Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

"Brother, there's only one correct path in each of these squares. If we try every single one, we'll get roasted alive!"

Wang Yueban looked at Zhang Qiling and asked, "Brother, does your Zhang family have any secret codes or incantations?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiling frowned slightly and began to think.

Zhang Haixing inadvertently caught a glimpse of a strange look in Lao Jiu's eyes and subconsciously asked, "Do you know how to get there?"

This statement drew everyone's attention to the Ninth Prince.

Wang Yueban immediately said, "Ninth Master, Ninth Master, you are a magnanimous person. If you really know, please tell me."

Zhang Qiling looked at Lao Jiu, who lowered his eyes slightly, took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes, and said, "Sorry, as I said, I've never been here before, I don't know."

"you....."

Zhang Qiling pulled Wang Yueban back, looked away, took a step forward, drew his knife, and jumped into the grid.

Watching Zhang Qiling wield his knife with such power and skill, Wang Yueban breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, this young man is really reliable."

Zhang Haike frowned: "Knife skills."

Old Nine watched Zhang Qiling's retreating figure and sighed inwardly. The Zhang family's swordsmanship...

It's been a long time since I've seen him.

Old Nine lowered his head slightly and put his clean glasses back on.

Zhang Haike didn't see the fleeting complexity in Lao Jiu's eyes, nor did Zhang Haixing.

but.

Zhang Qiling saw it from inside the sea of ​​fire.

He became even more certain that Lao Jiu might have some connection with the Zhang family.

Otherwise, Lao Jiu wouldn't know so much about the mechanisms of the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

Zhang Qiling jumped out of the sea of ​​fire, the flames disappeared, and Zhang Qiling stood on the opposite side looking at them.

He noticed that Lao Jiu's eyes were slightly lowered, as if he didn't want to look at him, as if he was afraid that Lao Jiu would see something.

They passed through here, and as they went deeper, it got colder and colder.

The passageway came to an end.

There was a wall in front of them. Wang Yueban shone his flashlight and searched the wall thoroughly, saying, "Brother, there's no path here. This isn't right. There are no reliefs on the wall either."

Wang Yueban turned around and squatted down next to Zhang Qiling, looking at him and asking, "Brother, what do we do now?"

Zhang Qiling looked at the pattern on the ground, and then, as if struck by a thought, turned to look at Lao Jiu, who had just entered and told the staff to rest.

The Huo family's servants all stood aside, not daring to sit, walk around, or touch anything, for fear of running into some kind of trap.

But as soon as Lao Jiu came in, he immediately made everyone sit down; he knew something.

Seeing Zhang Qiling look at Lao Jiu, everyone turned to look at Lao Jiu.

Old Nine took out his water bottle, drank some water, then put his hands down and looked at them: "Why are you looking at me? Are you trying to ask me again if I know where the mechanism is?"

Old Nine asked with a hint of doubt, "I don't understand, who told you I knew about the Zhang family's secrets?"

Wang Yueban stood up and said, "No, do you even know how cold it is here? If we can't find our way, we might freeze to death here."

"I never said I knew about the Zhang family's secrets."

After Wang Yueban chuckled, Zhang Qiling stood up and looked at him: "You know."

After clicking his tongue, Lao Jiu finally said, under everyone's gaze, "I don't know."

After speaking, Zhang Qiling looked away and lowered his eyes, staring intently into Lao Jiu's eyes, then followed his gaze to the pattern on the ground.

"Cinnabar powder".

The Huo family's servants took out cinnabar powder and began to evenly sprinkle it into the patterned grooves on the ground. Old Ninth said nonchalantly, "Don't you think it's a bit odd that the Huo family happened to bring out cinnabar powder?"

Wang Yue chuckled in exasperation and looked at Lao Jiu: "I say, you're quite the vengeful one."

Lao Jiu looked up at Wang Yueban and smiled slightly, without saying a word.

After the entire pattern appeared, Zhang Qiling opened his backpack and took out the Ghost Seal.

He looked at the Ghost Seal, then at the patterns on the ground.

Wang Yueban said, "Isn't this the floor plan of the Ghost Seal?"

Zhang Qiling looked at the Ghost Seal and said, "A part of the Ghost Seal is missing."

"Yes, Tianzhen said it was to make room for the ring on her hand."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yueban realized, "Quick, there are three empty spaces on the Ghost Seal, but they've been filled in in this picture. Find them."

A group of people began looking for empty seats.

Old Nine lowered his eyes and focused his gaze on his right hand.

Looking at the hole in front of him, Wang Yue patted Zhang Qiling on the shoulder: "Brother, only you can make it through this hole."

Zhang Qiling stretched out his hand, inserted the "Tomb Raider Finger" into the hole, and with a forceful movement, there was a cracking sound.

A groove appeared next to the wall behind them.

"Holy crap! They hid it so well?"

Zhang Qiling came to another gap, inserted the Tomb Raider Finger into the hole, and twisted it, revealing a platform in the groove.

Zhang Qiling withdrew his hand, stood up, and walked to the side of the groove. Wang Yueban asked, "Young man, what's this tradition of your Zhang family?"

"The corpse."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Qiling reached out and snatched the can of food from Wang Yueban's hand, placed it on the plate, turned around and returned to the pattern, squatted down and turned the mechanism.

Everyone watched as the platform slowly descended.

Zhang Qiling turned the mechanism again, and the platform came up, but the canned food was gone.

Wang Yueban asked in surprise, "Brother, what's this? What's going on?"

Looking at the platform, Zhang Qiling said, "Someone has to go down."

"No! What if..."

Before Wang Yueban could finish speaking, Zhang Qiling activated a mechanism and tossed a scabbard to him: "I'll leave you a scabbard."

Before the words were even finished, the person had already slipped onto the platform as the mechanism activated. Wang Yueban ran to the wall and looked at it, exclaiming, "Brother! You really are!"

Old Nine watched Zhang Qiling go down, his eyes flashing. Even Zhang Haike hadn't reacted yet, otherwise he would have definitely gone to let Zhang Qiling stay up himself.

Upon seeing that Zhang Qiling had disappeared, Zhang Haike immediately turned around and went to the location of the mechanism, reaching out and inserting his hand into the hole.

"Holy crap! Yeah, you're one of them!"

Wang Yueban looked at Zhang Haike as if he were a god.

Zhang Haike ignored him, but just as Zhang Haike was about to turn the mechanism, Lao Jiu suddenly said, "You'd better not touch the mechanism again."

Zhang Haike stopped what he was doing, looked up at Lao Jiu, and everyone looked at Lao Jiu. Zhang Haixing immediately asked, "What do you mean by that? What do you know?"

Without looking at Zhang Haixing, Lao Jiu turned his head to look at the groove. Everyone followed his gaze and found that the mechanism had moved by itself.

Zhang Haike immediately withdrew his hand, got up and went to the mechanism, and Wang Yueban followed him over.

When Wang Yueban reached out to grab the canned food, Zhang Haike was quicker and snatched it away.