They... want to live.
From their expressions and tone, one can feel desolation, self-mockery, and helplessness.
Earlier in the room, the inscriptions under the scrolls all revolved around the theme of "I'd rather bear countless sins than to let the Zhao Family take a step further."
From being full of yearning and dedication, not hesitating to tarnish one's character, hiding in coffins alive, to living and living until one doesn't want to die, becomes afraid of dying, eventually forgetting the original intention, and thinking about continuing to live.
This series of changes easily evoke a certain sentiment:
They... have deteriorated.
They themselves also think so.
Zhao Yi just felt like laughing.
To talk about deterioration, there must be a premise, which is that you were good before.
If there's no such premise, how could it be called deterioration at all?
Deserve it?
The secret here, in theory, is passed down only among each generation of Great Elders.
