Ning Zheng was taken aback.

A friend of the demon cultivators?

Ning Zheng had originally thought that the demon cultivators and demon men on the mountain were secretly helping the bigwigs mint coins, hiding to heal their family's wounds, resting and recuperating, and that they rarely contacted the outside world.

Because during this period, he had hardly received any communication and thought they were too brutal to have friends.

But now looking back.

The lack of contact before was because it was around the time of the Red Sun.

All the demon cultivators were busy dealing with their own ancestors, how could they have the time to chat with friends? Engage in "business" together?

Now they're free.

Of course, they found new friends to collaborate with on big ventures.

According to the traditional demon cultivator Ancestor Qi's speculation, their everyday demon cultivator life was probably about seizing various resource points, wild mines, and spirit fields in the city.

Or, ambushing major family merchant caravans in various cities, scouting, ambushing, and making a big haul.

Moreover, now that the court is in chaos and a Saint was assassinated, it's a perfect time for them to make a fortune.

The big demon cultivators aim to overturn the court, and the small demon cultivators take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, targeting merchant caravans, and get a share of the pie.

Isn't this an invitation for me to go with them to rob merchant caravans?

Ning Zheng felt that he couldn't participate in this; he wanted to pursue a grand and noble business, how could he continue to mix with this group of lowlifes?

Besides, he couldn't blend in, he'd be exposed very quickly.

"You are..." Ning Zheng asked directly.

"The person responsible for communications has changed again, huh."

The woman opposite smiled, seemingly indifferent:

"I'm here on behalf of the Shi Family outside Yunshan City. We've discovered an entrance to an ancient tomb. Would you like to team up and raid it?"

Not robbing merchant caravans, but raiding a tomb?

Ning Zheng thought about it and didn't immediately refuse.

The demon cultivator circle is its own circle too.

Getting to know many people and acquiring their information can open up new paths.

The Immortal Path involves both combat and human interactions.

"Tomb raiding, who else is involved, and whose tomb is it?" Ning Zheng spoke confidently. Even if he refused, what could they do?

Come attack our villa?

If they don't bring out their ancestor, could they defeat our three ancestors?

With a solid foundation, overthrow the three ancestors, counter-attack in one go, and make them flee in disarray.

"Including myself, we're preparing to contact five families." The other party said, "You and I lead, preparing for a big operation."

She deliberately paused, seemingly to pique curiosity.

Ning Zheng feigned interest: "What kind of tomb requires so many forces to raid?"

"An official's tomb."

She chuckled softly:

"We discovered it recently, it seems to be an ancient tomb of a court cultivator, a city guard from tens of thousands of years ago. Probably not very strong, but seemed to have amassed a lot, definitely worth raiding."

"His descendants likely died off over the long ages, leaving an ancient tomb unwatched."

Ning Zheng nodded; over the years, he had supplemented a lot of knowledge with various lore from the bookshops.

Logically, a wild tomb with no descendants should have been cleared by the Red Sun!

But because it's an official's tomb, having served in the court during life, it would benefit from grace after death, avoiding the Red Sun's drain.

Therefore, this ancient grand tomb remains, yet unattended and even forgotten.

Ning Zheng sighed to himself at how audacious these people are!

What level is a city guard?

An official stationed in a major city.

Take Pingchang City as an example, although on the surface it's ruled by three major families, the court basically doesn't intervene, only handling taxation, law maintenance, and arresting criminals.

But a city guard strong enough to oversee Pingchang City would have to be formidable.

However, Ning Zheng was a little tempted as well.

These kinds of officials' tombs, if raided secretly and not revealed, the authorities wouldn't intervene.

After all, how many court officials are there?

Generation after generation of high-ranking officials; who has the time to care about your tomb after death, protecting it for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years?

If your own descendants can't protect you, then that's your problem.

The court grants your tomb certain privileges, exempting it from the Red Sun tribulation, and that's pretty generous already.

Only those who dare to greatly challenge, plundering royal tombs of princes, princesses, and princes, would cross their bottom line, and only then would the court come down hard!

Ning Zheng sighed inwardly: "These people's methods are truly wild, even finding such an ancient grand tomb."

In reality.

In this world, tomb raiding is quite popular.

Tea houses, taverns, all kinds of popular storytelling protagonists usually gain some ancient and powerful Celestial Spirit Root from ancient tombs, a matching family cultivation technique, or a divine artifact from the tomb, then take off.

After all, for those with unconventional backgrounds, only such opportunities allow them to ascend.

Nine out of ten stories start like this: a scholar heading to the exams passes through deep mountains, falls off a cliff, stumbles into an ancient tomb, encounters the tomb of an extraordinary ancient beauty, survives by a whisker, gains recognition, and forms a life-and-death romance...

