Chapter 42: The Proud Girl Who Tried to Probe

Although he had to take the risk of winning the favor of the beautiful junior sister, Wen Rui thought about it and felt that the opportunity could not be missed. It was rare to have an experimental sample that took the initiative to provide data on the entire process of advancement from the Nascent Soul stage to the Return to Void stage. If he did not take it, he would be to blame. If he missed it this time, he didn't know when he would be able to completely figure out the mystery of the Return to Void realm.

Unlike normal practitioners, Wen Rui is unable to practice cultivation himself, but he has a very thorough understanding of each stage of cultivation, including Qi training, foundation building, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. If that useless spiritual root improves a little, coupled with the huge amount of resources he has accumulated, it would be easy for him to break through from Qi training to Nascent Soul perfection within a day.

After all, ordinary cultivators only refer to themselves when they practice, and use inner vision to compare the exercises to explore on their own. At best, they can exchange some experiences with a few senior brothers. The information obtained in this way is not complete at all, and it is impossible to objectively understand the full picture of the body's changes, let alone study the nature and internal causes of realm advancement through countless sample comparisons.

Although many cultivators have advanced to the Nascent Soul stage according to the techniques and teachings of their masters, they only know the results but not the reasons. It is like an athlete on the field who is certainly better than the coach, but their knowledge of training is far less complete and systematic than that of the coaching team.

What's more, if Wen Rui missed this opportunity, where would he find such a good volunteer? Even if he caught some unlucky guy from the Chan Sect and sliced him up, he would not be as good as a junior sister who is willing to cooperate in the research.

When Wen Rui thought that Gu Changfeng, who should have died long ago, would be able to enjoy himself for a few more years with his beautiful wife accompanying him day and night, and that if his enemy lived well, it would mean that he was suffering, he could not vent the anger in his heart. It was really unreasonable of him to think in this way!

He did retreat decisively out of rational considerations at that time, but that doesn't mean he can just accept it calmly. As the saying goes, the more you endure, the angrier you get; the more you take a step back, the more you lose.

Wen Rui is a mortal with a mortal mind and eyes, so he really can't become great.

Having made up his mind, Wen Rui began to guide you indirectly: "Junior Sister Luan, didn't you ask Senior Caiyunxian for advice? Besides comforting you, what other suggestions did she give you?"

"Master only asked me to practice quietly, put aside distracting thoughts, and let go of the desire for gain and loss and attachment. He said that haste makes waste, and the more you force yourself, the less you will get..."

Luan Qingyu's eyes were filled with confusion, and he whispered, "But I can't calm down at all. There seems to be something lingering in my heart. After I entered into meditation and practiced, I had many distracting thoughts, as if there was a devilish voice bewitching me, tempting me to do something bad to Senior Sister He. As long as she is gone, everything will be fine. I understand that it is the devil in my heart that is causing trouble, and I have already reached the dangerous edge of going astray."

At this point, she raised her head and looked at Wen Rui, with a hint of disgust still in her eyes: "Humph, otherwise I wouldn't be so desperate to seek help from you. You are not allowed to leak this matter to anyone, and you are not allowed to ask for a favor in return."

Wen Rui laughed and swore a great oath to his inner demon: "As a witness to my inner demon, I will keep my mouth shut about all matters concerning Luan Qingyu's request for help, regardless of whether the request is successful or not, and I will not ask for a favor in return. If you break this oath, you will be devoured."

The Great Oath of the Heart Demon is a huge threat to practitioners, especially when they are at the critical juncture of breaking through a realm. Just like becoming an immortal requires going through a thunder tribulation, breaking through a realm also requires going through a heart tribulation. Once one breaks one's oath too much, the Wuji Heart Demon will be attracted to haunt one during the tribulation, and at best one will fail to break through the realm, at worst one will go astray.

But for Wen Rui, his useless spiritual roots made it impossible to cultivate, and he couldn't even break through the Qi Refining Stage. The Heart Demon Oath was meaningless to him, and instead became a tool for him to gain people's trust.

The girl in green had not expected Wen Rui to swear so decisively. The disgust in her eyes suddenly disappeared, and she felt a little guilty. She added, "Brother Wen, I won't let you help me for nothing. If you help me defeat Sister He, I will give you a blue phoenix feather and a precious phoenix stone."

The Blue Luan Feather and the Precious Phoenix Stone are both good things, and are rare items for a wealthy Wen Rui.

Qingluan feathers are a high-grade material for making flying swords. The shape of the phoenix feathers conforms to the principles of natural aerodynamics, and they also have an innate affinity for fire spiritual power, and even have certain self-repairing material properties like memory metal.

Precious Phoenix Stone is jade that is nurtured in the stomach of Phoenix people to promote digestion. After years of Phoenix body tempering, even fast-hard stones can be transformed into high-grade gemstones. Moreover, Phoenix people will carefully select jade before swallowing it. What they swallow is already high-grade precious jade. After tempering and nurturing, the quality of the gemstone can be improved to the top level.

Being able to offer such a thank-you gift not only highlights Luan Qingyu's sincerity, but also shows her urgency. The successive failures have shaken her determination to practice. If she does not break through this obstacle in her practice in the short term, her subsequent progress in practice will be affected, and her efforts will be ineffective or even futile.

"It is the Wen family's duty to help the Phoenix people, but if I refuse Junior Sister Luan's kindness, it would seem hypocritical." Wen Rui waved his hand and said, "But now is not the time to discuss the thank-you gift. It will not be too late to discuss it after this matter is satisfactorily resolved. If Junior Sister Luan feels that the effect is not as expected, I, your senior brother, will not have the face to accept your thank-you gift."

