In the mines outside Dengzhou, the Yi people continued to work.

After the conflict that killed two people, these Yiren seemed to have been divided into two groups, and some of the Yiren and the Yiren elder who were killed were all intimidated by the terrifying figure carrying a pair of fire blades, even if that figure was like a devil in their eyes, but it was the terrifying power of this devil that was more worthy of their trust.

And others are ......

They are still holding on to their beliefs.

Even though many compatriots have begun to worship the devil, and even the Yiren elder who led them has already taken the lead in rebellion, this small number of remaining Yiren has become more and more pious.

"God will deliver us!"

At nightfall, this small group of devout Yi people would quietly gather together to cheer each other on.

"Imagine the stories of the scriptures, and think of the alien races who were cruel to our ancestors, and God sent angels to punish them, destroying their cities and turning their people into pillars of salt...... So don't be discouraged, just find the legendary saint and go to the Promised Land that belongs to us, and everything will be fine. ”

“…… Well, I have a question. ”

There are people who are not so firm in their beliefs, and they raise their doubts.

"Didn't we find the Promised Land before? Why go back to some saint? ”

"Your question is good."

The leader nodded.

"For it is written."

“…… Yes? ”

Not only the Yi people who did not have firm beliefs were dumbfounded, but even the rest of the Yi people who had firm beliefs were also a little shaken - if it was before, and the group had not dispersed, then they would definitely believe what the scriptures say. But now......

The elders who know the scriptures best worship the devil, and you tell me that the scriptures are useful?

"It really works."

The Yiren who took the lead didn't have any strange reactions to the others, and continued to talk to himself.

"What can be written into the scriptures is what has happened, such as finding the Promised Land under the guidance of the saints, and this is what has happened...... So do you think we can find the Promised Land without the saints? ”

"You ......"

This time, several of them started shaking their heads.

It's all starting to talk nonsense, haven't they all found it?

"And then?"

The leader smiled.

"Did you find it, and then what?"

"Ugh."

Several Yi people were dumbfounded on the spot.

And then? And then there was no then. They did find the Promised Land, but they were beaten out – a nice way to put it, but to put it mildly, they were actually captured alive and sold as drudgery.

"So, this is the result of the absence of saints, and even if you see the Promised Land, you are not allowed to enter it."

The Yi people who took the lead spread their hands.

"Behold, is there anything wrong with what is written?"

"Ahh

A few people were dumbfounded, as if this was really the case?

Without the guidance of the saints, even if they entered the Promised Land, they could only walk around and leave, and the land with 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 he was determined to sell them as hard labor, and under the devil's terrible hands, they couldn't even commit suicide.

"You only think it's the horror of the devil, but is there a possibility that it's also God's arrangement?"

The Yi people, who took the lead, began to elaborate on their thoughts.

"God doesn't deliberately do something, the things in the scriptures are more like expounding some kind of ancient law, if you do it according to the rules, if you do it according to the rules, you can get the corresponding results, if you don't do it according to the laws...... We will suffer the consequences of our own gains, just as we do now. ”

"That's ...... so"

Faced with the novel way of interpreting the scriptures that led the Yiren, several Yiren nodded slowly.

Yes, from this point of view, the scriptures are indeed useful, and they have indeed vaguely experienced these patterns—most notably their elder, knowing the existence of the Promised Land, wanted to go straight past the saints, and the wrong beginning led to the wrong end, and the hateful elder worshipped the devil on the spot.

In the same way, the worship of the devil was not a good start, and the devil with great power did not care about the worship of a mortal, so the poor elder, after offering the treasure, was still sold as a piece of hard labor, and in the end he was even beaten to death by the crowd.

The most outrageous thing is that it was not the few of them who were devout to the gods who really killed the elders, but those who believed in the devil, obviously they and the elders had the intention of worshiping the devil, but they beat the elders more ruthlessly than these pious ones.

If the beginning is wrong, the process is wrong, how can the ending be correct?

"Well, I still have a question."

The not-so-determined Yiren spoke again.

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

"Good question."

The leader nodded.

"I know what you're referring to, and the answer is that there's no way to tell."

“…… Ha? ”

Several of them glanced at each other.

"No, you've said that, so there's got to be a way, right? Otherwise, isn't it in vain? ”

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

The leader explained.

"When a seed is planted in the ground, how do you know if it will grow into a crooked melon and cracked date, or into a towering tree? This kind of thing can't be predicted, and there are too many uncontrollable things in this process...... The only thing we can do is to water and fertilize and prune the branches according to the method of planting the tree, which does not guarantee that the seed will grow as we want, but at least it will not grow too outrageously. ”

Speaking of this, the Yiren who took the lead sighed.

This is also the use of the scriptures, according to the records in it, those things that have happened, we can summarize the law, just like knowing that planting trees needs to be watered and fertilized...... Although we may not be able to really do it by following these laws, just like the people of the past generations have been looking for the Promised Land for so long and have not been able to find it, but following these laws, at least it will not bear evil results, and this is the meaning of the existence of the law, that is, the use of the scriptures. ”

"In other words, have we really found the Promised Land?"

Another Yiren spoke.

"Because of the successful experience, why did you leave such a record?"

"So you didn't see this?"

The leader was stunned, and then smiled.

"Well, I'll tell you about it today, which happened a long time ago."

The second shift was delivered, and everyone rested early.

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I'll eat something and continue to code, good night everyone.

(End of chapter)