Ye Shuwen felt as if his worldview had been shattered.
He looked at the tower-like burly men in the shop, then at the poster of the seemingly delicious beef noodles behind the cash register. For the first time, he lost his composure and stammered, "Ox, Ox Spirit?"
"Yes."
Mingjue responded softly.
"How is that possible?"
Ye Shuwen interrupted him.
He pointed at Mingjue's bowl, "Look, there's still beef in your bowl! Ox, the Ox Spirit doesn't eat beef!"
An Ox Spirit selling beef noodles?!
"It's different."
Mingjue looked at him as if he were a fool.
"Humans are humans because they give themselves a position, create their own rules, and have a strong enough moral compass to filter and constrain their behavior."
"But these spirit monsters, they haven't truly become spirits. Essentially, they're still animals, so they naturally never consider non-sentient beings of their kind."
