I Am Your Natural Enemy

Wen Yan reached out and drew back that bit of corpse poison.

After calming down, he still couldn’t believe that Cai Heizi was really dead.

Even if he believed that Cai Heizi had been prepared to die from the very beginning, had even predicted what would happen after his death.

When Cai Heizi saw the Night Vigil Deity appear, that feeling of relief was completely unconcealable.

Stopping him, not letting him go out and take risks alone, was intentional, just to keep everything under control.

Wen Yan could already imagine just how much chaos the outside world was about to descend into.

Originally, with the power of a Night Vigil Deity, it really was possible to kill every single person here. On top of that, since that thing wasn’t picky, there probably wouldn’t even be a single corpse left in this Domain by the end.

Then once dawn broke, the Night Vigil Deity would just vanish.

No matter how much they investigated, they couldn’t find the living or the dead. Combined with how the entrances and exits here operated—how taking a wrong path meant disappearing—it would be natural to conclude that everyone had simply vanished.

There were traces left, but no evidence, no survivors, no bodies—this would forever stay an account no one could explain clearly.

But now the Night Vigil Deity was dead, and there were so many survivors left.

Among these people, there were quite a few who came from ordinary backgrounds, but also some who were from martial arts schools, some whose families belonged to the Scorching Sun Department, Taoist temples—basically covering all types from Nanwu County.

If you brought out all the connections these people represented, together that would include all the power up and down Nanwu County.

And here, there was also a disciple of the Mount Mao Sect Master, and Qin Kun of Fuyu Mountain.

Plus, with Wen Yan also present, the entire West River Water System in Nanwu County could be counted on Wen Yan’s side.

To kill them all now was already impossible.

Huang Zhiji said a few words to the others, told them to look over the remnants of fighting here—then it’d be easy to draw one conclusion: if Minister Cai hadn’t sacrificed himself, hadn’t exploded with everything he had, then they, trapped in a sealed Domain, could only choose between dying sooner or dying later.

Wen Yan could already tell, as long as these people made it out alive.

Then, all throughout Nanwu County, there would definitely arise a kind of unprecedented unity.

This was the most correct thing for Nanwu County going forward.

And such a result was something Cai Qidong could never have accomplished while alive.

Even if someone could see this point, there’d be nothing they could do.

You can’t argue with a dead man. Once someone dies, in some ways, they’re invincible.

Especially if they die in a way that’s bright, absolutely righteous, and strong—then that’s complete invincibility.

When they’re alive, those little black marks, those flaws, no matter how insignificant, at worst they’re a hero with some blemishes.

Anyone who dares play the contrarian now, first gets burdened with ”utterly lacking vision, narrow-mindedness”.

Wen Yan believed Cai Qidong surely understood all this, so he would definitely do things to the very extreme.

Anyone wanting to save him, no one could stop him from dying.

Because Cai Qidong had already said what needed to be said, had made Wen Yan understand that this choice was absolutely worthwhile.

This was doubling down on his major direction in life.

Even so, no matter how clearly he understood all this, Wen Yan still didn’t believe Cai Qidong was really dead.

He stared at Cai Qidong’s corpse, gritting his teeth.

”Cai Heizi, you really are the same bastard as ever. You lured me here, used everyone else, and you still want to just die so easily? Dream on. I don’t believe you’re dead! Just you wait! I really don’t buy it!”

He carefully recalled: when he fed Grandma’s offering to Cai Qidong, before he swallowed that thing, Cai Qidong definitely hadn’t stopped breathing completely.

Other things Wen Yan might not be sure of, but Grandma’s Blood Lock could forcibly keep Chen Qimo alive and lock his blood for over ten years, refusing to let him die. Even the Technique of Slaughter couldn’t cut through, the blood would be locked and the person would live.

No matter the motive, no matter Cai Qidong’s character, from any perspective, Cai Qidong was dead.

But Wen Yan just didn’t believe it right now—don’t try to tell him different.

Wen Yan didn’t even have this much confidence in Grandma.

Dawn came, and as Wen Yan was preparing to leave, he saw, deep within the buildings, a door that hadn’t been there before. Feng Yao, eyes red, walked out from within.

Wen Yan saw Feng Yao and paused slightly.

”I hadn’t even realized before, where did you go?”

”When we arrived, the Minister told me to stay right here.”

Later, a recording automatically played, telling me to store away the monitoring data here, and never to let anyone destroy it.

Everyone here was being monitored. This was a dedicated examination hall.

Everyone’s actions would eventually be linked to their evaluation and recommendations.

He said, no matter if the sky fell outside, I was not to come out.

I couldn’t come out until the dust settled. That was my mission.”

As Feng Yao spoke, behind that door there were several staff members busily working in silence.

Seeing these people, Wen Yan was suddenly reminded—they were staff he’d seen before. At some point, while distracted, he stopped seeing them, and afterward never thought of them again.

After watching that door close and turn back into a wall, Wen Yan felt his impression of those people fading.

”So this was the special place in this Domain, right?”

”Yes. Before, the people Minister arranged here were running experiments and accidentally discovered this peculiarity. He said there was no better testing ground than this, that you could truly observe everyone’s behavior here—just didn’t expect...”