Chapter 49: The Number One Blade-Master of the Northwest, the Wanderer Hei Bei Lao Liu!

"Speaking of the Laojiu Sect Pingsan Sect, as you all know, there's a saying that sums it up."

"And that is: Yama, the Wanderer, and the Laughing Buddha!"

"The Pingsan Sect were thieves, and in the jianghu, they mostly carried ill repute!"

"I've said it before, in those days, the Pingsan Sect were the main force going underground to rob tombs."

"So these men could also be called lone heroes, with at most a few disciples under them."

"Wandering through the mountains day after day, searching for ancient tombs, living bitter lives, sustained only by the greed in their hearts!"

"It's just like the working folks nowadays — do you work because you enjoy it?"

"Of course not, it's because you have no money, you need to survive!"

"The Pingsan Sect of those days were the same — tomb-robbing and selling the goods was their main source of income."

In a few words, Zhang Lin sketched out a distinctive social setting for his audience.

For the Pingsan Sect in that special environment, tomb-robbing was not a hobby, it was survival.

This is completely different from most Xia people today, who are enamored with archaeology!

Even Old Lady Huo in the second-floor private box showed a reminiscent expression on her face upon hearing this.

Zhang Lin then continued: "Before we talk about the Pingsan Sect's Yama, the Wanderer, and the Laughing Buddha today, let me ask you all a question."

"Who do you think the Wanderer refers to?"

The moment Zhang Lin posed this question, the crowd below immediately burst into an uproar.

"Mr. Zhang, what kind of question is that? Isn't this an insult to our intelligence?"

"That's right! We just finished hearing about the Wu family's Old Master and that beauty Huo Xiangu!"

"The Wanderer must be that Wu family Old Master!"

Hearing the audience speak with such certainty, Zhang Yueshan in the second-floor private box chuckled and said: "The Wanderer Hei Bei Lao Liu's title was snatched away by Wu Laogou."

"You can see just how treacherous Wu Laogou is in the way he does things!"

Yin Nanfeng then said: "The Wu family Old Master is the Laughing Buddha — both merciful and tomb-robbing. If he himself is not strong, how can he save all sentient beings?"

The fact that Zhang Lin asked means the Pingsan Sect saying is easily ambiguous.

Many people would mistake the Wanderer for Wu Laogou.

But in fact, the Wanderer actually refers to the northwestern blade-master Hei Bei Lao Liu!

"Everyone, you're all wrong! The Wu family Old Master is not the Wanderer, he is the Laughing Buddha."

"This Wanderer refers solely to the Pingsan Sect's Hei Bei Lao Liu!"

"This man is also the only one among the Laojiu Sect with no descendants."

"After Hei Bei Lao Liu died, his lineage was severed as well."

Hearing that there was a lineage in the Laojiu Sect that had been completely cut off,

the listeners below all felt a pang of lament.

This is the most common problem encountered when a family line continues.

Once there are no heirs, it means the family is not far from ruin!

"Everyone, as for why Hei Bei Lao Liu had no heirs, once I finish telling his story, you'll understand."

"Let me share my view on this first."

"The people of the Laojiu Sect all say Hei Bei Lao Liu was a madman, a lone wolf who didn't even take disciples."