"A friend." Ma Xianhong was obviously unwilling to reveal the mastermind behind it.
"Is that so?"
Liu Xiaojiang looked at the conflicted look on Ma Xianhong's face. He was not in a hurry to ask about the identity of the mastermind behind it. Instead, he changed his approach and continued,
"Old Ma, let's put aside the issue of our positions for the time being. You're willing to help me with Chen Duo's matter, and I'm also willing to help you perfect this cultivation furnace. In addition, we're both orthodox heirs of the Eight Strange Techniques. Can't the two of us be considered friends?"
"Friend?" Ma Xianhong stared at Liu Xiaojiang for a long time. His furrowed brows finally relaxed a little:
"Although you're a member of the company, seeing that you and I are both orthodox heirs of the Eight Strange Techniques, even if you help the company deal with me in the future, as long as you don't go too far... I'll still treat you as one of us."
"Alright, since we're one of us, I won't hide it." Liu Xiaojiang noticed the sincerity on Ma Xianhong's face. He immediately raised the corners of his mouth and said,
"Old Ma, your act of using the cultivation furnace to transform ordinary people is already very serious in the eyes of the company. Whether or not you're fulfilling other people's wishes out of kindness, this is also destroying the population red line between ordinary people and mutants. Sooner or later, it will have a great impact on social stability."
At this point, he looked at the cultivation furnace behind Ma Xianhong and said with a smile:
"In the beginning, I did represent the company to arrest Chen Duo, but as long as others followed Chen Duo to find out about the situation in the village, the company will definitely not let you continue to develop."
"My act of helping you perfect this cultivation furnace is also equivalent to going against the philosophy that the company has always adhered to... We can put this matter aside for now."
"But you converted ordinary people in Bi You Village, took in Chen Duo, who killed the person in charge of the company's district, and got involved with all the senior figures before these matters were resolved …"
As he spoke..,
Liu Xiaojiang gradually put away the smile on his face. He looked at Ma Xianhong with an extremely solemn expression and said,
"Although things haven't developed to the most serious point, everything you've done... has already made Green Touring Village stand against the company and the stability and order of the entire society."
"Old Ma, you're not being stupid. You're forcing the villagers to their deaths!"
"What are you trying to say?" When Ma Xianhong heard that the company might pursue the responsibility of the other villagers, his face instantly darkened.
"Don't let the relationship between Green Touring Village and Quan Xing be unclear," Liu Xiaojiang said.
"Tell me the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Mei Jinfeng. As a friend … I'll help you explain to the company and try to get leniency for everyone in the village."
"I …" Ma Xianhong looked at Liu Xiaojiang hesitantly and said, "Everything is my own decision. It has nothing to do with anyone in the village. What right does the company have to punish them?"
Liu Xiaojiang looked deeply at Ma Xianhong and said, "Does the company have the right to punish Chen Duo?"
"…" Ma Xianhong fell silent.
Liu Xiaojiang looked at Ma Xianhong standing there with his head lowered. Even though Ma Xianhong clenched his fists with an indignant expression, he didn't intend to reveal the mastermind behind this. Liu Xiaojiang couldn't help but touch his chin thoughtfully.
"Old Ma, do you want to tell me or not? Or you can't say it at all? "
"I don't want to say it!" Ma Xianhong suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Xiaojiang. The two moles under his eyes seemed to be tangled together:
"I can't say it? Absolutely not! How can I question it … "
Seeing this..,
Liu Xiaojiang's eyes flashed with a red light. He narrowed his eyes and observed Ma Xianhong's condition, but he didn't find anything unusual about the Qi in his body. It didn't seem like he was being controlled by someone at all.
But even so..,
He still felt that there was something wrong with Ma Xianhong's behavior. He even sensed an inexplicable sense of familiarity from it, as if he had seen such a strange situation somewhere before.
This was … the Bright Soul Spell?!
Liu Xiaojiang recalled the situation he had encountered during a mission, as well as Guan Shihua's speculation about this strange situation. Naturally, he associated it with the innate ability awakened by the Lu family members — the Bright Soul Spell.
This was not control!
This was the Bright Soul Spell, which had been cultivated to a high level, changing one's perception!
Could it be that the Lu family had entrusted Ma Xianhong to capture Mei Jinfeng?!
Why?!
"Old Ma, that person … could his surname be Lu?" Liu Xiaojiang sized Ma Xianhong up from head to toe. In the end, he couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this,
Ma Xianhong was slightly stunned. The conflict and doubt in his eyes gradually faded. He shook his head calmly and said,
"Liu Zhenren, don't ask anymore, and don't guess anymore. Whether it's the problem of the population red line that you mentioned or the fact that Chen Duo was sent to capture Mei Jinfeng, I will bear all the consequences personally."
"If you treat me as one of your own, on account of my willingness to help you and Chen Duo solve the problem, don't let the company hurt the others in the village … I'm begging you."
"That person's surname isn't Lu?" Liu Xiaojiang frowned.
Ma Xianhong rubbed the corner of his eyes tiredly and shook his head again,
"Liu Zhenren, I don't want to lie to my friends, nor do I want to betray them. I don't want to be distracted by this. The cultivation furnace is what I want to complete the most right now."
"… Old Ma," Liu Xiaojiang looked at the tired Ma Xianhong and couldn't help but frown slowly.
"You said before that you made the cultivation furnace for yourself … What do you want to do with it?"
"To restore a part of my memory that I lost," Ma Xianhong said firmly.
Liu Xiaojiang, "…"
It shouldn't be!
This shouldn't be!
Using a person's memory to complete the modification of cognition!
This was clearly the Ming Soul Spell that Guan Shihua mentioned back then!
Ma Xianhong's behavior just now and the part of his memory that was missing was completely consistent with the modification of cognition by the Ming Soul Spell.
However …
The Ming Soul Spell was an innate ability that only the Lu family had the opportunity to awaken. Even the Lu family didn't seem to have many people who could modify the cognition of others.
He wasn't a member of the Lu family, but he knew the Ming Soul Spell. He could even 'control' Ma Xianhong with it and modify the cognition of an inheritor of the Eight Strange Skills …
Although it was true that Ma Xianhong was an honest person, his thoughts were pure and firm.
How could a person who dared to go against the company and even the entire world be easily affected by something like the Ming Soul Spell?
Unless …
Liu Xiaojiang suddenly thought of a possibility. He immediately looked at Ma Xianhong opposite him and said helplessly,
"Okay, Old Ma, I promise you that I won't ask anymore. I'll also try my best to protect the other people in the village from the company. But as a friend … I have something that I hope you can remember."
Hearing this …
Ma Xianhong's expression softened a lot. He nodded slightly and said, "Tell me about it first."
"Don't trust anyone," Liu Xiaojiang looked straight at Ma Xianhong and said.
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