Very greasy and mindless, but scholars in this world love to read it.

Exploring tombs nowadays is akin to exploring secret realms.

It's just that it's not easy to find these somewhat old ancient tombs.

Because the Nine-State is so vast, human-inhabited areas are less than one-tenth.

And some prominent families, sects, and mountain gates are hidden deep in the wilderness.

Ning Zheng's villa isn't hidden enough; it's right outside Pingchang City.

Those major sects are deeply concealed, surrounded by ancestor spirits with a maze formation.

Even if you are a disciple of this sect, you can't find your own lair's specific location. Entering and exiting the mountain gate relies on a teleportation array, not going through the "city wall".

So, these secluded families, sects, might suffer natural disasters or internal strife, or die out due to some chaotic reasons, gradually turning into ancient tombs deep in the wild.

Ning Zheng felt a bit itchy.

This tomb raiding is a traditional show in this world.

Even Zhang Huaping has gone along with others to raid tombs.

Along Ning Zheng's journey, he didn't know how many times he brushed past death, respecting the idea that compliance is mundane, defiance is immortal, and is quite willing to explore these dangerous places.

However, he has to accumulate a bit more Qi Fortune Value to have confidence.

"How do you plan to prepare specifically?" Ning Zheng asked.

The charming woman replied:

"Well, prepare to gather five families, set up camp outside the tomb, and slowly send some of our people to dig a thief hole, go inside to explore, spot the dragon and pinpoint the tomb, and locate the main burial chamber."

As seasoned veterans, they wouldn't personally act as a death squad.

They would certainly send the younger members of the family.

Ning Zheng nodded: "Do we set up a temporary teleportation array?"

The charming woman hesitated for a moment: "If you're willing to lead and pay for it."

Everyone knows setting up a teleportation array is safe and convenient.

But the cost is quite high!

Moreover, the rewards and risks of the tomb haven't been determined yet, and setting up a teleportation array would be too costly without assurance of return.

Only when the entire tomb is cleared and massive loot needs to be transported do they consider setting up a teleportation array.

After all,

though storage bags can carry batches of funerary items repeatedly, flaunting treasures in the wilderness repeatedly is extremely unsafe and easily exposed.

If there are abundant rewards, the cost of the teleportation array wouldn't matter.

"Contact the other families,"

Ning Zheng's tone was slightly forceful, "Explore and study the tomb information thoroughly. If it's valuable, I'm more inclined to build the teleportation array."

"After all, you know it's not peaceful recently; a teleportation array is more stable, provided the tomb is worth exploring."

Ning Zheng put down the communication token and frowned.

Meanwhile, the blacksmiths in the distance huddled in a corner, whispering among themselves.

Food God whispered, "Did you hear that?"

"I'm not deaf," Shao Chaikun whispered back, "This plot is portrayed right in front of us, it seems like a tomb raiding plot?"

Food God said, "Gosh, a tomb-raiding mission, sounds really cool, and there are other demon cultivators involved. This event must be huge."

Everyone was quite savvy and experienced.

Even an NPC doing something mundane could imply some meaning, maybe a hidden side quest like finding herbs to cure constipation, and this dialogue clearly hinted at a storyline.

Will we raid the tomb alongside the demon cultivators?

Seems like even the young demon cultivators are acting as the death squad, typical of demon cults.

And by exploring missions with other young demon cultivator disciples, would we seem too kind?

After all, being young and upright kids raised in a law-abiding society might not appear demonic enough.

What if we embarrass our family?

Exposing that we aren't demon cultivators?

Everyone discussed, feeling unsure if this storyline meant experiencing it firsthand.

If it's not firsthand, maybe Embers will make an appearance.

Just as they had opened so many Embers, they could team up for the tomb raid.

Everyone whispered among themselves.

Studying the various possibilities of the mission.

Jiucai Rong quickly reacted, immediately returning to the noticeboard with the update, rewriting a line at the end.

[9. Limited-Time Mission: Tomb Raider Captain, Launching Soon, Stay Tuned.]

Ning Zheng paused, watching the blacksmiths peeking from various buildings, looking at him excitedly through the windows.

Feeling like a piece of meat under the night sky, hundreds of red-eyed rats all looking at him, emitting excited red glows in the dark.

Most people would be scared stiff.

But Ning Zheng was used to it, only feeling a bit of a headache.

His intention was just to fool the opposite demon cultivator friend, preparing to see the specific situation, and they got this excited, rushing headlong to their deaths.

You are merely blacksmiths of the villa, forging, doing alchemy, farming, not combat cultivators.

Simply a bunch of lunatics.

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