[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n":3,"chapter-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, The Tomb-Raiding Storyteller: Exposing the Old Nine Gates from the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2162606,3627,"Chapter 26","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>The atmosphere of the jianghu created by Zhang Lin had completely captivated the hearts and minds of the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially hearing him say that what he was telling was a past that even the people of the Old Nine Gates themselves did not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was even more excited; didn't this mean this was the first public reveal of Heibei Laoliu's life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin Nanfeng, upon hearing this, looked at Zhang Yueshan with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adjutant Zhang, you have met Heibei Laoliu; do you really not know about his time in the Northwest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan shook his head, \"The Upper Three Gates have always stayed out of jianghu affairs, and I haven't met this Heibei Laoliu many times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, those years were turbulent; if he was the number one blade-wielder of a Northwest gang, why would he run to Old Changsha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I estimate he must have committed a crime in the Northwest and was rejected by his gang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heibei Laoliu would certainly never tell others about such a past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin Nanfeng nodded; from Zhang Yueshan's words, she also didn't feel there was anything unique about Heibei Laoliu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, they heard Zhang Lin continue: \"Heibei Laoliu was very unwelcome in Old Changsha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because his demeanor was entirely that of a Northwest man: silent, reticent, and not interacting with anyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He tomb-raided just to make money, all by himself, and took no apprentices.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People in the business all said Heibei Laoliu had paranoid delusions, feeling that if anyone else was present while tomb-raiding, they would surely plot against him from behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, these people were right; this is the discipline of a top-tier blade-wielder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never trust anyone, and never leave your back to an enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heibei Laoliu only survived the brutal Northwest blade-wielder associations by adhering to this principle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although he was cautious while tomb-raiding, there was one thing that puzzled people in the business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is, Heibei Laoliu, who had always been a lone wolf, had a soft spot for an old prostitute in Old Changsha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, when the old prostitute was sold off, Heibei Laoliu went to the meeting alone with his blade and snatched her out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is also the origin of his nickname, the Wanderer!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, while the crowd understood why Heibei Laoliu was called the Wanderer, they also felt a vague sense of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in most people's hearts, a wanderer corresponds to a handsome man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what should be associated with a wanderer is a beauty of the jianghu, not an old prostitute!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a combination makes people feel very uncomfortable inside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is probably the reason why people are born liking to fantasize about beautiful things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin, seeing that everyone's expressions were a bit awkward, smiled inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heibei Laoliu at this time was indeed hard to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if this group of people knew about his time in the Northwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then looked back at this story of the Wanderer and the old prostitute, they would have different feelings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heibei Laoliu seems to be a person with many painful pasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So he often smoked opium; after smoking, he would enter a state of madness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every night at midnight, he would practice his blade until he was exhausted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the day, he would shrink into a corner, looking indeed like a madman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At such times, only his blade and that old prostitute accompanied him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems they were simply in mutual need of each other; as for anything else, there is no way to guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone knows Heibei Laoliu's blade is fast, but they don't know that his blade technique has a special name: Falling Rain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Falling Rain blade technique can split a tiny raindrop in two with a single strike!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, Zhang Yueshan, hearing of the Falling Rain blade technique, suddenly changed his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself: \"Falling Rain blade technique... it can't be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heibei Laoliu, could it be him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin Nanfeng, on the side, asked curiously: \"Adjutant Zhang, what did you think of? You're so excited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Zhang Yueshan said: \"You don't know, the Falling Rain blade technique, in those years, only one person mastered it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the number one blade-wielder of the Northwest Gelao Society, named Li Tiansong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Tiansong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This name was very unfamiliar to Yin Yin Nanfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan continued: \"Li Tiansong was an abandoned baby, picked up by a hall master of the Gelao Society on the river beach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This hall master felt that this was a child sent by heaven, and since the hall master's surname was Li, he named him Li Tiansong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, warlords were entrenched everywhere in the Xia Kingdom, and gangs were numerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under these circumstances, Li Tiansong's great name was known to many, precisely because he had mastered the Falling Rain blade technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin Nanfeng was also attracted by Zhang Yueshan's words and couldn't help but ask: \"Since that is the case, Li Tiansong had such high talent and was the hall master's foster son; logically, he would have continued working in the Gelao Society.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Why did he later go to Old Changsha alone, and even erase his own past?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan shook his head and said: \"I only know that the Gelao Society later erupted into internal strife, with hall masters falling into a chaotic war to compete for the position of the main leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Li Tiansong disappeared during this chaotic war; no one knows where he went.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it seems he actually hid his identity and went to Old Changsha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this past, which even people in the jianghu don't know, this storyteller seems to know very clearly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Yueshan finished speaking, he heard Zhang Lin also tell of Heibei Laoliu's origins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he guessed, Heibei Laoliu was indeed the missing Li Tiansong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In those years, Heibei Laoliu, that is, Li Tiansong, had a Falling Rain blade technique that could guarantee his status in the Gelao Society.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And those who practiced the Falling Rain blade technique to perfection could dance their blades on a rainy day; with one strike, they could split the light, falling raindrops in two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not everyone can do this; to dance such a blade, one must have immense arm strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Precisely because of Li Tiansong's blade technique, he was drafted into the 'Golden Lead' of the Gelao Society.