The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#464 - uninvited guest

If Wen Lun hadn't told him in advance, Lu Jing wouldn't have believed that the iron lump, smaller than a fist, in the bag was the most terrifying hidden weapon in the world—the Buddha's Wrath.

Compared to its illustrious reputation, its appearance was really quite unremarkable.

It didn't have any ferocious edges, but was rather smooth. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't see the patterns on it at all. Moreover, the weight in hand was much lighter than Lu Jing had expected, roughly estimated to be less than a pound.

This was because the outer shell of the Buddha's Wrath was very thin. Lu Jing tapped it lightly with his finger and felt that the thickness was about the same as the diameter of a hair. With the level of craftsmanship in this era, Lu Jing didn't know how Jiang Lei had done it.

Moreover, according to Wen Lun, the Buddha's Wrath didn't just have an outer shell, the internal structure was also very complex, somewhat like a honeycomb, with gunpowder hidden in each small cell.

The holder could throw the entire Buddha's Wrath out, detonating all the gunpowder inside at once, in order to deal with masters with very strong martial arts.

Or, they could disassemble the Buddha's Wrath into miniature versions of the small Buddha's Wrath to deal with multiple enemies.

This way, whether it was a one-on-one fight or facing a sea of people, they could handle it with ease.

After hearing this, Lu Jing couldn't help but be stunned, finally understanding why this thing could be ranked first on the hidden weapon list.

To be honest, after witnessing the power of nitroglycerin and TNT, Lu Jing didn't have much expectation for the gunpowder hidden weapons of this era, but now holding the Buddha's Wrath in his hand, he couldn't help but marvel at Jiang Lei's novel ideas and superb skills.

It was a pity that Jiang Lei was now dead, and the three Buddha's Wrath remaining in the world had become his last swan song.

Lu Jing carefully put away the Buddha's Wrath in his hand, while calculating in his heart how much silver this thing could sell for if it were taken out.

Limited edition, and a masterpiece by a master, in his previous life, it wouldn't be strange for this thing to be炒 out (inflated) to an outrageous price.

But now it was hard to say. Lu Jing estimated that a Buddha's Wrath itself was still worth three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, as for a higher premium, it was hard to say whether anyone would be willing to pay.

Although this thing could allow an ordinary person to threaten a first-rate master, as long as they didn't face each other head-on, even if they couldn't block it, most of the time a first-rate master could still avoid it, and the more likely situation was that the ordinary person would die before they could even make a move, and this Buddha's Wrath would become the enemy's trophy.

And for true masters, ordinary battles didn't require this thing. As for facing opponents of the same level or stronger than themselves, throwing out the Buddha's Wrath unexpectedly might indeed have the effect of turning the tide of the battle.

But this throw would cost three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, which could be said to be a veritable throw of money, and not everyone could afford it.

Of course, Lu Jing was just thinking about selling it. After finding the wealth-generating agricultural economics of planting ginseng, he was not as short of money as before. Instead, it was good to have more trump cards on his body.

Moreover, the Buddha's Wrath was the signature hidden weapon of the Thunder Fire Hall. It had never fallen into the hands of outsiders before, no, more precisely, apart from Jiang Lei, no one else had ever held this thing. Wen Lun gave it to him because Lu Jing had saved his life, but he didn't say that Lu Jing could resell it.

So Lu Jing thought about it and decided to keep it for himself.

Wen Lun had been sent back to her room at this time, and this time Aunt Wen and Wen Xiaochuan were by her side because they were worried that she would do something stupid again.

And Lu Jing and others could finally refocus their attention on Jiang Lei's murder case.

However, after experiencing Wen Lun's suicide incident, everyone's eyes towards Jin Duoduo obviously became more dissatisfied. Jin Duoduo felt the pressure and brought up the old matter again, hoping to be given one more day to find evidence that could clear his name.

Unfortunately, his proposal was ultimately rejected by everyone.

As the biggest suspect in Jiang Lei's murder, everyone certainly couldn't let Jin Duoduo go out and do things again. Who knew if he was really looking for the real culprit, or just wanted to take advantage of the unprepared to destroy the evidence of the crime that he didn't have time to destroy before.

However, Li Bufan and others didn't completely ignore Jin Duoduo's plea, and agreed to investigate for one more day, mainly because the murder weapon used by the murderer had not been found yet.

So afterwards, Li Bufan organized another big search, carefully turning over every piece of land in Wenjia Village, but until the sun set again, they still couldn't find the knife.

Lu Qinghou was the first to become impatient with this boring and tedious thing, and returned to his residence after searching halfway. After that, Duke Ying's alcohol addiction broke out, and he also said goodbye and left.

The remaining Lu Jing and his group led a group of guards, and worked for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark, they could only stop here.

In fact, as things stood now, it didn't matter much that the murder weapon couldn't be found, after all, unless the murder weapon had the murderer's name written on it, it would be difficult for Jin Duoduo to escape the blame.

In Lu Jing's opinion, Jin Duoduo's request for another day of investigation was basically just a last-ditch struggle.

After it got dark, Lu Jing went to Xinglin as usual to continue撸 (stroke) his tree, and then practiced swordsmanship, and after midnight, he returned to his room.

He didn't encounter Yu Wenyu, who was having another seizure, on the way, but Lu Jing stopped outside his room door.

He heard the sound of breathing coming from his room. The sound was very light, but thanks to his ear skills that he had worked hard to practice for more than a year, even this slight breathing sound couldn't escape his ears.

Lu Jing wasn't afraid, but instead felt a surge of energy.

He wasn't Jiang Lei, so he wasn't worried about being targeted. With his martial arts, plus the newly acquired Buddha's Wrath, Lu Jing could reluctantly accept that he was the strongest combat power in Wenjia Village now.

If someone really couldn't think straight and wanted to come and give away their head, Lu Jing wouldn't mind going up and补刀 (finishing them off), and by the way, he could get another big gift from Aunt Wen.

Lu Jing didn't even break into the door with an unexpected momentum, just like usual, he casually pushed open the door, and then stepped in.

But what surprised him was that the person inside didn't take the opportunity to sneak attack, but just stood there, as if waiting for him.

As a result, when Lu Jing saw the appearance of the person in the room, he was stunned.

Even if he was given ten chances in advance, Lu Jing would never have guessed that the person who sneaked into his room in the middle of the night would actually be Jin Duoduo's wife, Wen Qingqing.

Lu Jing was about to speak, but Wen Qingqing had already taken the first step, covering Lu Jing's lips with her hand, then pointed to the table, and lit the oil lamp on the table.