Shi Lin heard this and laughed, "Then you're overthinking it. Mr. Ren would never submit to any power. If he simply wanted to live an ordinary life, if he didn't have ideals of changing the status quo, why would we have left the Empire? What you're suggesting is impossible. Mr. Ren would never leave the Empire only to find three masters to serve under again."
Hundred Emperors: "Don't be stubborn! Don't throw your life away for nothing now! Isn't your current mindset exactly like the technical loyalty you once mocked me for?"
Shi Lin shook his head again, "You don't understand. I've said it before, this is emotion, and it's certainly not laughable technical loyalty; it's idealism!"
Hundred Emperors finally seized the opportunity and asked the real question on his mind, "So what exactly is your shared ideal?"
