To be honest, ever since someone first told Wen Yan that the Thirteenth Ancestor had offended the Yellow River God terribly back then, advising him to stay away from the Yellow River and, by the way, other water systems too, he had been rehearsing the worst-case scenario in his mind.
Before obtaining the Calamity Protector Water Official Talisman, the greatest threat was drowning, because a body of flesh and blood needs to breathe air, and in the water, the opponent didn't need to do anything; the harm inherent to the environment alone was overwhelming.
As he gained more and more abilities over time, he would continue his rehearsals out of boredom.
He had rehearsed such situations in his mind before.
When not just one person told him so, he naturally avoided it when he could in everyday situations, embracing the principle that less trouble is better than more.
