Twenty years later, in the reptile shop in the east alley of the lost city, a board inchman was putting the newly arrived crickets into the breeding box, when he heard a series of footsteps behind him. In this era, young people like them seize the challenge of others and sell snakes, scorpions, or something, but these pets are different from cats and dogs, and most of the customers are limited to young people in their twenties and thirties, so it is still rare for so many people to appear at the same time.

He took a deep breath, put down the cricket box in his hand, and looked up to see a familiar and disgusting face—small eyes, a large mouth, and a deep scar on the right cheek. The man was giggling at himself, like a wolf who had been hungry for days and had found a fresh, white hare in the depths of the jungle.

The name of the person who came is Tian Mang, the ninth brother of the road, is a tomb robber, a little ability, there are nine brothers in the family, he is the ninth, so he is called "ninth brother".

Brother Jiu stepped onto the bench in front of him with one leg, the dirty soles of his shoes stepped on the clean and smooth bench surface, and a cigarette was handed to him, which he held in his mouth and took a deep breath.

"Ahri, I'll give you a fat job." Brother Jiu took out a palm-sized envelope from his arms and shook it in front of him.

"I've long since retired, and besides, don't call me Ahri." With a look of disgust, he bent down to move the cricket box aside.

"In the middle of last month, Boss Kim went to Extinction Island and photographed something good, it is said that ...... It has something to do with your father's death, don't you want to see it? Brother Jiu deliberately slowed down the words "your father", and his eyes suddenly lit up, straightened his waist, and stared at Brother Jiu's toad face, Brother Jiu knew that he was interested when he saw him, so he opened the envelope and handed him a photo.

It was a dilapidated stone slab crisscrossed with deep trenches filled with copper to form glittering ravines that eventually converged into a map-like picture.

"I know your principles, you're a disciplined spirit thief, so we'll come when it comes to treasures, and when we encounter some puzzles and some evil spirits, we need you to come out. Don't worry, a bold person like Boss Jin will never treat you badly. Brother Jiu walked behind him, picked up the box containing the juvenile intelligence fire rose, and stared at the pink little spider inside with two small eyes, as if he had seen a fat chicken, and he didn't forget to lick the corners of his mouth, extremely disgusting.

"My team broke up a year ago, and you know the old man's temper, he won't let me go to the grave." Plate inch head put down the photo.

"Twenty years ago, your grandfather came back from Youdu alone, and he was also a hero, but because of the loss of his army and his son, he became increasingly depressed, and he also deprived you disciples of the opportunity to go to the tomb. If it doesn't go on like this, the old man can't pass this level by himself, so it should be up to you, the grandson, you have the style of your grandfather, you should carry it forward, nest in this small shop every day, and let the mystery of the underground be experienced by people who don't know how to do it, isn't it a pity? Brother Jiu put a bank card on the table. There are three million on it, enough for you to assemble your team and improve your equipment, and this is just an upfront, and there are even more generous rewards after the mission is completed. ”

"You think about it, I'll come back in three days, and you'll give me the answer when the time comes." Seeing that he was silent, just staring at the photo for a while, Brother Jiu put down the breeding box, patted him on the shoulder, and shouted to people to walk out of the shop.

The name of this board is Fan Li. His ancestors were poor soul thieves for three generations. Poverty, not because they have no ability and cannot find anything of value in the tomb, but because they go to the tomb to appease evil spirits and benefit people. Since ancient times, there has been a saying about the profession of soul thief. Legend has it that in ancient times, the spirit thieves were like half-fairies, with a white robe and a long sword, a gourd at their waists, staggering to a certain place and pinching their fingers, and after saying "demonic spirit", they showed their swords and gourds on their waists to take away the souls of evil spirits. The Fan family was famous all over the world in his grandfather's generation, at this time, due to economic development, the change of times, and the replacement of superstition by science and technology, the soul thieves have basically disappeared, and only the Fan family still retains the basic spirit thief education. There is a custom in the name of the spirit thief family, that is, if you ask for a divine beast in your previous life, you will put the name of the divine beast in one word, put it behind the surname, and leave it for the next generation. Fan Yi's father met a lion when his daughter-in-law gave birth, how could there be a lion in the mountain at that time, the father was almost scared away, fortunately the lion shook his head and shook his tail for a while, and plunged into the forest without a trace, so the father thought that this was God's arrangement, so Fan Li's grandfather was named Fan Yi.

Fan Li's father, that is, the third son lost by Fan Qi, is called Fan Mastiff. It is said that once Fan Yi went up and down the tomb in the north, and he had not found where the tomb was lost, and it happened that a herdsman passed by, and he led a Tibetan mastiff, and the big dog took him out of the predicament, so he felt that the mastiff was spiritual, and simply named his son "Mastiff". When Fan Mastiff's wife was about to give birth to Fan Li, it happened that he and Fan Yi went to the hidden capital, that is to say, Fan Mastiff had never seen his child. That time, Fan Yi walked out of the secluded capital alone, because Si'er's heart ached, and when he passed through the mountains and forests, he saw a snow-white fox, and he thought that his son was incarnated as a fox and said goodbye to himself, so he named his grandson "Fan Li". After Fan Li's mother gave birth to him, she learned that her husband had died, she couldn't eat, she couldn't sleep, and soon she died of depression, so Fan Li has been living with her grandfather. Fan Li, at the age of ten, learned the art of stealing spirits with his grandfather, and at the age of eighteen, he followed the gang to the tomb, and it was the ninth brother who led the team at that time, for the sake of kindness, the ninth brother called him "Ahri", which has the same name as the fiery red fox on the Internet, and is called Shun'er, but Fan Li's own dislike of this nickname.