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience heard the term \"Golden Lead\" for the first time and didn't know what it was for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin explained: \"This Golden Lead is actually a tradition among the gangs in the Jinshajiang area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surrounding the Jinshajiang, for thousands of years, there has been one thing that cannot be bypassed: gold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some areas in the Jinshajiang were rich in gold content, and in that era, they were mostly occupied by gangs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gangs would press-gang laborers everywhere to pan for gold in the Jinshajiang; in short, that past was extremely bloody and dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But with so many gangs, there would naturally be competition for the gold-producing areas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fights between gangs over gold happened from time to time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In order not to let this chaotic war continue and cause large-scale casualties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After final discussions among the major gangs, it was decided that the gold-panning areas would be re-divided every year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the standard for division was a life-and-death duel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This group of people participating in the life-and-death duel was called the Golden Lead, meaning that if they won, the gold would be led to them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, some audience members couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin's short dozen sentences displayed a cruel, bloody world filled with gangs to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin spoke very briefly: for gold, gangs had to engage in life-and-death duels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, this life-and-death duel was a situation where only one person could live!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone drafted into the \"Golden Lead\" had to be prepared for death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How great must the temptation be to make people willingly engage in a life-and-death duel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, they heard Zhang Lin continue: \"Heibei Laoliu was drafted into the Golden Lead to participate in the annual life-and-death duel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there was no fear on his face like there was on the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heibei Laoliu's blade had long since become one with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Falling Rain is not only the name of the blade technique; the blades carried by this group of Golden Leads were also called Falling Rain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This type of blade has a thick back and a thin edge, all made of hundred-tempered refined steel, making it incomparably sharp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can easily split a person in two from any angle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The duel Heibei Laoliu participated in involved twenty people sent by the gangs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in this kind of great slaughter, no matter how many people participate, only one person can return alive; this person is the sole winner!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the crowd probably knew the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heibei Laoliu must have been the winner of this great slaughter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared in Old Changsha unscathed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for running away on the way to the life-and-death duel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was even more impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that era, once you joined a gang, you were a gang member for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you died, you could never leave the gang for the rest of your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running away was treason, and the gang would deal with defectors using the most primitive and cruel punishments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, some audience members began to ask Zhang Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, Heibei Laoliu must have won the life-and-death duel, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What reward is there for winning the life-and-death duel for the gang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it must be gold; without a heavy reward, who would be willing to risk their life?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing these questions, Zhang Lin replied: \"Indeed, the winner's reward is gold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is crates upon crates of the highest quality ox-head gold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for refining; just opening the crate is enough to blind a person's eyes with the massive amount of gold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, all the twists and turns in Heibei Laoliu's life also stemmed from after this life-and-death duel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd, upon hearing this, all stopped heckling and turned to listen intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heibei Laoliu's past was indeed completely different from the temperament of the Lower Three Gates!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he experienced seemed more real and more cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was easier to bring the audience into a jianghu they had never encountered before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The venue for this great slaughter was a natural stone platform by the river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The platform was large enough to hold dozens of people, and it was known as the God Platform.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone can imagine: on one side, the raging Jinshajiang, and on the other, a life-and-death duel with flesh and blood flying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a scene, you only need to see it once to never forget it in this lifetime!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Zhang Yueshan in the second-floor box couldn't help but nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Yin Yin Nanfeng curious: \"What are you nodding for? Don't tell me you've seen this great slaughter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan let out a long sigh: \"I actually have seen it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like the storyteller said, you only need to see it once, and you'll never forget it in this life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, when Fo Ye went to the Northwest, because of his fame, he was invited by the Northwest gangs to serve as a witness for the great slaughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I followed Fo Ye and was fortunate enough to see one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was flesh and blood flying in the true sense! The Falling Rain blades in the hands of the Golden Leads, wherever they went, severed limbs covered the ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Severed hands and feet were scattered all over the God Platform.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't know, the God Platform wasn't completely flat; there was a depression in the middle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the great slaughter, the blood shed by these Golden Leads would all collect in the depression of the God Platform.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It formed a blood pit; every time someone stepped on it, blood would splash out, and the mixed-in bits of flesh could even spray onto the surrounding spectators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything Zhang Yueshan described made Yin Yin Nanfeng feel physically uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of primitive slaughter is the most cruel and bloody!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Zhang Lin said you wouldn't forget it after seeing it once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not that you can't forget it; it's that you'd probably have nightmares every single day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Please give flowers, evaluations, monthly tickets, and tips.\u003C\u002Fp>",2072,"2026-06-16T21:55:26.381Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ebf5b289cc64591ff48ade20bb2eca84593cde155fe9e31f657fe1d97e1b0e5e","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-27","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-25",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]