Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

Chen Yan looked at Xie Lianhuan, a slow smile playing on his lips: "I mainly want to ask, three generations of your Wu family don't even understand the rules of the Nine Gates. Is it because your Wu family didn't teach them well, or...?"

"Intentional?"

Chen Yan raised his voice at the end of his sentence, looking at Xie Lianhuan with a playful expression in his eyes.

Xie Lianhuan narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Yan, saying, "Even if you are the young master of the Chen family, I am the master of the Wu family."

"Do you think you've taught your Chen family the proper rules?"

Pan Zi glared at Chen Yan, who chuckled and looked at Xie Lianhuan with interest, saying, "If that's the case, I could become the head of the Chen family anytime. Based on my status, I could go back and kill the old man. Then I can go to the Wu family and ask them, huh?"

Xie Lianhuan's face turned cold, and Wu Xie was stunned. No, isn't that your biological father?

He killed me without warning, just to ask my third uncle how I taught him the rules?

Are you fucking crazy?

Following that, Chen Yan continued, "If we're talking about status, you're a second-generation member of the Wu family, and so am I. It's just that your grandfather died young."

Wu Xie's expression changed instantly, and he looked at Chen Yan, saying, "Young Master Chen, watch your words!"

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow and glanced at Wu Xie: "You're a third-generation patriarch, neither the head of the family nor the young head, what are you doing here? Go play somewhere else."

Wu Xie was speechless at these words. Seeing that Wu Xie was at a disadvantage, Xie Lianhuan immediately said, "What is it? You can talk to me when you become the head of the family."

"Oh?"

Chen Yan's lips curled up in a strange way, his tone carrying an indescribable oddity: "The third master of the Wu family is indeed interesting."

Before Jie Lianhuan could figure out what those words meant or whether he knew something, the words were spoken.

Chen Yan got up and left: "Ninth Brother, take the gift I gave to the old man, I'm leaving."

"They're here."

The tiger grabbed his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and carried the remaining three uncooked human-faced birds in his hands as he turned and left.

Lao Jiu stood up, kicked the fire apart, and didn't even glance at Wu Xie and his group.

After watching the three people leave, Hei Xiazi shook his head and said, "Boss A Ning, are we leaving?"

"Walk!"

Ah Ning realized that this was an internal conflict within the Nine Gates, and had nothing to do with her.

If we don't leave now, what are we waiting for?

Chen Yan and the others returned to the snow mountain. As soon as A Ning and Hei Xiazi came out, A Ning's eyes widened and she turned and ran away.

Hei Xiazi's lips twitched. He glanced at Chen Yan, who was smiling at him, and couldn't help but say, "As expected of the young master of the Chen family."

Actually, what Hei Xiazi really wanted to say was, "No wonder he's Chen Pi's child."

This is just as unethical.

The tiger lit the fuse and threw it directly into the hole it had emerged from.

The group turned and ran away together.

After running for quite a while, they finally stopped. Hei Xiazi looked back to make sure everything was alright before saying, "Little Fourth Master, you're quite vengeful."

Chen Yan looked at Hei Xiazi with an innocent expression: "What are you talking about? Meng Hu just wanted to make room in his bag to put the gift I gave to the old man because the explosives in his bag were taking up space."

Chen Yan slowed his pace and calmly retorted, "Doesn't my grandfather's gift deserve wrapping?"

Black Bear raised a finger: "Impressive."

Third Master, tell me, of all people to mess with, why did you have to mess with the Chen family?

Neither the old nor the young members of the Chen family are easy to deal with.

Wu Xie and the others in the underground palace had originally planned to leave after Chen Yan and the others left.

But Jie Lianhuan said to wait a moment.

Wu Xie and the others didn't know what they were waiting for, and then....

They were met with an earthquake....

Wang Yueban cursed as he watched Chen Yan leave, "Damn it! Isn't that Chen Yan a lunatic? How can he be so petty?"

After being helped up by Pan Zi, Jie Lianhuan said, "The Chen family members are all petty and narrow-minded."

Is Chenpi (dried tangerine peel) quite cunning?

Massacres of streets and villages—when have they ever been magnanimous?

Thinking of this, Jie Lianhuan pulled Wu Xie, who was still a little confused, and said, "Xiao Xie, remember this: neither Chen Pi nor Chen Yan from the Chen family are magnanimous people. You must not have anything to do with them."

"Also, this Chen Yan is even worse than Chen Pi. You must be more careful when you see him in the future."

Wu Xie hesitated for a moment before saying, "But Third Uncle, is it possible that they saved us, and that he did this on purpose because he knows you understand the Chen family?"

What does that mean?

Xie Lianhuan looked at Wu Xie: "You mean, he guessed that I don't trust him, so he won't follow me for the time being, and that's why he deliberately threw the explosives to give me a warning?"

Wu Xie nodded: "I do have that feeling."

Why do you think that?

"Third Uncle, did you send me here because the last Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish is in Chen Pi's hands?"

Xie Lianhuan was silent for a moment, then sighed and nodded. Wu Xie said, "Chen Yan knows that the other two are in my hands, and the last one is in his."

"But he didn't forcibly take it."

"And when we found the entrance and came down, he even saved the fat guy."

Wu Xie said with some hesitation, "I always felt that he wasn't that kind of person."

Jie Lianhuan is numb. No, if we hadn't moved a little slower, we would have been blown up. You're telling me he's not that kind of person?

Seeing Xie Lianhuan's expression, Wu Xie said helplessly, "Third Uncle, what are you doing? Why is Pan Zi sending text messages to Second Uncle behind my back?"

"And we got caught red-handed."

What? You got caught?

Jie Lianhuan's heart tightened; no wonder Xiao Xie reacted this way.

It seems he wasn't stupid, but rather guessed that Chen Yan would retaliate against him?

Wu Xie, supporting Xie Lianhuan, said, "Let's go, let's get out of here first. I feel like something's off about Chen Yan, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Let's talk about it later."

Something's not right?

Xie Lianhuan kept those words in mind, and the four of them walked outside.

After descending the mountain, Hei Xiazi looked at Chen Yan and asked, "Fourth Master, are we going back to western Yunnan or Beijing?"

Chen Yan glanced at Hei Xiazi and said, "Want a ride? Or...?"

Chen Yan leaned closer to Hei Xiazi: "Trying to get information out of Wu Sansheng?"

Looking at Chen Yan, Hei Xiazi smiled and took a small step back: "Fourth Master, you're joking. I'm not Third Master Wu's employee, so there's no need for me to offend you."

Turning to leave, Chen Yan left behind the words, "Follow me."

After getting into the car, Hei Xiazi patted the seat, glanced at Meng Hu driving, Chen Yan in the passenger seat, and Lao Jiu beside him.

With great interest, he asked, "Why didn't Young Master Fourth return earlier? Why did he come back at this time?"