Chapter 25: The Nameless Blade
"Knife!" Nano shouted, sat up from his dream, quickly touched his hand around his waist, only to find that the knife was gone, then sighed slightly, calmed down, looked around, and found that he was sitting on a bed in a room, with a basin on the table next to it, and a bloody wet towel next to it. He still had a bandage around his head, and the stove for heating was burning vigorously in the house.
At this moment, an old man in his seventies, pushing open the door, walked in slowly with a hunched back, sat on a chair by the stove, and handcuffed himself to the stove.
"Where is this?" asked Nano in a whisper.
"A small medical hall. You've been in a coma for three days, and when people find you, you're bleeding and cold, like a dead person. The old man added a piece of wood to the stove, and his calm face looked very peaceful.
"Have you seen the knife on me?"
"Nope. However, if you want to find a knife, you can go to the Fuhu Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, they will hold an auction tonight, I heard that there is a strange knife in the auction, maybe it's yours. โ
"Thank you!" Nano got up, took off the bandage on his head, thanked the old man, and walked towards the door.
"The Blue Dragons, be careful when you encounter them! They have been getting more and more rampant lately, often robbing tourists who come here. As soon as Nano stepped out of the threshold, the old man suddenly reminded him, and after a slight pause, Nano walked out of the room.
Coming to the outside of the medical hall, Nano found the Fuhu Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the old man said. The notice board outside the door is pasted with a list of items to be auctioned tonight, and at the bottom of the special auction item column is written only one word, knife.
At this time, a man suddenly ran over, this person was the man who wanted to deceive the man who had no hand to knife a few days ago, the boss of the local pawnshop.
Seeing that Ming Wu was empty-handed, Boss He said embarrassedly: "It turns out that you know the value of that knife! A few days ago, I was really sorry." How much did you bid for this auction this time?"
"I didn't send the knife. After speaking, he left, leaving only Boss He, who was confused.
After dark, people begin to enter the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Na Wu ate the dreamless fruit and waited at the door, until he saw a person's figure, and then followed the flow of people into the venue.
At this time, the venue was already full. The venue is divided into two floors, the first floor is a row of seats with low front and high back, and the second floor is on both sides of the venue, with only a few dozen seats, each seat in front of a table with a teapot, where there are VIP seats, the booth is directly in front, and the whole room is brightly lit.
Soon, an old gentleman in his sixties walked up to the booth and knocked on the table with a wooden hammer, and the people immediately fell silent. This old gentleman was dressed in a tight-fitting black dress, with glasses, his body looked thin and slender, his short silver hair on his head was neatly groomed backwards, and the beard on his chin was neatly trimmed.
Then, the auction began, and the lots were brought to the booth one by one. Each piece will be introduced by the old gentleman in a radiant manner, and each auction item is like a rare treasure under the explanation of the old gentleman, which attracts exclamations from time to time. At the end of the final pricing of each auction item, there will be a sigh of sigh in the hall for not being bought.
Two hours later, all the general items had been auctioned, and a young man held a box more than two meters long in both hands, slowly walked to the booth and gently put down the box. The old gentleman opened the box, took out a long knife, and carefully placed it on the knife holder prepared in advance. The old gentleman cleared his throat and said, "This is the finale of tonight." Because it's too special, I'll talk about the reserve price first, 200,000 ......."
"Two hundred thousand taels of silver! This is too expensive!" exclaimed the people in the audience.
"It's gold!" explained the old gentleman.
"Gold?? just kidding! This is equivalent to three years of tax revenue in Zhongshan Kingdom, who can afford it. Someone shouted loudly.
"Don't worry, listen to me. This knife is absolutely priceless, and it doesn't necessarily have to be sold this time. Originally, it was going to be taken to our Fuhu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but it happened that there was an auction here today, so I took it out for everyone to see. โ
The old gentleman turned his gaze to the knife on the table, as if looking at his granddaughter.
"Let's start by looking at the carvings on the scabbard. A green dragon seems to fly from the sky, standing on this scabbard, cocking the dragon's tail, looking down at a blue gem on the scabbard, I can't see that this is engraved at all, just this delicate and three-dimensional carving, it is really rare in the world. โ
"Let's take a look at the engraving seal at the sheath, you may not know it, but after we checked the information, we found that this is actually the engraving seal of the sword-casting master five hundred years ago, Beiyun. Everyone here should know that Bie Yun has forged countless swords in his life, and three of them are still handed down to this day, that is, the three black knives ranked tenth to twelfth in the famous sword spectrum, Wuyue, Wufeng and Wuya. And this knife didn't appear on the famous knife pedigree for some reason, but it is definitely one of the most bizarre knives I know. โ
"Let's take a look at the material of this scabbard, it is dark and shiny, delicate and shiny, you must have guessed that this is the best material for forging swords: black iron!"
