From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Given the enemy's vulnerability, how could he not have started thinking about seizing power beforehand?

I'm certain he's plotting a rebellion in Shanghai. Keep a close eye on him, and have the rest of you be on high alert, preserving as much manpower as possible.

I'll try my best.

Zhang Muzhi could only guarantee that his own troops would obey him, and even then, he couldn't say it aloud during the Northern Expedition; otherwise, he would be labeled as "obstructing the Northern Expedition"...

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In the blink of an eye, half a month has quietly passed.

Zhang Muzhi and Chen Yulou bid farewell to Jiang Liu and his men and continued their northern expedition.

In Yuhang City, in addition to the Confucian Society and the YMCA of China, there were also labor unions, farmers' associations, women's associations, and youth comrades' associations, which, together with the members of the two factions who remained from the Northern Expeditionary Army, jointly managed Yuhang.

However, these "associations" refuse the participation of people from other backgrounds.

Even though many of the extraordinary individuals in the Cultural Street are highly skilled in forging and planting!

Even at the very beginning, the Confucian Association took the initiative to help!

However, due to a slight unpleasantness between Jiang Liu and Mr. Ren, and the fact that most of the members of the Guo faction were quite wary of people with supernatural abilities, the presidents of these associations, as well as the patrolling disciplinary teams, were at odds with the Confucian Association.

This naturally made the eccentrics and members of the Confucian Society on Cultural Street indignant, feeling that their good intentions had been taken for granted, which was truly despicable.

"I know you are all angry, but please bear with it for now. There will be a time when you need our help later."

Jiang Liu reassured everyone, "The Northern Expeditionary Army is riddled with internal problems. In my opinion, it will inevitably fall apart within a year. That will be the time for us to step in, resolve the issues, and we can achieve great things!"

But patience doesn't mean compromise. If they deliberately target us and cause us trouble, then there's no need for patience.

All the members of the Confucian Society were convinced by Jiang Liu, so they first calmed down their hatred and suppressed their anger, returning to their original lives and work.

But the tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease.

In the previous two months, due to the entry of the Northern Expeditionary Army into the city, the Confucian Society and the people of the Cultural Street participated in the construction. Even the students and teachers of Mingxin Academy helped out, so Jiang Liu was quite busy and did not preach on the night of the full moon on the fifteenth of each month as usual.

Now that it's underway, the disciplinary team has come knocking on our door.

"Why are you all gathered here so late at night instead of sleeping?!"

The captain of the patrol team was named Liu Chuang. He had a roguish look on his face. He raised his hand and fired a shot into the air, which frightened some of the children under the age of ten at the scene, causing them to cover their ears or even cry out.

"Don't cry, don't cry."

Jiang Liu stepped forward and, together with the children's parents, comforted the children. Under Jiang Liu's gentle gaze, the children all quieted down, and their fear dissipated in a short time.

After they had all calmed down, Jiang Liu looked at Liu Chuang and said quietly, "Captain Liu, is this how you protect the people? Shooting in the street?"

Click!

Lu Mingfei was also present, carrying a camera, and captured the moment when Liu Chuang raised his gun to the sky.

"what are you doing?"

Liu Chuang noticed Lu Mingfei, and in his excitement, he turned his gun on him.

"Sir, spare your life!"

Lu Mingfei knelt down on the ground, but there was no fear in his eyes, because he knew that with Jiang Liu present, not even a small pistol or a submachine gun could harm him in the slightest.

Therefore, the moment he knelt down, he casually tossed the camera in his arms to Lu Jin, who was nearby, and gestured with his eyes for Lu Jin to take a picture of the scene.

Click!Click!

Lu Jin understood immediately and pressed the shutter.

"Give me the camera!" Liu Chuang shouted in shock and anger, and fired a shot directly at Lu Jin.

boom!

The moment the gunshot rang out, a bullet hovered silently three inches in front of Lu Jin's forehead, creating ripples around it.

This startled Liu Chuang, leaving him stunned.

Ding!

The bullet landed.

Lu Jin also put down her camera, looked directly at Liu Chuang, and said in a low voice, "That's wrong of you, sir. How could you just fire a gun?"

"I!"

Liu Chuang only realized his impulsiveness the moment he fired the shot, but he was also frightened by Lu Jin's ability to catch the bullet remotely. He took three steps back and bumped into the other members of the disciplinary team who were also trembling with tension behind him.

Facing the gaze of hundreds upon hundreds of people, Liu Chuang's forehead was beaded with cold sweat, as were his colleagues beside him.

Having heard that a large number of people had gathered in Cultural Street, and considering that Mr. Ren and the Confucian Society seemed to be at odds, they rushed over, hoping to punish these strange people in order to win Mr. Ren's favor.

Who would have thought!

There really are people in this world who can catch bullets from a distance!

Are all the thousands of people here able to do it?

"Captain Liu, if I remember correctly, the duty of the patrol team is to protect the safety and interests of the people, right? Who here isn't a civilian, an ordinary citizen?" Jiang Liu's eyes turned slightly cold.

