Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

The eight ancient gods.

Each occupies one side.

The Snake God is far beyond Kunlun Mountain, Yuan En is in charge of the westernmost part of the country, Bao Xiang Hua occupies the northern part of the desert, and there is also the Ancient Tree of Life neighboring it, all in the north, and the Gui Fang Tree, which is closest to Dongting Lake, in the Xiandun Cave in western Henan.

As for other ancient gods, it is difficult to predict.

Like the Green Gate to Hell.

If I remember correctly, they all ended up in the deep mountains and ancient forests of Southeast Asia.

Chen Yulou was just surprised that the Baoxiang Flower was discovered by Ni'er during the Republic of China. He thought it first appeared in the Wuzhong Fairyland.

Looking at it this way, it seems reasonable.

After all, the person who finally broke into the Baoxianghua copy was called Bai Shengli, the son of Bai Banla.

perhaps……

In the time and space without him.

When he was dying, Bai Banla told him about this.

That’s how the adventurous trip came about.

"Shopkeeper Chen..."

I don’t know how long it will take.

A hesitant voice came to my ears.

Chen Yulou finally woke up as if from a dream, and Bai Banla in front of him looked obviously much more relaxed, as if a stone in his heart was put down.

"Please don't blame others for this."

"Brother Bai, you worry too much."

Chen Yulou waved his hand, "I wonder what Brother Bai is going to do next?"

"Me?" Bai Banla was stunned for a moment, then smiled shyly, "If Shopkeeper Chen is willing to give me a bowl of rice, Bai would like to stay here, and no longer have to wander around without a fixed place to live."

However, Chen Yulou did not immediately agree to his request, but asked a meaningful question in return.

"I wonder how much of the family secret technique you have learned, Brother Bai?"

"what?"

Bai Banla was really stumped by this question.

The family secret technique naturally refers to the inheritance of Fa Qiu.

However, his ancestor Bai Yuhu left a very clear will, forbidding his descendants to use the tomb records to enter the tomb-robbing business, and he has followed this throughout his life.

However, I have been influenced by it since I was a child and have some exposure to it.

After hesitating for a while, Bai Banla stammered and stretched out a finger.

"One percent?"

Chen Yulou raised his eyelids in disbelief.

Hearing the surprise in his tone, Bai Banla's face flushed red, "It's less than 10%..."

"This... is enough."

I should have known that Bai Banla was an honest person.

I didn't expect that he would be so honest.

Although he possessed unique skills, he would rather wander around for a living, sleeping in the open air, and almost starved to death many times, than exchange the tomb list for funerary objects.

In comparison, his father, Young Master Bai, is much more flexible.

Eat and drink when you should.

Don't take your ancestors' teachings to heart.

"what?"

Bai Banla was confused by his words.

Less than 10%.

He was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Finally, Shopkeeper Chen said enough was enough.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he was being praised or insulted.

"Brother Bai has traveled extensively, including to the border areas and the south. He should be able to see the signs of the coming of troubled times."

"If you just want to make a living, it will be hard. As for Chen, since it is a secret skill passed down from our ancestors, we can't just stop like this. Otherwise... how will we explain to our ancestors in the future?"

Chen Yulou didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"This……"

Bai Banla's eyes suddenly dimmed a little.

How could he not know.

During the more than one year he traveled south from outside the Great Wall, he had seen too many tragic scenes of people's livelihood in decline, families broken up, and the loss of people. It was common for people to sell their children or starve to death in the mountains.

Just as Shopkeeper Chen said, living under someone else's roof is ultimately like a rootless duckweed.

Once chaos breaks out, even a family as big as the Chen family will be reduced to nothing but rubble and collapse in an instant.

How will he cope with it then?

As for what was passed down by his ancestors, he knew clearly how important it was, so even if he was about to starve to death on the streets, he never thought of pawning it in exchange for food.

Not to mention the tomb genealogy, the Fa Qiu Seal is an ancient artifact from the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is finely carved and has a fine texture. It is definitely a rare top-quality product that can easily be exchanged for thousands of dollars.

After handing it over to Chen Yulou, he seemed relieved, but there was still a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't overcome.

The ancestor Bai Yuhu survived a life-and-death struggle before he was able to inherit the Fa Qiu legacy.

Now that it's in his hands, he can't even keep the things.

We are indeed unfilial descendants and have no face to see our ancestors.

"What does Shopkeeper Chen mean?"

at last.

Bai half-suppressed his emotions, slowly raised his head and asked.

"During this period of time, Brother Bai will continue to stay on the island, study the tomb records carefully, and practice the secret art of Fa Qiu. When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, you will go out of the mountain with Chen to a place."

"Wouldn't it be a grand event if the four sects worked together to steal gold from hills and remove mountains and hills?"

Faced with his inquiry.

