"Your reasoning is sound."
Lin Ke nodded slightly, genuinely acknowledging Daoist Zhi He's words. "A father like that really does deserve to die."
Daoist Zhi He gave him a surprised look, then drew all his Demonic Aura back into his body, returning to his kindly appearance. "You understand that? Oh, right. You are Lin Xuanji's son, after all."
Daoist Zhi He recalled everything about Lin Ke and immediately realized that Lin Ke had not said this to comfort him. He truly agreed.
"Dao-Demon or Dao-Buddha, they're all the same to me. Nothing more than a knife. Wield it for good, and it does good; wield it for evil, and it does evil. That's all."
Lin Ke smiled. "Princess Tian is one of the greatest archdemons under heaven, and she's also my master. Do you think I'd despise the Demonic Dao? As for your sister..."
Remembering how the Yaochi Saintess had tried to seduce him at the Literary Gathering, he said hesitantly, "Your sister probably wouldn't blame you either."
"Of course she wouldn't." Daoist Zhi He waved a hand and looked at Lin Ke in puzzlement. "Didn't she tell you she practices a Demonic Cultivation Art herself? She was the one who gave me mine."
Lin Ke: "?"
Wait, aren't you all from the Daoist School? How have you all fallen into the Demonic Dao??
"Brother Chen, have you been reading too many novels and storybooks? You write this stuff yourself, so you should know it's all made up!" Daoist Zhi He looked bemused.
"The Demonic Dao was founded by members of the Daoist School in the first place. The character for 'demon' has a shelter radical, with a forest and a ghost beneath it. A demon is a ghost in the forest. Doesn't your Confucian School understand that better than