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

Perhaps recalling the past, the old foreman sighed softly.

"I had just become the head of several companies that had joined together, and I was a spirited young man in my prime..."

"When we were young and ignorant, we didn't care about the importance of a 'golden burial site' or anything like that. We led dozens of people to set up the tomb. As a result, when we got to the riverbed, we encountered water monkeys and 'flower pockmarked men.' Before we even entered the tomb, several of our men had already died. I had no choice but to lead my men back in disgrace."

"The scariest thing is that the riverbed is haunted. After returning, many people suffered misfortune and committed suicide by hanging themselves without knowing why."

"Later, the elders of the clan had no choice but to swallow their pride and go to the Yi family, the water spirits of the Three Rivers. The Yi family's water spirits prepared three kinds of livestock and three kinds of sacrificial animals and personally went to Jiufeng Lake to worship the River God, which finally calmed their resentment."

The group sat around a large rock, listening to the old leader recount the history of tomb raiding at Jiufeng Lake.

Wu Laogou listened intently and couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, what's 'flower pockmarks'?"

Old Wu chuckled and shook his head, saying, "The Pockmarked Flower hasn't appeared for decades, so it's normal that you young people don't know it. The Pockmarked Flower looks like a dog, with two tufts of white hair on its eyebrows, a bald head covered in spots, and fangs in its mouth. It's a better swimmer than a water monkey and can burrow into the mud. If you encounter one, it will drag you to the bottom of the river in the mud. Basically, apart from the Three Rivers Water Demon, no one can survive against the Pockmarked Flower. No matter how good your swimming skills are, it won't work!"

Actually, there was one more thing that Old Wu didn't say.

After this incident, he obediently set up the pot and dared not touch those hot springs underwater again.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's heart stirred, and he asked curiously, "Grandpa, do you know the Three Rivers Water Ghost?"

The Sanjiang Water Demon, also known as the Sanjiang Water Ghost, refers to a person who searches for auspicious sites and tombs in the three major river basins of the Lanjiang River, the Yangtze River, and the Yellow River.

These people all came from three major families: the Jiang, Yi, and Ding families...

They all possess exceptional swimming skills, enabling them to search for dragons and treasures underwater. Among them, the most skilled, possessing the ancestral amulet, is the contemporary Water Demon. Without the ancestral amulet, one can only be called a Water Ghost.

Old Wu nodded and explained, "We're all in the same line of work, so we've all had some dealings with each other. But the Sanjiang Water Demons are extremely xenophobic. If it weren't for the fact that Old Master Wu had some connections with them back then, we wouldn't have been able to get the Yi family Water Demons to come out."

Black-backed Old Six, who had always been taciturn, surprisingly spoke up this time, asking, "The corpse beetle tide is heading towards Nine Peaks Lake. Could there be something special about the ancient tomb at the bottom of the lake?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jizong and his two sons were all invigorated.

The Yi family's water demon was so powerful that it personally intervened, resulting in the loss of many members of the Wu, Jie, and Huo families.

The Jintang Cave beneath Jiufeng Lake must be extraordinary; it might very well be a grand tomb belonging to an emperor.

Thinking of this, Wu Jizong quickly asked, "Father, is there some great treasure beneath Jiufeng Lake?"

Upon hearing this, Old Wu's face darkened, and he glared at his son.

"Hmph, I'm warning you, don't even think about the tomb beneath Jiufeng Lake!"

Old Wu had personally experienced the tomb raiding operation at Jiufeng Lake, and no one understood the terror of that Jintang Cave better than him.

He didn't want to outlive his son and watch him die.

Su Chen smiled faintly and advised, "Back then, Jiufeng Lake dried up and we couldn't get in. Now the lake is full of water, dozens of feet deep. Even if you wanted to, you couldn't get in."

"That's true..."

Wu Jizong sighed in frustration. He didn't have the ability to breathe underwater like the Three Rivers Water Demon; even getting into the water for the first hurdle was a difficult task.

Looking at the surrounding night, Su Chen thought for a moment and suggested, "Grandpa, there are only a few hours left until dawn. Let's build a campfire and get through this period first."

"Alright."

Old Wu agreed to the suggestion, and then everyone gathered some dry firewood and rekindled the extinguished campfire.

No one dared to separate, and they sat around the campfire all night.

It wasn't until the sun rose above the horizon and the sky began to lighten that Wu Jizong woke up Wu Xiaoer and Wu Xiaosan, who were dozing off.

