in the edge

Chapter 292 A story from a long time ago

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

After the conflict that killed two people, the barbarians seemed to have been divided into two groups. Some of the barbarians, like the killed barbarian elders, were frightened by the terrifying figure carrying a pair of flaming blades. , even though that figure is like a devil in their eyes, it is the terrifying power of this devil that makes it more worthy of their belief.

And other Yi people...

They are still holding on to their beliefs.

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

"God will definitely save us!"

Whenever night falls, this small group of devout Yi people will quietly gather together to cheer each other up.

"Imagine the stories in the Bible and think about the foreign tribes who treated our ancestors cruelly. 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 Find the legendary saint and go to the promised land that belongs to us, and everything will be fine."

"...Well, I have a question."

Some Yi people who were not so firm in their faith raised their own doubts.

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

"Your question is good."

The leading Yiren nodded.

"For this is what the Scripture says."

"……what?"

Not only the Yi people with unstable beliefs were dumbfounded, but also the other Yi people with firm beliefs were a little shaken - if it was before, and everyone had not disbanded, then they would definitely believe whatever the scripture said.But now...

The elders who know the scriptures best have worshiped the devil. Are you telling me that the scriptures are useful?
"It does work."

The Yi people who took the lead were not surprised by the reactions of the others and continued to talk to themselves.

"What can be written into the Bible are things that have happened before. For example, finding the Promised Land under the guidance of the saints, this is what happened... So you think that without the words of the saints, we can find the promise. Land?"

"you……"

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

This is all nonsense. Didn’t they all find it?
"and then?"

The Yiren who took the lead smiled.

"Looking for it means finding it, what next?"

"Uh."

Several Yi people were dumbfounded on the spot.

Then?Then there is no more.They did find the Promised Land, but they were beaten out. This is a nice way of saying it, but to put it more unpleasantly, they were actually captured alive on the spot and later 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 it."

The leading Yiren spread his hands.

“Look, what the Bible says is wrong?”

"Ah this?"

Several Yi people were stunned, as if this was really happening?

Without the guidance of the saint, even if they entered the Promised Land, they could only wander around and leave. The land of milk and honey was clearly close at hand, but they had to choose to leave - of course, they actually had nothing. There was no choice. At that time, they didn't even have the power to die. The devil seemed to be ill and was determined to sell them as hard labor. Under the terrifying power of the devil, they even committed suicide. Less than. "You only think this is the terror of the devil, but is there a possibility that this is also God's arrangement?"

The Yi people who took the lead began to explain their thoughts.

"God doesn't do anything deliberately. The things in the Bible are more like elaborating some kind of ancient laws. If you do it according to the rules, you will get the corresponding results. If you don't follow the laws, you will get the corresponding results. If we do... we will suffer the consequences of this as we are doing now."

"So that's how it is..."

Facing the novel interpretation method of the leading Yiren, several Yiren nodded slowly.

Yes, from this perspective, the scriptures are indeed useful, and they have indeed vaguely experienced these laws - the most obvious one is that their elder wanted to cross over after learning about the existence of the Promised Land. The saint took this step directly. The wrong beginning led to the wrong ending. The hateful elder worshiped the devil on the spot.

Similarly, worshiping the devil is not a good start. The devil with powerful power will not care about the worship of a mortal, so after offering the treasure, the poor elder was still sold as a hard labor, and was even killed in the end. Everyone was beaten to death with random punches.

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

The beginning is wrong, the process is wrong, how can the ending be right?
"Well, I have another question."

The unsteady Yiren spoke again.

“How do we tell what’s wrong and what’s right?”

"good question."

The leading Yiren nodded.

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

"……what?"

Several Yi people looked at each other.

"No, you said so, so there has to be a way, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain?"

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

The Yiren who took the lead opened his mouth to explain.

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

At this point, the leading Yiren sighed.

"This is the use of scriptures. Based on the past events recorded in them, we can summarize the rules, just like knowing that planting trees requires watering and fertilizing... Although we follow these rules, we may not really be able to do it. , just like people of all generations have been looking for the Promised Land for so long but have not been able to find it. However, if you follow these rules, at least there will be no bad results. This is the meaning of the existence of rules and the use of scriptures."

"In other words, have we really found the promised land?"

Another Yiren spoke.

"Because you have had successful experience, why do you leave such a record?"

"So you didn't see this?"

The Yiren who took the lead was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

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

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