"Mr. Jingye doesn't seem like such a pedantic person." Fang Yun said calmly, with a slightly strange tone.
Meng Jingye explained: "My Meng family inherited the 'righteousness of the holy way' of our ancestor Meng. If we encounter a crisis, we will definitely sacrifice our lives for justice. However, we can only sacrifice our own lives, not the lives of others. Otherwise, it would be against the holy way and the teachings of our Meng family ancestors. If possible, I am willing to exchange that person's life and commit suicide in front of the demon saint to save the other hundred people."
Several university scholars nodded slightly, and everyone looked at Meng Jingye with respect. As a great scholar, Meng Jingye would never dare to lie about the holy way. If he really encountered such a situation, he would really sacrifice his life to save hundreds of people.
The five Star Demon Barbarians had different expressions. Some looked puzzled, as if they could not understand this man's suicidal behavior; others were full of doubts and simply did not believe that anyone would sacrifice themselves for others. Even though the Star Demon Barbarians were more peace-loving than the Blood Demon Barbarians and could obey orders to die, they would never voluntarily die.
Yan Ningxiao said: "We live in the ancient land of Shihan, a place where more than 99% of the creatures will become extinct every few hundred years. We bear the mission of the human race and the responsibility of human expansion and survival. We may die at any time. I believe that even if I kill that person, he will not blame me, and the Holy Academy will not punish me."
"He can die, but you can't kill an innocent person! If I kill him, he may not blame me, but I will blame myself!" Meng Jingye said.
"That's wrong. As long as he is willing to sacrifice for a hundred people, I will fulfill his wish by killing him." Yan Ningxiao said.
Fang Yun suddenly said, "I'm going to interrupt you. That person is in a coma and doesn't know what's happening in the outside world. This matter has nothing to do with him. It's about how we should do it. Brother Pingyang, do you have something to say?"
Grand Secretary Xun Pingyang nodded and said, "Let's not talk about other things, just talk about myself. I support the great scholar Jingye, but my reasons are different from his. I believe that people who violate the great etiquette can be killed, and people who violate the death penalty can also be killed, but since he is an innocent person, no matter what others say, I will never wield a knife at him. The reason for this is that no matter how noble our reasons are to kill an innocent person, it is a sinful act. Once we allow the killing of innocent people for any reason, once this loophole is opened, the order of the human race will be gone, and the superiors can unscrupulously make up all kinds of excuses to kill innocent people. One person can sacrifice himself to save a hundred people, but we, the hundred people, will never be qualified or have any reason to kill innocent people to save ourselves!"
Zeng Yue sighed and said, "When I was young, I read history books. Every time I saw people committing crimes in the name of justice, my heart would surge and I would be extremely angry. Now it's my turn. I'm old and don't have the passion of youth. What will I choose? I will definitely find an excuse. As long as I can find the man's crime, I will have an excuse to kill him and then act as a hero who saved the other ninety-nine people. Because I am stained with the blood of sin, I am not afraid of any accusations. Unfortunately, that man is innocent and is sleeping. I can't find any excuse, so I can only stay where I am and look at the knife. I can have countless despicable thoughts, dirty ideas and sinful desires in my heart, but I won't say them out, and I won't do them. This is the difference between humans and animals."
Several monsters immediately widened their eyes and looked at Zeng Yue with dissatisfaction. In the monster language, "beast" or "livestock" is only a lower-level monster, which is fundamentally different from the "beast" used by humans to curse people.
Yan Ningxiao's face seemed to have a barely perceptible shadow. He snorted coldly and said, "Killing people is not just to save yourself, nor is it even to save ninety-nine people. Among us there are great scholars, great Confucian scholars, and even great saints! Let me ask you, if killing him alone can save the entire human race, will you kill him or not?"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Mr. Ning Xiao has deviated from the topic. Besides, none of us knows who that person is, and we don't even know if he will be canonized as a saint in the future, or whether he is a dying semi-saint. I said that he is just an innocent person and is not involved in anything else. We can only judge our own value, but not the role of that person."
Xun Pingyang said, "Mr. Yan's words are too high-sounding. The essence of this matter is not to save people, nor is it to sacrifice, but whether we are going to sacrifice innocent people! A few years ago, a general of Wu State imitated Han Xin to block the flow of water in order to stop the monsters and save the 100,000-man army, but it also flooded 13 towns, causing thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of people displaced. The general argued that he saved half of Wu State, but was eventually determined by Wu State and the Holy Academy that the reason for his blocking the flow of water was poor command and incompetence in combat, which led to failure, not to save the human race from water and fire, so he was exiled to the ancient land. Could it be that Mr. Yan is trying to reverse the verdict on this person?"
Yan Ningxiao said: "How can the two things be confused? That man said he was doing it for the Wu Kingdom, but as you said, it was his incompetence and cowardice that led to the defeat. We were captured by the Demon Saint, and it was not our fault! In this matter, I have no selfish motives!"
Xun Pingyang retorted: "You have no selfish motives, so you have public spirit? But unfortunately, no matter whether it is the Holy Court or the various countries, there is no law that allows us to kill innocent people. On the contrary, there are laws to punish murderers! Everything you said and did was selfish! The real public spirit is to protect everyone, even if that person is an ordinary person who does nothing, we do not have the privilege of sacrificing him and living in disgrace!"
"Having said that, are you just going to watch Fang Xusheng die? Once we die, the Blood Demons and the Ice Clan of the Ten Cold Ancient Land will surely join forces to surround the Ninth Cold City and massacre the human race there! Is it worth it for an insignificant person?" Yan Ningxiao said.
Xun Pingyang said: "You are off topic. We are only discussing one hundred people and one person. It has nothing to do with other places."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Mr. Pingyang is right. This matter has nothing to do with the current situation of the Shihan Ancient Land. Mr. Ning Xiao's statement is not reasonable."
Yan Ningxiao snorted coldly and said, "Killing one man to save a hundred, I will never hesitate, that's all! It's you guys, Xun Pingyang, who talk about morality and justice, but in fact they are completely selfish. Some of you do it for your own holy way, some because of your temperament, and some because of your concepts. To put it bluntly, you are no different from me."
Zeng Yue sighed and said, "I said before that I would find an excuse to kill him, but if I can't find an excuse to kill him, I will have to not kill him. I am indeed selfish. I even thought that if one of us kills that person, I will feel at ease and enjoy living. After all, I didn't kill him, and I don't have to bear any sin. However, if none of us kills him, and the Demon Saint kills us in the end, I will have no complaints. It is a blessing to die with all of you sensible heroes, and it is not an unjust death. After all, our death is not meaningless. At least it saves an innocent person from being killed."
Several scholars nodded slightly. They had been wavering before, but after listening to Zeng Yue's words, they found that they agreed with what he said.
Yan Ningxiao was silent
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Mr. Zeng Yue's philosophy can be explained in one word, which is 'do no evil'."
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Zeng Yue then said: "Sage Fang Xu's words are indeed pearls! As a human being, we must at least stick to the bottom line of 'not doing evil'."
.(To be continued)