[{"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-56":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},2162636,3627,"Chapter 56","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-56",56,"\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Yueshan's big reaction, Yin Yin Nanfeng let out a sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down, could it be that anyone who has a Zhang Qilin tattoo on their body and good sword technique is a member of your Zhang family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, this storyteller didn't say that the Miao leader's Zhang Qilin tattoo appeared suddenly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This shows that it's different from your Zhang family's tattoo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan looked at her and said: \"Do you believe this storyteller so much, thinking he knows everything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yin Nanfeng gathered her hair, full of charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether he knows everything, I'm not sure, but he certainly knows that your Zhang family's tattoo is not ordinary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since he knows, if this Miao leader has a special identity, Mr. Zhang will definitely say it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan looked at Yin Yin Nanfeng suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always felt that after Yin Yin Nanfeng had the idea of inviting Zhang Lin to tell stories at the Crescent Hotel, her perception of Zhang Lin had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Could this be the legendary fickleness of women?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Lin felt this Miao leader had a special identity, Zhang Lin would not take the initiative to ask Zhang Lin about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang family of the Northeast had long since scattered, so it was entirely possible for one to appear in a Miao village in Guangxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience was cheering for Chen Pi’s retribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Old Lady Huo could not help but sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, this man Chen Pi... he is a complicated case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you have lived long enough, you realize there is no such thing as absolute good or evil in this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When Blackie Six was tomb raiding in Old Old Changsha, he didn't shy away from murder and looting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this storyteller promoted the past deeds of Blackie Six by the Jinshajiang, elevating his reputation as a hero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has caused the most despised madman of the Nine Gates to be noticed and liked by so many.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It truly is as they say: a storyteller’s tongue can turn black into white.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Huo had lived a lifetime; though she understood these truths, she could not summarize them so succinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, in fact, the power of propaganda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People often only empathize with things that appear true, good, and beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything, as long as a touch of artistic color is added to it, will have its very nature transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackie Six’s affairs by the Jinshajiang were, to put it bluntly, internal gang conflicts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were filled with blood and darkness; if the audience had to learn about them on their own, they would surely scroll past without a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Zhang Lin’s artistic processing, the internal gang strife was suddenly imbued with a tragic, romantic hue!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it could be done for Blackie Six, it could certainly be done for Chen Pi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t look at how the audience currently grinds their teeth in hatred for Chen Pi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Zhang Lin told the story of Chen Pi’s youth, when he would kill a man for a hundred coins along the coast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these people would immediately change their perspective on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some might even feel that the later, indiscriminately murderous Chen Pi was actually a pitiable man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the charm of storytelling, and the ultimate goal Zhang Lin pursued as a storyteller!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to control the audience’s emotions at every moment, making them cry or laugh along with his story!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only in this way could the storytelling points in his system grow faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that Chen Pi had been blinded by the Miao leader and handed over to the authorities to be locked up,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that even the Eight Treasures Box had been confiscated by the authorities as a cultural relic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Pi had gone to such great lengths, only to end up with nothing and lose a pair of eyes to boot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience felt it was deeply satisfying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, someone began to call out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, this Chen Pi has done so many evil things, this bit of retribution is not enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree, he killed so many people, slaughtering villages and wiping out families; just losing his eyes is letting him off easy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ask me, he should have paid with his life. To think he was released after only a few years—it’s truly unfair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the audience chime in one after another to condemn Chen Pi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin smiled and then said, \"Old Chen Pi is actually quite lucky. For such a major incident, he only lost his eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be able to walk away unscathed even after being locked up—perhaps this is the karmic reward for the only good deed he did in his youth by the coastal river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the audience was shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Pi could do good deeds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun must be rising in the west!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Pi was clearly a guy who would shake an egg until the yolk broke; slaughtering villages and families was his daily routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one believed such a person could do good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the Nine Gates had such high standards for picking people that they could spot the only glimmer of light in a villain, which is why they placed Chen Pi in the Lower Three Gates?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the audience full of curiosity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin said, \"I told you all before, Chen Pi had two legendary deeds in his life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One was the treasure theft at the Mirror Palace; although he lost his eyes, he still made it out alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other was his heroic act in his youth, at a dilapidated temple in the coastal region, where he hung a sign: 'One hundred coins to kill a man'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Human nature is complex. You might as well listen to what this great villain of the Nine Gates was like in his youth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps after hearing this, you will change your view of Chen Pi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words instantly ignited the audience’s contrarian spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to see what kind of good deed a man so treacherous and murderous could possibly do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how it could be something a storyteller would talk about with such relish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-06-16T21:55:26.381Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b4a495ba87535c43c8a9373e9c6d8bad43803dcefb0888d5726c733bb8ebb4a4","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-57","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-55",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]