I am the villain in the book

Beyond the mountains, half a setting sun remained, and at the edge of the clouds, a wisp of afterglow lingered.

In the twilight, the setting sun, half-hanging in the sky, was displaying a sky full of crimson, presenting an orange-red color.

As time passed, this touch of scarlet gradually sank into the western mountains, changing from a tangible object to a background color, and then disappearing completely.

And just as the moon, which had already risen in the east, became clear, and a new night descended, the three divine beasts of fortune that had shocked Shen Ran into silence finally returned to Wei Changtian's dantian.

"Young Master Shen, did you previously think that I was the same as you?"

Looking at the somewhat dazed Shen Ran, Wei Changtian chuckled: "Did you think that the reason I can see the Yunyan is because I am also favored by the heavens?"

" . . . "

Shaking his head, Wei Changtian said a nonsense sentence.

However, although these words seemed meaningless to Shen Ran, for Wei Changtian himself, it was indeed his definition of his own identity.

"Young Master Shen, I will tell you in detail about my affairs later."

"Since you have Yunyan with you, you naturally understand what the other two things I just summoned are."

"So I think you should be able to believe what I'm about to say."

" . . . "

His Adam's apple bobbed, and Shen Ran subconsciously nodded.

And Wei Changtian continued to say at this time:

"The sum of the heavenly Dao's fortune is a fixed number, added to the bodies of thirteen people respectively."

"Young Master Shen, you are one of these thirteen people."

"But you must also know that you are actually only one of the thirteen Sons of Heaven."

" . . . "

The carriage drove over the road, and the "gurulu" sound was clearly loud in the night sky.

In the next quarter of an hour, Wei Changtian "selectively" told Shen Ran what he knew about the rules of "Heavenly Dao Fortune" and the fact that "Sons of Heaven need to plunder each other's fortune."

In order to achieve his goal, there were some things he certainly didn't say.

However, everything he said was true.

" . . . Well, that's about it."

After a pause, under Shen Ran's gaze, Wei Changtian slowly smoothed out the wrinkles on his lapel: "Young Master Shen, now, what do you want to ask? Ask away."

" . . . "

After a brief silence, a voice with some doubts and caution finally sounded.

"Why are you telling me this?"

Such a big secret, why are you telling me?

This was Shen Ran's first question, and also the question he wanted to know the most at the moment, even more important than Wei Changtian's "true identity."

And Wei Changtian's answer was very simple and direct.

"Because I want to cooperate with you."

Smiling as he looked over, Wei Changtian didn't hesitate at all: "You need Heavenly Dao Fortune, and I need some Sons of Heaven to die, so I think we might be able to join forces."

"That's it."

" . . . "

I need some Sons of Heaven to die.

When Wei Changtian said this sentence in a relaxed, even joking tone, its content made Shen Ran's hair stand on end.

It was as if in Wei Changtian's eyes, these favored sons of heaven who enjoyed the blessing of Heavenly Dao Fortune were just ordinary people who were "not so easy to kill."

"Gudu . . . "

Swallowing lightly, Shen Ran asked with some difficulty: "Have you...killed a Son of Heaven before?"

"Yes, I've killed one."

Wei Changtian's smile remained unchanged: "So now there are actually only twelve Sons of Heaven left."

"Can I...know who died?"

"Young Master Shen, in short, it's someone you don't know."

Wei Changtian shook his head: "There's no need to know, right?"

"Then can I know who you want to die now?"

Taking a deep breath, Shen Ran forcibly forced himself to calm down.

He looked straight back at Wei Changtian and said, word by word: "If you want me to cooperate with you, I should know who these people are, right?"

"That's natural."

This time, Wei Changtian didn't refuse, and quickly gave two names: "Currently there are only two, Ning Yongnian, Bai Youheng."

" . . . "

"Ning, Ning Yongnian?!"

For a moment, Shen Ran only felt that he had misheard: "You, you're saying, Ning Yongnian is also a Son of Heaven?!"

"That's right."

The smile on Wei Changtian's face slowly faded: "The yellow dragon you just saw was Ning Yongnian's divine beast of fortune."

"And that Gu Diao, which looks like a bird and a leopard, is another one named Bai Youheng."

"I believe Young Master Shen has also heard about what happened in Yuanzhou City three months ago, in fact, this matter was done jointly by Ning Yongnian and Bai Youheng."

"Because of this matter, the Heavenly Dao Fortune of both of them must have increased a lot . . . I wonder if Young Master has noticed it?"

" . . . "

The renewed silence proved that all of Wei Changtian's guesses were correct.

On July 15th, Shen Ran did notice that his fortune had suddenly decreased inexplicably.

He had never known the reason before, until now Wei Changtian gave an answer that could perfectly explain everything.

The sum of fortune is a fixed number, if others have more, you will have less.

"Young Master Wei, then who exactly are you?"

After the silence, Shen Ran still didn't answer Wei Changtian's "invitation to cooperate", but instead asked this question again.

"Since you are different from us, why do you know these things about Heavenly Dao Fortune?"

"Also, what good does the death of the Sons of Heaven do for you?"

Oh?

He reacted very quickly!

Seeing that Shen Ran had guessed the key to the problem at once, Wei Changtian didn't hide it, but admitted it generously:

"Young Master Shen, I can indeed get some benefits from their deaths, but I can't tell you what exactly it is."

"This matter is my secret."

"However . . . I can guarantee you one thing."

"That is, Heavenly Dao Fortune has no effect on me at all, so there is no conflict of interest between you and me."

"If you don't believe me . . ."

"Shua!"

As he spoke, Wei Changtian waved his hand again gently, and the small Yunyan appeared in front of the two of them once again.

"This is a small portion of the fortune I took from you during the Spring Dragon Poetry Meeting last time."

"Young Master Shen, I will return it to you now, just to show my sincerity."

" . . . "

Its whole body was snow-white, with only a touch of vermilion on its forehead.

Shen Ran couldn't be more familiar with the appearance of this small Yunyan, after all, it was exactly the same as the big one in his dantian.

Looking at Wei Changtian, Shen Ran knew that the former was not joking.

As long as he was willing, that part of the lost fortune would return to him.

However, this also meant that he had agreed to Wei Changtian's "cooperation."

Although it was said to be cooperation, Shen Ran was very clear about who would be the leader in such a relationship.

To put it more bluntly.

He would become Wei Changtian's "friend" in name, and "subordinate" in reality . . . even if this relationship didn't have any substantial constraints.

"Young Master Wei . . ."

Suddenly, Shen Ran slowly raised his head and finally asked a somewhat inappropriate question: "If you kill me, can you also get that kind of benefit?"

"I can."

Nodding, Wei Changtian only answered two words, without even a half sentence of further explanation.

But it was these two words that made Shen Ran make up his mind in an instant.

"Okay."

"Then I agree."