Chapter 14: The Frontroom Blade

Everyone stood up and looked out the door, Li Kunlun gave Xiao Rui a note while others were not paying attention, and Xiao Rui quickly withdrew from the front hall.

"I've seen the valley lord in Xia Chu Weifeng," the middle-aged man said.

"Now you can talk about it," the valley lord said to Li Kunlun.

Li Kunlun: "It's okay, this is the beginning"

"The day before yesterday, when Brother Chu and Brother Xiao were killed by Miss Xue, they found some coarse cloth and a strange piece of wood in Miss Xue's hand at the scene."

"After many investigations by the younger generations, that piece of wood is a strange wood called stone sunken wood"

"This piece of wood originally belonged to Uncle Chu's master swordsmith predecessor gave him a stone sunken wood Xun for the New Year's handover to Miss Xue, which Uncle Chu can testify."

"Yes, the master did make a wooden xun earlier, and later gave it to a girl with a bad temper, and that girl often came to the master," Chu Weifeng replied.

Li Kunlun continued, "This stone and wood are as hard as iron, and ordinary weapons are not good at all."

"The swordsmith's predecessors once said that it only takes the top 20 divine weapons in the weapon spectrum or the special tools held by specific craftsmen to cut through the stone and wood."

"So, I asked Uncle Chu to come and find the murder weapon that cut off Miss Xue's Shi Shen Muxun."

"I'm tired of everyone taking out their weapons, please Uncle Chu take a look"

Wang Xu: "What kind of swordsmith appeared out of thin air, who can prove that what he said is true"

Chu Nanfeng: "Brother Li is talking about the seniors who live in stone houses in the east of the valley."

Li Kunlun "exactly"

Chu Nanfeng: "That senior was the swordsmith who defended the country at the top, I have asked for a sword many times but have not gotten it, his words are naturally credible"

The king was speechless and stepped back.

"This is my sword, please take a look at it" Chu Nanfeng handed over his sword.

"The blade of the sword is three feet six inches, and the net weight is seven catties and two taels; it should only rank in the top 50 at most in the weapon spectrum."

"It can't easily cut off the stone and sunken wood, if you use it to cut it, you can only rely on brute force to shatter it," Chu Weifeng said.

"Young Master Chu is the young owner of Sword Mountain Villa, why is he not very famous for wearing a sword," Meng Zhen asked.

"Uh...... This, don't hide it from the master, since I lost a Jin Hong sword ranked twenty-first in the weapon spectrum three years ago, I can't bring a good sword when I go out" Chu Nanfeng scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

Everyone smiled bitterly.

"Look at me, this is a treasure knife handed down by my ancestors," Wang Xu handed over his big knife with some anticipation.

Chu Weifeng: "The blade is 5 feet 5 inches, the thickness of the knife is 3 points, the handle is 2 feet long, and the net weight is 30 catties."

Wang Hao's "ranking on the weapon spectrum"

Chu Weifeng: "This knife is just a weighted ghost head knife, and it can't be used in the weapon spectrum"

"Hmph" Wang Hao snatched back the big knife and returned to his seat, his face full of displeasure.

"Brother Le, your sword is on the weapon spectrum, so let's take it for the master to see" Chu Nanfeng was interested, as if he regarded this place as a treasure appreciation conference.

"Seniors, please take a look," Lehua handed over his sword.

Chu Weifeng: "The sword blade is three feet and three inches, and the net weight is six catties and six taels; the sword body is made of dark iron, and the sword blade is plated with stainless steel, which is the twenty-fifth Linyuan."

"But this sword can't cut through the stone and the wood."

"Ah, how could it be, I thought Brother Le's sword would definitely work, I thought this sword was extraordinary in the previous competition"

"I'm not saying that Brother Le is a murderer, I mean Brother Le's sword...... Not bad" Chu Nanfeng felt a little inappropriate as soon as he said the first sentence, and immediately added.

"Little brother understands, Brother Chu doesn't have to worry," Lehua said to Chu Nanfeng when he saw this.

"That's good, that's good" Chu Nanfeng hurriedly responded with a smile.

