Text Chapter One Thousand and Four: Debate Between Humans and Ghosts!

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In the confrontation with his disciples, Li Yao has always been able to perform with ease.

It wasn't until Jin Xinyue asked this question that the smile on his face froze slightly.

Li Yao took a deep breath and said, "My spiritual root was awakened on the crystal track train going north to the Great Wilderness, and was inspired by seven cultivators who stood up to protect ordinary people!"

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

"I will do what is best for ordinary people. If I feel that certain decisions of the federal government will harm the interests of ordinary people, I will of course do my best to change and stop it."

Jin Xinyue's gaze became clearer and her tone became more firm: "Master still hasn't answered the disciple's question directly."

"On the side of ordinary people? Then, who is an ordinary person? Even, who is a 'human'?"

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

"The disciple also believes that the way he is now, in the eyes of the master, may be regarded as a human being."

"Even those bloody monsters whose characteristics are not so obvious, maybe Master can treat them as 'ordinary people' and protect them sincerely."

"However, what about those ugly and even grotesque copper-blooded and black-blooded monsters?"

"In Master's eyes, are they really 'people'? Under the most extreme circumstances, is Master really willing to break with the Star Federation for such a 'person'?"

Li Yao was stunned, really stunned.

The third disciple I accepted was very different from the first two.

Her performance far exceeded my expectations!

Looking at Jin Xinyue's eyes that were shining like crystals, seeing the saintess of the Ten Thousand Monsters Hall, the daughter of Jin Tuyi, the commander of the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance Army, bursting out with all her radiance and spirit, Li Yao could no longer take this A conversation, as a simple master pointing disciples.

Rather, between two cultivators. Equal exchanges!

"You are asking the key point. Ever since I discovered the truth about the 'humans and monsters of the same origin', I have been thinking about who is an 'ordinary person'. What is a 'human', and how should humans and demons be divided? What am I fighting for?"

Li Yao made a gesture and asked Jin Xinyue to sit cross-legged like him.

Sit on your knees. It is the sitting method for the disciples to listen to the master's teachings. Both parties sit cross-legged, that is "sitting and discussing the Tao".

Jin Xinyue gave a deep salute, and sat down cross-legged unceremoniously.

She knew that the following conversation belonged to the exploration of the "Day", under the Dao, all cultivators are equal, even masters and apprentices.

Li Yaodao: "This question is really too complicated. In order to understand the pimples at the bottom of my heart, I almost thought of becoming obsessed, and argued fiercely with the other self in my mind, and collided with 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 device, but that there really was "another Li Yao".

She held her breath and listened to Master's understanding of "Da Dao".

Li Yaodao: "Let's play a thinking game. For example, you are a true cultivator who abides by the "Federal Basic Law". her, right?"

Jin Xinyue nodded: "Yes."

Li Yaodao: "But. What if it's not a young girl, but a strong man with a vicious face, five big and three rough, and unbearably vulgar, who is in danger? Do you want to protect it?"

Jin Xinyue hesitated for a moment: "I still have to protect him. He looks vicious and innocent. He looks like a big and three rough. A strong and vulgar man may also be a husband, father and son. He is also an ordinary person. If a real cultivator sees such an imminent danger, of course he will protect him."

Li Yaodao: "If this strong man has suffered from a serious disease, 99% of his body's organs have failed, and he has to replace it with a 'spiritual mechanical prosthetic body' composed of metal, gears and magic weapons, only the brain or the original brain? "

Jin Xinyue pondered for a moment: "Ordinary people who put on spiritual prosthetic bodies are still ordinary people."

Li Yao's eyes sparkled: "What if he doesn't even have a brain? He's already dead, leaving only a remnant soul and turned into a ghost cultivator."

Jin Xinyue frowned and said: "The law of the Star Federation recognizes the human rights of ghost cultivators, which means that ghosts are treated as ordinary people. In theory, they should be protected."

Li Yaodao: "Okay, let's say, when this strong man is suffering from a serious illness and is about to die, the only thing that can save him is not a 'spiritual tool prosthesis', but a bottle of 'Kunlun Shenshui'?"

"He took the 'Kunlun Shenshui', and his cells mutated, turning into a monster with a ferocious face and sharp fangs. Is he still an ordinary person? Is he still under the protection of a cultivator?"

Jin Xinyue was at a loss for words.

This question was too complicated, and she really didn't know the answer, so she could only shake her head while thinking deeply, not denying it, but expressing that she didn't know.

Li Yao said: "Okay, let's change the question. Let's say this bottle of 'Kunlun Shenshui' has been specially prepared with minimal side effects. After taking it, it will only cause deep changes in the cells, but the appearance is not much different from normal people. A little longer by a millimeter."

"So, is this strong man who came back from the dead a human or a demon?"

"One millimeter?"

