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If only it could really be considered half. I learned powerful techniques but didn't respect their rules. That's why I learned the Northern Emperor's methods..."

The boy was originally a cowherd in the countryside.

someday.

The vengeful spirit of a woman in the village who was beaten to death by her husband and then hanged herself dressed in red haunted the entire village.

The cowherd watched his parents die at the hands of an evil spirit he had never provoked, and vowed to repay the evil spirit with a hundredfold hatred.

Everything was just such a coincidence.

While the boy was hiding from the evil spirit, he encountered the previous generation of the Northern Emperor's Dharma, who was traveling to their village.

The other party promised that as long as the boy learned the Northern Emperor's Law, he could kill not only that mere hanged ghost, but even the King of Ten Thousand Ghosts.

The boy was overjoyed and immediately nodded in agreement.

The old Taoist priest immediately wrote a petition to the patriarch to confer ordination, and included the boy's name in the list of successors of the Northern Emperor's Dharma.

In the end, the evil spirit was eliminated.

Because of the harsh Northern Emperor's laws, the boy became a mentally challenged and foolish boy in the eyes of most people.

"...What is the purpose of human life?"

The boy suddenly adopted a mature and world-weary demeanor and sighed softly.

To be a person who even has to choose the direction to urinate.

Hey.

Seeing the boy about to burst into tears as he vented his frustrations, Su Mu's eyes lit up: "The purpose of life is to see all the beautiful landscapes, taste all the delicious food in the world, and enjoy all the blessings of life."

The boy looked up at Su Mu in surprise: "That's exactly why I came down the mountain this time! Back home, my master ran out of money and wanted me to stay on the mountain for the rest of my life. I'm still so young..."

Su Mu sensed that the kid in front of him seemed to have sneaked down the mountain.

"It's one thing if the dog won't eat it, but you can't touch beef, mutton, or the five pungent spices, you can't swear, and you can't even pee facing north, sigh."

"I have money. I can take care of your daily life, give you money, let you buy whatever you want, eat whatever you want, and travel wherever you want. But if I need your help, you have to come back and help me."

"Even hiring me won't work. Wait, doesn't this count as hiring me?"

"Who said we were hiring you? Look, the money fell on the ground and you picked it up. That's not breaking the rules, is it?"

"That doesn't count! I'm thriving, you're quite clever!"

"What's wrong with you?"

"I can't swear, but that doesn't mean I'm all grown up and flying around. I'm pretty smart too, haha."

"..."

Zhang Qishan felt a lump in his throat as he watched the two boys chatting animatedly.

He looked at Qi Tiezui.

Qi Tiezui continued to shake his head: "No means no. You want him to die, and you will also suffer retribution, Buddha. Northern Emperor Black Law, it's best not to touch him. Su Mu is full of Daoist energy. Just because he's alright doesn't mean you're alright."

Zhang Qishan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

After a while.

Another station has been reached.

The boy who had dropped the money on the ground got off the bus.

The boy waved to Su Mu: "Then see you in Changsha. I'm not going to Beiping. I'll wait for you in Changsha. When you get there, just tell that Taoist priest named Partridge Whistle your name and the Muchen Pearl, right?"

"Okay, go ahead." Su Mu nodded as he stood at the car door.

The train continued its journey westward.

The young man, who was short of money and did not want to be trapped by the Northern Emperor's Black Laws for the rest of his life, changed to a train heading south.

Walking back to the carriage, Su Mu shook his head: "He's even afraid to go north. Tsk tsk tsk, what strange laws and regulations."

Having experienced several instances of eerie and ghostly occurrences, Su Mu understood that such mystical and supernatural things truly existed in this world.

Just like that golden clay doll that a shop assistant bought, which was made of a fetus that died tragically in the womb, mixed with blood-stained grave soil, and constructed with a hundred-year-old locust tree as a support.

If Su Mu hadn't discovered this when he entered the shop this morning, the people in the shop would probably have been in serious trouble in less than a day.

Even the three of them, who had only briefly come into contact with the Shangqing Great Cave Immortal Cultivation Method, couldn't do it together.

Su Mu did have talismanic techniques to restrain the evil Mud Boy, but he could only limit it and could not easily eliminate or kill it.

Since his encounter with Sun Guofu, who possessed the ability to see ghosts, Su Mu, who had returned to study books, gradually came to understand a principle.

cause and effect.

However, the situation was different for the successor of the Northern Emperor's Black Law.

He doesn't care about cause and effect or the laws of heaven; as long as someone is a harmful and evil creature, someone with heinous crimes, he will kill them all.

Other sects deal with evil spirits by invoking the Five Witches, soldiers, or by opening an altar to request the decree of their patriarch.

The Northern Emperor's Black Law can suppress and kill even the Five Wraiths soldiers of those sects, the soldiers of the Upper, Middle and Lower Altars, and their patriarchs, as long as they make mistakes.

How arrogant and rampant they are!

However, if he were to actually learn the Northern Emperor's Black Laws...

cough cough...

Su Mu touched his nose, smiled, and shook his head.

There are too many rules.

As for the Nine Gates Fourth Master Water Locust.

Su Mu composed himself and sat back down in his seat.

He originally wanted to find some more evil methods to torture the other party in the same way, but coincidentally, the shop had taken in such a terrifying evil spirit.

So, before leaving, Su Mu instructed everyone in the shop to use the method of "seeking peace" to send the evil spirit to the Water Locust Mansion.

This can be considered revenge for the persecution of the Su family by the sorcerer hired by the other side.

The so-called evil spirits are beings similar to the Great Black Buddha Mother. Ordinary Taoist priests not only cannot exorcise them, but will also suffer repercussions as a result.

During the day, things are fine; the Huang family is protected by the good deeds of their ancestors, so no truly tragic or strange things will happen.

But on the night of the Hundred Demons Parade, the situation is different.

"We still need to go out more often," Su Mu remarked.

The idea of ​​opening a temple to exchange one's own resources for various treasured antiques seems unlikely to be feasible.

Although there are occasional successes, it's too rare for opportunities to come knocking on your door.

Just like the immortal-trading Gu worm bloodline butterfly that should have been soaring above the lush grass and flying birds, spending its short life, found him.

If he doesn't go out, these opportunities won't arise.

Su Mu looked down at the cloth shoes on his feet and realized something.

The Wu tribe emphasizes having one's feet on the ground and one's head reaching for the sky.

After putting on the shoes, he felt the power that had been flowing continuously before begin to weaken.