Mengzhen: "The poor monk only has a broken Zen staff, and he also asks the donor to look at it"

"It's just that an ordinary Zen staff doesn't have a hidden grid," Chu Weifeng said after taking it in his hand and taking a closer look.

"Brother Xiao made it a wooden stick, it was cut off by Senior Wei before, and I used it for him recently, so you don't need to look at it."

"What about the Xiao brothers," Chu Nanfeng finished speaking, and found that Xiao Rui was not in the hall.

"Here" Xiao Rui happened to be carrying a handful of black cloth wrapped in black cloth on his back.

"Brother Xiao, where did you go, the senior disciples are identifying the murder weapon," Chu Nanfeng asked.

"Went and fetched something," Xiao Rui returned.

Chu Weifeng stared at Xiao Rui for a while, and Xiao Rui handed over his wooden stick.

"This ......," Chu Weifeng frowned.

"Is there anything wrong with this wooden stick," Chu Nanfeng asked.

"This is a very ordinary wooden stick," Chu Weifeng returned the wooden stick to Xiao Rui.

"Little Master Li, it seems that there is no weapon here that can cut off the stone and sunken wood" Chu Weifeng looked at Li Kunlun with a slightly disappointed look.

"Uncle Chu, don't be impatient," Li Kunlun seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, and said calmly.

"If the murderer dares to commit such a continuous murder, it will be easy to leave no flaws, but he is so careless that he forgets one thing," Li Kunlun continued.

"What's the matter?" asked the Lord of the Valley.

"Lord Qiugu, can you ask your disciples to fetch a few basins of alkaline water for the juniors," Li Kunlun replied.

"No problem," said the valley lord, and assigned two disciples to fetch water.

After a while, seven basins of alkaline water were placed in front of the hall.

"What does Brother Li want to do with alkaline water," Chu Nanfeng asked puzzled.

"Brother Chu, you and Brother Xiao have found another part of that Muxun at the scene," Li Kunlun asked.

Chu Nanfeng: "Except for the coarse cloth and that small piece of wood, there is nothing suspicious in the room"

"That means that the murderer took the wooden xun, when I went to Gudong to inquire about the seniors, he told me that he coated it with some green mandala juice in order to maintain the wooden xun," Li Kunlun glanced at Chu Weifeng after speaking.

Chu Weifeng, wanting to speak and stopping.

Li Kunlun: "The juice of this clear mandala is colorless and tasteless, although it is harmless, it will invade the skin like venom, and it will take several months to completely eliminate it."

"Although this green mandala is colorless and odorless, it will turn red when it touches alkaline water."

"So, as long as the person who touched the wooden xun put his hand in this alkaline water, he will know"

"Ah, I see, why didn't Brother Li say it earlier" Chu Nanfeng was very surprised.

The rest of the people began to talk to each other, and Li Kunlun frowned after looking around at the crowd.

"That piece of wood has always been in Brother Xiao's hands, and I also asked Brother Xiao to come and check the piece of wood, and only the two of us have touched it, and Brother Chu and Brother Xiao can testify."

Chu Nanfeng nodded.

"So, if you put your hands in alkaline water, they will turn red."

With that, Li Kunlun put his right hand into the water.

The crowd stepped forward.

"If it really turns red, Brother Li, you are really a god, so the murderer can't escape," Chu Nanfeng said excitedly.

Li Kunlun: "Brother Xiao, you can also put your hands in and take a look."

Xiao Rui put his hand into the water, and sure enough, it turned red.

"I'll try it too," Lehua said, reaching into the water.

The water did not change color after a long time. Li Kunlun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

"How can Brother Le be a murderer, haha" Chu Nanfeng finished speaking and put his hand into another basin.

"It's turning red, the water is turning red," Wang Hao called.

"How come, it's not me" Chu Nanfeng couldn't believe it.

"Amitabha, Gongzi Chu is a heroic person on weekdays, but he didn't expect to do such a thing" Mengzhen shook his head.

"It's all too clear who the murderer is," Li Kunlun said calmly.

"Brother Li, I'm ......" Chu Nanfeng was surrounded by Wang Hao and his disciples with weapons before he finished speaking......