Jin Xinyue made a gesture, the canine teeth were a millimeter longer than the average person, and it was completely invisible, so of course it was an ordinary person!

She nodded without hesitation.

Li Yao: "What about two millimeters?"

Jin Xinyue nodded.

"What about three millimeters?"

nod.

"What about four millimeters? What about five millimeters?"

Nod, nod.

"Ten millimeters, or one centimeter?"

One centimeter longer than normal? A little obvious, right? Jin Xinyue hesitated, and reluctantly nodded.

Li Yao crossed his fingers and put them on his chin: "What if it's 30 centimeters? It looks like a saber-toothed tiger, with long and sharp fangs, is it a 'human' or a 'demon'?"

Jin Xinyue thought for a while, wondering why: "The only characteristic of many bloody monsters is the fangs. If it is the fangs of a saber-toothed tiger, it seems that it is difficult to be regarded as a 'human' in the general sense. Bar?"

Li Yaodao: "So, between one centimeter and thirty centimeters in length of canine teeth, there must be a critical point to judge whether this strong man is a human or a demon. Right?"

"Assume that the critical point is fifteen centimeters."

"If this strong man is lucky enough, after taking the 'Kunlun Shenshui', the canine teeth will grow to exactly 14.99 cm. Then he is considered a human being. In theory, practitioners should protect him."

"However, if he drank an extra sip of 'Kunlun Shenshui', the canine teeth grew to 15.01 centimeters. Then he is considered a demon. In theory, a cultivator should kill him by 'killing demons and demons'."

"If he is ruthless and finds a dentist to pull out his fangs, then he will turn from a demon into a human again, and the cultivator should protect him again, right?"

Jin Xinyue felt her canine teeth ache.

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

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

How should we define the concept of "person"?

Jin Xinyue was completely confused.

Li Yao sighed and said, "It's kind of ridiculous, isn't it? But that's how many people look at things, including myself."

"You're right, although I've been telling myself in my heart that the monster race comes from the human race, and all the monster race are human races in another form."

"However, if it is part of the Chaotic Blood Demon Clan and the Silver Blood Demon Clan, it is just a tail and a pair of cat ears added to the human form. Or a pair of wings. I want to accept that such demon tribes are of the same kind, the problem Doesn't seem like much."

"However, those hideous-looking creatures that have completely lost their human form. They are like insects magnified tens of thousands of times. I really... have a hard time accepting them!"

"I know that this concept of "judging people by their appearance" is wrong, but no matter how I overcome it, I can't reverse it in a short moment."

"So, you have to ask me, what exactly is a 'person'. I'm really not qualified to define it."

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

Jin Xinyue listened very carefully and tried not to interrupt.

Li Yaodao: "More than a hundred years ago, with the development of technologies such as 'spirit lock' and 'spiritual tool prosthetic body', there were more and more ghost cultivators in the Star Federation. What kind of rights should ghost cultivators enjoy? It is not considered a 'person', and it has also aroused fierce debate in society."

"Some people support the human rights of ghost cultivators. After all, they retain the memory and will of their lifetime, except that they have no entity, and they are the same as before."

"However, some people think that ghosts are just ghosts. Humans and ghosts have different paths. It would be nice to allow them to operate in broad daylight. What human rights are they talking about? Treating ghosts as human beings will only lead to the collapse of traditional ethics and social order. , is absolutely impossible.”

"Under the instigation of the latter trend of thought, various 'living supremacy' organizations have emerged one after another. The discrimination against ghost cultivators is very serious, and even persecution of ghost cultivators has appeared."

"In some places, there are people with bad intentions who control ghost cultivators and manipulate them to commit crimes. After all, ghost cultivators have no entity, and many shady activities are done by ghost cultivators, which is more convenient than living people. It's not surprising that the thing of 'fighting ghosts and harming people' has existed since ancient times."

"Under such circumstances, a typical case occurred. A twelve-year-old girl retained a remnant soul after her death, but was acquired by a criminal group. The evil cultivators of the criminal group refined her It became a ghost cultivator, and she was asked to use the ghost's ability to commit crimes."

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

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

"However, in court, their defense lawyer argued in front of irrefutable evidence that his client admitted to beating the little girl to death, but it is impossible for a person to die twice. The little girl died long ago. Moreover, he died of a normal illness, and was not killed by his client, so technically speaking, his client did not 'kill' the little girl, so it is not a crime of murder!"

"Murder, of course, is against the law, but what about killing ghosts? The Xingyao Federation is legal. Is it against the law to kill ghosts?"

"Originally, it was just a simple criminal case, but just in the midst of the fierce collision of two trends of thought, it finally reached the Supreme Court of the United States and turned into a big debate over the definitions of 'ghost' and 'human'!"

"After all, is a ray of soul hidden in a spiritual tool prosthetic body considered a human being? Is killing a ghost with independent will and free thinking considered a crime of 'murder'?" .

(To be continued.)