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So when they looked at Nie Weiyang's expression, they also began to look like they had seen a ghost.

"Being polite will do you good." Nie Weiyang smiled, still holding the other person's hand. "I have a few questions. Can you answer them?"

"...Okay." He Li said slowly. He tried hard to keep his expression from being distorted, but Nie Weiyang was too strong and knew too much about exerting force and torturing people. At this moment, just a slight movement of his fingers made him feel like his hand was going to break.

"Who are the people you offer as sacrifices to He Bo?" Nie Weiyang asked slowly.

He Li took a deep breath.

"Some of the people who were causing trouble in my area were robbing, killing, setting fire, stealing and raping," he said.

This is not a lie, Nie Weiyang thought.

This is reasonable. Not everyone in this world can so easily treat others as non-human beings in troubled times. If He Li starts to disregard human lives and randomly selects people to sacrifice to the river, he will not be able to build "Tianyu Ferry" in the future.

People can follow a boss who is cruel to his enemies, but most people won't follow a boss who could whip everyone to death at any time. If someone really does this, it's hard to say whether the boss is more psychotic or his followers are more psychotic.

To be on the safe side, Nie Weiyang asked again, "Are you sure that among the sacrifices so far, this kind of person is the only one?"

"I'm sure." He Li's answer this time was more justified.

That's the truth. Very good.

Nie Weiyang nodded slightly and asked a fatal question.

"Do you know that the Reversion Sect is a cult that sells drugs and harms people?" he asked slowly.

The people around him suddenly buzzed, and He Li remained calm: "I don't know."

"Lying will do you no good." Nie Weiyang's voice became calmer.

‘Click! ’

He Li's hand made a teeth-grinding sound, and his usual calmness disappeared.

"You know. Even these days, you've repeatedly helped the Return Sect members travel back and forth between the two sides of the river. You're so skilled, and your relationship with them is so close, that the spirit-controlling messenger subconsciously came to you—because she knew you could provide services." Nie Weiyang said slowly, "It's not that you didn't know what those people were doing, you just pretended not to know. You compromised for the sake of your goal... Perhaps it was originally to survive, to protect those around you, so you gathered so many people..."

His voice gradually softened. A person's personality was a complex topic. Nie Weiyang had no way of knowing what kind of person He Li had been. Because whether He Li remembered it himself or others, it was not the real He Li. Superficial memories could be deceptive.

Therefore, Nie Weiyang only talks about the present.

"...Now, you cooperate with the cult and learn their practices, making people worship He Bo as a 'god'. You also mark out land here to control the river waterway, but you don't contact any official forces around. Do you... want to be a god, or a king? Or both?" He said slowly, lowered his head slightly, and looked at He Li closely.

Night enveloped everything, and the stars and the moon shone through the darkness, watching the scene.

Nie Weiyang's voice was deep, a clear threat. Even though this was on the banks of a large river, if a fight really broke out, with a boss and a group of people helping them, they would be an unprecedentedly difficult opponent. But this might be the best chance to resolve the Hebo issue in the near future.

"He Li, are you sure... you want to continue doing this?"

——Nie Weiyang asked.

In his mind, the once prosperous 'Tianyu Ferry' in his previous life emerged silently.

At that busy ferry, communication between the two sides of the river was blocked by such a person.

If this doesn't resolve the issue...

Then he would try to deal with He Li himself!

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He Li had never realized so clearly that he was not strong enough.

If he were strong enough, he wouldn't have to care about anyone else's feelings... If he were strong enough, he could just laugh off the threats in front of him.

He believed he had great talent and ambition, and with the support of a great river, he was determined to achieve unprecedented feats in this era of great contention... But now all of this was gone, because a mysterious man came up to him, spoke warmly with him, shook hands tightly, and asked him sincerely, "He Li, are you sure you want to keep doing this?"

Moved?

If you dare to move, you will die.

Looking at the red light behind the sunglasses, feeling the tangible pressure, He Li was speechless from the bottom of his heart. But with a group of people watching, if the boss showed any fear now, he would be a coward for the rest of his life.

"What are you talking about?" He Li grinned. He was thinking about how to solve this problem, but on the surface he looked the same as usual, with a hearty smile that was carefree and a little kind.

However, the cold sweat on his palms revealed everything.

"Which side do you represent?" He Li asked.

"On behalf of myself." Nie Weiyang smiled.

His smile was gentle and full of kindness, and to others, it couldn't be more upright. Chen Yan and the others were nervous. They knew that the two men were likely secretly competing, and even their boss had already lost. But on the surface, each one seemed more normal and kind than the other...

He Li knew that this matter might not end well.

Nie Weiyang had seen him helping people who had returned to the sect before, and the woman looked back and ran away as if she had seen a ghost... When they left for the Return Sect, there was a group of people, but only one person came back. This matter was probably closely related to Nie Weiyang.

"...Let's fight." Finally, He Li made up his mind and challenged him to a fight. "If I win, you'll be my subordinate. If you win, I'll be your subordinate."

"I don't need any men." Nie Weiyang smiled. "If I win, you go to Gushi and obey the official orders."

He Li, or rather, that necklace, is still useful now.

