"That's right, cats can talk and do things, so they must be cat demons." The cat demon nodded repeatedly.
"People are different. They can express who they want to comfort or who they want to like through their actions, words, and behaviors. They can warm your heart, like that little girl you can't forget, or they can make you hate them, like that bastard who used you as a tool for revenge."
Wang Yao looked at the cat demon and spoke slowly, his expression gradually becoming serious.
"I don't deny that some people deserve to be eaten, but normal people can choose whether to do good or evil. If you're a cat and you want to comfort someone, you can only rub against their leg; if you want to take revenge on someone, you can only scratch or bite them. But humans can do so many things..."
Both ghosts, upon hearing Wang Yao's words, simultaneously revealed thoughtful expressions.
"There is a way to persuade people to do good called empathy. For example, if you are gnawing on this human thigh today, and if tomorrow a celestial being invents a way that allows people to eat ghosts, would you still be willing to let people gnaw on your thighs like this?"
Upon hearing this, both ghosts showed expressions of terror. The cat ghost cautiously reached out and touched the bite mark on the thigh, as if trying to mend it.
"I'm not saying you have nothing to eat and have to resort to cannibalism, but we can't forget that humans are not born to be food. Otherwise, why would we be vying to be born as humans? And more importantly, humans should not be eaten at all."
"Because of empathy, humans are the only ones who can express kindness to other strangers and animals. Would a cat express kindness to a mouse?" Wang Yao looked at the cat ghost, who shook its head repeatedly.
"Would a dog willingly guard a stranger's house?" Wang Yao looked at the ghost who had been human in his past life, and the ghost frowned and shook its head.
"But people are different. They can sacrifice themselves for strangers. When faced with danger, they can step forward to save unfamiliar women and children. When faced with hunger, they can give up their food so that strangers or even animals can share it..."
“What you say is true. When I was alive, there was a famine. We only had two steamed buns at home. I saw that the third son of the Yang family next door was so hungry that he could hardly walk, so I tore off half of my bun for him. Without that half of the bun, my own daughter would have almost starved to death.”
"Back then, there was a preference for sons over daughters. Food was given to sons first. My daughter still held a grudge against me for many years. However, she was punished less severely because of this incident."
Upon hearing Wang Yao's words, the businessman nodded slowly, his eyes softening as if he were recalling his early days as a human.
"You know he's the third son of Old Yang next door, how can he be a stranger?" the cat ghost muttered unconvinced.
"Damn it, what do you know! When I was selling steamed buns, this kid sneaked into my house and licked every single one of my steamed buns with his saliva, ruining my entire day's business."
“Back then, food was so precious. This kid’s actions are exactly the same as those guys who used you as bait! Tell me, if you were in that situation, would you tear off half a piece of bread and give it to that damn dog who used you as bait?” The businessman got angry and glared at the cat ghost.
"I'm a cat, where am I supposed to get food?" The cat-ghost shrank its neck, but still refused to back down.
"The tendency to seek advantage and avoid harm is a characteristic of all things, but humans are precisely the kind of beings who can seek harm and avoid advantage. This is the most shining aspect of human nature. Don't you think humans are special? Can humans be the same as cats and dogs?" Wang Yao asked softly, his eyes shining.
"You're talking about good people, of course they shouldn't be eaten. But what about the wicked? You just said that some people deserve to be eaten," the businessman said, frowning, completely forgetting that he had just said that good people were the ones who deserved to be eaten the most.
“Yes, yes, like that son of a bitch who ate my food deserved to be eaten.” The cat demon nodded repeatedly.
“We can punish those evil people, or even kill them, but why eat them? Humans aren’t food! If we eat them, what difference is there between us and those evil people? Besides…” Wang Yao pointed to the thigh on the ground.
"How do we know if someone is good or bad? All I know is that this person was killed by evil people in the human world and sent to our underworld as food. If we don't eat people, evil people in the human world won't kill anymore, and we'll be much safer when we're reincarnated as humans in the future, right?"
"This... there are actually people in the human realm doing this kind of thing?" The businessman's expression changed drastically.
“Of course, otherwise where do you think these thighs came from?” Wang Yao said.
“Actually, there’s not much difference between us ghosts and humans. Look at those ghosts who were killed by the blue-robed monk for the sake of the holy monk. Weren’t they also trying to avoid harm and seek benefit?” Wang Yao added.
"That's right! If it were me, I wouldn't even blink. The Holy Monk was so young and handsome, it would be such a waste for him to fall into the hands of the green-robed man!" Both ghosts showed fearless expressions.
“Think about it again. Apart from not dying of old age and needing to cultivate with yin energy, what makes us ghosts different from humans? We are originally the same kind!” Wang Yao said.
Both ghosts couldn't help but show thoughtful expressions after hearing Wang Yao's words.
“We shouldn’t be eaten, so people shouldn’t be eaten either. At the very least, we should know that eating people is wrong, just like that person ate you!” Wang Yao looked at the cat ghost.
"But... there are no other artifacts here? No artifacts that eat people? No nourishment? We can't hold out for long?" The cat ghost looked at the thigh on the ground, raised its head and looked around, and said blankly.
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