Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

Chen Yan asked with amusement, "Uncle, there are only two chairs here. Are you not planning to let me sit?"

Xie Yuchen raised an eyebrow at Chen Yan and said, "If you are Chen Yan, then stand up. If you are the head of the Chen family, then let Wu Xie get up and you sit down."

Without saying a word, Chen Yan picked up Wu Xie and threw him around. Lao Jiu caught Wu Xie and stuffed him behind Xie Yuchen, while he himself stood behind Chen Yan.

Amidst a dizzying sensation, Wu Xie stood up and came to stand behind Xie Yuchen.

However, after regaining his senses, Wu Xie remained silent. Xiao Hua had already stated his identity as the family head! He wasn't...

After sitting down, Chen Yan slowly adjusted his sleeves and said in a casual tone, "What does Patriarch Xie want to ask? Ask away."

Wu Xie silently gave Chen Yan a thumbs up for his ability to change his expression.

Xie Yuchen, however, remained unperturbed and asked, "Patriarch Chen, is there a reason for choosing this time to return to the Chen family?"

"Of course."

Xie Yuchen's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What smell does Wu Xie have?"

Wu Xie was surprised that Xie Yuchen would ask this question for him, and immediately looked at Chen Yan nervously.

Chen Yan tilted his head slightly, glanced at Wu Xie behind Xie Yuchen, and then looked back at Xie Yuchen's face: "Heh~ Uncle is quite sentimental. You really care about a childhood friend you've only met a few times."

Ignoring those words, Xie Yuchen just looked at Chen Yan, who said calmly, "He has a scent on him, and I can smell it from ten miles away."

"What does it taste like?"

Chen Yan curled his lips and lazily glanced at Xie Yuchen: "I don't want to talk about it."

Wu Xie gritted his teeth, glaring at Chen Yan. Xie Yuchen said, "Do you know what the Nine Gates are doing?"

After asking the question, Chen Yan's smile faded slightly. He turned to look at the stage, his eyes unreadable: "Uncle, this question is beyond the scope of my knowledge."

"What do you want to do?"

"The old man is getting old and needs a successor."

Xie Yuchen frowned. Chen Yan suddenly stood up, bent down and looked at Xie Yuchen: "Tonight's performance was very good. Thank you for your hospitality, Patriarch Xie. Farewell."

After saying that, she straightened up, turned around, and left. Wu Xie panicked and called out, "You haven't answered Xiao Hua's question yet!"

But neither Chen Yan nor Lao Jiu turned around. Wu Xie sat down angrily and looked at Xie Yuchen: "Xiao Hua, wasn't he just teasing you?"

But after he finished speaking, he noticed that Xie Yuchen's expression didn't seem very good.

"Xiaohua, what's wrong?"

Xie Yuchen looked at Wu Xie in a deep voice: "Wu Xie, he does know what the Nine Gates are doing, and he said that Chen Pi is old and needs a successor."

"But Chen Pi doesn't grow old overnight. The fact that he hadn't come back before means that he had been paying attention to the Nine Gates for a long time."

"He's only coming back now not because Chenpi is too old and we need him to come back, but because he feels that this is the best time to return."

"The best time? What do you mean?"

Xie Yuchen looked at Wu Xie: "Wu Xie, you said before that if we were originally going to Changbai Mountain, it should have been Chen Pi, right?"

"Yeah, how come..."

Wu Xie was stunned. Looking at Xie Yuchen, he subconsciously said, "You mean, he knew that if he didn't come back, Chen Pi might die in Changbai Mountain?"

"But how is that possible? Although Chen Pi is old, he is still the Fourth Master of the Nine Gates."

"We've all come back from Changbai Mountain, so why can't Chenpi come back?"

Xie Yuchen glanced at the direction Chen Yan had left in, his eyes slightly shifting: "This means that someone doesn't want Chen Pi to come down from Changbai Mountain alive."

"But Chen Yan didn't want Chen Pi to die, so he came back and went in Chen Pi's place."

"I have reason to suspect that if Chen Yan hadn't returned, Chen Pi might already be dead."

Wu Xie didn't know why Xie Yuchen thought that way, but after thinking it over, he realized that what Xie Yuchen said was very likely true.

Xie Yuchen turned around and saw Wu Xie's pale face: "Wu Xie, what's wrong?"

Wu Xie looked up, his eyes glazed over, and said to Xie Yuchen, "Xiao Hua, there's something I haven't told you."

"What is it?"

Wu Xie's lips trembled slightly as he said, "After Chen Yan left the underground palace, we didn't catch up with them for the time being because my third uncle was injured."

"after....."

"Chen Yan blew up the exit they were using to get out."

"We came out from another exit."

"My third uncle said that Chen Yan is just petty and wants to get revenge on him."

Xie Yuchen grasped the key point: "Take revenge on him? Why do you say that, Third Master?"

Wu Xie shook his head: "My third uncle said it was because of a verbal dispute."

"impossible."

Xie Yuchen directly refuted this statement: "Chen Yan is not the kind of person who gets angry over a few words; he is a very deep person."

"So, Xiaohua, could it be that my third uncle didn't want Chen Pi to leave Changbai Mountain alive, and Chen Yan knew about it, which is why..."

Xie Yuchen paused, looked at Wu Xie, and said after a moment, "That shouldn't be the case. Third Master is the head of the Wu family of the Nine Gates, and Chen Pi is the Fourth Master of the Nine Gates."

"They are all heads of the Nine Gates, and there is no old grudge between them."

Why did Wu Sansheng want Chen Pi to die?

Wu Xie shook his head: "I don't know, I just suddenly thought of it."

Xie Yuchen glanced at Wu Xie's expression and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Chen Pi is still alive, and Chen Yan doesn't seem to have any hatred towards the Wu family. Let's keep an eye on things later."

"How are you?"

Wu Xie took a deep breath and nodded: "I'm fine."

"Let's go, I'll have someone arrange food, I'm going to remove my makeup..."

"Xiaohua, I have to go to the hospital to change Fatty. You're leaving me here, I'm going now."

Xie Yuchen watched Wu Xie get up, then grabbed Wu Xie's arm and said, "Wu Xie, don't do anything rash. You can't figure out Chen Yan's true colors by testing him."

Wu Xie nodded: "I understand, don't worry."

Xie Yuchen then let go of Wu Xie's hand. After Wu Xie left, Xie Yuchen turned around and went back to remove his makeup.

Sitting in front of the mirror, Xie Yuchen looked at her makeup and thought of Chen Yan's words.

Lost in thought...

Wu Xie did not rashly go to find Chen Yan, but went to the hospital and brought Wang Yueban some food on the way.

Chen Yan brought Lao Jiu back to the Chen family home. Sitting in his study, Chen Yan said, "Did you figure it out?"

Lao Jiu sat in the chair opposite Chen Yan and said thoughtfully, "That's somewhat true."

Are you sure?

Chen Yan looked up at Lao Jiu, who nodded: "This thing can only be taught by integrating it into the opera steps so that the Wang family won't find out."

Chen Yan's tone turned cold: "What a Nine Gates!"

Old Nine casually remarked, "It seems that the three generations of the Nine Gates have all become pawns."

"And there's also Huo Xiuxiu."

"Huo Xiuxiu herself has a defect."

Neither of the two people in the study spoke again.