On a rainy night, a giant red-tailed fox lay in a pool of blood, its belly split open. It was already dead. Inside its opened stomach were several human hearts, still undigested.
Lu Qi summoned a talisman. The paper burst into flames, and the red fox's body vanished in an instant.
A trace of scorn crossed his face. "So... you still think demons are worth protecting?"
Zheng Kui pushed herself to her feet with the help of her sword, her wet hair clinging to her face. Her pale lips trembled. "Demons can be good or bad. This fox demon was evil, but there are always good ones worth protecting."
Lu Qi turned away, his voice cold. "Humans and demons belong to different worlds. If you encounter one, kill it. Why show mercy?"
Zheng Kui's voice was resolute. "It's true that humans and demons belong to different worlds. But if you kill every demon you see without distinguishing good from evil, then... how are we any different from those evil demons?"
She shouted, "Wouldn't that just be another kind of... ending up on the same path?"
Lu Qi spat out two cold words: "Naive."
Zheng Kui watched him walk away, a little irritated, and silently tightened her grip on her sword.
Theme: Good and evil
