I am your natural enemy.

Chapter 507 Jianmu, Sword Pointing (5k)

"Director, you asked me to come here specially. Is there something urgent? Or is there some urgent case?"

"There are so many cases, too many to handle, and some urgent cases. Can't you stay idle?"

The head of headquarters asked casually, and Wen Yan immediately shook his head.

"I'm on vacation. The New Year is coming soon, and I want to get some things done before the New Year."

The director smiled and took out a box and handed it to Wen Yan.

"Take it."

"What? For me?"

“It’s for that little girl. It’s a rare item in the warehouse. It’s not very useful. It can only be used to hide one’s identity.

There was a fugitive who used this thing and escaped for twelve years.

Let the girl take it with you, someone will take care of the formalities for you, and its origin will also be recorded.

If you want to find paper documents, you can find them. At least there is no problem with the procedure.”

Wen Yan opened the box, and inside was a ring, which was strung together with a red string to form a necklace.

"This thing is so effective, how did that person get caught in the end?"

"That's all you care about?"

Wen Yan didn't ask about procedures or anything like that. In this case, it was completely compliant and legal for the Lieyang Tribe to forge a document.

No, that's not called forgery, that's real, it's just called reissuing the document.

"Of course I care about this. If I was caught, it means there are still flaws. I have to find out what the flaws are in advance."

“It has nothing to do with things. The guy started his own business and became a boss. Over the past decade, his company has gone public and he thought that what happened back then was in the past.

Who would have thought that there was an internal fight in his company, and he and another senior executive would steal the company seal and start a group fight.

Their senior leader used a rare chameleon item brought back from abroad, and this became a job for our Lieyang Department.

The last video was uploaded for routine comparison, and his gait and footprints were compared at three marked points.

We then invited an expert to take a personal look and confirmed that it was the same person.

This kind of pampered guy can't stand the pressure of a serious interrogation when no one can help him.

There are some documents here. Take them and hang them under your former welfare home.

All your information is gone, not even the oldest text records, which is a bit troublesome.

But I think there has to be something to record who you are.

In this case, it would be reasonable for the little girl to follow you."

"Okay, then I'll put it away first. Is that all?" Wen Yan put away the things and documents. As for logistics matters, the Lieyang Department has always been very reliable, so there is nothing to look at.

"There is one more thing, but don't rush. Let's talk about it after the New Year."

"Can you tell me? If you can, just tell me first."

"Do you still remember the dead tree that fell into the present world?"

"Remember, did you get any results from the research on that thing?"

“There is a little result. According to what happened before and the current research, the team over there has a speculation.

This thing might be the remains of the ancient Jianmu, the tree that once reached the sky.

There used to be many legends, generally saying that this thing was a bridge between the heaven and the human world.

Anyone who can pass through Jianmu and ascend to heaven can obtain supernatural powers, and later on they can develop into someone who can be included in the ranks of immortals.

There are two current studies and speculations.

One is that this thing may have really been a bridge connecting the two worlds.

The second is that this thing should really be able to gain supernatural powers and have the ability to reach the sky.

But now only the wreckage is left, and the former might must have been almost completely destroyed.

Even that person from the past, no one knew how he discovered it, but he could use bugs to patch together some bugs and come up with some results.

In recent days, I found someone coveting the dead tree.

Someone wanted to subvert a researcher in the research team and used some means to confuse people.

But the big boss from Laojun Mountain is here. I don’t know how powerful he is, but his level is very high.

His mind is clear, his spirit is spotless, his spirit and the environment are one, and it is said that he has achieved the state of the primordial spirit.

No tricks are needed, just one look and you can tell that the researcher has been tricked.

Finally, our people traced it back and found that it was related to the immortal tree that the Nanyang Alliance created two months ago."

"..." Wen Yan was confused. Why was the matter going off topic?
The director glanced at Wen Yan and knew what Wen Yan was thinking from his expression.

"Don't think this is too far-fetched. Throughout history, many myths in and outside of China have some common elements.

For example, floods and giant trees.

We have Jianmu and Fusang here, Europe has the World Tree, and some of Robinia's basically extinct civilizations also have legends about magical giant trees.