"We are protecting the people, not you monsters!" Liu Chuang, though outwardly fierce, inadvertently uttered a string of curses without thinking.

Now!

The strange people on the street were not happy about this and stood up, glaring angrily at Liu Chuang and his group.

"Now, you have two choices."

Jiang Liu smiled and said, "First, apologize to everyone present, apologize to Lu Mingfei and Lu Jin, and compensate the frightened children. Then we'll consider this matter over and we won't target you again."

Secondly, you can leave directly, and I won't let anyone stop you. However, the news about 'Captain Liu shooting and intimidating civilians, forcing newspaper reporters to kneel, and shooting at teenagers' will be published on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.

Being realistic and pragmatic is also your principle, isn't it?

You know how serious the consequences will be, right?

Even if you have connections, besides the extraordinary individuals present, there are also ordinary people from Yuhang City. You can't silence everyone's opinions...

"you dare!"

Liu Chuang shouted.

"What? Is it that only officials are allowed to set fires, while common people are forbidden to light lamps?"

Jiang Liu walked up to Liu Chuang, raised his hand, pointed the gun at his own forehead, and said with a grin, "Now I'm giving you a chance. Shoot and show your attitude."

"This is an extra option for you!"

"Let ordinary people and superhumans be completely opposed! Whether it's the Gong faction or the Guo faction, they all dislike superhumans and want to get rid of them as soon as possible! But please remember, if this causes a war between ordinary people and superhumans in the future, leading to the complete failure of the Northern Expedition, it will be your responsibility! Because you fired the first shot!"

# Chapter 446 Struggle and Confrontation

"you!"

Liu Chuang trembled all over. He had just uttered a single word when he found himself unable to move, as if controlled by an invisible force.

Surprising!

This moment.

His heart was filled with fear. He wanted to put down the gun, but he couldn't. After uttering a single word, he could no longer speak, as if his mouth, tongue, and throat were bound by an invisible force.

To the others present, this scene appeared as Liu Chuang's determination to fight Jiang Liu to the death.

Just as the other man's finger gripping the gun was about to bend and pull the trigger, an anxious shout suddenly came from outside the crowd: "Stop! Liu Chuang! What are you doing?"

In that instant, Liu Chuang felt a lightness all over his body, but due to the excessive force and the momentum, he lost his footing and fell to the ground.

clap clap!

The man outside barged in. He was tall and strong, a middle-aged man. He grabbed Liu Chuang by the collar and slapped him twice.

"Liu Chuang! Do you know what you're doing? Pointing a gun at civilians? Are you crazy?" After saying that, the man slapped him twice more hard.

"President, I..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish speaking, the chairman slapped him again and said to Jiang Liu, "Chairman Jiang, I'm really sorry, Liu Chuang is young, please don't take it to heart."

"Are you younger than me?" Jiang Liu retorted.

"this···"

An awkward expression appeared on the newcomer's face. He was about to raise his hand to strike Liu Chuang when he realized that his raised arm was blocked by an invisible force.

"No need for this kind of formalism in front of me, Chairman Zhao."

The person before me is Zhao Yuanzhi, the president of the labor union.

"Your purpose in launching the Northern Expedition shouldn't just be to resolve the chaos caused by warlords, should it?" Jiang Liu countered. "Or perhaps, your awareness is insufficient?"

"You've misunderstood, Chairman Jiang. Liu Chuang really is just a child."

Facing Jiang Liu's unwavering gaze, Zhao Yuanzhi broke out in a cold sweat, his face full of humility. "Ambition knows no age. I also understand the principle of harmony between man and nature. Although you are young, you are already an 'adult,' while Liu Chuang, though in his twenties or thirties, is just a fool. You are too magnanimous to hold a grudge against a child..."

"President Zhao, it seems your awareness is really not high enough."

Jiang Liu grinned and chuckled, "If you make a mistake, your boss won't hold it against you? Tsk tsk, if that's really the case, then all the help we, the Confucian Association, gave you before would have been for nothing."

"No! No! That's not what I meant!" Zhao Yuanzhi was covered in sweat, trying his best to explain, but he didn't know what to say.

"I don't care what you mean. I understand the duties of the patrol team: to protect the safety and interests of the people and to maintain order in the city. But I preach on the fifteenth of every month, which is a custom of the Cultural Street. The only time there has been a problem is now."

Furthermore, the area has been cleared and will not affect traffic. Instead of trying to control us practitioners, you should consider how to manage the other streets in the city.”

Jiang Liu sat down cross-legged, looking up at Zhao Yuanzhi.

The latter dared not presume, and also squatted down to look the river at eye level.

“I know that you all dislike us because our ideas clash with Mr. Ren’s, but it’s not right for you to deliberately cause trouble.”

Jiang Liu continued, "Let Liu Chuang apologize to everyone present tomorrow. I know he doesn't have much money, so it's just a gesture of goodwill. He doesn't need to buy any expensive gifts. If he can't even do that... fine, then we'll just have to accept our previous kindness as a waste."

"Liu Chuang!"

Zhao Yuanzhi shouted, startling Liu Chuang awake.