My brother is so cunning

Chapter 28 Three Options for Silencing

He Lingyun had already awakened his wild fighting instincts, and the moment he sensed the danger, he suddenly jumped up and drew his sword to stab, but Wen Rui did not move at all, and the tip of the sword paused just a millimeter away from his eyes.

It was not that He Lingyun did not dare to stab down, but the tip of the sword hit the transparent barrier. The cunning Senior Brother Wen set up a mountain protection formation in the hall and talked to her across the barrier of the formation.

Wen Rui smiled without blinking, "Not bad, you've improved again, you can control your killing intent more easily. It's a pity that you still lack control over your murderous aura. A sword without any murderous aura is clearly telling others that you can't stab them."

He Lingyun tilted his head, stared at Wen Rui steadily, and said: "I didn't release the murderous intent towards you, it just suddenly occurred to me that there is a possibility that you are not a bad person... If you don't believe me, untie the formation and see if I dare to stab you!"

She pondered and said, "From the moment I walked into the gate of Jinling Sect, I was extremely careful and alert at all times. That road was the most terrifying road I have ever walked in my life. I know that if you want to trick me into coming in to silence me, I will never be able to walk to you alive."

"The fact that I can meet you proves that you don't intend to kill me to silence me."

Her thoughts seemed to be getting smoother and smoother. "Besides, I guess I can't kill you. You are smarter than the bad guys. If you can let me get in front of you, you will definitely make arrangements and will not give me any chance to assassinate you."

Wen Rui smiled even more and said, "Why don't you put down your sword? Should good people be pointed at by swords?"

He Lingyun slowly put down the sword, glanced at Wen Rui with her beautiful eyes, and said coldly: "Humph, just because you are not a bad person does not mean you are a good person. If I kill you with one sword, no one can tell me the truth. Maybe this is the real reason why I stopped!"

Wen Rui stared at her for a long time, as if he was appreciating a work of art. That look made He Lingyun more nervous, her heartbeat quickened, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

“What a rough diamond!”

Wen Rui sighed, his eyes unfocused as if lost in memories, and he said slowly: "Over the past few hundred years, the Lishan Immortal Sect has also had several disciples with potential like you, but it's a pity that they died before they grew up. I can only collect their remains as much as possible according to their wishes, restore their appearance before they died, and bury them in the cemetery."

"The Lishan disciples who knew the Jiejiao's situation but dared to go out and explore the world were full of courage, wisdom, thirst for knowledge, honesty, kindness, loyalty... but it's a pity that they all died."

"In recent years, fewer and fewer disciples have stepped out of the sect's protection. Bad money drives out good money, and the surviving disciples gradually adapt to the fate of being kept in captivity for their entire lives. I am beginning to worry that if this continues, the Lishan Immortal Sect will become a third-rate sect of the Chan Sect, or even be absorbed and annexed by the Western Church."

He Lingyun could tell that there was something heavy hidden in Wen Rui's words, but he said it in a light-hearted tone.

"Yes, you are right again."

Wen Rui calmed down a bit and continued, "From the moment you had the courage to step into the gate of Jinling Sect, I decided not to kill you, but have you ever thought that silencing someone doesn't necessarily mean killing them?"

A strong premonition of crisis came again. He Lingyun was about to raise the sword he had just put down to stab forward, but he felt a strong tingling and numbness on the arm holding the sword. A thick arc of electricity coiled and flickered on the Jinling Sect's standard flying sword, and then transmitted along his arm to He Lingyun.

He never expected that the weapon in his hand would betray him. He Lingyun forced himself to concentrate his spiritual energy and burst out the power of the golden elixir to regain control of the muscles in his palm and let go of the flying sword that was continuously releasing powerful electric currents.

Although the sword fell from her hand, the numbness in her body did not subside, but became more intense. She felt as if she was gradually turning into a stiff stone.

She raised her hand with great effort to check her palm, and a needle hole suddenly appeared on her fair skin, with a faint blue color around the needle hole. He Lingyun then realized that just like Jian Erling had been tampered with, her standard flying sword had also been tampered with by Wen Rui.

The girl became stiff and then collapsed. She fell straight backwards. A metal chair rose up from the ground just in time to catch her. Then the mechanism on the metal chair started, and the lock sleeve and buckle popped out to fix her firmly.

"Impossible. I thought that the things you gave me would be tampered with. I had already gone to the Weapon Refining Hall to replace the standard flying sword!"

He Lingyun shouted in astonishment and unwillingness.

Wen Rui paced around the metal chair, walked around the back of the girl, and stretched his dirty thief hand to the collar of her neck, as if to reach in. This reckless action frightened He Lingyun so much that her whole body froze, but the expected skin contact did not happen. Wen Rui just tore off a piece of the collar at the back of her neck.

The piece of fragment was handed to He Lingyun, and she saw a lot of densely packed small characters written on it. This piece of fragment was exactly the label of the standard training uniforms distributed uniformly by the sect.

He Lingyun was aware of the existence of this label. The largest font on it was the size, and the densely packed small characters were the materials used for weaving. There were also washing precautions in the following paragraph.

Wen Rui flipped her hand and turned to the back of the label. He Lingyun's pupils suddenly dilated. She saw that it was clearly written on it: "Made in Jinling".

"Junior Sister He, it would be better if you could be a little more careful."

Wen Rui said with regret, "Have you ever thought that my shop is next to the Lishan Immortal Sect? The products are of such high quality and low price. The cost price of the products of the weapon refining hall and weaving workshop of your Lishan Immortal Sect is not as high as my retail price. If the sisters in charge can do some calculations, they will outsource all these low-end products to me."

