Chapter 4

"Descendant of the second generation of the Liu family, Liu Er, roamed the mountains and forests with his father, suffered throughout his life as a woodcutter, and died at the age of 110."

"Descendant of the third generation of the Liu family, Liu San, was a peddler, suffered from a sore on his head and pus on his feet, and died at the age of 105."

"Descendant of the fourth generation of the Liu family, Liu Si, was a farmer, suffered from long-term tuberculosis, and died at the age of 101."

"Descendant of the fifth generation of the Liu family, Liu Wu, was a potter and a master of the chrysanthemum door, lived a tragic life, and died at the age of 109."

"Descendant of the sixth generation of the Liu family, Liu Liu, was a cook in the army, had his limbs cut off, and died at the age of 108."

"Liu………………"

"Liu………………"

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"Descendant of the sixteenth generation of the Liu family, Liu Shiliu, lived in seclusion on Ziyun Mountain, had extremely strong yang fire, viewed being beaten up as a way to strengthen his body, and died at the age of 108."

"Descendant of the seventeenth generation of the Liu family, Liu Shiqi, traveled the world, and his whereabouts are unknown………"

"Descendant of the eighteenth generation of the Liu family, Liu Shiba……"

Seeing the page with his name, Liu Shiba trembled and gently closed the family genealogy, his face full of shock and disbelief.

Although his grandfather had warned him, Liu Shiba still could not believe that these were the ancestors of the Liu family, the tomb raiders?

Eighteen generations of the Liu family, each generation suffered terribly. Being a peddler or a porter was one thing, but why were there even those who were a master of the chrysanthemum door or had their limbs cut off? Why?

Why did the Liu family have to suffer for eighteen generations?

Why did each generation of ancestors live to be over a hundred years old?

Why did this family genealogy have only eighteen pages, and there was no place to write after his generation?

What does this mean?

Could it be, as his deceased grandfather explained, that it means the Liu family will suffer an unforeseen disaster?

Either fight to change fate and turn the tables, or remain a dead fish! Use the bad luck accumulated by seventeen generations to reverse the great fortune of seventeen generations of ancestors, all concentrated in one person, either soar to the sky or be destroyed forever?

All these questions kept swirling in Liu Shiba's mind. He recalled the incredible stories his grandfather told him over three days and three nights, and he still found it hard to accept.

He was actually the descendant of a tomb raider, and the Liu family had a single line of descent for eighteen generations, making him the last tomb raider, the eighteenth generation tomb raider.

According to what his grandfather told him on his deathbed, their ancestor Liu Yi was a man of great fortune, and for this reason, he was chosen to join Cao Cao's tomb raiding team to rob graves and raise funds for the military.

But in the end, Liu Yi almost met a bad end. If he hadn't fled into the mountains in time, he would have ended up as a sacrificial burial.

Now, what should he do?

He was a law-abiding citizen with a legitimate job. Should he return to the old trade?

No wonder his grandfather taught him all sorts of strange things from a young age, like feng shui or locating burial sites, which seemed like a waste of time, but it turned out to be the Liu family's old trade.

According to his grandfather, it was time for the Liu family to turn the tables. Knowing his days were numbered, he had already chosen a grave site for himself.

Thirty years ago, he had made a qi-suppressing nail, a utility pole made of unknown stone, which was later used as a utility pole for a while.

The function of the qi-suppressing nail, according to Liu Shiba's understanding, was to suppress bad luck, but he didn't understand the exact principle.

According to his grandfather Liu Shiliu, the qi-suppressing nail could only suppress the Liu family's bad luck for one year, slightly improving their luck compared to ordinary people.

Within a year, he had to follow his grandfather's will, reverse his family's fate, and move the remains of his grandfather and ancestors to a place with excellent feng shui.

Otherwise, the Liu family would revert to its original state, with everything going wrong and bad luck continuing.

Liu Shiba's eyes blurred as he recalled the bits and pieces of his childhood with his grandfather.

He remembered his grandfather's care, the lessons he taught him about being a good person, and the times his grandfather took him to climb through windows to peek at girls bathing...

Memories always bring sadness, and tears could no longer be held back...

"Drip..."

Large tears fell onto the table, landing on the black iron plate.

Unintentionally, Liu Shiba noticed that the iron plate was emitting a faint, gentle blue light.

"What is this?"

Liu Shiba was full of shock.

The strange iron plate left him speechless and stunned. His grandfather hadn't mentioned that the iron plate would change like this?

Could it be?

Could it be that even his ancestors didn't know the secret of the iron plate?

Could it be that the iron plate only changed when his tears accidentally fell on it?

Stunned, Liu Shiba gently picked up the iron plate and examined it from all sides.

The front of the iron plate showed no change, with a large golden "Wei" character in the middle and two small characters for a name in the lower right corner.

But when he turned the iron plate over, Liu Shiba was dumbfounded. On the back of the iron plate, several lines of small white characters appeared:

"Life, fate, feng shui, accumulating virtue, reading.

Stealing, divination, respecting deities, making noble friends, health preservation."

Two characters were glowing in gold, particularly prominent: "stealing"...

Growing up with his grandfather, Liu Shiba naturally understood the meaning of these two sentences.

These two sentences encompassed ten types of people from ancient times to the present:

Life masters, fate masters, feng shui masters, virtue masters, scholars, tomb raiders, diviners, religious believers, officials, and martial artists.

Only the two characters "stealing" on the iron plate were glowing faintly in gold, meaning that the Liu family was the sixth type, the tomb raiders?

Among the ten types of people, the other nine were all high and mighty, but why was a tomb raider included?

Liu Shiba was puzzled, frowning as he tightly held the iron plate in his hands.

Glancing to the side, Liu Shiba saw the unopened letter left for him. His heart stirred, and he put down the iron plate, reaching out to tear open the letter.

Inside the letter was a regular white sheet of paper. At the top were only four characters: "Bloodline Inheritance."

Below the paper was a brief explanation.

It turned out that when his grandfather was young, he had served as a camp commander under Sun Dianying in the Nationalist Army and had participated in the tomb raid of Empress Dowager Cixi.

The purpose of raiding Empress Dowager Cixi's tomb was not for wealth, but to reach a private agreement with Sun Dianying. After opening the tomb, his grandfather only wanted a black gilded box from Empress Dowager Cixi's coffin.

Later, his grandfather entrusted the box to a friend for safekeeping, as he was burdened with bad luck and could not keep the box.

That friend was also a tomb raider, but he did not have a proper lineage.

In the last part of the letter, his grandfather asked him to find this old friend and retrieve the box.

Unfortunately, the old friend had passed away twenty years ago, and the box was with his descendants.

He had to follow his grandfather's will, go to the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province, find the old friend's descendants, and retrieve the family's belongings, which were very important and could not be lost.

Finally, Liu Shiba's gaze returned to the top of the letter, "Bloodline Inheritance?"

What does this mean?

Could it be that the black gilded box cannot be opened by ordinary means?

Only the bloodline of the Liu family can open the box...

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