Tomb Raiders: After the Nine Gates Ancestor, they let loose and did whatever they wanted!

Xiao Zhang Qiling decisively poked a hidden spot on the wall with his Tomb Raider Finger.

As his fingers touched it, a soft click of a mechanism sounded, as if an ancient machine, dormant for a thousand years, had been awakened anew.

Then, with a gentle clockwise turn, a hidden door slowly opened with a creak.

It was as if a secret passage hidden deep in time had been opened...

The opening of the hidden door caused a breeze, bringing down a cloud of dust.

Little Zhang Qiling didn't care at all that her fair face had turned into a patchwork of black and white, like a little kitten, and that she'd gotten herself into a mess.

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Xiao Zhang Qiling stood silently in place, his slightly thin figure exuding an aura of loneliness.

Junior official: Don't ask me why I didn't dodge it, because if I had, even more dust would have stuck to me. It's not a big deal anyway...

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Xiao Zhang Qiling's cool gaze was fixed on the gradually opening crevice in the darkness.

Behind this hidden door lies an astonishing secret—a secret that once drove countless members of the Zhang family mad.

The hexagonal bronze bell, a token of the Zhang family patriarch fought tooth and nail for!

The hexagonal bronze bell is not only a symbol of the Zhang family patriarch's status, but also has hallucinogenic properties.

It is said that only those with pure Qilin blood can carry it through the Bronze Illusion Array unaffected and rightfully become the Zhang family patriarch.

The sins of the previous generation, in the end, all fell unwittingly on the shoulders of the minor official.

A minor official risked his life to save his people and retrieve his former post, only to suddenly die in his tomb. The lost clan leader's token became the last Zhang Qiling...

Zhang Haike: Obsessed with the clan leader! Crazy for the clan leader! Will bang his head against a wall for the clan leader! ↗

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As the hidden door opened fully, a musty, rotten smell filled my nostrils.

The stone steps that stretched straight down into the depths of the earth exuded an aura of mystery and danger.

The secret passages are winding and labyrinthine; the Zhang family ancestors not only had an ancient building specifically for storing clones, but also...

Each bedroom also has its own secret space underneath.

Despite being called a secret chamber, it's more like a tomb, except for the absence of those disgusting and filthy things.

Not to mention the clan leader's exclusive room, which can only be safely passed by the Qilin cubs with the highest bloodline concentration!

Strict rules established by the Zhang family ancestors based on bloodline strength

Isn't this also for the sake of the lives of those disobedient little Qilin cubs?

As for the Qiongqi from the maternal family, they are not qualified to access these core secrets!

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If a mediocre young man like Zhang were to come in, he would be driven crazy by his ancestors!

They were completely wiped out, so the internal competition within the Zhang family was not without reason.

It feels like there are exams all the time!

(￣y▽￣)~* Cover your mouth and snicker

The oil lamp on the wall seemed to sense the movement of air and lit itself, its flickering flame illuminating the surrounding space.

Then, layer upon layer of complex and intricate nested structures gradually unfolded before our eyes.

These intricate structures resemble a meticulously designed puzzle, waiting for future generations to unravel their secrets!

Based on his experience and deep understanding of the Zhang family's nature, Xiao Zhang Qiling carried out a clever yet thrilling operation.

He skillfully solved the ingenious puzzle set by the Zhang family ancestors to test their descendants.

He easily retrieved the things he had left inside.

It was a bronze cup-shaped box, similar to the Ghost Seal, which served as the junior clan leader's personal password box.

The surface is engraved with an exquisite pattern of a Qilin trampling a demon. The Qilin stands tall and proud, its feet firmly planted on the evil spirit, majestically fulfilling its mission of exorcising evil.

The evil spirit, with its hideous face and bared fangs and claws, was trampled underfoot and had no power to resist!

(?w?)hiahiahia~

The entire design is so lifelike that it seems to leap off the cup box!

Unlike the Ghost-shaped Dragon Fish Jade Seal, the silhouette of the Qilin on this cup box does not appear to be composed of small demons.

It was carved from a single piece of bronze, exuding an auspicious and righteous aura! ↗

The young official is an auspicious unicorn cub~

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As for the Ghost Seal that could open the Bronze Gate, who knows when the Zhang family disintegrated...

Where did the Ghost Seal that should have belonged to the clan leader go?

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Xiao Guan: To prevent things from turning out like what Brother Xian said, because of the "divine gift" he received, he will forget everything and not even know where he put his good things.

So keep it close to you until then!

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Xiao Zhang Qiling sat calmly at the table. He took out a dagger, habitually made a cut, and slightly clenched his fist.

Fresh blood gushed out, flowing down his wrist and dripping onto the cup.

The Qilin blood was quickly absorbed by the box, which then opened automatically.

After arranging the two tokens, the hexagonal bronze mother bell and the two-ringed ring, in separate single rooms, Xiao Zhang Qiling...

He then placed the box and cups together into a small bundle. Heaven has mercy on the clan leader.

Packing my bags, there's only one valuable item I absolutely must take.

The rest are all funerary objects and real estate!

What? You're asking why there are no clothes?

Please, for the Zhang family, those are disposable items; they'll break before they even get worn out!

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The faint, crisscrossing scars on Xiao Zhang Qiling's palm were now marred by a bright red wound.

Despite possessing the extraordinary healing abilities of a Qilin bloodline, the rapid rate at which new injuries are inflicted before old ones have healed is a scourge.

It was inevitable that it would leave a scar, but with the passage of time, only a faint mark remains now.

Every healed scar twists and tells a story of the minor official.

From being isolated from the world and only knowing how to train into a little stone man, after his adoptive father's death...

The tragic experience of being turned into a mobile blood bag, a bone-shrinking and reaping tool, a little tool with absolutely no human rights!

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