Jiang Yunfeng was rather speechless at his words. Only after a long silence did he say quietly, "I never expected you to remain so unrealistic..."
"Unrealistic?" Wu Lianyi did not argue, merely murmuring the word to himself.
Jiang Yunfeng said, "You believe we fail to understand your difficulties, cannot distinguish right from wrong, and are rotten and mediocre. Then would you be willing to hear our ideals and thoughts?"
Wu Lianyi said, "Of course."
Jiang Yunfeng said, "As we see it, there is no inherent right or wrong in this world. If we cannot attain the Dao and become immortals, then we should think about how to live better."
"The so-called righteous path means not only keeping ourselves alive, but helping more people live alongside us, and live ever better lives."
Wu Lianyi said, "What is good, and what is bad?"
Jiang Yunfeng said, "There are many definitions of good and bad. But surely everyone would agree that being free from the oppression of foreign enemies and the predations of demons, and being able to survive and advance in cultivation, counts as good?"
Wu Lianyi said, "Yes."
Jiang Yunfeng continued, "Then ensuring that not only the present generation of humanity lives well, but that future generations enjoy blessings of their own, benefit from the legacy we leave, and carry our traditions onward should also count as an aim of the righteous path."
Wu Lianyi said, "Indeed."
Jiang Yunfeng said, "As for your ideal of everyone like dragons, that is an even grander goal. In principle, we should support it with all our strength. Yet life is difficult in today's world. We cannot necessarily meet even everyone's most basic needs for survival and cultivation. What you speak of is nothing more than flowers in a mirror and the moon upon the