After quickly packing up, the group set off and returned along the same route.

The team returned much faster than they had come.

As dusk approached, the group arrived at the inn they had visited earlier.

Looking at the abandoned inn in front of him, Wu Laogou breathed a sigh of relief. Staying in a house was much safer than sleeping in the deep mountains and forests.

Moreover, having arrived at the post station, Wu Jizong and Black-backed Lao Liu relaxed their tense minds.

After everyone had eaten their dry rations, they all went to sleep.

The next morning, they set off again and finally returned to the vicinity of Changsha City in the afternoon.

As the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and the people busy going in and out of the city, Wu Jizong and his two sons all had the illusion of being reborn.

"Brother Su, I know you're eager to go home. Once you and Brother Lao Dao are settled, come to town and have a drink with me. I promise you'll have a good time."

"Easy to say."

Su Chen smiled faintly and parted ways with the Wu family outside the city.

He and Black-backed Old Six went straight back to Su Family Village. However, before they even reached the village, Su Chen was surprised to find that green rice seedlings had sprouted in the 300 mu of clan fields at the village entrance.

After the initial surprise, Su Chen immediately thought of the clan's treasure, the Tortoise Seal!

He couldn't help but think to himself, "I didn't expect the Tortoise Seal to be so effective. I remember when I just left, the old clan chief had just led people to plant seedlings, and now we're seeing seedlings after only three days..."

Normally, rice seedlings need half a month to a month to grow to 20 centimeters before they can be transplanted into the field.

However, judging from the growth of the seedlings in the few acres in front of us, it is estimated that they can be transplanted in about ten days.

"Chieftain, how come these rice seedlings are growing so fast?"

Black-backed Lao Liu stared in astonishment at the lush green rice seedlings before him.

Before he started practicing martial arts, his family was poor, and he helped his family with farm work. He wasn't a spoiled young master who didn't know anything about farming, so he naturally knew that seedlings couldn't possibly grow so fast.

Su Chen said, "Keep this to yourself. Once you leave Su Family Village, don't tell anyone."

Seeing Su Chen's serious expression, Black-backed Old Six immediately felt a chill and quickly nodded in agreement.

At the same time, he felt more and more that this young clan leader who had saved his life was somewhat unfathomable.

Su Chen took one last look at the rice seedlings, then quickly followed Hei Bei Lao Liu and entered Su Family Village.

As soon as he entered the village, several teenagers who were playing around at the village entrance saw that it was Su Chen and immediately surrounded him, calling him "brother" all at once.

Seeing the smiling faces of these teenagers, Su Chen's tense nerves relaxed instantly, and a smile appeared on his face as well.

He casually asked, "Er Ya, is your grandpa home?"

Er Ya's full name is Su Er Ya, and she is the granddaughter of the old clan chief Su Xiaoquan.

During their escape from famine, Su Xiaoquan's son and daughter-in-law went hungry themselves, giving their only rations to Er Ya and Su Xiaoquan.

Later, he ate too much Guanyin clay, and by the time he realized it, he had overeaten and his stomach was ruined; both of them died.

"They're not here. Grandpa, Fourth Uncle, and Sixth Uncle went to the ancestral hall."

Er Ya bit her finger and answered in a childish voice.

Ancestral hall?

Su Chen was taken aback, and then heard another little kid rush to answer.

"Brother Xiaochen, my dad said that a treasure has been found in the village, and Third Grandpa is asking everyone to discuss selling it!"

Hearing this, Su Chen was even more stunned.

baby……

Aside from the grain and meat they bought themselves, the village was dirt poor with only about 300 mu of clan farmland. What treasures did they have left?

With a sudden thought, Su Chen saw the expectant eyes of the little ones. He smiled, turned around, and took out the last bit of dry food and coarse biscuits from his pack.

"Here, take these and share them. Remember, don't fight over them."

Er Ya's eyes lit up, and she quickly took the coarse grain cake and went to share it with her friends.

Although Sujia Village had survived the most difficult time, everyone was probably terrified of hunger. Even if each household had dozens of kilograms of grain, they dared not eat too much. They still had a fixed amount of grain every day, and if they did not work in the fields, they might only have one meal of dry rice a day.

Watching the jubilant little ones, Su Chen couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

Adults can drink some water and tough it out.

However, these teenagers are at the stage of rapid growth, and they cannot do without sufficient nutrition.

Thinking of this, Su Chen turned and asked the black-backed old man to look after the children, while he quickened his pace and headed towards the village's ancestral hall.