Heize in History

Led by their guide, Liu Chengchao and Wang Jiao headed deeper inside.

Though it was already night, the many lights made the place exceptionally bright.

Wang Jiao had maintained a professional smile throughout. They were still some distance from the ruins.

Naturally, she would not let this livestream become dull.

"Old Liu, there is currently a rumor online.

This Wolf Guard was the one that invaded the Great Feng Dynasty back then before mysteriously vanishing. Is that true?"

Liu Chengchao pondered for a moment. "The chain of evidence is not yet complete. Still, this is only my personal speculation, but I believe there is a sixty percent chance that it was indeed that Wolf Guard."

"According to the records, this Wolf Guard numbered over ten thousand.

How were they destroyed?

Many people speculate that the Great Demon Heize mentioned on the stone tablet led an army and annihilated the Wolf King here.

It is said that this Heize was a general of the Great Feng Dynasty. As outsiders, we do not know much about him.

I heard that your team, Old Liu, has conducted quite a bit of research into Heize's identity.

Was this Heize truly a general of the Great Feng Dynasty?

Did Heize really exist?"

Wang Jiao voiced her doubts.

By then, several thousand people had entered the livestream.

Most of them were history enthusiasts.

They were deeply concerned about what had happened in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range.

After all, this was something that could change history.

Unfortunately, historical records contained almost no information about Heize.

"Maybe Heize is fake?"

"I suspect the two matters are unrelated and have been forcibly tied together."

"Who knows?"

Others.

"Heize..." Liu Chengchao sighed. "There are no records whatsoever of Heize during Emperor Feng Ling's reign.

However, the Hei surname appeared once in the historical records of that period."

"Oh? Where?"

"This book was called the Compendium of Materia Medica. A military officer suffered an external injury, and a blacksmith with the Hei surname provided a new medicinal herb to apply to the wound, curing the officer."

"The two things do not seem related at all."

The Hei surname had always been a rare one. There were not many people with that surname in those days.

Especially among notable figures, there had not been a single person with the Hei surname.

"Could it be that there truly was no historical figure named Heize?" Wang Jiao asked at just the right moment.

"It seems there was." Liu Chengchao hesitated.

Wang Jiao's eyes lit up. "What did it record?"

"The Record of Shibie County once recorded this: 'The County Magistrate went out on an excursion and encountered a Feather-Robe Immortal. Delighted, he stepped forward, but the immortal skimmed away over the waves, calling the name Heize. The following year, auspicious signs descended upon Shibei County, and the government was orderly while the people lived in harmony.'" Liu Chengchao ultimately spoke the words aloud.

In ancient times, people loved writing about immortals.

When tales of immortals appeared in a certain place, it meant that place was well governed—even immortals were willing to show themselves there.

"If I remember correctly, the title County Magistrate did not exist during the Great Feng Dynasty?" Wang Jiao immediately raised the crucial point.

"That is true." Liu Chengchao nodded. "This book recorded events from the era of Emperor Li Wu of the Great Li Dynasty, four hundred years after the Wolf Guard was destroyed."

"What?" Wang Jiao froze.

The answer truly caught her by surprise.

"What is interesting is that Shibei County is present-day Cangxi City."

The moment those words were spoken, everyone present held their breath.

Could it be... that Heize truly existed?

Why would his name be spoken by a so-called "immortal"?

"Also, did we not mention before that a blacksmith surnamed Hei used a plant called Huanghao Fruit to treat a military officer?

After comparing various records, we discovered that this officer was actually from Cangxi City as well." Liu Chengchao spoke slowly.

In ancient times, the Hei surname was considered a lowly surname. Even today, fewer than a thousand people bearing that surname could be found across the entire country.

For a blacksmith surnamed Hei to have appeared in the old Cangxi City was already exceedingly rare.

"This..." Wang Jiao was stunned, her thoughts a mess.

The matter had become complicated.

"Looking at it now, this matter actually carries the color of myth."

Wang Jiao spoke to the camera.

"A residence ruin lies ahead. Hopefully, it can provide some clues about the destruction of this Wolf Guard, or about Heize's origins."

Discussion also broke out in the livestream.

According to other records, a remarkable figure named Heize, surnamed Hei, might truly have existed in present-day Cangxi City.

However, according to Liu Chengchao, the time gap between the two records was far too great.

Could it be that Heize had nothing to do with the Wolf Guard's destruction?

But then how could the mysterious stone tablet be explained?

Everything was shrouded in fog.

At that moment, a comment caught everyone's attention.

"If I remember correctly, the trigger for the Wolf Clan's eventual decline was that the Wolf Clan's Giant Wolves contracted Blood Eye Disease.

And this happened precisely during the reign of Emperor Ling Wu of the Great Li Dynasty.

Could it be that the stone tablet dated from the Great Li Dynasty?

That Heize was actually a physician who developed Blood Eye Disease and infected all the Giant Wolves of the Wolf Clan with it?"

There could be long comments in the livestream as well, but they would only appear in collapsed form.

One had to tap them open to read the full text.

Outstanding long comments could even appear in the comment section and be marked as featured.

Quite a few people opened that long comment, and they were stunned as well.

"Heize was not a general, but a physician?"

This was completely different from their previous speculation.

Who exactly was Heize?

What exactly was his identity?

What kind of bitter enmity did he have with the Wolf Clan?

For him to be called the Great Demon!