Chapter 53: Gold Guide, God Platform Battle! (Seeking flowers and reviews)

"In those years, Hei Bei Lao Liu, or Li Tiansong, could guarantee his status in the Gelao Society with his Falling Rain Blade Technique."

"And those who practiced the Falling Rain Blade Technique to perfection could dance their blades on a rainy day and split the light, falling raindrops in two with a single strike."

"Not everyone can do this; to dance such a blade, one must have immense arm strength!"

"Precisely because of Li Tiansong's blade technique, he was drafted into the 'Gold Guide' of the Gelao Society."

The audience was hearing the term "Gold Guide" for the first time and didn't know what it was for.

Zhang Lin explained: "This Gold Guide is actually a tradition among gangs in the Jinshajiang River area."

"For thousands of years, there has been one thing that could not be bypassed around the Jinshajiang River: gold."

"Some areas in the Jinshajiang River were rich in gold, and in that era, they were mostly occupied by gangs."

"Gangs would drag laborers to pan for gold in the Jinshajiang River; in short, that past was extremely bloody and dark."

"But with so many gangs, there would naturally be competition for the gold-producing areas."

"Fights between gangs over gold happened from time to time."

"To prevent this chaotic war from continuing and causing large-scale casualties,"

"after final discussions among the major gangs, it was decided that the gold-panning areas would be re-divided every year."

"And the standard for division was a life-and-death duel!"

"This group of people participating in the life-and-death duel was called the Gold Guide, meaning if they won, the gold would be guided to them!"

Hearing this, some audience members couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.

Zhang Lin's short dozen sentences displayed a cruel, bloody world filled with gangs to them.

Zhang Lin spoke very briefly: for gold, gangs had to engage in life-and-death duels.

But in reality, this life-and-death duel was a situation where only one person could survive!

Everyone drafted into the "Gold Guide" had to be prepared for death.

How great must the temptation be to make people willingly engage in a life-and-death duel?

At this moment, Zhang Lin continued: "Hei Bei Lao Liu was drafted into the Gold Guide to participate in the annual life-and-death duel."

"But there was no fear on his face like there was on the others."

"Hei Bei Lao Liu's blade had long since become one with him."

"Falling Rain is not just the name of the blade technique; the blades carried by this group of Gold Guides are also called Falling Rain."

"These blades have thick backs and thin edges, all made of hundred-quenched refined steel, making them incredibly sharp."

"They can easily split a person in two from any angle!"

"The gang sent a total of twenty people to this duel that Hei Bei Lao Liu participated in."

"But in this kind of great slaughter, no matter how many people participate, only one person can return alive; this person is the only winner!"

Hearing this, the crowd probably knew the result.

Hei Bei Lao Liu must have been the winner of this great slaughter!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared in Old Changsha unscathed!

As for running away on the way to the life-and-death duel?

That was even more impossible!

In that era, once you joined a gang, you were a member for life.

Unless you were dead, you could never leave the gang for your entire life.

Running away was treason, and the gang would deal with deserters using the most primitive and cruel punishments!

For this reason, some audience members began to ask Zhang Lin.

"Mr. Zhang, Hei Bei Lao Liu must have won the life-and-death duel, right?"

"What reward do you get for winning the life-and-death duel for the gang?"

"I think it must be gold; without a heavy reward, who would be willing to risk their life?"

Facing these questions, Zhang Lin replied: "Indeed, the winner's reward is gold!"

"It is boxes upon boxes of the highest quality bull-head gold!"

"No refining needed; just opening the box is enough to blind a person with the sheer amount of gold!"

"However, all the changes in Hei Bei Lao Liu's life also stemmed from after this life-and-death duel."

Hearing this, everyone stopped heckling and turned to listen intently.

Hei Bei Lao Liu's past was indeed completely different from the temperament of the Pingsan Sect!

What he experienced seemed more real and more cruel.

It was easier to bring the audience into a jianghu they had never touched before!

"The venue for this great slaughter was a natural stone platform by the river."

"The platform was large enough to hold dozens of people, and it was known as the God Platform."

"Everyone, imagine: on one side is the roaring Jinshajiang River, and on the other is a life-and-death duel with flesh and blood flying."

"Such a scene, once seen, is impossible to forget for the rest of one's life!"

At this moment, Zhang Qishan in the second-floor box couldn't help but nod along.

This made Yin Nanfeng curious: "What are you nodding for? Could it be that you've seen this great slaughter?"

Zhang Qishan let out a long sigh and said: "I actually have seen it!"

"Just like this storyteller said, you only need to see it once, and you'll never forget it for the rest of your life."

"Back then, when the Buddha (Zhang Dafo Ye) went to the Northwest, because of his fame, he was invited by the Northwest gangs to serve as a notary for the great slaughter."

"I followed the Buddha and was fortunate enough to see one."

"It was truly flesh and blood flying! Wherever the Falling Rain blades in the hands of the Gold Guides went, severed limbs covered the ground."

"Severed hands and feet were scattered all over the God Platform."

"You don't know this, but the God Platform wasn't completely flat; there was a depression in the middle."

"During the great slaughter, the blood shed by these Gold Guides would all collect in the depression of the God Platform."

"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."

Everything Zhang Qishan described made Yin Nanfeng feel physically uncomfortable.

This kind of primitive slaughter is the most cruel and bloody!

No wonder Zhang Lin said that you can't forget it after seeing it once.

It's not that you can't forget it; I'm afraid you'd have nightmares every single day!

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