"Comrade Chen, what do you think? Will you continue down their path?"
Elder She looked at Chen Chuan, his massive frame leaning slightly forward, expectation seeming to gleam in his eyes.
Meeting his gaze, Chen Chuan replied, "I won't follow their path." He lifted his head slightly. "The only path I want to take is my own."
"My own path?"
Chen Chuan said, "In my view, Senior Guan was not truly a guide. From what I learned within the faction, the Purity Faction itself needed such a transformation. It was the Purity Faction's own choice.
"As long as the Purity Faction wished to preserve its existence and continue resisting the beings beyond heaven, reform was inevitable.
"It was only that, at that time, Senior Guan happened to be a high-ranking figure with sufficient strength who was willing to step forward and support them. It was not that he led anyone; rather, he was being pushed forward.
"So there is no need for me to take the lead in anything. As long as the members of the faction are given enough support, and someone shares and bears the pressure from above for them, they can accomplish this themselves."
He looked up at Elder She's enormous figure.
"Though we may sometimes possess enough strength, what we do may not necessarily be right. So there is no need to be moved by our own actions or call ourselves guides. If we approve of them, then we should participate and do what we ought to do."
"Good. Very good."
Rather than becoming angry after hearing this, Elder She looked at him with even greater appreciation.
He said, "I had thought you merely wished to walk the road Guan Dan had failed to finish in those days. It seems I underestimated you, Comrade Chen. You