People are robbing tombs: Get the black gold ancient sword at the beginning

"Is the person inside the coffin not from the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao's expression changed, but he was too lazy to argue with the system any longer. He flicked his finger in the air, and in the next instant, a blood coffin engraved with countless bird totems flew out from the debris of the sunken ship and landed in front of Chen Xiao.

He used his senses to probe into the blood coffin, and found only a well-preserved corpse inside; the soul within was long gone.

"No wonder Wu Xie and the others were making such a fuss in the ancient ship in the original story. They only released the Corpse Beetle King but didn't actually revive the corpse. It turns out that the soul of the corpse's owner had already been destroyed long ago."

After shaking his head in disappointment, Chen Xiao immediately slapped the coffin lid open, revealing a middle-aged male corpse wearing a bird-face mask made of gold, ancient priest's robes, and covered with densely packed symbols and patterns.

After carefully observing the delicate patterns on the clothes and the characters tattooed on the skin, Chen Xiao's already slightly furrowed brow deepened even further.

The reason was simple: Chen Xiao didn't recognize any of these totems and characters.

"Sigh, after all these years, I still suffer from being illiterate," Chen Xiao said with a self-deprecating laugh, shaking his head.

Fortunately, although Chen Xiao did not recognize these patterns and characters, he could still be certain that the bird totem on his clothes did not come from the bluebird worshipped by the Queen Mother of the West.

As for those characters, they are more like inscriptions from an ancient ethnic minority than actual characters.

The combination of these two points does indeed align with the system's earlier statement that the people within it did not originate from the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West.

As for this person's origins, and why the coffin was on the cargo ship transporting the Corpse Beetle King from the Kingdom of the Western Queen Mother, let's not know.

"We can only take it back and have our queen wife, who is known as the all-knowing scholar, take a look."

With that, Chen Xiao flicked his sleeve and closed the coffin lid that had previously flown out. Then, Chen Xiao lifted the coffin with one hand and turned back towards the camp.

Meanwhile, in the Nine Gates Camp located outside the Queen Mother of the West's Palace.

Having been misled by his third uncle and wandering around the forest for a whole week, Wu Xie, looking exhausted, was finally led by Wu Sansheng to the camp to reunite.

"Little Xie! You actually came!"

At this moment, Xie Xiaohua, who was sitting at the entrance of the camp, covered in dust and dressed in tattered clothes, holding a roasted lamb leg and showing off, burst into laughter when she saw Wu Sansheng and his group. She stood up and waved to Wu Xie in the crowd.

Hearing the voice, Wu Xie looked up and was slightly taken aback when he saw Xie Xiaohua's dusty face and beggar's clothes: "Hmm? You are..."

Seeing that Wu Xie didn't recognize her, Xie Xiaohua immediately brushed aside the dusty hair covering her forehead, revealing her strikingly feminine face.

"Pfft~ Hahaha... No... Xiaohua, it's only been a short time since I last saw you, the big boss, why have you changed your style again? Is it that beggar outfits have become the trend among elites these days?"

Upon recognizing Xie Xiaohua in front of him, Wu Xie burst into laughter.

After saying that, he quickly stepped forward, took out his phone, and prepared to take a picture of Xie Xiaohua so that he could tease her when he was bored in the future.

Seeing that Wu Xie, that brat, was taking unflattering photos of her without any sense of sportsmanship, Xie Xiaohua also took out her phone and started snapping photos of Wu Xie, who was also looking disheveled!

Finally, the two went all out and simply put one arm around the other's shoulder for an unflattering photo.

Looking at Xie Xiaohua and Wuxie, who were clearly in their twenties but still acted like children, Wu Sansheng, standing to the side, sighed with exhaustion. He then turned to Huo Xiuxiu beside him and spoke affectionately.

"Sigh, my niece-in-law, you are the most steady and reliable!"

"Niece-in-law, please keep an eye on these two rascals. I'm going to say hello to Master Chen and the others, and also discuss the next steps."

Upon hearing this, Huo Xiuxiu remained calm and composed, nodding with a faint smile. However, as Wu Sansheng's figure gradually disappeared into the distance and he was led into a tent by a member of the Nine Gates, Huo Xiuxiu immediately changed her demeanor.

Then he shouted loudly at Xie Xiaohua and Wuxie, "Brother Wuxie, Brother Xiaohua, you two stay in this pose and don't move! Let me take a picture too..."

Inside the tent, Wu Sansheng, who had just sat down when he heard Huo Xiuxiu's loud, playful voice outside, let out another deep breath. He shook his head helplessly, trying to console himself, "They're still just kids, it's normal for them to be playful..."

"Pfft!"

Upon hearing Wu Sansheng's words, Shirley Yang, who was sitting directly opposite Wu Sansheng, burst out laughing.

The two women sitting next to Shirley Yang, Queen Jingjue and Wuchan Caiwei, did not show much change in expression, but simply shook their heads with a faint smile.

"So you've already decided that you don't need to properly mentor Wu Xie anymore?"

You need to think this through carefully. Opportunities like this, where nearly nine-tenths of the top experts from all nine sects are present to oversee things, are rare.

"And if you continue according to your plan, after this trip to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace, the follow-up arrangements will all be left to Wu Xie and his group of little ones to handle themselves." Queen Jingjue said calmly to Wu Sansheng.

Wu Sansheng waved his hand dismissively and replied, "There's nothing to worry about. I trust Wu Xie's intelligence and abilities. Although he's only been in this business for a short time, he's already mastered most of the most important subject of human nature."

In our line of work, most of the time it's about psychological manipulation and setting up schemes. Personal skills and vision—you'll naturally understand all that as you get older and see more of the world.

"The reason that brat is now so easily fooled by me is probably just because I am his third uncle. He is certain that I will not harm him."

Besides, even if the subsequent arrangements ostensibly require Wu Xie and the others to handle things themselves, I don't believe Master Chen would truly abandon them completely. As long as Master Chen is secretly backing them up, what do I have to worry about?

Queen Jingjue smiled calmly after hearing this, then lightly tapped the armrest of her chair with her jade-like hand and replied, "You really know how to arrange things, oh well..."

Anyway, before Wu Xie and these little ones have fully grown up, neither my husband nor Zhang Rishan will allow them to suffer any real injuries or deaths. I'll continue to act as your nanny for a while longer.

But let's make it clear beforehand that we won't intervene in subsequent plans unless it's a matter of life and death.

"If Wu Xie and Xie Xiaohua, those little ones, unfortunately lose an arm or a leg later on, don't come running back to us complaining about your choice to be a hands-off parent."