Seeing that she was pouting and about to cry, Qi Chang'an took a step forward, getting closer to her and trying to make his tone gentler, "Feng Guang, what's wrong?"

"Qi Chang'an..." Feng Guang bit her lip, her expression filled with self-loathing. "Third Senior Brother is someone who grew up with me. Although he doesn't like to play with me anymore lately and prefers to play with Hua Yan, he is still my senior brother, and it's a fact that he accompanied me in the past. But now I feel that even if you hurt him, I still want to save you. Do you think I'm a bad person?"

Qi Chang'an thought it was something serious, but after hearing her story, he couldn't help but chuckle. He gently took her arm and pulled her into his embrace. When Feng Guang leaned against his chest, she stiffened.

“Feng Guang isn’t a bad woman. Everyone has a scale in their heart, and there’s always a distinction between what’s more important and what’s less important. Even parents with two children will have moments of favoritism.” Qi Chang’an rested his chin on the top of her head and said softly, “These are all human nature. For example, if Feng Guang and Hua Yan were both in danger today, I guess… your third senior brother would also choose to save the latter.”

This is not impossible; Feng Guang knows firsthand just how charming Hua Yan is as the female lead.

Qi Chang'an continued, "I believe that human nature is inherently evil. From the moment people are born, before they are bound by the dogmas of the world, they can do whatever they want, such as stepping on ants or raiding bird nests... Aren't these acts of harming other lives? But others define this wantonness as children being ignorant and glorious. Everyone is bad at the beginning because no one can truly treat everyone with equal eyes. Other so-called saints can treat everyone equally, but they are just using their own moral bottom line to bind themselves to doing so."

It was rare for Qi Chang'an to say such a long speech. Feng Guang was dizzy from listening to it, but couldn't find any way to refute it.

Isn't Qi Chang'an right? Human nature is inherently evil. Newborn babies don't know how to be considerate of their parents, so when their parents are tired after a long day and need to rest, they can cry unrestrainedly in the middle of the night. When they don't get what they want, they can shout and scream without any regard for their image. And when faced with those young lives, they want to lock these little lives in cages... By the time they've had their fun, these little animals have long since lost their vitality.

Why do people become able to distinguish right from wrong as they grow up? It's simply because they have accepted a kind of self-restraint based on morality and law.

Therefore, Qi Chang'an's statement that human nature is inherently evil is not wrong...

Feng Guang paused again, shook her head, and looked at Qi Chang'an with an unfriendly gaze, saying, "I didn't expect you to be such a good brainwasher."

She was almost convinced by his assertion that "human nature is inherently evil."

Qi Chang'an bent down slightly, getting closer to her face. His eyes reflected her peach-blossom-like face, and a gentle light seemed to flash across his eyes. "But Feng Guang won't refute me. Everyone has selfish motives, right?"

“Everyone has selfish desires…” Feng Guang looked at him, “But they all say that Qi Chang’an, the Grand Alliance Leader, is a person without desires except for hoping for peace in the martial arts world. Would someone like you also have selfish desires?”