Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 51: The Burning Method, Too Clever

Chapter 51: Chapter 51: The Burning Method, Too Clever

Residence of the Golden Mansion Star Lord, Sun Wukong and two others made themselves at home uninvited.

"Sun Wukong, don’t think I fear you just because you are a Daluo Golden Immortal!" Xiao Zhen angrily said, "I am a disciple of a Saint, to insult me is to insult my teaching.

Once this matter is resolved, I will ask Senior Brother of the South Pole to intervene, pinning you under a mountain for tens of thousands of years, from which you will not escape!"

"Monkey, he’s getting nervous," Yang Chan said.

"Mm, true," Ne Zha agreed.

"No rush, no rush," Sun Wukong said playfully as he flipped his hand and took out a wine jug he had brought from Deng Hua’s residence, asking, "Does the Star Lord of the Golden Mansion recognize this object?"

"Hmph, I personally brewed this wine and had already gifted it to Brother Deng Hua," Xiao Zhen snorted coldly.

"Then there is no mistake," Sun Wukong said with a smile. "I ask Marshall of the Central Altar to take this suspect into custody."

"Alright!" Ne Zha stepped forward and seized Xiao Zhen.

In front of a Daluo Golden Immortal like Sun Wukong, Xiao Zhen had no ability to resist, and he didn’t even have time to react, completely stunned by the situation.

After regaining his composure, Xiao Zhen grew even angrier, pressed to the ground by Ne Zha, his eyes red as he said, "Sun Wukong, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

Except for the time he died breaking a formation, he had never felt such immense humiliation!

"This wine is poisoned, and you killed the Wood Treasury Star Lord with it," Sun Wukong shook the wine jug.

"No, that’s impossible!" Xiao Zhen could hardly believe it, and yelled loudly, "This is slander, Sun Wukong, how dare you accuse me!"

"Hehe, don’t struggle, old Sun will make you convinced verbally and mentally," Sun Wukong’s eyes gleamed as he searched around the Immortal Mansion.

According to the investigative experience taught by senior 9527, it was generally needed to inspect the suspect’s residence to gather more relevant evidence and clues about the case.

"Hmm?" He quickly discovered something.

He saw that in a lamp oil of an ever-burning lamp, there were some recently burned pieces of paper. Since they were soaked in lamp oil, the paper hadn’t yet turned completely to ashes, and the charred surface faintly showed the character "Deng."

Sun Wukong raised his hand and cast a divine light, retrieving the charred pieces of paper intact.

"What is this?" Yang Chan asked.

"Good stuff," Sun Wukong chuckled.

"There’s a ’Deng’ character on it, but that doesn’t seem very useful. How is this good stuff?" Ne Zha wondered.

Sun Wukong didn’t explain further but turned and asked Xiao Zhen, "Is this your object?"

Xiao Zhen, who had stopped struggling, scoffed, "What if it is, what if it isn’t?"

It was the character he once wrote while studying lower realm calligraphy with Deng Hua, not knowing who had thrown it into the ever-burning lamp to burn.

"Hmm, that settles it," Sun Wukong scratched his face, appearing thoughtful.

"Haha, you think you can accuse me with such unfounded evidence?" Xiao Zhen laughed loudly.

"Unfounded?" Sun Wukong glanced at him.

A single ’Deng’ character indeed proved little, but as taught by senior 9527 in his investigation teachings, destroyed items could still reveal traces of their writing.

He immediately connected his mind to Zhihu and posted a query.

"I am Sun Wukong, currently investigating a case. I just found a burned piece of paper. I wonder, seniors, how can the writing on it be restored?"

He already had many followers online, so he quickly received replies.

Use Yaya Joy: "Seems like I saw this in a movie once, but I’ve forgotten."

Commissioner Wang of Kang Bridge: "I learned in police school to use glycerin with infrared scanning photography to restore the writing on burned paper, they also use infrared scanning in artifacts conservation."

White Deer for Brother: "Upstairs, Commissioner Brother, this is a mythological world; Monkey Bro doesn’t have those facilities, haha."

