I Am Your Natural Enemy

Bai Jiahui and Mo Shishi went to the blow-up goods store to learn a craft, and the shopkeeper really liked the chubby fox with the round face, teaching them with full dedication. Especially after seeing all these weird non-human beings appearing, the shopkeeper’s self-doubt was completely resolved, and he settled down completely, just waiting to leave after teaching the apprentices.

Meanwhile, Wen Yan had no particular occupation, spending his days practicing martial arts, routinely visiting the underground beehive, chatting with Men Xinsheng, then with Huo Yong, and casually seeing if he could get any intelligence from The Rich.

Moreover, there were Ren Yubao and Zhou Xiaorong squatting on the grand hall square, and their intelligence could all be cross-verified.

Ren Yubao wasn’t in a hurry to call him back because Ren Yubao had been squatting there for a few days, which was when his power was at its peak.

Although all the Ghost Wealth Gods in the Divine Land were caught, the grand hall on the grand hall square remained standing.

If more people couldn’t be caught, couldn’t they at least disgust them?

As long as their ability to earn ”money” was affected, let’s see who starts to worry first.

In any case, the Divine Land side was definitely not worried, as the captured Ghost Wealth Gods would be quite busy in the days ahead.

Scorching Sun Department’s way of working wasn’t like Wen Yan’s, who could just leave after fighting, but Scorching Sun Department needed to wrap things up, ensure the case was clear, and list it out.

Every live-captured Ghost Wealth God had done certain things, corresponding to certain cases, and everything had to be clarified as much as possible.

Overall, it was uncertain whether the Ghost Wealth God cases could reach the conclusion phase before the New Year.

Of course, these were things Wen Yan didn’t need to worry about.

Wen Yan was in a good mood today because it was payday again.

This month, money had been distributed three times, including normal bonuses, travel allowances, performance pay, salaries, and extra bonuses for settling some matters.

Apart from direct cash, there were also two real estate certificates, for the two buildings next door to Wenyan Family, including the one Bai Jiahui lived in.

Wen Yan looked at his balance; apart from feeling happy, he didn’t feel as thrilled as when he first received a large bonus.

However, the two property certificates sent directly by Scorching Sun Department made him feel more secure.

At least he could see them every day, see that they were his property.

His willingness to help Sparrow Cat open a shop was also because the balance in his bank account was no longer tight.

He didn’t have particularly large expenditures; he hardly even bought clothes. If three years ago, his bank card had this much balance, he would feel he could relax for life.

Spending five thousand a month, the balance would last him sixty years.

But now, he opened the internal exchange page of Scorching Sun Department, realizing he had thought too much.

Unless he decided to relax, like an ordinary retired person, just eating and drinking every day, otherwise many resources he wanted not only required money, but most importantly needed merit.

Wen Yan looked at the items available for exchange, not only including Warm Jade, Blood Warm Jade, and Scorching Sun Jade, but all sorts of qualities.

The prices were higher than before, and it was unclear who decided them.

Apart from him, others didn’t have such high demand for these items.

Moreover, looking at the exchange quantities, under the premise of individual limits, this was obviously not exchanged by one person, as many had already exchanged.

It was unknown why they were consuming merit, exchanging these items so soon; wasn’t it a bit early?

Wen Yan browsed like a shopping site, and after a while, a message popped up notifying him that he still had three self-selection opportunities, where he could go to the warehouse himself or directly select from the exchange list.

The message also thoughtfully advised that self-selection opportunities were more precious, and some items wouldn’t be listed in the exchange, suggesting he best visit the headquarters warehouse.

Wen Yan scratched his head, unable to recall when he got the three chances.

Thinking it over, he decided to call Feng Yao for clarification.

”I’ve got a question. I’m browsing the exchange list, and suddenly a message pops up saying I have three more opportunities to choose items from the headquarters warehouse. When did I get these, and why wasn’t I notified?”

”I’m not from the headquarters, am I? If it’s from the headquarters, it surely isn’t a mistake. You just hold onto them; there’s way better stuff at the headquarters than in Nanwu County.”

”Hmm?”

”Heh, you don’t think museums alone play the borrowing-without-returning trick, do you?”

”Hmm?” Wen Yan’s eyes widened.

”Wait a moment, I’ll send you something, take a look; all good stuff.”

Feng Yao sent Wen Yan a file, noting various discoveries transferred to the headquarters under names like research, exhibitions, borrowing, and storage.

”Seen it?”

”Seen it, wow, there’s so much from Guanzhong County? This borrowing concept without return is a bit excessive, isn’t it?”

”Well, you can’t say that entirely; some are just too useful. Once borrowed, they just can’t sit idle.

Some are rather sensitive, and the branch doesn’t want to keep them locally.

Like Emperor Qin’s Bronze Carriage, which is said to be the chariot Emperor Qin used himself.

Guanzhong County doesn’t quite want to keep it locally, you understand, right?”

”To avoid drawing hatred and stirring up conflict, and conveniently shirk responsibility, right?”

”Heh, exactly, you know, Guanzhong County was the earliest to recruit ghosts, with many experts in archaeology being ghosts. If you place an artifact and say it was the key element for his family’s enjoyment back in the day, isn’t that just asking for trouble?”