Chapter 56: Night of Victory! Change Is About to Come!

Through Zhang Lin's storytelling, the audience had already been drawn into the scene of that great slaughter over the Gold Guide by the banks of the Jinshajiang.

That kind of blood-and-flesh-flying spectacle was the surest way to stir up the primal desires of the human body.

The feeling made it impossible not to have one's blood surge!

Even though everyone knew Hei Bei Lao Liu was the ultimate victor.

Still, some could not help worrying for him.

"Mr. Zhang, Hei Bei Lao Liu won—so then what?"

"Mr. Zhang, Hei Bei Lao Liu won—does that mean everyone else is dead?"

"In this life-or-death Gold Guide duel, can only one person really survive?"

Facing the barrage of questions from the crowd, Zhang Lin struck the wake-up block once, hushing everyone into silence.

"Ladies and gentlemen, of course Hei Bei Lao Liu won!"

"I've already said—when those twenty men in the Gold Guide, dressed in black, headed toward the divine platform, you could already tell that among them only Hei Bei Lao Liu would be the final victor."

"The cruelty of a life-or-death duel lies in this: only one person on the platform walks away alive."

"Even if they belong to the same gang, no one is spared—friend or foe alike!"

"After Hei Bei Lao Liu's victory, flanked by the three bosses of the Gelao Society, he swiftly opened the divine platform."

"What followed was the moment for the entire gang to enjoy the fruits of victory brought by the Gold Guide!"

Hearing this, the audience all breathed a sigh of relief.

The life-or-death duel segment was finally over.

Which meant they no longer had to listen to such bloody content.

Only the people in the second-floor private box kept their brows tightly furrowed, showing no sign of easing.

Zhang Yueshan said, "I'm afraid that from the day of this victory onward, the trials and tribulations of Hei Bei Lao Liu's life have only just begun."

Yin Nanfeng also nodded. "Since ancient times, heroes have suffered many hardships. This storyteller himself says Hei Bei Lao Liu's life story is the one that left the deepest impression on him."

"It stands to reason that, from the day of victory onward, this man's experiences must be even more spectacular than the life-or-death duel itself."

Meanwhile, in another private box, Old Lady Huo began to feel an indistinct worry stirring in her heart.

It was a woman's intuition!

Especially since she had been called ugly by Hei Bei Lao Liu, and Old Lady Huo had also seen with her own eyes the old prostitute who had depended on each other for survival with Hei Bei Lao Liu.

Old Lady Huo always felt that, in the story to come, a woman was about to appear on the scene.

A woman's fragrance, a hero's grave.

It was quite possible that, while Hei Bei Lao Liu's attainments in the way of the blade were unmatched, when it came to women, he was as green and raw as a child.

The year he took part in the great melee, Hei Bei Lao Liu was at most not yet twenty!

That was when a person's physical condition was at its peak.

And also when desire for the opposite sex burned strongest!

Old Lady Huo gathered her focus and began to listen to Zhang Lin tell the story of the night of victory.

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"The news of Hei Bei Lao Liu's victory spread at once along the banks of the Jinshajiang, across the Gelao Society's gold-prospecting territory."

"It was a stretch of shanty buildings extending for several dozen li, and inside those shanties lived the workers who had come here to pan for gold."

"Of course, most of them had been swindled into coming."

"Anyone who knows even a little about the history of gold mining knows that, in chaotic times, gold prospecting has always been a byword for exploitation."

"The gold panners toiled in the rushing river waters, risking their lives to sift for gold."