From Norse mythology to ancient Greek mythology to our China, there are sacred trees everywhere.

There are some commonalities. When one exploration fails, it is not nonsense to look for a breakthrough elsewhere.

It is normal for those who want to find the immortal tree to want to find something here in Shenzhou.

After all, we are the only ancient civilization in existence that has lived long enough, has the most orderly inheritance, and has left the most records.

Even though the myth has been transformed and its details have been changed countless times, we can still find a core part that has not been modified.

Who knows if there is a part of it that actually records other places.

Do you think that the reason why more people are studying us now is purely because our national strength has increased?

That's because some things, no matter where they come from, are indeed useful.

Otherwise, would those guys who started out as bandits take the initiative to study your culture?
For example, the matter of the immortal tree was initiated by the Nanyang Alliance. They encountered setbacks in their exploration. If they didn’t come to us to look for clues, where else could they look?"

"Just tell me what you want me to do." Wen Yan sighed. He had heard before that the big boss of Laojun Mountain was preparing to repair the sky, and now he was talking about the immortal tree.

“After the New Year, maybe you will need to go into the old dream and look for some clues.

It was not mainly for anything else, but to mend the sky.

Try to see if you can repair the crack in the sky in Feng Yao’s dream, which is also the crack between the old dream and purgatory.

There has been no change in this matter at the moment, but it is still a major hidden danger and cannot be left unattended.

As for other related matters, you must also know them first.

Only when you know and understand it, you may come across relevant clues."

"Okay, I see."

After hearing this, Wen Yan understood everything.

There are still many things to do next, and everyone is busy at their respective posts.

Even the big guys who were practicing in Laojun Mountain were able to be brought down, and I don’t know who invited them.

Or does it mean that the people of Laojun Mountain, except those who have left the mountain, are about to start entering the secular world in this generation?

Wen Yan didn’t quite understand all this, but he could guess that the world was changing too fast and some people had been forced to make changes.

"Next time you come, I'll take you somewhere." Before leaving, the director left a message and let Wen Yan take his things and leave.

Back home, life began to return to normal.

With the pendant given to Lucy and a new identity document, things became much simpler.

After taking on the new identity, Lian Quemao thought that the welfare home was closed, and Wen Yan, who was born there, brought back the last orphan.

Wen Yan practiced and read books. After reading for two days, if he didn't understand something, he would go to Fuyu Mountain to ask for advice.

Wen Yan was not in a hurry, but Dao Ge was a little impatient. It was almost the New Year's Eve, so Dao Ge took advantage of the time when Wen Yan finished his day's practice and pretended to take a stroll. He just made a circle from the front yard and strolled to the back yard.

"By the way, Wen Yan, when are you going to go up?"

"what?"

"Come to the door."

"Oh, don't worry about that. I always feel like something is missing. Don't worry, it's you, and no one else can say anything about it."

"Oh, that's good." Dao Ge glanced at Wen Yan and left with satisfaction.

Then he returned to the front yard. Facing Sparrow Cat's casual provocation, Dao Ge looked Sparrow Cat straight in the eye and beat him up again.

After lunch at noon, Wen Yan opened the door of the underground beehive and quietly came to Fuyu Mountain, ready to continue asking for advice.

In addition to asking about reading, I also need to ask about some basic things.

Ever since he obtained the mythical identity Dark xx, the suffix has not been decided yet. Wen Yan knew that he had no position in his heart.

He was fine with cosplay before, but when it comes to becoming a real person, he is somewhat resistant.

So, when he was reading recently, he came across quite a few classics that he thought made a lot of sense, and most of them emphasized that solitary yin cannot produce life, and solitary yang cannot grow.

Some people also emphasize that everything will turn into the opposite when it reaches its extreme, and that everything that is too extreme will turn out to be a bad thing.

But at the same time, he had also seen some records in the classics, which said that one could shed the Yang and retain the Yin, and finally reach the extreme, shed the body, and ascend to the immortal realm. This was the way to enter the next level and realm. He didn't quite understand which ones were right and which ones could be used as reference.

When he arrived at Fuyu Mountain, Brother Jian appeared in front of him instantly.

