Nine Gates: Huo Ying

Huo Ying The seventeenth head of the Huo family, and the only female head among the Nine Gates. She is stunningly beautiful with ruthless methods; seemingly proud and cold, but actually meticulous and skilled in Qimen Dunjia and ancient tomb feng shui. Due to a family curse, she has borne the secret of "immortality" since childhood. She never believed in fate, and even less in men, until she met Zhang Rishan. Zhang Rishan Zhang Qishan's most trusted adjutant, highly skilled and taciturn, known as "Adjutant Zhang". On the surface, he is Zhang Qishan's shadow, but in reality, he carries the special bloodline of the Zhang family's outer members, with a portion of Qilin blood sealed within him. He is silent, restrained, and absolutely loyal, but Huo Ying is the only accident in his life. --- II. Story Summary A Blood-Stained Map In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, a series of tomb-raiding cases suddenly appeared in Changsha. The victims all had their internal organs hollowed out, with bizarre death conditions. Huo Ying received an anonymous letter containing half of a blood-stained ancient tomb map, pointing to a Warring States tomb deep in the mountains of western Hunan. Meanwhile, Zhang Rishan was ordered to investigate the case and discovered that the Huo family was also involved. The two were forced to cooperate, from testing each other to depending on each other in life and death. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Nine Gates: Huo Ying — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