From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu countered with a question.

"Do not believe."

Lu Jin answered without hesitation.

Which person who practices Qi cultivation would believe in gods and immortals?

Li Muxuan retorted to Jiang Liu, "You don't actually believe that, do you?"

"I don't believe it. Even if it were true, it would only be someone who has achieved enlightenment through spiritual practice."

Jiang Liu shook his head.

"Then why did you ask that, Brother Jiang?"

Lu Jin was even more confused.

“I don’t believe in the existence of gods, and neither do you, but the people in the city, who are not practitioners, are willing to believe.”

Jiang Liu said, “The masses of people are not like cattle and horses. Cattle and horses live, they just live. But when people live, no matter how numb they are, they still have some thoughts in their minds and always need something to rely on in their hearts.”

Since they are willing to believe that we are the reincarnations of gods who never existed, then we should not tell them anything about gods not existing.

They won't believe it; they'll only think that their hearts weren't sincere enough.

Since explaining this approach is not feasible at this stage, then for the time being, we will proactively become the mythical figure they hold dear, thus resolving the problem of Huang Silang for them.

Lu Jin remained silent.

In the Sanyimen area, there are countless people who pray to gods and Buddhas. In fact, because of the existence of the Great Ying Immortal, most people truly believe that there are gods in heaven.

The senior disciples in the sect once said that their predecessors had also tried to explain to the people at the foot of the mountain, but the people did not believe them and continued to pray to the gods and Buddhas.

But they don't just worship one particular god or Buddha; they worship any deity, whether it's a Bodhisattva, Buddha, a True Lord, or an Immortal.

Both devout.

That's foolish too.

This may be why extraordinary people look down on the things that most ordinary people pursue.

Lu Jin had thought the same way before.

But now.

He gained another perspective on ordinary people from Jiang Liu.

View yourself as a saint, and view others as ordinary...

Do not!

When he was cultivating at the Sanyi Sect, the Left Sect Master had told him that he should treat ordinary people with the mindset of an ordinary person. But Brother Jiang seems to be subtly going beyond that level in this regard.

But what exactly is it?

Lu Jin couldn't put it into words, but he vaguely understood the purpose of the Left Sect Leader's arrangement for him.

"So, we don't need to argue if others think we're gods?" Li Muxuan pondered. "Isn't that a bit too ostentatious?"

"Just don't really think of yourself as a god."

Jiang Liu sighed, rubbing his forehead.

So you understood what I meant by saying this?

Hopeless!

Suddenly, Jiang Liu released a magnetic field, pressing down the three of them, and then manipulated a force field to shoot towards the nearby bushes.

Hiss!

In an instant, three men in black, their faces covered and wearing masks with mahjong tile patterns, were pulled out, and the Type 38 rifles they were holding fell to the ground.

Li Muxuan and Lu Jin reacted immediately, using their "Reversal of Eight Directions" technique to snatch the Type 38 rifles that had fallen from their hands.

Ren Jiating took out a paper monkey from her small bag and manipulated it to jump to the vicinity of the three men in black who were being controlled by Jiang Liu. She carefully searched their belongings and found three Mauser pistols and a grenade.

Along their journey, the four encountered armed thieves. In each case, Jiang Liu took control, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan seized the most conspicuous weapons, while Ren Jiating was responsible for searching for other weapons hidden in the thieves' clothing, just in case.

Just like now, if they relax, the other side might pull out that grenade.

Afterwards, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan stepped forward, tied the three of them to a nearby tree, and began their interrogation.

After removing their hoods, the three men were not particularly handsome, but they weren't ugly either. They were just panicked and kept begging for mercy, hoping that Jiang Liu and the others would spare their lives.

"Three heroes, and a heroine, spare our lives!"

"If we had known you had this ability, even if we had the guts of a bear and the gall of a leopard, we wouldn't have dared to even think of ambushing you!"

"You adults are so magnanimous, please let us go!"

Based on the weapons these three people carried and their current behavior, Jiang Liu analyzed three points.

First, they don't know themselves.

