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In the confrontation with his disciples, Li Yao has always acted easily.

It was not until Jin Xinyue raised this question that the smile on his face became a little stiff.

Li Yao took a deep breath and said, "My spiritual root was inspired by seven cultivators who stood up and tried their best to protect ordinary people on the crystal rail train to the north. They were awakened!"

"So, I will always be on the side of ordinary people."

"I will do whatever I do the best for ordinary people. If I think some decisions of the federal government will harm the interests of ordinary people, of course I will do my best to change and stop them."

Jin Xinyue's eyes became clearer and more firmer, and her tone became stronger and stronger: "Master still did not answer the disciple's questions positively."

"Side on the side of ordinary people? Then, who is considered an ordinary person? Even, who is considered a 'person'?"

"Yes, the citizens of the Starry Federation are of course ordinary people that Master wants to protect."

"I also believe that in the eyes of my master, I may be considered a human being."

"Even the blood-storming demon races whose demon races are not very distinct, perhaps the master can treat them as ‘ordinary people’ and protect them sincerely."

"But what about those ugly and even strange-shaped copper blood and black blood demon races?"

"In the eyes of Master, are they really considered ‘people’? In the most extreme cases, is Master really willing to break with the Starry Federation for such a ‘people’?"

Li Yao was stunned, really stunned.

The third disciple I took was really different from the first two disciples.

Her performance far exceeded her expectations!

Looking at Jin Xinyue's eyes shining like crystal marrow, looking at the saint of the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, Jin Tuyi, the daughter of the commander of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance, burst into full light and spirit. Li Yao could no longer regard this conversation as a simple master to guide his disciples.

Instead, there is an equal communication between two cultivators!

"You asked the key point. Since I discovered the truth about the same origin of 'hemale and demon', I have been thinking about who is 'ordinary person'. What is 'human'? What should humans be divided into 'demons'? Why am I fighting for?"

Li Yao gestured for a moment and let Jin Xinyue sit cross-legged like him.

Kneeling on both knees is the way of sitting by the disciple listening to the master's teachings. Both sides sit cross-legged, which is to "sit and discuss the Tao".

Jin Xinyue gave a deep gift and sat cross-legged without hesitation.

She knew that the following conversation was an exploration of the "Big Way". Under the Great Way, all cultivators are equal, even if they are masters and apprentices.

Li Yao said: "This question is too complicated. In order to understand the knot in my heart, I almost thought of getting into a trepidity. I argued fiercely with another self in my mind, and found many absurd ideas."

Of course, Jin Xinyue didn't know that Li Yao's so-called "another self in his mind" was not a rhetorical technique, but there was really "another Li Yao".

She held her breath and listened to her master's understanding of "the Great Way".

Li Yao said: "Make a thinking game, for example, you are a true cultivator who is very abiding by the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of China. When you see a young girl with a pretty and weak appearance and sick body, you must stand up and protect her, right?"

Jin Xinyue nodded: "Yes."

Li Yao said: "But if it weren't a girl, but a strong man with a fierce face, big and rude face, and vulgarity, encountered danger? Do you need to protect it?"

Jin Xinyue hesitated for a moment: "You should protect it. She looks vicious and innocent. She looks like a strong man with a big and rude man, and she may also be a husband, father and son. He is also an ordinary person. If he encounters a danger that cannot be resolved and is seen by a real cultivator, he will of course take action to protect him."

Li Yao said: "If this strong man had suffered a serious disease, 99% of his body's organs were exhausted and had to be replaced with a 'spiritual body' composed of metal, gears and magic weapons, what if only the brain or the original brain?"

Jin Xinyue pondered for a moment: "A ordinary person who has changed into a spiritual machine prosthetic body is still an ordinary person."

Li Yao's eyes were bright: "What if he didn't even have a brain? He was dead, leaving only the residual soul, and turned into a ghost cultivator."

Jin Xinyue frowned and said, "The laws of the Starry Federation recognize the human rights of ghost cultivators, that is, treat ghosts as ordinary people. In theory, they should still be protected."

Li Yao said: "Okay, suppose that when the strong man was tortured by serious illness and was about to die, the only thing he could save was not a 'spiritual body', but a bottle of 'Kunlun Divine Water'?"

"He took the 'Kunlun Divine Water' and mutated the cell and turned into a demon clan with ferocious face and sharp fangs. Is he still an ordinary person? Is he still within the protection scope of cultivators?"

Jin Xinyue is speechless.

This question was too complicated and she really didn't know the answer. She could only think deeply while shaking her head, not negating it, but rather expressing her meaning that she didn't know.

Li Yao said: "Okay, let's change the question. Suppose this bottle of 'Kunlun Divine Water' has undergone special modulation and has very little side effects. After taking it, it only causes deep mutation of the cells, but its appearance is not much different from that of normal people. Only the canine teeth are slightly longer than ordinary people."

"So, is this strong man who has returned to life a human or a demon?"

"One millimeter?"

Jin Xinyue gestured for a moment. The canine teeth were one millimeter longer than ordinary people, and she couldn't tell at all. Of course, she was an ordinary person!

