Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

Gu Chi turned around and asked angrily, "Why did you steal my stone?"

This is a handsome young man who looks only eighteen or nineteen years old. He is dressed in a luxurious brocade robe. He is as handsome as jade and elegant.

The young man in brocade robes looked harmless. He raised the stone in his hand above his head and examined it carefully. He said, "I don't see your name written on it. How did it become your stone?"

Gu Chi didn't know how to refute for a moment and could only stare at him and grit his teeth.

"Hey, little brother, don't get angry first." The young man in brocade robes was very familiar. He put an arm on Gu Chi's shoulder and whispered, "I see that you are quite strong. Are you interested in teaming up with us?"

Gu Chi was confused and asked, "What team? What kind of collaboration?"

"It seems you don't know, but it doesn't matter. It's not really a secret anyway, so it's okay to tell you directly."

At this point, the young man in brocade robes shut up and switched to telepathy, saying, "Do you know about the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan? There's news that one of the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan may reappear here! And I happen to know some important clues about this secret."

Hearing this, Gu Chi's heart was suddenly shocked. Tianyuan Nine Secrets? Are they the Tianyuan Nine Secrets mastered by the old monster in the Locking Heart Palace?

She had personally experienced the horror of this secret technique. If Que Sizhan had not had that opportunity to take action, she and Lao Hei would most likely have been killed in the Locking Heart Palace.

"I have heard of the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan, but I don't know if the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan you are talking about are the same as the ones I know." Gu Chi said.

"Apart from the nine secret techniques created in ancient times for various fields, what other secret techniques dare to challenge the Nine Secret Techniques of Tianyuan?"

The Nine Secrets of Tianyuan, as the name suggests, include a total of nine secret techniques, targeting nine different fields.

"Come on, let's find a quiet place to talk slowly!" Gu Chi changed his attitude and pulled the young man in brocade robe away from the gambling stone site and came to a relatively calm teahouse.

"As far as I know, the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan seem to have completely disappeared since the end of ancient times? How come it is suddenly said that one of the secret methods will reappear in the world in Jingcheng? Who spread this news? Is it credible?" Gu Chi asked seriously.

In order to get Gu Chi to join the gang, the young man in brocade robe also took the initiative to reveal some information.

According to him, the news about the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan all started because of a tomb robber.

Not long ago, an antique shop in an ancient city in the northern border purchased a broken bronze tripod and found the words "Tianyuan" on it!

The people in that antique shop carefully restored and repaired the ancient bronze tripod and found hundreds of ancient characters on it. They speculated that it was a burial object that was stolen from an ancient tomb.

There were not many words on the broken bronze tripod. It only roughly recorded some deeds of the tomb owner and mentioned that their family had inherited one of the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan!

The Nine Secrets of Tianyuan, each secret method has incredible power, targeting nine different fields, and is a supreme magic that is enough to drive people crazy!

"In today's world, there are only three or four known 'Nine Secrets'. The rest have almost all been lost. If that bronze tripod really leads to the discovery of another lost Nine Secrets, the entire Northern Territory will be shaken."

"So, the beginning of everything was that a tomb robber stole a bronze tripod from an ancient tomb and then resold it to an antique shop, which led to the news that the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan would reappear in the world?" Gu Chi was surprised and figured out the whole story.

The young man in brocade robes nodded and said, "Unfortunately, the tomb robber died inexplicably not long after."

"After all, the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan are of great importance. It's not surprising that someone would want to kill someone to silence them. Was it the person from that antique shop who did it?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The antique shop proactively revealed the information the next day without hiding anything. It's unlikely they would go to such lengths to kill someone."

The young man in brocade robes took a sip of hot tea before continuing, "And when they found the tomb robber, his death looked like he had been cursed."

"The Pharaoh's Curse?" Gu Chi blurted out.

"Who is Pharaoh? Do you know any clues?" The young man in brocade robe stared at her suspiciously.

"Ahem, no, no, please continue." Gu Chi raised his hand, motioning him to continue.

"Later, people speculated on its approximate location through the vague records on the bronze tripod."

"Is it Jingcheng?"

"good."

The Nine Secrets of Tianyuan have been lost since the end of the ancient times. Only some ancient families and Taoist sects have mastered three or four incomplete ones. It is estimated that only the old monster in the Locking Heart Palace has mastered the complete nine secrets.

Gu Chi was very tempted. No one knew better than her how terrifying that kind of magic was, and she couldn't miss it at all.

"How about it? Are you interested in forming a team to seize this great opportunity?" The young man in brocade robe smiled.

Gu Chi nodded: "Okay, what clues have you collected?"

"A long time ago, a venerable master came to Jingcheng to look for the Nine Secrets of Tianyuan. I know the route he took that year." The young man in brocade robe said mysteriously.

"That's ridiculous! How could you possibly know the whereabouts of a powerful Lord-level warrior?"

Gu Chi drank the warm tea in his cup and continued, "Besides, if the former Lord had found the Nine Secrets, all that would be waiting for us would be an empty tomb. If he hadn't found it, then there would be no point in us retracing the path he took in the past."

The young man in brocade robes said, "He certainly didn't find the Nine Secrets in the past, but he also didn't come away empty-handed. He discovered some extremely valuable clues."

"Who is this lord you are talking about?" Gu Chi felt that he was talking nonsense.

"Nangong Zheng, the former Grand Master of the Jiuli Dynasty!"

"never heard of that."

"You just need to know that he was a very powerful person. He came to the northern border in his later years and is most likely buried in this land." said the young man in brocade robe.

"Okay, then tell me, what clues did he leave behind in the past?" Gu Chi asked.

"About fifteen thousand years ago, there was an extremely prosperous aristocratic family in Jingzhou, but they were also very low-key. They were suspected of practicing the Nine Mysteries!"

As time goes by, this once prosperous aristocratic family has now long since disappeared into history.

"There are countless ancient tombs inside and outside Jingcheng. We don't need to dig them all up. We just need to look for the cemetery of the aristocratic family from the past. Maybe we can find the tomb where the bronze tripod was unearthed."

With a plan in mind, they immediately left the teahouse and prepared to head outside Jingcheng to look for the ancient tomb.

On the way, Gu Chi discovered the figures of several small bandits, including Jiang Chengji, Li Wangcen, Zuo Shiji, and Tuoba Cang, and even Shen Tu Ling appeared in Jingcheng.

"Every one of them is a tough guy. With so many geniuses gathered together, a big war is bound to break out." Gu Chi said to himself.