Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

The Tibetan Plateau.

Su Chen bid farewell to the bard Zhaba and the hunter Ciren.

Before parting, Su Chen gave all the salt he had to the two of them.

These salts can be exchanged for food or scarce resources within the tribe.

After saying goodbye, Su Chen led his men away from Kunlun Mountain.

When they left, everyone was in a relaxed mood, so they could say they were enjoying the scenery along the way.

I witnessed the vast and rugged Kunlun Mountains, the boundless uninhabited areas, and the Gobi Desert.

When they arrived in Lanzhou, Lao Ma sold all his properties and, along with the others, took the money and headed to the ancient city.

Finally, we took a train from the ancient city to Changsha.

This trip took a lot of time, almost a month in total.

The group, weary from their journey, hurried back to Su Family Village.

Sujia Village has undergone a major transformation. The outer bunkers of the village have all been completed, the city wall is mostly built, and only a quarter of it remains to be completed.

The people in Sujia Village are now living a prosperous life.

Every household wears new clothes, and every meal includes meat.

Compared to the disaster victims outside, their lives are incredibly comfortable.

The first thing Su Chen did upon returning to Sujia Village was to place the [Clan Guardian Stone Statue] in front of the ancestral hall.

The two majestic lions, once placed here, exude a subtle sense of oppression at first glance.

With these two stone lions guarding the ancestral hall, it became even more solemn.

The section on clan buildings in the system has also been activated simultaneously.

Su Chen glanced at the system panel.

[Host: Su Chen (Head of the Su Family)]

Age: 18 (18/760)

[Clan Level: 3, 12% Progress]

[Family Members: Official Members: 36. Unofficial Members: Black-backed Sixth Brother, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, Flower Spirit, Red Girl, Zhang Hulu, Mayu]

[Family Property: 1950 mu of clan farmland, 48600 silver dollars, and one seal for tomb raiding]

[Family Status: Prosperous and Flourishing!]

[Family Building: Clan Guardian Statue (Actively in effect. Note: Clan farm output +200%, extremely high chance of growing rare and precious crops. Leveling progress is doubled for each new family member/unofficial member added. The family enjoys prosperity and good fortune, and bad luck is dispelled!)]

[Clan Bloodlines: Phoenix Bloodline (Active, Note: Clan members receive a 30% buff), Qilin Bloodline (Active, Note: Clan members receive a 30% buff)]

[Clan Skills: Spear Master (Active), Martial Arts Master (Active), Water Demon Six Arts (Active)]

[Clan Treasures: Tortoise Seal (Active, increases clan field output by 300%, with a chance to obtain high-grade natural treasures); Double Ring (doubles level progress for each new clan member/unofficial member! Increases the probability of obtaining high-grade rewards from various treasure chests by 10%! Increases bloodline bonus by 10%! Increases clan field bonus by 100%), Legalist Bronze Mirror (Active, increases clan field yield by 200%, illuminates the four cardinal virtues of heaven, earth, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame, ensures orderly clan inheritance, wards off evil spirits and corpses, and increases clan members' physical constitution by 10%), Eight-Layered Treasure Box (Active, radiates Buddhist light, suppresses evil spirits, increases the probability of obtaining high-grade rewards from various treasure chests by 10%! Increases bloodline bonus by 1%)!]

[Golden Mission: Lead your clan members to explore the Ancestral Golden Fortress. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with a Golden Treasure Chest.]

The clan farmland yields as much as 700%, meaning that the farmland in Sujia Village yields seven times the profit of ordinary farmland.

These nearly two thousand mu of clan farmland are equivalent to fourteen thousand mu of land.

Based on the calculation that one mu of paddy field can produce less than 400 jin of rice and one mu of dry land can produce nearly 200 jin of wheat, plus the income from the clan field increases sevenfold.

These fields are enough to feed 10,000 people every year.

Even including those not officially registered, the entire Su Family Village has only about forty members.

More than enough!

"Xiao Chen!"

The old clan chief, with his frail and aged steps, walked up to Su Chen and said, "In a little over a month, the crops in the fields will be ready for harvest."

"Our Su Family Village is sparsely populated, you need to add a male member to our Su Family as soon as possible!"

Su Chen often goes to tombs outside and doesn't spend much time in the village.

The old clan chief saw this and was very anxious.

Now that we have money, we no longer have to worry about where our next meal will come from, like before.

Everyone in the village had to have children as soon as possible, and have as many as possible.

For a family to continue its lineage, it needs a continuous stream of people.

"Elder Chief, there's no rush."

Su Chen laughed awkwardly.

He has always been rather easygoing.

Anyway, I'm still young. Having a child is a good thing, but I'm not in a hurry if I don't.

"How can we not be in a hurry? The whole village is watching you now."

The old clan chief, in his haste, pounded his cane on the ground, shouting, "You must set a good example and lead the villagers!"

"Let's not talk about that, Elder Chief." Su Chen quickly changed the subject. "Since you're here, I have something I'd like you to help me with."

"Many of my friends have now settled in Sujia Village."

"My living space is limited!"

“Build a few more houses in the village for my friends to live in.”

"Take it directly from the village's treasury, and when building the houses, make sure they are beautiful, well-ventilated, and grand!"

Su Chen gave instructions.

“This is a small matter. As long as we have enough money, it can be completed in less than a month. There is no shortage of manpower in the village now, and many migrant workers from outside are coming to our village to make a living.”

The old clan chief nodded.

During this period, many villagers in Sujia Village have been building new houses.

All the tools are provided.

Those refugees also gained experience in building houses.

As long as we get everyone together, we can start work tomorrow.

"There's one more thing, I'm planning to open an antique shop."

Su Chen said, "As for the location, let's put it in Changsha City. It's a major transportation route with many merchants coming and going, and it's close to our Su Family Village, so even if something happens, we can get support quickly."

Changsha City is guarded by the Nine Gates, and Su Chen's move is precisely to replace one of the gates and become one of the new members of the Nine Gates.

The items taken from the tomb were all sold to others at low prices; it was such a loss!

Su Family Village didn't have much of a foundation before, which is why Su Chen did this.

Now that the Su family has grown stronger, they no longer need to be mindful of others' opinions.

Opening an antique shop in Changsha City and finding ways to sell the treasures he retrieved from the tomb at high prices can also earn him more money.

"Well..."

The old clan chief was undecided. "You're the clan chief. Since you've decided to hold it, then let's hold it."

"For an antique shop, you need someone knowledgeable to be in charge, but we don't have anyone knowledgeable here."

The people accompanying Su Chen were experts at tomb raiding; retrieving funerary objects was as easy for them as eating and drinking.

But they didn't know much about antiques.

Since you're going to open an antique shop, it's definitely not as simple as just selling funerary objects; sometimes you also have to collect antiques from outside.