Speaking of this slate, Fan Li does have an impression. When he was twelve years old, he stole through his grandfather's information and saw this photo, although it was a black and white photo, but the ravines on it were very distinctive, and he was very impressed by it. When he went to the grave at the age of eighteen, his grandfather told him how his father had died and advised him not to fall into the trap of spirits. The ancestors of the Fan family made a rule that when the descendants were eighteen years old, they must go down to the tomb to collect the spirit to complete the coming-of-age ceremony, otherwise they will not plant for the rest of their lives. The grandfather who lost his son was tired of going to the grave for a long time, but he couldn't break the rules of his ancestors, so he could only persuade Fan Li.

After the age of eighteen, Fan Li's grave went down three times in succession. After he was twenty years old, his grandfather forbade him to go to the grave and disbanded his team, and he came to the Lost City to work hard. He had no interest in anything else, so he opened a reptile shop, buying and selling poisonous insects while secretly researching spirit thieves.

Although Fan Li was silent in front of the ninth brother, he was secretly happy in his heart, in the past few years, he secretly inquired about the whereabouts of the slate, and this time the slate actually came to the door by himself, it was really unintentional to insert willows and willows. But he couldn't help but sink in his heart, his grandfather lost his son because of Youdu back then, and if he secretly went to the tomb to let him know, he couldn't even maintain the relationship between his grandfather and grandson.

Fan Li's mind was undecided, so he left the shop, rode his motorcycle out of East Lane, and ran all the way to the jewelry market in the far north, where he stopped at a jewelry store called "Tingfeng Xiaolou".

"Xiao Yun?" He ran into the shop and found two men studying jadeite. The two of them are tall and low, one strong and one fat, one black and one white, the tall and strong black is his iron buddy Xiao Yun, who is also the same senior brother, the short and fat white name is Chu Jianghe, proficient in computer and mechanical technology, and once gave their tomb team.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Seeing this, the big man straightened his waist and put the jade on the counter. "What wind is blowing you here?"

"Long time no see." Fan Li patted Chu Jianghe's chest.

"But isn't it, I haven't seen you for two years, this time I found a jade ring, first come to ask Xiao Yun for advice, and then go to catch up with you, I didn't expect you to come to the door by yourself." Chu Jianghe grinned, held his big belly, and crookedly walked to the chair to the side and sat down.

Fan turned around and closed the door.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yun asked when he saw Fan Li's strange appearance, only to see Fan Li's tiptoe up to the two of them, take out the photo, and put it on the counter.

"What is this?" Chu Jianghe looked carefully at the stone slab. "Based on my years of experience, this should be a treasure map?"

"This is a map of an underground palace." Fan Li glanced up at Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun stared at him with wide eyes, and then looked down at the photo again.

"It's not going to be ......"

"That's right!" Fan Li hurriedly replied. "If I'm not mistaken, this thing has something to do with the place where my grandfather was a hero, and that's where my dad was buried."

"Where did you get that?" Xiao Yun and Chu Jianghe asked together.

"Do you remember Brother Jiu, he came to me this morning and told me that Boss Jin took this slate from Extinction Island, saying that he wanted to invite us out of the mountain."

"If I'm not mistaken, the place where your grandfather went back then was Youdu, and then the old man destroyed all the information about Youdu, just to prevent us from getting involved in that place, he must have encountered something extremely terrifying in it, and he didn't want to harm future generations." Xiao Yun said seriously.

"It seems that Extinction Island is really a good auction land, and even this stone slab is sold." Chu Jianghe didn't seem to hear Xiao Yun's words, and sighed.

"The rules set by the master can't be messed up, I think it's better to forget this job." Xiao Yun turned around and continued to play with the jade.

"You understand Boss Jin's character, if we don't do it, someone else will do it, other spirit thieves or tomb robbers, no matter what the secret is, it will be revealed, and our Fan family will be completely out of play."

"That has to be approved by the master." Xiao Yun turned to face Fan Li. "Fan Li, this is not a joke, Master is familiar with astronomy and geography, so shrewd people almost cost their lives, and buried the best apprentices, we may not even find the entrance to stop cooking."

"How are you talking, you're the rotten garlic." Chu Jianghe showed his dissatisfaction with this remark and hit Xiao Yun hard, but Xiao Yun was strong and didn't take him seriously at all.

"Master said that the stories in the hidden capital cannot be seen again." Xiao Yun still stuck to his position.

"Indeed, what if someone else gets a head start? If there are countless treasures buried there, if they are obtained by greedy people, they will really not be able to see the light of day again, and the secret that grandpa desperately kept back then will come to naught, and ...... We, the Soul Raiders, will be the laughing stock of the grave robbers. ”

Xiao Yun lowered his head and pondered for a while, and after a long time, he picked up the jade on the counter again, wrapped it carefully, put it in the ring box, and nodded.

"You are reasonable, Brother Jiu said that he would reply in a few days?" Xiao Yun handed the box to Chu Jianghe and asked.

"Three days." Fan replied dryly.

"Huh! Brother Jiu, this old fox, this is clearly asking us all to go out of the mountain. Xiao Yun snorted disdainfully. If I had caught him in the grave, I would have broken his neck. ”

"That's your freedom, but we have to find our old friends first."

"All old friends?" When Chu Jianghe said "all", his face was hideous, and his eyelids couldn't help jumping.

"Yes, including Jialan." Fan Li said with a solemn expression.