Detective Fanatic: "Uninvited, the movie that Yaya Le mentioned is ’Murder on the Orient Express’. Hercule Poirot used fire to reveal the handwriting on paper that had been burnt.

You can try this method as long as the premise is that the paper is charred but not completely burnt, and there are black ink marks on it. If you continue to burn, heating the paper until it turns red, the vanished handwriting will reappear.

However, it will quickly turn to ashes due to the high temperature, so seeing the handwriting is just a momentary thing."

[You have received a new suggestion: Complete the handwriting restoration using the fire method, and receive a Third-Rank Treasure Box upon completion]

"The fire method?" Sun Wukong scratched his face thoughtfully, quickly made a plan, and said to Ne Zha, "Take this fellow to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and let the immortals witness it so that no one can accuse Old Sun of framing anyone."

Whether or not this partially burned piece of paper was evidence, he needed more witnesses.

As for whether he could charge Xiao Zhen with a crime, Sun Wukong did not insist. Completing the Jade Emperor’s task, and simultaneously seeing if there was a chance to find clues about the leak of Heavenly Weapons, that was his main purpose.

"Sun Wukong, you’re finished!" At this point, Xiao Zhen suddenly expressed confidence without any anger, confident of his victory.

"Noisy!" Sun Wukong used a Silencing Curse, rendering Xiao Zhen speechless.

Then, he escorted him to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall right away.

On the way, seeing patrol heavenly soldiers wearing Spear-Piercing Armor pass by, Sun Wukong casually asked: "Marshal Ne Zha, these heavenly soldiers’ weapons are quite exquisite,

can Old Sun purchase some to take back for the kids at Fruit Mountain to play with?"

Before Ne Zha could reply, he first noticed Xiao Zhen’s face full of mockery.

Amidst his confusion, he heard Ne Zha laugh and say, "Great Saint, you better hope the Emperor doesn’t hear that, or he might think you’re plotting a rebellion,

Heaven’s laws clearly decree, trading weapons of the heavenly soldiers and generals is forbidden. If discovered, the lighter punishment is the revocation of immortality, the severe one is reincarnation, and the worst crimes might even result in the annihilation of the soul."

"Oh?" Sun Wukong feigned surprise.

"Don’t doubt it." Ne Zha, stubbornly pulling the silenced Xiao Zhen forward, said, "Ask the Golden Mansion Star Lord. He’s the officer in charge of the Heavenly Armory, specifically managing the distribution of weapons."

"The Armory Officer?" This truly surprised Sun Wukong, or rather, left him suspicious.

It was too coincidental!

He lifted the Silencing Curse from Xiao Zhen.

"Pah, wishful thinking." Xiao Zhen immediately cursed and mocked, "You lowly demons actually think you can use heavenly weapons? I, Lord..."

He was silenced again.

Sun Wukong’s suspicion intensified as he could tell that Xiao Zhen’s contempt for demons seemed authentic. It was unlikely that he would smuggle weapons to the Demonic Cult.

But what a coincidence it was that just as he sought to investigate the loss of Heavenly Weapons, he arrested the officer in charge of them.

At this moment, Yang Chan curiously asked, "Monkey, does Fruit Mountain lack weapons?"

"Lack, terribly so!" Sun Wukong sighed. "Been away from home for long, I don’t even know if those unarmed kids of mine have been bullied."

"Wait, I’ll grab some weapons from my second brother for you when I have time," Yang Chan sincerely said.

"Thanks, thanks a lot. I’ll write an IOU to him," Sun Wukong chuckled, momentarily shelving his suspicions.

"We’re friends, why write an IOU?" Yang Chan hurriedly objected, quite embarrassed.

Ne Zha observed their conversation, noticing something amiss in Sun Wukong’s words, but didn’t expose him, after all, it was not his weapons being discussed.

During their conversation, they arrived at the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Guards had already gone to the Tongming Hall to report to the Jade Emperor.

Soon after, a large troop of heavenly soldiers departed, bringing back a host of immortal officers and divine generals who had just left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall not long ago.

All the immortals were surprised. Had the investigation concluded so quickly?

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