"Extraterrestrial Meteorite: Black Iron ??" everyone exclaimed.
"Black iron is the material with the highest hardness and toughness among the currently known materials, coupled with its small density, it is simply an excellent material for casting swords, but black iron is an extraterrestrial meteorite, which is extremely rare in the world. However, the scabbard of this knife, which was only used to hold the knife, was actually made of this priceless black iron. Not to mention the rest, these black irons are already priceless!"
"However," the old gentleman paused, cleared his throat again, and continued, "the most surprising thing is the blade!" said the old gentleman, who slowly drew his long knife.
The crowd's eyes widened as they watched as the knife was pulled out little by little. Then there was a cacophony of chatter, "No blade?", "Only the hilt?", "Liar?......
"Everyone, be still," the old gentleman picked up the wooden hammer and struck it on the table, "as you can see, the blade is made of an unknown transparent material! At this time, a young man placed a three-meter-long, square piece of wood on the stand. Then, the old gentleman took a knife and gently cut along the longest middle line of the top surface of the wood, only to see that the wood was cut like a piece of tofu. The exact length of the blade can be seen from the length of the cut.
At this moment, the whole venue exploded, and the exclamations continued, and people questioned, "How is it possible?"
"However, this is not all that this knife is surprising, the hardness of this blade can be described as unprecedented. Except for black iron, which has not been tried, it can cut through all materials, including diamond. So saying, the old gentleman took out a piece of ordinary iron, and slashed it with great force, only to see that the iron was indeed cut like mud.
At this moment, everyone in the audience was so surprised that they couldn't even make any sound, just looked at the old gentleman blankly.
"I'm done with my introduction, so please hold up your signs. โ
After the old gentleman finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the audience, and no one could afford this price at all. And even if it's a hundred times cheaper, if it's not someone who learns swords, it's useless to buy it, at most it's a collector's item.
After a long time, a man suddenly stood up from the field, "That knife is mine, and it was accidentally snatched a few days ago." โ
As soon as these words came out, the old gentleman's expression immediately became ugly, he raised his hand to hold his glasses, and said, "What evidence do you have?"
"Can you tell me who sent the knife here?"
"This, the seller's information is inconvenient to disclose according to the regulations. You'd better give us some evidence as soon as possible. โ
"Put the knife in a dye vat, or in a colored smoke, and the blade will change color, but with a few quick swings, the color will disappear. "Also, you forgot that the blade of this knife is very light, and you can't feel the weight of the knife at all when you hold it in your hand." โ
At this time, several young men carried a large vat filled with water, poured some red dye, the old gentleman soaked the knife body in water and took it out, the knife body really turned red, and then the old gentleman swung it a few times, and the color of the knife body was thrown off.
The old gentleman's face became embarrassed again, and he gave his subordinates a look, and then said: "It is true that the blade of the knife does not feel weight as you said, and the blade can be dyed, but even if it is, it may be that you guessed it based on my description before. Do you have any other evidence?"
Na Wu pointed to a man in the room and said, "That person can testify! He bought this knife from me the other day when he was on the street." โ
"Is that right, Boss He?" said the old gentleman with a menace in his tone.
"Wellโโ? this, I did ...... the other day."
"Really?" At this time, a dozen people with knives suddenly rushed in, standing on both sides of the booth.
When Boss He saw it, he immediately changed his words and said, "No, I don't know that person." โ
"Brother Tai, do you have anything else to say?"
"No, I'm done with what I'm going to say, since the knife is here, no matter what, I'll get it today. โ
"Someone, get this deliberately troublemaker out of me!"
After the old gentleman finished speaking, more than a dozen people with knives rushed towards Mingwu, and Mingwu was about to make a move, when suddenly, a very strong aura came out of the field, and the dozen or so people with knives were stunned.
Then, a majestic voice sounded, "I'm afraid it's a bit of a bully for you to do this!" A man with a sword on his back slowly walked out of the field, and it was the person who Na Wu saw through the alley that day.
At this time, everyone was stunned, and looked up at the man with the sword on his back with a look of worship.
The old gentleman on the stage also fell to the ground all of a sudden, slowly got up, lifted his glasses, and said respectfully: "Unexpectedly, the swordsman of Yujian Ridge, Murakami, also came." โ