The streets were burning.
Duanmu Huai walked along the blazing streets, staring ahead with an expressionless face.
Heretics.
Of the three great enemies faced by the Inquisition, heretics were the hardest to eliminate and the most difficult to wipe out.
Many people could not distinguish between heretics and heathens, nor did they understand why heretics were regarded as beings to be killed at all costs. Most of them believed that heresy might be a form of resistance against mainstream beliefs, but in truth, that was closer to the "evil doctrines" part of "heretical doctrines," rather than heresy itself.
True heresy was actually the selective quotation, exaggeration, or distortion of an original concept. Therefore, heretics were not regarded as enemies, but as traitors—this was why the famous saying "heretics are more detestable than heathens" existed. Heretics were not enemies, but traitors,
Duanmu Huai still remembered how players had once discussed the actions of the Heretic Inquisition on the forums, only to be surprised to discover that most people believed heresy was a product of religious inquisitions in the Middle Ages. Deep in their hearts, they saw it as a trick and tool used by theocracy at the time to eliminate dissidents. But some history buffs had stepped forward to tell them that the concept of heresy had existed since ancient times, and that it could even be found within our own country.
For example, Confucius's The Analects, Governance contained the line, "Attack heterodox teachings, and harm will follow."
Incidentally, most people believed this sentence meant, "Studying and attacking all sorts of heretical doctrines will only harm yourself." But another school of thought held that it meant, "If you attack different voices too aggressively, you will bring harm upon yourself."
So according to the definition of heresy, one of these two interpretations