In the Blade

In the mine outside Dengzhou City, the Yi people are still working.

After the conflict that killed two people, the Yi people have split into two groups. Some Yi people, like the Yi elder who was killed, are intimidated by the terrifying figure holding a pair of fire blades. Even though the figure is like a devil in their eyes, it is the terrifying power of the devil that is more worthy of their belief.

And some other Yi people...

They are still sticking to their beliefs.

Even though many of their compatriots have begun to worship the devil, and even the Yi elder who led them has already led the rebellion, this small group of remaining Yi people has become more pious.

"God will definitely save us!"

Every night, this small group of still pious Yi people will quietly gather together to cheer each other up.

"Imagine the stories in the Bible, think about the foreign tribes that treated our ancestors cruelly, and God sent angels to punish them, destroying their cities and turning their people into pillars of salt... So don't be discouraged, as long as you find the legendary saint and go to the promised land that belongs to us, everything will be fine."

"...Um, I have a question."

The Yi people with less firm faith raised their doubts.

"Haven't we found the promised land before? Why do we have to go back and look for a saint?"

"Your question is very good."

The leading Yi people nodded.

"Because this is what the Bible says."

"...Ah?"

Not only the Yi people with unsteady faith were dumbfounded, but even the other Yi people with firm faith were a little shaken - if it was before, everyone had not disbanded, then they would definitely believe whatever the Bible said. But now...

The elders who understand the scriptures the most have worshiped the devil, and you tell me that the scriptures are useful?

"It does work."

The leading Yi people were not surprised by the reactions of others, and continued to talk to themselves.

"Things that can be written into the scriptures are all things that have happened before, such as finding the promised land under the guidance of the saints, which has happened before... So do you think that without the saints, we can find the promised land?"

"You..."

This time, several Yi people began to shake their heads.

This is nonsense, didn't they find it?

"Then what?"

The leading Yi people smiled.

"We found it, and then what?"

"Uh."

Several Yi people were silent on the spot.

Then? Then there was nothing else. They did find the promised land, but they were beaten out - this is still a better way of saying it. To put it bluntly, they were actually captured alive on the spot and then sold as hard labor.

"So, this is the result of not having a saint. Even if you see the promised land, you are not allowed to enter."

The leading Yi people spread their hands.

"Look, is there anything wrong with what the scriptures say?"

"Ah, this?"

Several barbarians were stunned. It seemed that this was really the case?

Without the guidance of the saints, even if they entered the promised land, they could only take a walk and leave. Obviously, the land of milk and honey was close at hand, but they had to choose to leave - of course, they actually had no choice. At that time, they didn't even have the power to die. The devil seemed to be sick and was determined to sell them as hard labor. Under the devil's terrifying power, they couldn't even commit suicide.

"You only think this is the devil's terror, but is there a possibility that this is also God's arrangement?"

The leading barbarian began to explain his thoughts.

"God will not do something deliberately. The things in the scriptures are more like explaining some kind of ancient law. If you follow the rules, you can get the corresponding results. If you don't follow the rules... you will be like us now, bearing the bad consequences of your own efforts."

"So that's it..."

Facing the leading barbarian's novel way of interpreting the scriptures, several barbarians nodded slowly.

Yes, from this perspective, the scriptures are indeed useful, and they have indeed vaguely experienced these laws - the most obvious one is their elder, who wanted to skip the saint and go directly to the promised land after knowing the existence of the land. The wrong beginning led to the wrong ending, and the hateful elder worshipped the devil on the spot.

Similarly, worshiping the devil is not a good start. The devil with powerful power does not care about the worship of a mortal, so the poor elder was sold as a laborer after offering the treasure, and was even beaten to death by everyone in the end.

The most outrageous thing is that the ones who really beat the elder to death were not those who were pious to the gods, but those who believed in the devil. Obviously, they and the elder all had the intention of worshiping the devil, but they beat the elder more fiercely than those pious ones.

The beginning was wrong, the process was wrong, how could the ending be right?

"Well, I have another question."

The undetermined barbarian spoke again.

"How do we tell what is wrong and what is right?"

"Good question."

The leading Yi people nodded.

"I know what you mean. The answer is that there is no way to tell."

"...Huh?"

Several Yi people looked at each other.

"No, since you said that, there must be a way, right? Otherwise, it's useless to talk about it?"

"There is indeed a way, but it's a stupid way."

The leading Yi people explained.

"When a seed is planted in the ground, how do you know whether it will grow into a crooked melon or a towering tree? This kind of thing cannot be predicted. There are too many uncontrollable things in the process... All we can do is follow the method of planting trees, watering and fertilizing, and pruning branches step by step. Although this cannot guarantee that the seeds will grow into what we want, it can at least ensure that it will not grow too outrageous."

At this point, the leading Yi people sighed.

"This is the use of the scriptures. Based on the records in it, we can summarize the rules of those things that happened in the past, just like knowing that we need to water and fertilize trees... Although we may not be able to really do it by following these rules, just like the tribesmen of all generations have been looking for the promised land for so long and have not been able to find it, but following these rules will at least not produce bad results. This is the meaning of the existence of rules, and the use of scriptures."

"In other words, did we really find the promised land in the past?"

Another Yi people spoke up.

"Because there was a successful experience, so we left such a record?"

"So you didn't see this?"

The leading Yi people were stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

"Well, I will tell you about what happened a long time ago today."

The second update is here, and everyone should rest early.

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