Chapter 3280: Iron-Blooded Methods

Wu Feiyan's concern is not unfounded.

The three grand elders possess extraordinary strength; they are about to open the Niwan Palace, and their strength will undoubtedly increase further.

It can be said that these three are Wu Feiyan's strongest trump cards besides herself.

However, the three grand elders currently face a very serious problem: they have no opportunity to take the Eternal Youth Pill.

Without the Eternal Youth Pill, their lifespan will hardly exceed two hundred years, meaning their remaining life is actually shorter than Wu Feiyan's.

If the three grand elders learned that the mysterious enemy possesses the divine medicine Reshaping Pill, they would first feel wary of the enemy, secondly, their own image and deterrence would naturally be affected by the enemy, and thirdly, if they also desired longevity and sought an Eternal Youth Pill, I could not satisfy them; should they turn their target toward the enemy, they might escape my control.

Although the three grand elders are Wu family members, Wu Feiyan clearly knows who could resist the temptation of longevity.

Therefore, whatever happened to Wu Shuhang must be suppressed at all costs; the three grand elders must not know, nor must the Purging Alliance or other Wu family members.

Wu Tianlin also realizes that Wu Feiyan's concern is not without reason.

Working for the boss or working for relatives is essentially about earning money; if core employees learned that competitors possess truly lavish strength and could casually spend hundreds of billions of dollars on an employee here, it would be utterly absurd—earning that much money might be impossible even after working several lifetimes!

Thinking of this, Wu Tianlin could not help cursing: "That bastard is truly hateful! This is all his calculation! Completely nothing but inflicting a thousand damages on the enemy while suffering eight hundred oneself!"

Saying that, he corrected himself: "No, it's inflicting a thousand damages on the enemy while suffering eighty thousand oneself!"

Wu Feiyan said with a dark face: "No one knows how many Reshaping Pills he has; if he has Phoenix Bone Vine, refining dozens would be no problem."

Saying that, she looked at Wu Tianlin and said coldly: "From now on, this matter must not be mentioned again; order Wu Shuhang to act immediately! Also, find out who else knows about this besides him; if his adjutant already knows, let the adjutant chop off his left hand, then order the adjutant to commit suicide by poison, posthumously confer the title of Grand General of the Flying Cavalry, and let his family enjoy the treatment of a Grand General of the Flying Cavalry."

Wu Tianlin asked cautiously: "My lord, how should Wu Shuhang be arranged?"

Wu Feiyan said: "With both hands lost, continuing as Grand Commander of the Right Army Governor's Office is naturally impossible; appointing a handless person as Grand Commander would only invite criticism from other Wu family members; order him to surrender the token and tiger tally, and let him retire in the Right Army Governor's Office; does he still have a younger brother?"

Wu Tianlin nodded: "Below, there is still a younger brother named Wu Shuhan, currently in charge of internal affairs at the Right Army Governor's Office."

Wu Feiyan nodded and said: "Let Wu Shuhan temporarily act as Grand Commander; observe his performance, and also let him provide more care and treatment to Wu Shuhang, taking good care of him and his wife and children."

Saying this, Wu Feiyan coldly snorted and said: "Such trash, by rights, should be executed to set an example, but Wu Shutong previously vanished from the human world, surely making many suspect I had him executed; letting Wu Shuhang retire to recuperate also serves as a reassurance to others; otherwise, two successive Grand Commanders vanishing from the human world would make the position of Grand Commander become a hot potato."

Wu Tianlin slightly relaxed his breath and hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord, for sparing him."

Unlike Wu Tianlin, Wu Feiyan does not value the blood ties of the Wu family as much; precisely because he has served by Wu Feiyan's side without descendants, he feels greater responsibility toward the Wu family's descendants; when Wu Shutong was executed, he already felt deep regret; if Wu Shuhang were again severed at the hands and abandoned, he would surely spend this life in misery; if given more care, at least he could have a comfortable living condition.

Wu Feiyan looked at Wu Tianlin and said: "Tianlin, you value Wu family affection and righteousness deeply—this is good, and I understand—but sometimes you must realize that the Wu family, under my protection for several hundred years, has already branched out to an enormous scale; the more people, the harder to control and restrain; someone will always, because of bearing the Wu surname, harbor overreaching thoughts at inappropriate times; thus I can determine that whoever causes trouble inside the Purging Alliance in the future will certainly be Wu family members; when it is time to be ruthless, one must still be ruthless; you may regard one nephew as your own, but with hundreds or thousands of nephews, do you still remember who is who? Among these people, occasionally a few die or get injured—it is of no consequence."

Although Wu Tianlin did not fully agree with Wu Feiyan's words, he still respectfully said: "I understand, my lord."

Wu Feiyan sighed, then solemnly said: "Time grows ever more urgent, the situation ever more tense; if I cannot obtain the Hundred Reversals Thousand Returns Pill, I will soon enter true middle age, even old age and twilight years; perhaps one day, like my master long ago, I will abandon all people and affairs around me to break through and seek longevity; at that time, I will entrust the Purging Alliance and the Wu family to your hands; the Wu family is too numerous—like a cage holding tens of thousands of birds; once the cage can no longer hold them, each person wants to fly in a different direction; you must manage them well, which requires such iron-blooded methods; the Wu family is so numerous that occasionally killing a few is of no consequence to the continuation of the Wu bloodline, yet it can kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, making them obedient; otherwise, one day, the Purging Alliance and the entire Wu family will split apart and be destroyed piecemeal by the enemy."

Wu Tianlin hurriedly said respectfully: "My lord, I believe you will surely find the formula for the Hundred Reversals Thousand Returns Pill, like Elder Meng, extending your yang lifespan by five hundred years; I do not wish to command the Purging Alliance, only to serve you faithfully until my last breath!"

Wu Feiyan nodded slightly and said calmly: "I know you are loyal and devoted; if I truly have the chance in this life to obtain the formula for the Hundred Reversals Thousand Returns Pill and find the Phoenix Bone Vine, I will certainly be able to refine the Eternal Youth Pill; then I will bestow upon you five hundred years of opportunity."

Upon hearing this, Wu Tianlin immediately dropped to both knees, bowed his body, and said gratefully: "My lord's grace, I will remember it for my lifetime! If my lord bestows upon me five hundred years of opportunity, I will also serve by your side until the last day of those five hundred years!"

Wu Feiyan satisfiedly gave a slight nod and said: "Alright, rise; handle the matter well, then report back to me."

Wu Tianlin hurriedly asked: "My lord, what about the three grand elders? Originally, to prevent their exposure, we let them wait temporarily in Nigeria, awaiting intelligence on the enemy before urgently dispatching them to Morocco; but now that this has happened, they certainly cannot go to Morocco to investigate anymore, right?"

Wu Feiyan nodded and said: "Do not let them contact Wu Shuhang; let them prepare to withdraw; however, remind them they must absolutely not leave Nigeria; find a way to depart Nigeria, then set out from a neighboring country, and on the return journey, take many detours—do not fly directly to Buenos Aires."

Wu Tianlin immediately said: "Understood, my lord; I will now convey this to Wu Shuhang!"