Xu Yinglian ordered the mayor to bring the fishermen who had killed Junior Brother Qiu.

The mayor accepted the order and left as if he had been pardoned. Qiu Changtian sighed and asked:

"Junior sister, how do you plan to deal with those people?"

"Of course he was killed." Xu Yinglian said seriously.

"Oh?" Qiu Changtian was slightly puzzled. "I guess those people are helpless. After all, if there is enough food at home, who would risk going out to fish?"

"I know what you mean, brother." Xu Yinglian said calmly, "Just imagine this: if you are fighting with a demon monk in the mountains, and a hunter is hunting outside the forest, he mistakes you for a white deer and shoots an arrow at your back, causing you to be distracted for a moment. As a result, the demon monk takes the opportunity to injure you, and most of your life's skills are destroyed, so you have to flee in embarrassment."

"Then, when you find the hunter who accidentally killed you, how will you deal with him?"

Qiu Changtian smiled bitterly, understanding what Junior Sister meant:

According to Junior Sister's hypothetical scenario, although the hunter did not mean it, but... a hundred years of hard work was destroyed because of him! Not killing the hunter's family to vent your anger afterwards is considered a good temper.

This has nothing to do with the orthodox religion or the evil cult. It is just because the losses are too great and the hatred in the heart is not vented, sooner or later inner demons will arise.

"We, the orthodox people, always follow the words 'emotion' and 'reason' when doing things." Xu Yinglian said sternly, "Those fishermen went out to sea without permission for their own livelihood, which is pitiable; but it is a fact that they killed people from Kunlun, and it is unforgivable!"

"We executed him to avenge our fellow disciples of Kunlun, which was a matter of reason. Before we took action, we explained the facts to them and promised not to harm their wives and children, which was a matter of love."

"Being reasonable and never overstepping the boundaries is the right way to go."

"Junior sister, you are absolutely right. I am grateful for your advice." Qiu Changtian pondered for a moment and said seriously.

From these conversations, he could see that Sister Xu's "ancient thinking" and his own "modern thinking" were indeed obviously different in many aspects.

Modern people pay attention to "people-oriented" and are accustomed to wrapping everything in warm human touch. So when thinking about how to deal with those fishermen, even those who possess great perseverance, wisdom and determination will inevitably subconsciously put themselves in the other party's shoes and think about them a little bit.

Sister Xu's logic is much simpler and clearer:

You accidentally killed someone from Kunlun, so you must pay with your life. As for whether you have your own difficulties, that is another matter.

Let’s put things one way and one way. No matter how great the difficulties are, you have to die. You have to die!

Speaking of this, Qiu Changtian thought of the so-called "massacre problem" again.

The so-called "city massacre problem" means that the enemy is in the outer city. If you organize the residents to resist the enemy, there will be two results. Successful defense is the best, but failure will most likely lead to a massacre of the city.

However, if there is no resistance, the probability of massacre will be reduced, but the residents in the city will be at the mercy of others, and the degree of loss will be between "successful defense" and "massacre by the enemy."

The reason why it is called the "massacre problem" is that when faced with this problem, any human group will inevitably be divided into two factions, namely the "surrender faction" and the "fighting faction."

Since the outcome of choosing to fight is highly uncertain, and humans have a natural aversion to risk, the more peaceful the times, the more people with weak wills there are, and the more people who choose to surrender.

Qiu Changtian was a time traveler after all. Although he shouldered the heavy mission of being a savior and his will was much stronger than that of ordinary people, he still inevitably retained some traces of modern thinking.

On the other hand, if Sister Xu encountered such a difficult problem of massacring the city, she would probably just forcefully control all the surrenderers and force them to fight on the city walls.

The rational thinking of the ancients still has many merits! I really should learn from my junior sister.

Learn from her extremely rational thinking. When you try to seize the fragments of the Sky-Repairing Stone in the future, you must act ruthlessly and never be swayed by sentimental feelings!

"Alas." In his mind, Kunlun Mirror sighed imperceptibly, but Qiu Changtian did not hear it.

Qingping Jian heard it and sighed softly as well.

"Why are you sighing?" Kunlun Jing asked with a frown.

"I remembered something sad." Qing Pingjian said seriously, "Why are you sighing again?"

"I also remembered sad things." Kunlun Jing said faintly, silently going over again from beginning to end how the Queen of Bu Tian would backstab Chen Guanshui and push him into the Shura Field.

In order to save his life, the mayor quickly captured the fishermen and dragged them to the ground, making them kowtow repeatedly.

Xu Yinglian stood up with his sword in hand and explained in detail the reasons why he wanted to kill the five fishermen who were kowtowing. He also promised that he would not harm their families and would leave a certain amount of food for them.

Among the five fishermen, three collapsed on the ground and trembled, one thanked her in tears, and the third had a gloomy face and suddenly rushed towards her, but was beheaded by Xu Yinglian with a sword.

As the sword flashed, the other four fishermen were pierced through the heart and died instantly, but their bodies were intact.

"I will temporarily leave the bodies of these five people with you." Qiu Changtian instructed the mayor, "After we resolve the calamity cloud in the sky, you can bury them."

The mayor dared not refuse and had to agree with a bitter face.

Qiu Changtian asked the mayor to go to the back house and get two lightning-proof pills, which were black round pills that could reduce the damage caused by lightning when held in the mouth.

This thing is just an ordinary pill. It is useless against a powerful thunderbolt like a natural calamity. You will die if struck by it.

However, the evil clouds in the sky obviously cannot be as strong as the Dan Ning catastrophe, so using lightning-proof pills can increase some safety.

The two men left the mayor's mansion and flew up on their swords. They saw dark clouds rolling in the sky, but there was no sign of lightning.

"If lightning strikes everyone when they go out, who would dare to risk their lives to go out?" Xu Yinglian sighed casually, "It is precisely because of the uncertainty of death that people have more foolish luck."

"In the art of war, there are also examples such as 'surround three sides and leave one side open', 'burn the boats and burn the boats', and 'fight with one's back to the river', all of which take advantage of the weaknesses in human nature."

"Brother, on the path of cultivation, you must be aware of any flaws in your character."

I was just complimenting you a few words, but you're addicted to preaching, right?

Qiu Changtian complained silently in his heart, but said:

"I'm grateful for your advice. Junior sister, please step back and let me deal with this calamity cloud."

The evil spirit Jieyun, who was able to fight to a standstill with Junior Brother Qiu at the Huafu level, was obviously no match for Qiu Changtian at the Jindan level.

But just in case, he still took out the Thunder Hammer and Thunder Cone, mobilized a certain amount of true energy, and stimulated the Taixiao Thunder.

Silver-white lightning jumped on the tip of the cone and soon condensed into a giant dragon, which plunged directly into the surging clouds in the sky!