I Am Your Natural Enemy

”The captain said there are protective animals nearby, so let’s switch the engine. But I’ve heard that it seems they’re nearing the Dragon King’s Territory, and they’ve activated the silent backup engine.”

Before she could say anything, the hair all over her body began to bristle, sensing a pressure approaching. Of course, it wasn’t directed at her, but there was some creature with a heavy presence coming near.

She walked to the side of the boat and sharply glimpsed Wen Yan stepping into the water, where something seemed to be receiving Wen Yan.

In the hazy distance, she could still see something enormous emerging, but a mere glimpse felt like an illusion.

Standing on the boat, she looked at the shore of Virtue City, thinking that what she knew might be somewhat outdated; this place was completely different from what she knew.

”Mom, just buy a house here. Let’s cancel the previous one, I’ll give you all my savings.” Su Mu said firmly.

”You don’t need to add your little savings...” Su Mu’s mother didn’t say anything more.

On the other side, Wen Yan entered the water and not only saw the Big Grass Carp waiting, but also saw King Guilong strolling around.

”In broad daylight, aren’t you afraid of being seen?”

”It’s really not my fault!” King Guilong quickly denied, ”The Scorching Sun Department asked me to do it.”

”Huh? What’s going on?”

”The people from the Scorching Sun Department gave me some food, saying it’s not good to be cooped up every day. West River is so big, it’s better to come out occasionally.

I said I wouldn’t go out, and they stopped persuading me and just requested I come out for a stroll once in a while.”

Wen Yan pondered, thinking about the things he heard last time. It seemed that with the Spiritual Qi Resurgence, indeed there’s a plan, gradually laying the groundwork. Judging by the Scorching Sun Department’s style, there’d probably be several phases.

Now whenever something happens, they find someone to take the blame, everything can be rationalized.

If it can’t be explained, then they offer a possibility, leave it hanging. After a few days, once the heat is gone, no one pays attention anymore.

But soon there might be some things that won’t be acknowledged nor denied, leaving people to guess.

If they guess in the wrong direction or take the topic off track, then they’d get blocked.

Tomorrow, perhaps someone locally would say they saw a Divine Dragon in the West River.

Once sustained for a few more years, they might begin to acknowledge some things, gradually progressing.

Wen Yan himself felt something, remembering how ghost novels were easily banned a few years ago.

But this year, many spiritual-themed novels with apparently high stakes weren’t banned.

Moreover, a recently released movie received high praise as it didn’t end with any illusion or hypnosis kind of ending.

Though that movie’s tone wasn’t horror, the ghost wasn’t an illusion, which was quite a clear signal.

Wen Yan recalled how people from different regions of the Scorching Sun Department seemed very busy, constantly overwhelmed, and incidents gradually increasing. Judging by this year’s sudden frantic progress, within a few years, it might be impossible to hide anymore.

However, these grand-scale matters weren’t much related to him, he focused on his own tasks.

Had a chat with King Guilong; King Guilong’s recovery was going well, lately, he’s seen people on the shore worshiping him, thus he’s in a good mood.

Wen Yan painted a grand picture of being the Water God, it’s barely been a while, the results were already evident, the local waters have become much safer, now one might even find it difficult to perish in the river.

First, one would have to handle the few Water Demons in the water.

After talking with King Guilong underwater, Wen Yan found a place to get ashore.

Once ashore, he took out his phone and checked the Black Box.

”How’s the monitoring result?”

”No match found for now, the number of people wearing masks in winter has increased to a non-negligible proportion. The target might be wearing a mask.”

Wen Yan paused; it hadn’t occurred to him before, if the Great Demon possessed someone and wanted to escape, simply wearing a big mask would thwart facial monitoring.

”Just keep an eye on people exhibiting similar symptoms of losing their minds.”

After conversing with Su Mu, the spectrum he constructed in his mind became clearer.

Wasn’t that person wanting to return to where he came from via the portal in the mountains?

This time, he was headed towards the mountains for the portal, wasn’t he?

In that case, let’s give him a chance to go.

The Ye Clan’s curse had dissipated, and the keys hidden within the Ye Clan’s bloodline were gone.

In theory, it only related to the opening of that portal and no longer pertained to the Ye Clan.

Wen Yan closed his eyes, after pondering for a long time, went home to continue practicing.

After a few hours of cultivation, he sent Su Mu a message to confirm whether he was available to take a call.

Then he called Su Mu, after talking for over ten minutes, Wen Yan borrowed the Nether Path to arrive at the Temple of Mazu Empress.

After paying respects to Mazu Empress, he spoke quietly.

”Empress, I’m doing all this on your behalf, I trust you, don’t let me trust the wrong person.

So, could you offer some advice?

Of course, if you think brainstorming would be better, asking other big shots, then I believe you’re right too.”

Wen Yan mumbled for quite some time, mainly thick-skinned.

He randomly asked other big shots, they might not even pay attention to him.