That is, they did not come from Goose City; they might be Huang Silang's informants outside the city, but at least they were not in the city during this period.

Secondly, they were not ordinary bandits; they had powerful backing, otherwise it would have been impossible for each of them to be equipped with a Mauser C96 pistol and a Type 38 rifle.

One of them even had a grenade on his waist.

Ample munitions.

Third, their level of education and professional competence is low.

Using the magnetic induction of the reversed eight directions, these three people, due to panic, had their body magnetic fields disordered, which could not be a pretense; they were genuinely afraid of being killed.

# Chapter 57 Interrogation

in short.

The forces behind these three thieves are well-equipped with weapons, but their discipline is low. However, based on their weapons alone, we cannot confront them head-on.

Who are you?

Lu Jin questioned, "Why were you secretly watching us?"

Li Muxuan held a Mauser pistol, pointed the muzzle at one of the men's heads, and grinned coldly: "I hope you behave yourselves, or I might really shoot."

"I'll talk! I'll talk! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"

The man with the gun pointed at him shouted, "We're Zhang Mazi's men! Zhang Mazi is the biggest bandit leader around Goose City! We just do his jobs; he does murder, arson, and robbery!"

"You didn't do it?"

Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow and asked abruptly.

"We... had no choice."

Another person cried out, "I have elderly parents to support and young children to raise. I can't survive. Just treat me like a fart and let me go!"

Ignoring the man, Jiang Liu focused his attention on the last one and said, "I can let you go, but you have to tell the truth."

"Be honest! I'll be absolutely honest!" the man shouted immediately, sensing an opportunity.

"Alright, I'll ask, you answer, or else—"

Jiang Liu, holding a Mauser pistol, brought the muzzle to his ear and pulled the trigger.

thumping!

After the shot rang out, the bullet struck the tree where the man was tied, leaving a bullet hole, and also ripped open the man's ear.

The gunshot was right next to his ear, and the shock from the bullet leaving the barrel made his head buzz. When he came to his senses, he cried out, and even his pants got wet.

"Don't cry, tell the truth and I'll let you go."

Jiang Liu chuckled, "Where is Zhang Mazi's hideout?"

"Go 20 li northeast at 1:30, and you'll get there!" The man was terrified and quickly told the truth.

"Twenty li? That's quite close to Goose City."

Jiang Liu seemed to be deep in thought, then asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Go to the city to purchase supplies..."

The man's eyes darted around slightly.

Don't lie!

Li Muxuan fired a shot at the man's feet and sneered, "You bandits only ever rob money, how could you do legitimate business?"

Before the man could speak, Jiang Liu said, "Don't interrupt! Besides, who says bandits don't do legitimate business? They have to spend the money they steal, right? Do you think they can just eat it?"

After saying that, he looked at the man again and said quietly, "However, my friend is right about one thing. You are lying. If you were going to buy supplies, you shouldn't have caused any trouble. You could have just walked around without making a fuss when you saw pedestrians on the street, not to mention that you were pointing guns at us before."

"I, we..."

The man was sweating profusely.

"to be honest."

Jiang Liu shoved the gun barrel into the man's mouth.

But the man had already closed his eyes.

thumping!

After the shot rang out, the man's throat was pierced, the bullet went through his cerebellum, his eyes widened, and he died.

Lu Jin, Li Muxuan, and Ren Jiating were not surprised.

Especially the first two, half a month ago, they encountered bandits on the road and even tried to kill them. They were a bit clumsy the first time, but the second time was much better.

These three men have already admitted they are bandits, so there's no guilt in killing them.

"Don't shoot!"

When the second man's mouth was gagged with a gun, his eyes trembled. Because his mouth was blocked by the gun, his speech was somewhat incoherent, but he still tried his best to speak clearly, "I...I'll talk, I'll talk, we are not actually bandits, we are servants of Huang Silang of Goose City. A few days ago, we pretended to transport tobacco, but in reality we went to deliver money to the bandits in the mountains...We can't let the people in the city see us!"

Why can't the people of Goose City see it?

Because they saw it, it means that Huang Silang was indeed colluding with the bandits outside the city.