She nodded without hesitation.

Li Yao: "Where are two millimeters?"

Jin Xinyue nodded.

"Where are three millimeters?"

nod.

"Where are four millimeters? What about five millimeters?"

Nodded, nodded.

"What about ten millimeters, that is, one centimeter?"

One centimeter longer than a normal person? Is it a little obvious? Jin Xinyue hesitated and nodded reluctantly.

Li Yao crossed his fingers and held it on his chin: "What if it is thirty centimeters? It is like a saber-toothed tiger with long and sharp fangs, which is considered a 'human' or a 'demon'?"

Jin Xinyue thought for a while and said, "The only feature of the demon race in many blood-spreading demon races is fangs. If they have fangs like sabre-toothed tigers, it seems difficult to be considered a 'human' in the general sense, right?"

Li Yao said: "So, there must be a critical point between one centimeter and thirty centimeters in length to determine whether this strong man is a human or a demon. Right?"

"Suppose, the critical point is fifteen centimeters."

"If this strong man is lucky enough and after taking the 'Kunlun Divine Water', the canine teeth grow to 14.99 cm. Even if he is a human, theoretically, the cultivator should protect him."

"But if he took an extra sip of the 'Kunlun Divine Water' and the canine teeth grew to 15.01 cm. Then he was a demon. In theory, the cultivator should 'slay demons and eliminate demons' and kill him."

"If he is so cruel, find a dentist and pulls out his fangs, he will turn from a demon into a human being, and the cultivator should protect him again, right?"

Jin Xinyue felt that her canine teeth were a little sore.

According to the theory just now, it seems that this is the case.

But once it is spread out, I always feel something is wrong!

How to define the concept of "people"?

Jin Xinyue was completely confused.

Li Yao sighed and said, "It's a bit ridiculous, right? But that's how many people view the problem, including myself."

"You are right. Although I have always told myself in my heart that the demon clan originates from the human clan, and all demon clans are human clans of another form."

"However, if it is part of the blood-storming demon clan and the silver-blood demon clan, it just adds a tail and a pair of cat ears on the human figure. Or a pair of wings to ask me to accept that such a demon clan is the same, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem."

"But those creatures with ferocious faces and completely lost their human form. They are like creatures that have magnified tens of thousands of times. I do...it's hard for me to accept them!"

"I know that the concept of 'judging people by appearance' is wrong, but no matter how you overcome it, you can't turn it around in a short moment."

"So, you have to ask me what exactly is considered a 'person'. I really don't have the right to define it."

"I just want to tell you a story, a story about ghost cultivators fighting for human rights in the Starry Glory Federation more than a hundred years ago."

Jin Xinyue listened very seriously and forced herself to stop interrupting.

Li Yao said: "More than a hundred years ago, with the development of technologies such as 'Soul Locking' and 'Spiritual Body', there were more and more ghost cultivators in the Starry Sky Federation. What rights should ghost cultivators enjoy, and whether they are considered 'human' has also caused heated debate in society."

"Some people support the human rights of ghost cultivators. After all, they retained their memories and will during their lifetime, except that they have no entity, and are no different from those during their lifetime."

"But some people think that ghosts are ghosts, and humans and ghosts have different paths. It would be good to allow them to move in broad daylight. What kind of human rights are there to talk about? Treating ghosts as humans will only cause a great collapse of traditional ethics and social order, which is absolutely not feasible."

"Under the instigation of the latter trend of thought, various 'living people' organizations appeared one after another, and discrimination against ghost cultivators was very serious, and even persecuted ghost cultivators."

"In some places, there are people with improper minds who control ghost cultivators and manipulate them to commit crimes. After all, ghost cultivators have no entity, and many shameful activities are done by ghost cultivators, which will be more convenient than living people. This kind of "controlling ghosts and harming people" has been around since ancient times, and it is not surprising."

"In this case, a typical case has emerged. A twelve-year-old girl retained a strand of residual soul after her death, but was obtained by a criminal group. The evil cultivator of the criminal group refined her into a ghost cultivator and asked her to use the ability of the ghost to commit crimes."

"The little girl refused to obey her. She tried to escape several times, but she angered these evil cultivators and was beaten to death."

"After this incident was exposed, the evil cultivators were of course arrested."

"However, in court, their defense lawyer made a statement in the face of irrefutable evidence that his client admitted to killing the girl, but it was impossible for a person to die twice. The girl had died long ago, and she died of illness normally, not by his client. So technically, his client did not 'kill' the girl, so there was no murder!"

"Of course, it's illegal to kill people, but what about killing ghosts? The Starry Sky Federation is a law. Is killing ghosts illegal to kill them?"

"Originally, it was just a simple criminal case, but it happened to be a fierce collision between two thoughts, and finally it hit the Supreme Court of the United States, which turned into a fierce debate that defined "ghosts" and "people"!"

"After all, is a wisp of soul hidden in the spiritual body considered a human? Is it considered a crime of 'murder' to kill a ghost with independent will and free thinking?"
Chapter completed!