Chapter 303 Some people are alive
Lan Shiwen is a very hated person. He has enemies wherever he goes. There are few people in the weird circles at home and abroad who don’t want to kill him.

Ning Zhe suspected that Tu Yu, who adopted Lan Shiwen, actually wanted to kill this guy, but couldn’t.

“Lan Shiwen has the support of the government and the ability to predict the future. All the strange events in Yunzhou are under his jurisdiction. He has been operating for many years and has many tricks up his sleeve.”

Liu Hongwen looked at Ning Zhe’s face and said, “The strange power he can mobilize alone may be more than your entire Dyke family including all its affiliated forces combined.”

Ning Zhe stroked Van Dyke’s beard and said with a smile, “I know that.”

“So, if you want to kill someone like this, you need to think long and hard,” Liu Hongwen said again.

The blush on Xia Yubing’s face faded a little, and she frowned and said, “Let’s discuss it in the long term… How long will it take?”

“18 years is so long.” Shen Changjiang said dimly.

Liu Hongwen sighed and nodded, “18 years ago, during the Millennium Massacre, when the four-year-old Lan Shiwen was brought into the Yin family’s ancestral home by his adoptive father, someone was already planning how to kill him.”

Hearing this, Ning Zhe’s expression became subtle. He certainly knew who Lan Shiwen’s adoptive father was, and he also knew what happened in the millennium 18 years ago.

Liu Hongwen unbuttoned his coat, took out a paper document from his coat and placed it on the table: “This is Lan Shiwen’s resume. It is top secret information in Yunzhou. I think this should be enough to show my sincerity.”

Ning Zhe picked up the document and glanced at it. He probably knew what was inside:
Lan Shiwen is a natural ascender. His mother died in a strange incident whose records have been completely erased. His mother’s name can no longer be found. All we know is that the pregnant woman was about to give birth and was waiting for delivery in the hospital. Then, the strange incident happened.

The baby crawled out of the mother’s body and was discovered by Tu Yu who came to investigate this strange incident. He was taken away for adoption and named Lan Shiwen.

When Lan Shiwen was 4 years old, which was the year 2000, a major event happened in Yunzhou: 4 Upgraded Ones broke into the ancestral home of the Yin family in Yundu and launched a bloody massacre on this ancient family that had been passed down for thousands of years. Except for a very small number of descendants from side branches who changed their names and escaped the hunt, all other family members were killed. From then on, no one in Yundu had the surname Yin.

“The four ascenders who wiped out the Yin family were: Fen Wu, Wu Tong, Tu Yu, and the four-year-old Lan Shiwen who was held in Tu Yu’s arms.”

Liu Hongwen continued, “Tu Yu is a shrewd man. When he was slaughtering the noble families, he brought a 4-year-old child with him for no reason. I believe there must be some reason. Lan Shiwen’s existence must have played an irreplaceable role in their plan to slaughter the Yin family.”

But he still couldn’t figure out what role a four-year-old child could play even if he had the upgraded ability of “foreseeing the future”? Such a young child couldn’t even speak clearly, right?
That’s because Lan Shiwen’s ability is not to ‘predict the future’, but to ‘return from death’… Of course, Ning Zhe couldn’t tell them this. He just looked at Liu Hongwen with a half-smile and asked:

“You said someone was planning to kill Lan Shiwen 18 years ago. Who was that person?”

“Ji Bochang.” Liu Hongwen said decisively, “The one who entered the Yin family’s ancestral home with Tu Yu and Fen Wu, the one who mastered the rules of the Five Channels, the one known as the God of Wealth: Ji Bochang.”

“It’s actually him…” Ning Zhe was a little surprised, then laughed: “Isn’t he dead? You expect a dead man to help you?” Did Ji Bochang leave any tricks before he died? Or was he not dead at all?
“Although Ji Boyang is dead, his family is still alive.” Shen Changjiang coiled his bodhi bead bracelet and said with a smile, “The God of Wealth was very foresighted. His biological brother Ji Boying had already established contact with Europa, and his children who went abroad later were also protected by the Flimmisret family.”

Liu Hongwen’s eyes dimmed and he shook his head, saying, “If we hadn’t been prepared, the Ji family would have been accused of a crime by that beast Lan Shiwen and their entire family would have been executed on the pretext that they were planning to rule the country.”

Looking at the two people who were singing the same tune, Xia Yubing asked in confusion: “So Ji Bochang’s family is still alive. What does it have to do with killing Lan Shiwen?”

“The connection lies with the God of Wealth.” Liu Hongwen said, “After Ji Bochang died, the out-of-control Wutong controlled his body. As far as I know, it was Lan Shiwen who solved this strange incident. He is very likely to have controlled Wutong and become the new ‘God of Wealth’.”

“And Ji Boying knows the core rules of Wutong.” Shen Changjiang continued, “Ji Boying and Ji Boying are close friends and brothers. Long before Ji Boying went abroad, the God of Wealth told his brother the core rules of Wutong, just for this moment.”

Liu Hongwen picked up the champagne, poured the golden liquid into Xia Yubing’s glass, and said:

“Although my Liu family members are dead, some of the hidden connections that my father had established during his lifetime are still there. During the period after Ji Boying’s death, the supply of money to buy the lives of Yunzhou’s death warriors was not cut off, but became more abundant. This shows that Lan Shiwen is very likely to have controlled Wutong and become the new God of Wealth, and Ji Boying knows the core rules of Wutong…”

Shen Changjiang placed the bodhi bracelet on the table, staring at Ning Zhe with his cloudy eyes, and said faintly: “As an ascender, the core rules of his control are known to outsiders. Do you understand what this means, Mr. Dyke?”

Ning Zhe smiled when he heard this: “Of course.”

The moment the core rules of the Ascender were leaked, he was already dead.

The rules are absolute and fair. Taiyi’s rule is to steal identities. Ghosts can steal people’s identities, and people can also steal ghosts’ identities in turn. This is Ning Zhe’s Achilles’ heel.

If someone accidentally knows the rules of Taiyi one day, and deliberately steals Ning Zhe’s notebook and writes on it, so that Xia Yubing, who sees the words through another notebook, mistakenly believes that the words are written by Ning Zhe… then her wrong cognition will become a medium, and the identity of ‘Ning Zhe in Xia Yubing’s cognition’ will be stolen.

No matter how mysterious, powerful, or domineering an Ascender is, the moment his core rules are leaked, he is already dead.

The ascended ones can be powerful gods or terrifying ghosts, but in the final analysis, they are just fragile mortals who are vulnerable to any attack.

“So… Lan Shiwen is a dead man now.” Liu Hongwen crossed his fingers, the flame of revenge surging in his dark eyes.

“The ladies of the Flimmisret family have arrived at Vivian Harbor. They are accompanied by Mr. Ji Boying and Ji Boying’s children. We will meet after the swimsuit show at noon today.” Shen Changjiang laughed, “Let’s wait and see.”

Ning Zhe also smiled: “Let’s wait and see.”

(End of this chapter)