Chapter 55

Daxia Academy.

Gu Jinnian and the other two walked side by side.

For some reason, the mountain path seemed very strange.

Take Wang Fugui, for example, although he was overweight, he had practiced martial arts. Logically, this mountain path shouldn't be a big problem for him.

But after just a short while, he was already drenched in sweat.

And Gu Jinnian also felt his legs as heavy as lead, even though he was physically strong, he couldn't bear it much longer.

"What's going on?"

"Why does it feel like we've been walking for a whole day and night?"

Wang Fugui was having trouble breathing; he couldn't take it anymore and sat down to rest.

Among the three, only Su Huaiyu remained calm and composed, not even out of breath.

But that was normal, as he was a martial arts expert, and this distance was nothing to him.

"There's an array formation here."

"Each step is equivalent to ten steps in normal conditions, making it abnormally difficult to walk."

Su Huaiyu explained.

"No wonder."

"I thought this short distance would exhaust me."

"Brother Su, is there any way to solve this?"

Wang Fugui asked, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"Yes."

To their surprise, Su Huaiyu actually had a solution.

In an instant, two streams of true qi emanated from Su Huaiyu's body and forcefully entered the bodies of the other two.

The true qi acted like a divine medicine, instantly dispelling their fatigue, and their legs no longer ached.

"Huh."

"Brother Su, why didn't you use this method earlier?"

Wang Fugui, feeling much better, asked curiously.

"I thought you two were training yourselves."

"It seems I overthought it."

Su Huaiyu remained aloof, and his response left the two silent.

This guy was just like that, there was nothing to say about it.

"Stop talking, let's hurry up and go up."

After getting some relief, Gu Jinnian didn't waste any more words and continued walking forward.

Soon.

After about half an hour, three figures finally appeared.

It was a pavilion.

Two men in official uniforms, holding large knives, were standing guard, and inside the pavilion, a man in prisoner's clothes, with disheveled hair and a brutish face, was kneeling.

The three approached.

The guard on the left immediately bowed and said,

"Welcome, sirs."

"Sir Wang, this man is the second-in-command of a bandit gang. We received intelligence and caught him by waiting in ambush. How should we deal with him, sir?"

He pointed to the kneeling prisoner and asked Wang Fugui first.

Clearly, this was a test.

It had to be said that Su Wenjing was quite clever, using this method to analyze their personalities, which was quite good.

"Bandit?"

"Kill him directly."

"I detest evil."

Wang Fugui knew this was an assessment, so he answered without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, the two guards nodded and then looked at Gu Jinnian.

"May I ask, Sir Gu, how should we deal with him?"

He continued to ask.

"Collaborator with bandits? Have the others been caught?"

Gu Jinnian didn't immediately punish him but asked for more information.

"Sir, they haven't been caught yet."

The guard replied.

"Alright, take him to the prison. Don't torture him, let him eat and drink well, and then let him go."

Gu Jinnian spoke calmly, giving this response.

Instantly, the two guards were stunned.

Even Wang Fugui was taken aback.

A collaborator with bandits, not only not tortured, but fed and released?

Is he crazy?

"Sir? What do you mean?"

The guard looked at Gu Jinnian, full of curiosity.

"His accomplices have already determined that he will be executed. Sending him back will cause internal strife among them. We just need to wait outside the bandit camp for the chaos to unfold."

Gu Jinnian explained.

His thinking was meticulous. Killing him alone wouldn't help; the second-in-command being captured meant certain death by law and by personal vendetta.

Normally, the bandits would already be in mourning. Suddenly releasing him, unharmed and unscathed, who would believe it?

"Sir, you are indeed wise."

"Sir Su, how do you think we should deal with him?"

The guard continued to ask Su Huaiyu.

Instead of answering, Su Huaiyu looked at the prisoner and said,

"I ask you."

"Are you willing to atone for your crimes?"

"Willing."

"Willing."

"I am willing, please let me live, sir."

The prisoner immediately responded, trying to please Su Huaiyu.

"Cut him down."

After getting the answer, Su Huaiyu spoke, giving this decision.

Instantly, everyone was stunned.

What does this mean?

You ask if he's willing to atone for his crimes, he says yes, and then you say to cut him down? Are you crazy?

Deliberately playing with him?

Feeling Gu Jinnian's gaze, Su Huaiyu remained calm.

"He's not sincere."

Su Huaiyu answered calmly.

"Why?"

Gu Jinnian asked curiously.

"Intuition."

Gu Jinnian: "......"

The guard: "......"

Wang Fugui: "......"

Good guy.

Solving cases by intuition? No wonder you were thrown in jail.

You deserve it.

"Was the previous case also solved by intuition?"

Gu Jinnian couldn't help but ask another question.

This guy was thrown in jail for privately releasing the remnants of Jiande.

If it was because of intuition, this guy's brain must be seriously damaged.

"Not just because of intuition."

Su Huaiyu shook his head.

"Then why?"

Gu Jinnian continued to ask.

"That guy was a woman, very beautiful, and couldn't lie."

Su Huaiyu said seriously.

This completely stunned Gu Jinnian.

"Are you saying that if someone is ugly, they will definitely lie?"

Gu Jinnian really didn't know how to evaluate this guy.

He's really a bit crazy.

"No."

But Su Huaiyu shook his head and then said with utmost certainty,

"If she was ugly, she wouldn't have had the chance to talk to me."

He was very serious.

But this left everyone speechless.

"Please continue up the mountain, sirs."

Finally, the guard's voice broke the silence, and the three continued up the mountain.

Clearly, they didn't want to face someone like Su Huaiyu.

He was... well... quite problematic.

As the guard spoke,

Gu Jinnian