Luan Qingyu's focus was not on the thank-you gift. She heard the promise in Wen Rui's words and asked quickly, "Brother, do you have any good ideas? Can you also arrange practical training for me?"

Wen Rui thought for a moment and said, "It's a piece of cake for me to arrange actual combat training. There are many people who have committed countless sins and deserve to die in my little black book. Killing those scumbags by any cruel means will be considered justice for the heavens. I will just find a few scumbags in the Nascent Soul stage to kill for you."

"Kill... kill people?" Luan Qingyu's face turned pale as a crane soaring into the sky.

The flaws in the religious philosophy of the Lishan Immortal Sect emerged. Even the little princess of the Phoenix clan was extremely resistant to the evil act of killing.

"So, Senior Sister He has killed someone before? No wonder she was so decisive and ruthless in the competition with her fellow disciples..." Her pretty face turned slightly pale and she said in disbelief.

"She's not, she didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Wen Rui quickly denied it three times: "That's why I said your Senior Sister He is a genius. She awakened her murderous heart before she could actually kill. As for you, your talent in this area is a little worse. It seems that killing one person is not enough. You need to kill more."

Luan Qingyu's expression was extremely conflicted, and it was obvious that this girl, who had been taught by the Mother of Mount Li, was completely unable to overcome the hurdle of committing the sin of killing.

"Brother, you have killed someone before, right? If you haven't killed anyone, won't your fighting skills become stronger?"

"I was the deputy commander of the army that attacked the Shang Dynasty in Xiqi. I killed at least 80,000 Zhou soldiers directly or indirectly. The fire I set at Juelong Ridge killed countless Zhou soldiers and generals, and I committed endless bloodshed. Otherwise, King Wu of Zhou would not have dispatched troops to hunt me down for many years after the war."

Wen Rui said expressionlessly, "The great calamity of the Conferred Gods was caused by the excessive killing karma of the twelve golden immortals of the Chan Sect. Among all the Taoist sects in the world, only the Mother of Mount Li followed the example of the Western Sect and strictly prohibited her disciples from committing the sin of killing. The other Chan Sects and Human Sects in the world today don't care if their disciples kill too much. Even if another great calamity occurs, they hope to frame others to take the blame for them."

"But..." Wen Rui changed the subject and said, "It's not that Lishan Old Mother taught you wrongly. Professional matters should be done by professionals. It's enough for Lishan disciples to have the courage to kill people, but it's better not to get involved in killing people. For example, you, a natural fire body, can create much more value in the metallurgical and energy industries than killing a few scumbags."

"So, if you have never killed anyone, you really can't fight."

Wen Rui concluded: "But you don't have to study hard, otherwise you will kill too much and it will be difficult to eliminate the sins of killing, which will easily lead to demonic possession. After all, you are not like me, who has studied the laws of the rise and fall of heavenly merits and the feedback mechanism of karma, so you can kill in self-defense without damaging your merits or creating bad karma."

Luan Qingyu frowned and stared at Wen Rui suspiciously, saying, "From what Senior Brother said, you don't plan to arrange actual combat training for me? Then how can I defeat Senior Sister He!"

"Even if I arrange for you to kill a few scumbags, you won't be a match for Junior Sister He."

Wen Rui spread his hands and said, "She is stronger than you, in addition to having a murderous heart, she also has the flexibility to use the basic knowledge of the way of heaven. The latter is even more rare, not just as simple as being good at reading and studying."

"He is just a mortal in the Qi Refining Stage..."

Luan Qingyu muttered in a muffled voice: "You are preaching as if you are at a much higher level of cultivation than us. If you say so, doesn't it mean that I will never be able to defeat Senior Sister He in my life?"

The one who knows you best is often your opponent. In Luan Qingyu's mind, He Lingyun really gave her the feeling that he was extremely difficult to contend with.

Moreover, as time went by, He Lingyun became more and more devoted to studying and learning. Luan Qingyu felt that the senior sister He, who was very simple and easy to see through before, became unfathomable, and her temperament became more and more confident and elegant, making her look like an ignorant and dull little sister in contrast.

The Brother Wen in front of her looked hateful. Although his realm was low and he gave people the impression of being arrogant, he was the one that Sister He highly respected.

Luan Qingyu once curiously asked who would be stronger between Senior Sister He and Senior Brother Wen in a duel. Senior Sister He's eyes revealed deep fear and panic, cold sweat dripped down her face, and she shook her head like a rattle, saying repeatedly that she dared not be an enemy of Senior Brother Wen. That frightened look was definitely not an act.

Although he had the endorsement of Senior Sister He, the plain-looking man in front of him was clearly a mortal and did not look very strong. Luan Qingyu could not help but feel suspicious and wanted to quietly make a move to test him.

If Senior Brother Wen is really that powerful, then his sneak attack will definitely fail, which proves that what he said is true. We can then trust his opinions and accept his guidance.

If I could take action and beat him so hard that he couldn't even see his teeth, wouldn't that be a good opportunity to expose his lie and prevent him from being deceived?

No matter how she thought about it, she felt it was worth a try. Luan Qingyu's eyes became fierce. She suddenly stood up and pounced towards Wen Rui, who was standing across the long oval table. She raised her pink fist and was about to give a big dark circle under the face of Wen Rui, who was pretending to be a hermit.

(End of this chapter)

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