A flying sword pointed at Wen Yan's forehead and slowly rotated.

"Brother Jian? Don't you recognize me again?"

The flying sword circled Wen Yan twice and refused to leave.

Wen Yan did not dare to move. Ever since he obtained a mythical identity, Brother Jian seemed not to recognize him the last time he came to Fuyu Mountain and almost made two holes in his body.

"Don't worry about it, it just doesn't want you to come, it just wants to scare you." The voice of the third uncle came from a distance.

"What's wrong? I didn't provoke it, did I?"

"No, I wanted to ask you how the weather is these days. The weather forecast isn't as accurate as yours."

Wen Yan raised his head and looked at the sky.

"In the next three days, there should be no rain, at most some clouds."

"Can you block out the sun?"

“It may be covered, but I don’t think it will be covered all day.”

"That's fine. The New Year is coming soon. I have to give it a year-end cleansing. It has to be rainless for three consecutive days. There has to be sunshine in between, but there have to be times when clouds cover the sun. It's happy to take a shower, but not to be scrubbed."

"Scrubbing the body, haha..." Wen Yan laughed out loud. For the flying sword, it really was like scrubbing the body, and a layer of skin had to be rubbed off.

The flying sword heard the conversation between the two people, and seeing that it could not stop Wen Yan, it quietly slipped along the ground, and no one knew where it flew to.

"Third Uncle, are Fourth Uncle here? I want to ask you something."

"It's in the back hills, go ahead."

"Okay." Wen Yan put down the tea he brought for his third great-grand uncle and continued to go to the back mountain to find his fourth great-grand uncle.

Just as I walked a short distance, I saw Brother Jian quietly coming out from behind a tree.

"Brother Jian, it would have been a big deal if you had told me directly last time. If you had told me earlier, I would definitely not have come before the New Year."

The flying sword slowly turned in circles, and after circling Wen Yan twice, it quickly drew some tracks in front of Wen Yan. A little tail light remained in the air, leaving behind a few flamboyantly written words.

"Go and tell them it's going to rain these few days, so don't come before the New Year. I'll teach you something."

"Okay, I'll tell my third uncle later. But whether he believes it or not is none of my business." Wen Yan agreed readily and said it first.

Brother Jian didn't care about these and continued to leave a few large and flamboyant characters.

"Sword pointing."

Wen Yan stretched out his right hand and formed a sword finger.

The next moment, Brother Jian quickly circled around the fingertips of Wen Yan's right hand, and a drop of blood flew out.

Then, the drop of blood was chopped into pieces by Brother Jian the moment it flew up. Tiny particles, along with the flowing light, fell onto Wen Yan's sword finger.

In a flash, Wen Yan felt a slight pain in his fingers, and it was as if an extra talisman appeared before and after his sword pointed. They looked the same, but there was a slight difference between the front and the back.

When Wen Yan's power started to operate, one could clearly feel that when he formed a sword finger, there seemed to be an extra power circuit. It was very complicated, yet natural.

Wen Yan tried it, stretched out his finger and pointed, and saw a red light shooting out, leaving a mark on the stone beside the road.

It's not very powerful, but it's a skill after all, and it can give you some inspiration.

Wen Yan didn't care about it. He just treated it as a joke and happily agreed, waving goodbye to Brother Jian.

When he met his fourth uncle, Wen Yan told him about his doubts about reading the book. After his explanation, Wen Yan also asked about his recent cultivation.

This was also what his fourth uncle had taught him before. When practicing, when one feels uncertain inside, it is best to wait and let things settle down. It is not a good idea to rush in too rashly.

After listening to this, the fourth uncle smiled.

"I thought it was something else. You worry too much. Throughout history, what we value least is actually this so-called identity.

Whether it's power or things, it all depends on how you use them.

A large portion of the medicinal materials are actually poisonous, so should we not use them at all?"

The fourth uncle quoted classics and explained to Wen Yan in plain language for a long time, and his mouth was dry.

But looking at Wen Yan, it seems that he is still in the state where he can understand every word, but he cannot completely convince himself and cannot reach that very firm state.