He walked over to pick up the flying sword that He Lingyun had thrown away, playing with it and saying, "The flying swords below the spiritual treasure level of the Lishan Immortal Sect are all made by Jinling. What difference does it make if you change one or two?"

"You can go back and check carefully. Is there any item in your room that does not have the four characters 'Made by Jin Ling' written on it somewhere that is not easy to notice?"

Pointing at the clothes on He Lingyun, Wen Rui continued: "Take this set of clothes for example. Even if you don't use a sword and intend to kill me bare-handed, this piece of clothes made from spider silk in Panshi Cave will immediately be transformed into a straitjacket and tie you up like a dumpling." He Lingyun's pupils trembled violently, and he looked at Wen Rui in shock. He couldn't believe that his treacherous senior brother had infiltrated Lishan Immortal Sect so thoroughly.

Wen Rui said jokingly, "Of course, if you came to see me naked today, I wouldn't dare to show off in front of you. I didn't lie to you about my cultivation level. If I had your cultivation qualifications, I wouldn't have lived such a miserable life over the past few hundred years."

He Lingyun did not find it completely unacceptable that she ended up being a Baizhanhe who was at the mercy of others. Instead, she felt a sense of resignation to her fate, which was "unexpected, but reasonable". It was not because she was incompetent, but because the enemy was too cunning!
She had anticipated such a result when she walked into the gate of Jinling Sect. The arrow was on the string and had to be shot, so she had no choice but to risk her life.

The girl, who was fixed on the metal chair, was now worried about her fate and asked anxiously, "You, what do you want to do to me?"

"Hush money is actually a very good form of behind-the-scenes transaction."

Wen Rui, on the other hand, seemed to have encountered a problem, with an expression that was more distressed than hers. He smiled bitterly and said, "Exchange of interests, sharing of dirt, spending money to buy peace of mind, it will never be outdated for the 'big guys' who rule the world thousands of years later."

"It's a pity that a personality like yours won't be bought off."

Wen Rui rubbed his brow and said, "If I can't buy you off with money, I'll have to pay a higher price. The most cost-effective method is killing someone to silence them, but I can't bear to use it on you. So, it's really difficult for me, senior brother. It's difficult but I have to do it, so I came up with three plans to deal with you. Please help me decide which plan is better."

He Lingyun narrowed his eyes and thought to himself that even though he said it was difficult, he could still come up with three plans!
Wen Rui took out a headband from his bag, and He Lingyun immediately recognized it as the magic weapon "Yellow Liang Hat" that he had used against Fashan.

"The first option is that I will use the Huangliang Hat to extract and slightly edit your memory. You will only remember 'I was unlucky today and my flying sword was broken. Fortunately, I found a new standard flying sword and successfully won the first place in the sect competition.'"

Wen Rui showed the Huangliang Hat and explained, "The only flaw in this plan is that if you see a scene or person you've seen before in your memory, you may recover your memory under stimulation. But don't worry, I will deliberately avoid you and always be on a parallel line with you. If you never see me, you will never recover your memory."

"No!" He Lingyun flatly refused: "I don't want to forget the painful memory you... caused me. What doesn't kill me will eventually make me stronger!"

"Okay, very spirited!"

Wen Ruizan said: "Then let's talk about the second plan."

He Lingyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, perked up and listened carefully.

"A wise man once said, 'The way to a woman's heart is through the narrow path below her navel.' For you cranes, that would be called 'the cloaca.'"

As soon as Wen Rui opened his mouth, her brows furrowed, and she felt that the dirty words were unbearable to hear.

"I will put you in a one-month 'confinement room training', using the most professional RBQ training techniques and the most sophisticated PUA brainwashing techniques to completely shape your body and mind into my shape from the inside out."

"Stop talking..."

He Lingyun groaned in pain. Her hands were fixed on the chair, and she couldn't even cover her ears. She could only let the evil sound fill her ears.

Wen Rui refused to let her go, "Many fairies fall for this. They come down to earth to take a bath and become loyal wives who are willing to betray heaven and devote themselves to mortals. You cranes are even more loyal by nature. The incubation period of crane eggs is about 30 days. The incubation process can be replaced by an incubator. When you come out of confinement, I can take care of the baby. Then I won't be afraid that you will betray me at all."

Although He Lingyun didn't understand some of the strange terms Wen Rui said, she somehow understood the general meaning of them. It must be a very terrible and shameful thing!

She also had no confidence in being able to withstand Senior Brother Wen's methods. She didn't dare to imagine what she would become after experiencing those thirty days. She was afraid that she would not be the same crane as she is now.

"No~~~" He Lingyun pleaded, "Please don't do this to me. You might as well kill me and give me a quick death..."

Wen Rui curled his lips, and with great regret, he restrained his smile and said seriously: "Then, there is only one last option left."

He Lingyun looked at him nervously, fearing that he would come up with some evil idea to torture her in various ways. The last option was her last chance to choose, and she had to accept it even if she didn't want to.

"Don't you want to expose my true face? Then I will tell you the truth in person and tell you the ultimate purpose of my actions."

Wen Rui shrugged and said frankly, "Sincerity is always the ultimate skill. No matter how smart I am, I can't treat everyone as a fool. For some people, you should tell the truth. There is nothing to hide. The two solutions I proposed earlier are just to let you know that no matter whether it is a decent or dishonest means, I have a way to solve your problem once and for all. There is no need to continue to lie to you."

As he finished speaking, the restraining mechanism of the mechanical chair automatically untied, and He Lingyun's paralysis also subsided, and he regained the ability to move freely.

He Lingyun suddenly jumped up, raised his knees and legs to make an attacking posture, staring at Wen Rui in disbelief and extreme vigilance.

(End of this chapter)