In Nie Weiyang's experience, it is not easy to change the owner of something of this contractual nature - otherwise, with He Li's annoying style, the He Bo he saw in his previous life might not be this person.

"Why?" He Li asked, "Why are you still loyal to the old rules?"

"If I had been unfaithful to the previous rules, you would have died just now," said Nie Weiyang.

He Li suddenly fell silent.

Yes, if Nie Weiyang wanted to, He Li would have been dead when he came to him. From the moment he landed to the moment he spoke, that short time was enough for a person to do many things.

"Fight here?" Nie Weiyang asked.

The two of them were on a slightly higher stone slope by the river. He Li had just opened up a waterway here, but the location where the spirit messenger was boarding the boat was closer to the water.

He Li nodded slightly and waved his hand to ask others to move away. The woman in the crowd who had been silent showed a hint of anxiety on her face, but He Li just shook his head at her.

"It's a nice stage." said Nie Weiyang.

He walked behind He Li, as if familiar with the terrain, but whispered: "Always standing on a high place, is it to see farther, or to... let them see you?"

He Li was hit in the heart and became furious for a moment, but he still tried to remain decent.

"There's no need to talk like that, Mr. Nie." He said, completely unaware that he was gritting his teeth. "Who do you think you are?"

"Who am I? I'm just myself. I'm Nie Weiyang." Nie Weiyang answered calmly, "Everyone knows I'm me. But what about you? Who are you?"

"I'm... He Li, I'm He Bo's contractor!" He Li turned around suddenly and approached Nie Weiyang: "Near the river, I'm invincible!"

"There are nine Hebos and nine contractors. If you are invincible, what about the other eight?" Nie Weiyang asked back.

"I..." He Li was stuck. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the irises and sclera in his eyes had completely disappeared, revealing a golden-brown light like yellow sand. "No point in talking anymore. Fight!"

'boom! ! ! '

The river's waves crashed against the rocks, sending up a golden radiance, the blood-red color of the earth. He Li's tattoo glowed with a dark red and gold light, its golden glow scattering and invading his skin and flesh.

He was not a martial artist, so naturally he didn't know the etiquette of sparring. He just took a bow stance and punched!

Nie Weiyang turned sideways and watched the fist carrying golden light pass by him.

"You should say 'Watch this!' or something like that," he commented, his hands still in his pockets, a concerto playing in his headphones.

The main theme of the piece, with its surging emotions and grandeur, is the music of the river. Beneath it lies a melody of anxiety, panic, worry, and confusion, representing the emotions of the people around them.

Among them, He Li's melody occupies a dominant position. It has some regrets of being discovered, but more of it is the anger of a person who feels that his superior is offended.

"You are angry." Nie Weiyang said.

The sound of wind, waves, and fists breaking through the air.

All of this drowned out his voice, making him sound like a bass, like an unnoticeable undertone, a drum beat that determined the rhythm of everything.

"You are very proud, He Li, and I admire your pride," said Nie Weiyang.

His steps were neat and methodical, and he lightly avoided He Li's power release.

"But when pride turns to arrogance, justice and responsibility leave you."

Whether this was sincere or just trash talk, no one knew. But the scene, which resembled a kung fu cartoon instruction session, clearly infuriated He Li.

He Li's muscular arms were like knives. With one punch, he pierced through the strong wind. The sound of wind and thunder was heard, and waves and yellow sand filled the sky!

Nie Weiyang raised his arm and a white light shield flashed by.

With a "pop", He Li's power was deflected thousands of miles away, and then Nie Weiyang lightly pushed sideways.

"what!"

'Boom! '

He Li flew out from the stone slope, fell into the waves of the river, and disappeared in the yellow sand and mud.

"You simply don't have the ability to establish new rules," said Nie Weiyang.

He knew He Li could hear him.

"If you continue with your plan, you may be able to control the river for a while... But, learn from history, He Li. Think about the Cao Gang in history. Do you think no one will guard against you?" Nie Weiyang tilted his head slightly to avoid a sharp water bullet with golden light. The strong wind made his white hair at the temples sway gently.

"You boast about yourself and try to impress others. You don't believe you can live up to the trust others place in you, so you dress up a boss as a 'god', making yourself an agent of divine authority..."

"Shut up! How can you be so good as to threaten others!" With a loud roar, He Li rose into the air from the waves. His eyes shone with golden light, and he slammed down from mid-air and punched Nie Weiyang hard!

Nie Weiyang didn't dodge this time. He didn't even draw his weapon. Instead, he took one foot forward and the other backward, lowering his stance.

A ray of light shone on him.

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It was a dazzling light, a blinding light, an unforgettable light that pierced the darkness.

A clear and gentle white light shone from Nie Weiyang's body, illuminating the riverbank and the sand waves, and gathered in his hands -

——And hit He Li’s face like lightning!

'Bang! ! ! ! '

He Li flew back even faster than he had come. His jaw was crooked, his eyes were nearly blind, his mind blank. When he crashed into the river, it felt like he had hit concrete from a great height. He vomited blood, which soaked into the waves, and river sand poured into his ears.

"Intimidation and violence are just tactics," Nie Weiyang said. He even smiled beneath his sunglasses, seemingly unfazed by the questioning. "If you're soft-hearted and won't tolerate harshness, I can be gentle with you."