Chapter 484

It is evident that in those years, if one had remarkable tomb-raiding skills and didn't follow the rules, money came very quickly.

But Half-a-Li was clearly not as lucky as Chen Pi; his sister-in-law was strict and firmly refused to let the young Half-a-Li touch tomb-raiding matters.

After all, in the family, only Half-a-Li was left as a man.

If something happened to him, his sister-in-law wouldn't have to live either.

Therefore, Half-a-Li was sent away to another city to be an apprentice; his sister-in-law's goal was for him to learn a proper trade so he could live a stable life in the future.

But Half-a-Li, in order to earn quick money, secretly went to learn the tomb-raiding trade.

And that is where the problem arose!

As the saying goes, ten years to learn the trade, ten years to be effective!

For a craftsman, it takes ten years to just barely be able to stand on one's own.

The tomb-raiding business is even more so; how long had Half-a-Li, a half-baked little apprentice, been learning before he followed others down into the ground?

Even if he had extremely high talent, it would be absolutely impossible to learn so quickly!

Tomb raiding is a very professional craft; without a master with high-level skills to lead the way, many people can't even get started in their entire lives.

Plus, the tomb-raiding trade was already severely lost, and by now, there was even a generational gap.

In those years, experts like Er Yuehong were even rarer!

One can imagine that the master who allowed an apprentice to run off halfway to learn tomb raiding probably didn't have very good skills!

Otherwise, why didn't Half-a-Li ever mention his master's sect after he became famous?

This fully demonstrates that he didn't learn anything decent from that master.

But after having his legs broken and coming out of the ancient tomb, Half-a-Li seemed like a different person.

How could this not make people suspicious of his experience?

Hearing this, Old Lady Huo began to try hard to recall information about the ancient tomb where Half-a-Li met his disaster.

Finally, she was surprised to find that there wasn't a shred of information about this tomb in her mind.

Time had passed, and Old Lady Huo didn't know if it was because Half-a-Li had never revealed it to the outside world, or if he had said it and she had forgotten?

Regardless of which situation it was, it was filled with strangeness!

If it was the former, what was special about the tomb Half-a-Li went into that he couldn't let people know?

If it was the latter, Old Lady Huo was confident that her memory hadn't faded with age; she couldn't have forgotten such an important matter.

Although Old Lady Huo was certain, having experienced the matter of Grand General Zhang being unable to move the stone,

Old Lady Huo also knew that many unreasonable things existed in this world.

The stone that couldn't be moved made those who touched and saw it unable to describe it!

Then, an ancient tomb that made those who went and heard about it unable to remember it didn't seem so strange anymore, did it?

However, these were all Old Lady Huo's own thoughts; as for whether they were correct, she still needed to hear what Zhang Lin had to say.

Yin Nanfeng naturally also noticed the strangeness in it.

She asked Zhang Yueshan: "Regarding the tomb where Half-a-Li had his accident, you don't know the specific situation, but surely you don't even know the location?"

Zhang Yueshan's expression changed, and then he said: "We really don't know!"

"We only know that he went to another city to learn a trade as a youth; this other city might have been a neighboring one."

"The people who raided the tomb with him, having done such a thing, certainly wouldn't go around talking about it after returning."

"Most importantly..."

Before Zhang Yueshan could finish, Yin Nanfeng added: "Most importantly, after Half-a-Li's legs healed, he killed all those people!"

"So, in this world, except for him, no one knows the situation of this ancient tomb!"

Zhang Yueshan nodded, but then looked at Zhang Lin off the stage and said: "Not necessarily; isn't there still one person who knows!"

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At this moment, the audience's curiosity had been hooked to the extreme.

Zhang Lin's description of Half-a-Li's basic situation had already simply outlined an image for everyone.

An extreme-natured youth, dreaming of getting rich overnight, without having learned the skills properly, followed a group of people down to raid a tomb.

After returning, not only did he possess a full set of tomb-raiding skills, but his methods also became even more formidable.

Although Zhang Lin didn't mention Half-a-Li's martial arts, to be able to kill all those who betrayed him after being disabled, such a person's martial arts must not be weak!

Everyone was very curious: where did Half-a-Li's skills come from?

Zhang Lin, under the gaze of the crowd, continued: "Regarding Half-a-Li's tomb raiding, except for himself, no one knows the details anymore."

"Those who framed him were killed by him! And Half-a-Li, who became Third Master Li, never spoke of these things to anyone, including those in the Nine Sects!"

"However, I happen to know a little about this matter and can tell you all about it in detail!"

Hearing this, everyone was speechless; they were already used to it!

With Zhang Lin, it was always things others didn't know, yet he knew!

He was completely like a personal encyclopedia; the audience couldn't even figure out where Zhang Lin collected these stories from.

"Everyone, I believe when you heard that Half-a-Li was sent away by his sister-in-law to learn a trade, your first reaction was that this location wouldn't be too far!"

"The fact is indeed so; Half-a-Li went to a city neighboring Changsha."

"But the place where he learned the trade was close, while the location for learning tomb raiding was not!"

"At that time, tomb raiding was prevalent in the Luoyang area, and Half-a-Li had also heard of the reputation of this group of people."

"So, he tried every possible way to get someone to introduce him, crossing provinces to learn the craft!"

"The tomb-raiding expert Half-a-Li followed was actually not an expert from the Southern or Northern Sects at all, but a low-class swindler."

"He specialized in cheating people like Half-a-Li, who dreamed of getting rich overnight, out of their apprenticeship fees; people outside all called him Master Guo!"

"Originally, in doing this business, Master Guo only sought money and not lives, because he truly didn't know how to raid tombs!"

"So, following him, Half-a-Li actually couldn't learn any proper tomb-raiding skills; one could only say he was just scraping by."

"Master Guo also knew his own situation and had never taken these swindled apprentices to raid tombs."

"Firstly, he didn't know how himself, and going would easily expose him; secondly, if this group of laymen really relied on tomb raiding to make money, they would likely lose their lives!"

"Half-a-Li followed Master Guo for half a year and only learned some introductory chants; he hadn't learned anything else."

"Gradually, Half-a-Li became anxious and asked Master Guo several times when they would go down into a tomb, but was always brushed off by Master Guo, the reason being that his skills weren't up to par!"

"Just when Half-a-Li thought he might not have a chance to go down into a tomb for three to five years, one day, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived at Master Guo's courtyard!"

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