Transcending Heavens: My Cheat Code is Myself

“It was my short-sightedness, Brother You, that made sense. Since Hidden Sword Manor can forge one Fish Intestine Sword, it can naturally forge more Fish Intestine Swords. Therefore, it is indeed a good opportunity to use the Plum Blossom Bandits to throw this sword out.”

Li Xunhuan chuckled, "But if you do that, aren't you afraid people will call you a spendthrift?"

Chen Feng smiled upon hearing this, shrugged, and said with a half-smile, "It's alright. Ahead of me, there's another spendthrift who's given away all his family's estates, shops, and fields. When people talk about spendthrifts, I'm definitely not one of them."

Li Xunhuan was stunned, feeling as if he had been hit by a critical strike.

"Besides, I gave it to one woman. If other women know that I am so generous, they will naturally be willing to throw themselves into my arms. Haven't you heard of the saying 'spending a thousand pieces of gold to buy a horse's bones'?"

At this point, Chen Feng forcibly suppressed the corners of his mouth, "Besides, this is less likely to cause misunderstandings than giving it to a man, right?"

"Anyone who didn't know better would think..." Chen Feng's eyes darted toward Li Xunhuan's groin.

Li Xunhuan: . . . .

He suddenly didn't feel like talking anymore, and even the twenty-year-old vintage wine in his glass didn't taste as good.

He took a deep breath, looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and began to explain, "Actually, I'm not..."

"I understand, I understand everything." Chen Feng nodded, giving him an "I understand" look, and raised his wine glass.

"No need to explain, it's all in the wine!"

After saying this, Chen Feng drank it all in one gulp.

Li Xunhuan had no choice but to clink glasses with Chen Feng. Having suffered for more than a decade, Li Xunhuan thought he had long been used to hardship.

However, at this moment, he clearly felt that the wine in his mouth was so bitter that it was difficult to swallow.

He became completely honest and no longer wanted to talk to Chen Feng about spendthrift sons, women, and money. He decisively asked, "What exactly happened in the case eighteen years ago?"

"How much do you know?" Chen Feng countered.

"All I know is that he got involved in the case of the death of Weng Tianjie, the leader of the Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains, and then he was hunted down by the remaining members, but I don't know the specifics." Li Xunhuan shook his head.

"The Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains?" Chen Feng sneered. "Weng Tianjie, whose righteousness reaches the heavens; Yi Minghu, whose eyes are like lightning; Bian Hao, whose precious horse and divine spear are like a divine spear; Jin Fengbai, whose medicine cures all diseases; Zhang Chengfeng, the carefree young master; Qiao Hong, who splits Mount Hua with his might; Gongsun Yu, who is as swift as a storm; and Ximen Lie, who braves fire and water."

"Led by a local tycoon, a few wandering swordsmen and some unworthy disciples of martial arts merchants came together. Their martial arts skills were passable, and they formed a small circle under the guise of loyalty."

Li Xunhuan pondered and said, "As far as I know, those people are not bad people, and Weng Tianjie is also generous and righteous. They are worthy of their name as the 'Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains'."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng chuckled.

"The problem lies in his reputation for being 'generous and righteous.' If it were just Weng Tianjie and his seven brothers hanging out, running their own businesses and entertaining themselves, then there would naturally be no problem."

"But they just love to spread their reputation for loyalty everywhere. In order to live up to his reputation of being 'righteous and chivalrous,' Weng Tianjie was even more generous and charitable, fearless of anyone who came and always ready to help. As long as someone came to his door, he would offer them gold and silver."

At this point, Chen Feng sneered: "Weng Tianjie is just a minor county tyrant, and Weng Family Village is just a small village in Xuzhou. It has neither thousands of acres of fertile land nor hundreds of shops. What makes him so generous and responsive to every request?"

Li Xunhuan's pupils suddenly contracted: "You mean...?"

“That’s right, it’s exactly the business of bandits! Murder, robbery, and plundering,” Chen Feng said. “Otherwise, unless he can conjure money out of thin air, or his ancestors buried gold and silver treasures for him in the ground.”

"Of course that's impossible," Li Xunhuan said with a wry smile.

"Therefore, there is no other explanation for this matter," Chen Feng said calmly. "Although Weng Tianjie's martial arts skills are quite good, and he never leaves any clues after each move, how can one walk by the river without getting his shoes wet?"

"He's committed so many cases, and he always seems to conjure money out of thin air, it's no wonder people are suspicious, especially since..."

"Besides what?"

"Moreover, he is physically strong, and in order not to leave any loopholes, he would naturally do a lot of things like killing to cover his tracks."

Chen Feng took a sip of wine and continued, "A batch of red goods from Hidden Sword Manor was once transported back from Jiangnan, but it was robbed in the Central Plains. None of the escorting team survived; their necks were all broken."

Li Xunhuan remained silent for a moment, then asked, "So Tie Chuanjia went to investigate a case?"

Chen Feng nodded: "Several victims entrusted the case to Divine Eagle Lu Ziming, but Divine Eagle Lu Ziming has a good friend, Tie Chuanjia."

"So Tie Chuanjia infiltrated Wengjia Village, obtained evidence that Weng Tianjie was engaging in illegal business, and then..."

"Then we gathered our forces and took action together," Chen Feng said calmly. "Weng Tianjie made it clear that no one would be left alive, so when we took action, we certainly wouldn't leave anyone alive either."

Li Xunhuan sighed. Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, that's the rule of this martial world.

"But why didn't Tie Chuanjia say it?" Li Xunhuan asked, puzzled.

Weng Tianjie did the work of bandits and deserved to die. Tie Chuanjia was entrusted with a task and should do his duty. Now that the case has been solved, why continue to conceal it?

"Because he's stupid," Chen Feng thought to himself, speechless. "He actually thought Weng Tianjie treated him quite well while he was undercover, and developed real feelings for Weng Tianjie and the others."

They actually begged Lu Ziming not to reveal Weng Tianjie's affair, so that he could preserve his posthumous reputation.

Lu Ziming naturally agreed. Tie Chuanjia was his friend, and he wasn't a blabbermouth. Wiping out an entire family of victims wasn't exactly a glorious thing, so he naturally agreed.

The most unlucky one was Tie Chuanjia, that poor bastard. He was verbally abused and relentlessly hunted down by seven other people who didn't know the truth, and he almost lost his life. Luckily, he had the protection of your Li family, otherwise he would have been dead in some remote corner long ago.

Li Xunhuan felt a pang of toothache upon hearing this. "So the other seven people were unaware?"

"No wonder they're all idiots. They should have figured it out by now, but they really don't know anything about it."

"But it's no secret that the Weng family was wiped out. Yitietang and Wanshengyuan were worried about being implicated by the Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains, so they drove Jin Fengbai and Zhang Chengfeng out, forcing them to wander the Jianghu."

So naturally, they hated Tie Chuanjia even more. It's said that these men have been searching for Tie Chuanjia for over a decade, never giving up on the idea of ​​revenge. In that respect, they are indeed quite loyal.

Li Xunhuan: . . . . .

What should I do if my toothache gets worse after listening to this?

I felt sorry for Tie Chuanjia, but I also admired him.

"What about Lu Ziming? Doesn't he know the truth? Why doesn't he come out and say a few words?" Li Xunhuan asked.

"When you're out in the world of martial arts, you're bound to get hurt eventually." Chen Feng shrugged. "Lu Ziming was hacked to death a year later, so how can he speak up for Tie Chuanjia?"

Li Xunhuan: . . . .