[{"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-37":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},2162617,3627,"Chapter 37: Luoyang Shovel becomes universal! Popularizing smelling soil to identify tombs!","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>But before it was Zhang Zhang Qilin's turn to go to Old Changsha City to investigate Hei Bei Lao Liu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of heavy news entered the public eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hei Bei Lao Liu's grave had been robbed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were several grave robber holes dug, but even the corpse had disappeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was truly a highly dramatic and ironic scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hei Bei Lao Liu's first half of life was a blade-wielder on the banks of the Jinshajiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second half of his life was a tomb raider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, after he died, his own grave was robbed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of Zhang Lin's storytelling, Hei Bei Lao Liu's reputation spread across the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that his grave was robbed and his remains were missing immediately caused an official shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people left messages online, demanding that the authorities clarify the disappearance of Hei Bei Lao Liu's remains as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, everyone was very puzzled. Hei Bei Lao Liu had been dead for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he died, he had almost no burial goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because all the money he earned from tomb raiding was squandered on opium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of opium in those years was not much different from gold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There couldn't be anything valuable in Hei Bei Lao Liu's grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And looking at the technique of the tomb-raiding holes, it didn't look like intentional revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Hei Bei Lao Liu's grave would be a mess, not looking normal on the surface like it did now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what was the purpose of these people moving his grave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens couldn't figure it out, but Zhang Lin, seeing this news, smiled in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hei Bei Lao Liu probably didn't expect that even after being dead for so many years, someone would still dig up his past. ===== CHAPTER 77 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Most importantly, it was all things he least wanted the world to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now not only did the whole world know, but a group of people, out of admiration for him, had found his grave and wanted to sweep it for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin estimated that someone would come looking for him soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Old Nine Gates people, like Old Lady Huo and Zhang Yueshan, were just coming to listen to the excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But gradually, this group would discover that what Zhang Lin was telling was not just a documentary of the Old Nine Gates figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also some secrets the Old Nine Gates didn't want people to know, which Zhang Lin would also tell one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, this group would probably be truly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would a storyteller know so many secret rumors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The things the Old Nine Gates did behind the world's back were not as simple as just tomb raiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of people from the Eight Outer Gates and Nine Lowly Trades in the underworld dared to participate in earth-shattering events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know if I should say this group was ignorant and fearless, or if the older generation of the Old Nine Gates was too greedy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Lin started talking about the Yama Chen Pi A-Si of the Flat Three Gates the next day, the archaeological team had already determined the location of the ancient tomb and started using the shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Zhang Lin got on stage, someone below started making a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin listened for a long time; it turned out that when the archaeological team was digging, they were using a Luoyang Shovel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a very rare thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The things used by tomb-raiding families had never been revealed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it was a technical monopoly; second, those who did tomb raiding in the past were somewhat disreputable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they wouldn't go around publicizing their own tools of the trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the archaeological team was using the Luoyang Shovel, naturally because they heard it from Zhang Lin's storytelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, you don't know, when the archaeological team took out the Luoyang Shovel, I was stunned!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest, this is also the first time I've seen a real Luoyang Shovel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thing is a genius design, connected section by section, it can bring up the soil from the deepest depths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Until I saw the archaeological team using the Luoyang Shovel, I didn't know how the Wu family's grandfather used his nose to smell the soil; they were smelling the soil from the depths of the ancient tomb! Give me a Luoyang Shovel, and I can find an ancient tomb too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop it! The Wu family's grandfather smelling soil to identify ancient tombs is a skill; do you think anyone can do it? Then tell me, what's the difference between the soil in an ancient tomb and ordinary soil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was discussing every move of the archaeological team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also included smelling the soil brought up by the Luoyang Shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, of course, no one in the archaeological team had the skill to smell soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who finally helped the archaeological team determine the ancient tomb was that Heavenly Master Zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing signs of an argument below, Zhang Lin quickly started to control the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, no need to get anxious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, the friend who spoke just now was right. If you all go out tomb raiding or archaeological digging and bring a Luoyang Shovel, you can also identify ancient tombs by smelling the soil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, you all might not know, but I can tell you all about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Huo, listening on the second floor, frowned when she heard Zhang Lin was going to perform a trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, he's generous! How many years of experience did our Old Nine Gates accumulate in tomb raiding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He, on the other hand, just tells others for free!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Upper Three Gates basically didn't go down, and the New Moon Hotel was only responsible for selling goods, so Zhang Yueshan and Yin Yin Nanfeng didn't have much of a reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the audience below, hearing that Zhang Lin was going to teach the secret of smelling soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all shouting with excitement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the secret of tomb-raiding families and talented people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buying a ticket to hear storytelling today and getting to hear this, that's a huge profit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, this smelling soil to identify tombs has no special requirements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You all just need to remember one trick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The word 'smell' is not very accurate; it should be smelling with the nose plus looking with the eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any ancient tomb's soil is absolutely different from ordinary soil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the eyes of tomb-raiding families, soil is subdivided into many types: dead soil, floating soil, fluttering soil, silt soil, clear soil, oily soil, and so on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to understand the differences between these soils, you definitely can't do it without decades of experience.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I will roughly distinguish these many types of soil for you all; actually, there are only two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divided into dead soil and living soil. Dead soil is soil that hasn't been moved for years and has no artificial traces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This kind of soil naturally means there is no ancient tomb nearby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And living soil is soil that has been moved by humans; the time it was formed is less than ten thousand years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among this living soil, there is one type that should most attract your attention, and that is flower soil—simply put, it's colored soil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transit Group 371729119\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, rotting coffins will cause the soil to turn black, and copper and iron oxidation will make the soil turn black or green.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Luoyang Shovel brings up such soil, then it is very likely you have found the right place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, such soil has a special smell, which is generally related to the reason for its formation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rotten stench, rust smell, are all smells they might have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among them, the most dangerous one, you have already heard of, and that is the red soil brought out by the Blood Corpse Tomb in Biaozi Ridge, Old Changsha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That kind of soil not only has a heavy bloody smell but also drips red liquid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Luoyang Shovel brings up this kind of soil, you all better run away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the audience below felt their faces heat up with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some couldn't wait to go into the wild and practice it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, a viewer watching the archaeological team's live broadcast suddenly shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, the archaeological team's shovel brought up red soil, and it's dripping blood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……. ===== CHAPTER 78 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1418,"2026-06-16T21:55:26.381Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c69c69c86727e45a1c9f91513a21307d639f2b75ce8e0c9fb06f0d6730a0cd14","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-38","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-36",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]