At this point, the Witch King's eyes suddenly lit up. "True Person Xiao, I remember now. Ziming was deeply devoted to you, and you once braved the Netherworld Blood Sea for her. How about this? Let the child the two of you have become the Witch King."
"Ah?" Xiao Hua was even more dumbfounded. Looking at the Witch King, he shook his head. "Senior, you truly have quite an imagination! Leaving aside the fact that I cannot see Ziming now, and leaving aside that Ziming and I are merely kindred spirits, even if we were of one heart and one mind, would our child necessarily be able to assume the position of Witch King? A child is still a child—not this Xiao, nor Ziming. They can inherit only a portion of what Ziming and I possess; they cannot possibly be our complete replicas!"
The Witch King seemed lost in thought, pinching his chin as he said, "True Person Xiao, is this what they call human nature? Every human has it, yet every human is different!"
Xiao Hua hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "What Senior says is correct. This may indeed be called human nature! Senior... perhaps you were born the Witch King and were suppressed all along, or perhaps you were endowed with unusual gifts, so you do not understand such matters?"
"If that is so, then this old man was truly wrong..." The Witch King frowned. "However, True Person Xiao, can you explain what human nature is? Why would your offspring possess human nature?"
"This..." Xiao Hua found himself in a difficult position. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Confucian cultivators say that man's innate nature contains both good and evil. Some are good from the outset, some evil from the beginning, while others are neither good