Chen Yulou told him everything he was thinking.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Grand Protector of Guanshan destroyed the Fa Qiu Seal, the Mojin Talisman, drove away the Taoist monk who moved mountains, and killed the Xiangling Lishi. Now the four factions have joined forces to rob the Fengjia Dixian Village. Isn't it too much?

Although I had already expected it.

But when Bai Banla actually heard these words from Chen Yulou's mouth, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating like a drum.

Four factions travel together.

It has been made very clear.

Just go and rob tombs.

"It's still early, Brother Bai, don't rush to answer me. Go back and think about it carefully. If you really don't want to..."

Seeing that he fell silent, Chen Yulou thought it was something sudden, so he patted his shoulder and smiled.

But the sentence was not finished yet.

Bai Banla suddenly raised his head, and a rare flash of determination flashed across his eyes, which were always cautious, and he nodded heavily.

"No, Shopkeeper Chen, Bai wants to try it."

"In that case, it couldn't be better."

Chen Yulou smiled brightly, and the last bit of worry disappeared.

The Dixian Village is the undisputed number one dangerous tomb in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light. If Bai Banla can leave it calmly, it will be an unimaginable improvement to his experience.

Wait for one day.

Go outside the pass again.

By then, Chen Yulou might ask him for directions.

This is his ultimate goal today.

Since the Baoxiang Flower has appeared, a fight will have to take place sooner or later. Killing the ancient god and proving one's truth is much more impressive than killing a big demon and becoming an immortal.

"Uncle Jiu, what day is it today?"

Turning around and looking behind him, Chen Yulou asked casually.

It was obvious that Old Uncle Jiu had not yet recovered from the previous situation. He did not dare to hesitate at this moment and responded cautiously.

"It's the ninth day of the first lunar month, just after the beginning of summer."

"Then the Dragon Boat Festival is not far away."

There is no sun or moon when practicing in the mountains.

He just came out of seclusion today and has no idea what time it is.

Nodding, Chen Yulou silently calculated that it was indeed not long until the Dragon Boat Festival.

"Time is a little tight, Brother Bai is under a lot of pressure."

"But if you have any problems, don't keep them in your heart like you did today. Just go find Uncle Jiu or any of the brothers in the mountain."

Bai Banla smiled awkwardly.

This is indeed his fault.

If I had known earlier, I should have made it clear when I landed on the island that day. However, I only remembered it afterwards. When I wanted to look for him again, I found that Manager Chen and his group had disappeared without a trace.

He would disappear for several days or even ten days at a time.

He could only wait patiently.

"Yes, Shopkeeper Chen, I have noted it all down."

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Yulou took out the tomb map and the Fa Qiu seal from the cave while they were not paying attention, handed them to him, and gave him a few instructions before watching Bai Banla leave.

He asked himself if he had the sixteen-character secret technique of Yin-Yang and Feng Shui as the basis.

I had studied hard all night for several days before I finally got the hang of it.

With Baibanla's level, it would be good enough if he could get on track with the remaining time.

"Uncle Jiu, why haven't you recovered yet?"

After Bai Banla's figure disappeared in the courtyard, Chen Yulou looked at Uncle Jiu with a smile.

"No... No, I don't dare."

Uncle Jiu shook his head repeatedly.

Only now did he understand the meaning of the line in the opera: "Serving the king is like serving a tiger."

In the past, the young shopkeeper seemed gentle and casual, and with his own qualifications, he was also more casual. But the look just now was like a basin of cold water poured over him, chilling him from head to toe.

Like falling into an ice cave.

Trembling.

How dare he be so arrogant?

"Uncle Jiu, you're being polite."

Seeing this, Chen Yulou did not explain, but just gave instructions lightly.

"By the way, I came here today to trouble Uncle Jiu to go to Shijun Mountain again and give a message to Shopkeeper Li."

"Please give your instructions, young shopkeeper."

Hearing this, Uncle Jiu's frown noticeably relaxed a little.

"Tell him to get a piece of dragon bone and make me an iron rod. It has to be five feet six inches and weigh more than a hundred pounds. It has to be heavy and sharp!"

Chen Yulou said every word.

Will ask to speak out.

For an ordinary person, it would be extremely difficult to lift a weapon weighing over 100 kilograms, let alone use it for self-defense in combat.

But the white ape is no ordinary being.

After transforming into a Xiao, its strength increases several times or even dozens of times, and a hundred kilograms may not be enough for it.

However, the dragon bones are mixed with secret gold.

At least the density is sufficient.

If it doesn't work at that time, we can just ask Li Shuguo to go back and refine it again.

"This……"

Hear this request.

Old Uncle Jiu's pupils suddenly narrowed, and his expression was full of disbelief.

Five feet six inches tall and weighs over a hundred pounds.

Even if it was the reincarnation of Overlord or the rebirth of Lu Zhishen, they would probably find it difficult to wield it.

but……

Since the young shopkeeper had explained it so clearly, he did not dare to refute anything and just nodded and agreed.

"Okay, Young Shopkeeper, I'll go down the mountain and take a boat over there right away."

