"You are lost because you distinguish good and evil too clearly."
Tianjizi replied.
"Living beings are inherently complex and multifaceted."
"Every person is a body where good and evil share the same origin."
"Good and evil are like yin and yang—opposed to each other, yet also merging with each other."
"Therefore, the good and evil in this world were never fixed. Your question will never have an answer."
Hearing Tianjizi's words, Li Wujiao also realized that he had been too absolute.
So he explained himself more clearly.
"Some time ago, I encountered something."
"I had a close friend."
"Our relationship was very good. Then one day, I discovered that he had betrayed me."
"At that time, I was furious."
"I found him and killed him with my own hands."
"But later, I discovered that the reason he betrayed me was not for himself.
It was to save an innocent elderly couple and their child."
"I have always believed myself to be utterly wicked. He and I committed every evil imaginable and never once thought of redemption."
"But one day, I discovered that he still possessed a conscience. He was different from me."
"I want to know—was someone like him good, or evil?"
This question had troubled Li Wujiao for a long time.
It had even, for him—
This seemingly meaningless question had disturbed his Dao heart.
It made him doubt his own Great Dao.
Seeking the Dao had always been a gradual process of exploration.
Through that process, one broadened one's horizons and enriched one's knowledge.
It allowed one to understand this world more clearly and soberly.
Thus, people were creatures of stages.
At different stages, a person's good and evil were different.
It was precisely because of this that people were said to be complex and unfathomable.
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