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

Just as everyone was naturally drawn to the still-pulsating chunk of flesh,

"You said your surname is Zhang and your given name is Qishan, is that the Zhang of the character '弓长张' (bow and arrow)?"

"Uh-huh."

"Do you know a guy named Zhang Qiling?"

"What did you say?"

Zhang Qishan's expression changed, and he turned to look at Yi Xinyue beside him.

Su Mu also turned around and looked at the other person.

Is Zhang Qiling really that famous?

Even the young lady of the Crescent Hotel, a powerful and wealthy family who has lived in Beiping for a long time, knows him?

Yi Xinyue's thoughts were not so complicated, and she couldn't see through the people in front of her. She just said to herself, "As long as we find Zhang Qiling, they will give us a lot of money and are willing to give away all their treasured antiques."

Yi Xinyue looked at the people on the first floor, her gaze shifting, and then looked at all the private rooms on the second floor.

Zhang Qishan and Su Mu exchanged a glance, suppressing their emotions and pretending nothing was wrong as they continued to press, "What, is this person famous? Is he a lost rich kid? A hefty reward?"

Yi Xinyue chuckled, "I don't know either. I just overheard my father talking to someone. The Crescent Moon Hotel also took on this job."

"That man said that when he went into the mountains to search for rare and precious herbs, he disturbed the mountain tiger, which bit through his chest and nearly killed him. Then suddenly a stranger came along, bit his wrist, and dripped blood into his mouth. Guess what happened next?"

Yi Xinyue's eyes were fixed on Zhang Qishan, and she didn't even glance at anyone else, continuing to stare at him.

What can we do?

The fact that the other party was able to return alive and relay the story to the owner of the Crescent Hotel must mean that something extraordinary happened.

"Many of the powerful and wealthy are searching for a man named Zhang Qiling. It is said that drinking his blood and eating his flesh will grant them immortality, hehehe."

Yi Xinyue smiled mischievously, her words full of disdain.

There is no one in the world like Tang Sanzang, described in supernatural tales, who can gain immortality by eating his food.

No.

It really does.

Zhang Qishan glanced at Su Mu, and suddenly thought of the poisoned Zhang family member in Changsha who was waiting for the elixir to awaken him.

The Zhang family's name includes the characters for "sea" and "mountain," respectively, and they are rarely seen throughout the year.

The fact that the other party disregarded the distance between mountains and seas and set foot in Zhang Qishan's territory suggests that their purpose was not simply to find Zhang Qishan to come to their aid.

Perhaps, the other party simply asked Zhang Qishan to pass on a message to the family.

Make sure that Zhang Qiling, the clan leader whose existence is known to all the powerful and influential, does not reappear easily, otherwise it will cause a major upheaval.

"The guy is actually a pretty nice person."

Su Mu shook his head and sighed.

Saving lives is a good thing.

However, if the person being rescued cannot shut up after revealing their supernatural powers, it will not be a good thing, but rather a disaster.

Su Mu had thought of this long ago.

Therefore, most of the people he saves can only move around within his line of sight.

Anyone who harbors thoughts of betrayal or leaking secrets will be executed by him.

"...This still-pulsating piece of meat is one of the pieces of 'Dragon's Flesh' that someone snatched from Yingkou. The buyer said the starting price is one silver dollar, and bids can be raised at will..."

The auction sounds from below the stage once again drew everyone's attention back to the auction.

"The starting bid is just one silver dollar?"

"Could it be fake?"

"How can raw meat continue to twitch once it's been removed from the body? Have you ever seen that?"

"No, could it be true? But that's a bit too much..."

"One million silver dollars!"

"Wow! Who's so capable, spending a million dollars like that!"

"Oh, it's that old eunuch."

"..."

Discussions resumed.

Su Mu looked at the piece of flesh that was supposedly the legendary Fallen Dragon's flesh with a strange expression.

Dragon meat

[Effects: Unknown, mutation, pollution]

Type: Unknown

The system has already determined that it is indeed a piece of flesh from the Chinese totem dragon that fell from the sky.

However, the effectiveness of his explanation made Su Mu subconsciously frown.

unknown.

Mutation.

Pollution.

The combination of these words feels a bit eerie.

Besides, the starting bid is only one silver dollar?

The old eunuch then blurted out the price of one million silver dollars.

Did the other party receive prior information that the Crescent Moon Hotel would be selling dragon meat?

Then,

Su Mu then recalled the story of the Yingkou dragon incident that he had overheard from a treasure hunter traveling the world in Changsha.

The man said that a friend of his also ate the dragon's meat, and then a strange phenomenon occurred in which scales grew and covered the human body.

Finally, they disappeared and could no longer be contacted.

trap?

Su Mu looked puzzled and did not rush to buy the dragon meat.

If those who devoured the fallen dragon had all developed extraordinary powers, then the story would have spread far and wide, impossible to conceal.

Instead of only reports of the dragon crash in Yingkou.

There are few stories about those who shared the food.

"This time, it's truly a rare find," Qi Tiezui said with a wry smile.

The old eunuch was indeed very rich.

However, after the dynasty collapsed, he lost his power.

"Ordinary meat is of no benefit to the evolution of the Wu clan's bloodline. This piece of fallen dragon meat might be the key, but the old eunuch is being too extravagant."

Su Mu glanced down at the money box beside him and shook his head.

One has to admire it.

People in Beiping are really rich.

What Su Mu didn't know was that the group of people he was in contact with who were able to enter the New Moon Hotel were already the most powerful and influential people in Beiping.

They may become top-tier wealthy families in the future, even in times of peace.

The dynasty collapsed, but that was all.

Basically, it still cannot shake the foundation of the local powerful families.

The saying "ironclad families, ever-changing emperors" has appeared more than once in history.

Just now.

The Gu worm, Dingxianyou, and the little green butterfly appeared on Su Mu's shoulder.

Then, in a corner unseen by the crowd, under Su Mu's chair, lay the deer venom grass and unicorn blood that had just been auctioned off by that Japanese man for a hefty sum.

The moment Su Mu saw the Gu worm fix the immortal's journey, he noticed the extra thing under his feet.

He bent down slightly and took the item while everyone else was still watching the lively auction downstairs.

Deergrass is a rare herb with a rather peculiar appearance.

"Qilin Exhaustion".

Su Mu looked down at the blood-clot-like Qilin Blood in his hand.

This medicine is even rarer than the Deer-living Grass, and its medicinal power is astonishing; it can revive human flesh and bones and ward off all poisons.

However, there are limitations.

That means you can only swallow it once; once you eat it, it's gone.

The effects will not last forever; as time goes by, the body will eventually deplete the drug's potency and excrete it.

The true value of the Qilin Blood (a type of medicinal herb) is 950,000 silver dollars; the Deer Antler Grass is merely a bonus.

"If a piece of Qilin blood can fetch such a high price, how much higher would it be if Zhang Qiling were tied up and his blood were drawn and sold every day? The effects of genuine Qilin blood would be even more potent."

"No wonder the powerful and wealthy are so obsessed with the legendary god Zhang Qiling that they have forced him to hide in the mountains of the million-strong region and dare not show himself again."

"If he's discovered and captured alive, tsk tsk tsk, I can't even imagine what kind of terrible fate awaits Zhang Qiling..."