"There's no need to be so anxious."

Chen Yulou shook his head, picked up two chairs, placed them outside the hall door, and motioned for him to sit down.

Uncle Jiu was stunned for a moment, then sat down.

Although it is already the beginning of summer.

But the sunlight is not as scorching as it is after the beginning of the dog days, and it is quite comfortable to bask in the sun.

"How's Chishan Island going?"

This time he had been in seclusion for quite a long time, and he knew almost nothing about the situation outside. He could take this opportunity today to find out clearly.

Chishan Island.

Of course it’s Luo Laowai.

Uncle Jiu understood it all too well. He organized his words a little and then spoke directly.

"That guy has been very popular recently. He has wiped out all the big and small bandits on the lake. The river is peaceful and the sea is calm. The fishermen on the lake are eager to build a shrine for him."

"He sent two letters to me earlier, both about the lake. You were in seclusion at the time, so I took the liberty of replying on his behalf."

"How to say?"

After hearing what he said, Chen Yulou immediately remembered it.

The last time Luo Laowai came, he mentioned it, and it was nothing more than how to manage the bandits on the lake after they were all wiped out.

To put it more simply.

It’s about how to make money with the help of Dongting Lake.

Water transport vessels and fishing ferries, this is almost a gold mine.

If you don't think about how to operate it, you are truly brainless. Otherwise, why would Luo Laowai be like a chicken with its blood pumped up, fighting desperately to suppress the bandits in the deep?

"The first one is the same as before. No matter whether you are a passing ship, transporting goods or carrying people, or fishing, as long as you enter Dongting Lake, you have to pay a fee."

"As for the second method, an institution is established to collect fees on a per-trip basis for water transport vessels, and monthly fees for fishermen on the lakeside who fish or ferry people."

Uncle Jiu said seriously.

Don't forget to bring the specific number as well.

Chen Yulou tapped lightly with his fingers. These two methods seem similar, but in fact they are very different.

As for the former, it is no different from the past few years, except that it has changed from each company competing with each other to one company competing openly.

There is no doubt that there will be complaints again by then.

As for the second one, it is feasible.

Nowadays, people who can cross the river and go north or south are not ordinary people, they are the rich.

As for the poor common people, collecting some symbolic taxes will not hurt them too much, but it will let them know that as long as they pay money, they can fish as much as they want and it will be enough to survive.

"Which one did Uncle Jiu answer?"

Chen Yulou already had a plan in mind, he glanced at Uncle Jiu and asked.

"The second type."

"Luo Laowai replied that it was okay. In addition, all the money collected on the lake should be handed over to the Chen family for 50%."

Uncle Jiu was born into a poor family and has lived on the lake for so long, so he naturally knows how difficult life is for ordinary people.

Chen Yulou nodded.

These conditions are quite good.

The main thing is that kid Luo Laowai, who won't give up until he sees the rabbit. Now that he has income from the lake, at least he won't go around the world digging and robbing.

and.

It means being trapped on Chishan Island.

It's not that easy to collect money.

Although it is a time of chaos, the county government is still there, and there are several warlords around Dongting Lake. Those who are jealous of the trouble are all waiting for him.

"Where is Zhuangzi?"

"how are things?"

With a smile on his lips, Chen Yulou seemed to have seen Luo Laowai's expression and asked casually.

"Replying to Young Shopkeeper, the farm has been stable recently, and nothing major has happened. It's just the busy summer planting season. Uncle Yu sent me a few letters before, saying that everything is fine and that you don't need to worry."

Uncle Jiu got up to get the letter.

However, he was interrupted and rejected by Chen Yulou.

With Uncle Yu in charge, Zhuangzi really didn't have to worry about anything. He just asked casually one time.

Leaning against the wall of the hall, closing my eyes, I basked in the sun leisurely.

I feel warm all over.

Indescribably lazy and idle.

Not long after.

A sound of even breathing slowly began to sound.

Seeing this, Uncle Jiu did not dare to disturb them. He quietly got up, called a few men, and went down the mountain. Not long after, a speedboat set out from the port, crossed the vast lake, and disappeared from sight.

After all, it was the shopkeeper's instructions.

He dared not delay any longer.

I don’t know how long.

Until night falls and the lights come on.

Chen Yulou just woke up from his deep sleep.

After stretching his limbs, he felt refreshed all over. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had a good sleep like this.

Then he declined the waiters' offer to stay for dinner.

Riding on the faint moonlight.

He walked out of Dongting Temple with his hands behind his back.

We walked through the mountains and forests, all the way to Chashan Island.

It's like a visiting guest who comes with excitement and leaves with great pleasure.

Return to Yunhu Temple.

Chen Yulou did not rest, but sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table, spread out a piece of white paper, took out pen and ink, and started writing.

soon.

A few words jumped out of the paper.

It was Qingxi Dixian Village.

Now that everything is done, it’s time to start preparing for the trip to Dixian Village!