The fourth uncle thought about it and decided that teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and using methods for ordinary Taoists might not be useful, as Wen Yan didn't have much feeling for those classics.

After much thought, I decided to use another method to help Wen Yan strengthen his faith.

"Decades ago, there was a matter of determining identity, you know?"

The fourth uncle gave a brief explanation and Wen Yan nodded immediately. He remembered hearing the old lady talk about it when he was a child and it was said to have a great influence.

"Then did you know that Comrade Li actually wanted to classify himself as a landlord, but ended up being classified as a rich peasant?"

"Uh……"

Wen Yan was shocked. He had only heard the old man talk about it before, but at that time no one would tell him these things. What he talked about were only the old man's own experiences.

What impressed me most later was the uncle in The Wrangler who asked Lao Xu if he wanted a wife and said, "The poorer you are, the more glorious it is."

"Do you understand now?"

"understood."

Fourth Uncle Master changed the way Wen Yan put it to a point that he could fully understand. The slight uncertainty in Wen Yan's heart instantly dissipated, and this time he could not understand it any more clearly.

"Thank you, Fourth Uncle."

Wen Yan stood up and bowed respectfully to express his gratitude.

Wen Yan actually understood the truth, but cultivation does not allow for any hesitation. It is easy to deceive others but difficult to deceive yourself.

His hesitation was also due to the fact that he had seen many examples of power eroding and affecting the mind.

And at the critical moment, that slight hesitation may be a huge trouble, a huge crack.

Now he had completely gotten rid of that uncertainty.

After leaving Fourth Great Uncle's place, Wen Yan did not forget about Brother Jian and went to find Third Great Uncle.

"Third Uncle, it will rain in the next few days. I came here to tell you."

The third uncle was slightly startled, then he looked up and took a look. He felt that the flying sword was hiding quietly on the roof, so he nodded.

"okay, I get it."

"Then Third Uncle Master, I'm going to go back first. I may not have time to come before the New Year. I will come to wish you a happy new year during the New Year."

"It's okay, you young people should just keep busy. You don't have to come visit us old guys so often."

Wen Yan said goodbye to his third uncle and turned to leave.

When he was about to leave, he saw Brother Jian quietly appear beside him again.

"Brother Jian, I've told my Third Uncle Master, is that ok?"

Seeing Brother Jian nod, Wen Yan smiled and left Fuyu Mountain.

Brother Jian's mood suddenly became better. He left a white arc mark in the air and disappeared in mid-air.

On the other side, Wen Yan returned home in a good mood.

The next thing was busy. The housekeeper said that after the Little New Year came the New Year, and we had to prepare New Year's goods.

You can actually start preparing fried crispy pork, fried meatballs, fried hemp leaves and the like at this time.

Of course, this was in the past when supplies were not abundant. It would be cheaper to buy them earlier, so you could save as much as possible.

Now, I'm just greedy.

After all, doing these things is quite time-consuming and troublesome. Normally, most people rarely do this at home.

When eating out at a restaurant, the atmosphere of gathering around the pot and eating the freshly fried food is somewhat missing.

Without this bit of atmosphere, it would feel a little bit worse.

At night, Wen Yan brought two bowls of fried food to Lao Zhao's house, then went down the underworld and crossed the intersection.

Today, when we are praying for the souls of the dead, the effect is 30% stronger than before.

If your mind is at peace, everything you do will be successful.

When he returned to the intersection, Wen Yan lit a stick of incense and stuck it at the intersection.

Then he stretched out his hand again and blessed the two soul lamps on the side of the road with yang energy, as well as all the street lamps.

"After the Little New Year comes the New Year. After the New Year, it is the beginning of the second year. I hope you can achieve success soon."

Then Wen Yan bowed to the dead souls in the underworld.

"Today, please treat everyone who comes and goes to eat. It's not much, but it's just a token of my appreciation."

When Wen Yan stepped onto the path and was about to go up, he heard a voice.

"I am grateful for your enlightenment and your incense. I will give you some news. The New Year will come this year. Be careful."

Wen Yan turned around and saw nothing. The underworld was the same as always, with so many dead souls that it was impossible to tell who was speaking.

(End of this chapter)