Persuasion

"And now, a new storm has arrived. Spirit Hidden Temple still upholds the ideals of its founding patriarch: we do not concern ourselves with worldly affairs. I have made you come all this way for nothing, fellow Daoist."

The old man finished with a smile and gave Ye Lin a salute.

"Senior, I know. But Senior, do you know that the greater one's strength, the greater one's responsibility? Spirit Hidden Temple is a force of the Human Race. The Human Race is about to face a vast calamity. If Spirit Hidden Temple refuses to act, even the founding patriarch of Spirit Hidden Temple beneath the Yellow Springs would not rest in peace, would he?"

"Does Senior truly intend to stand by and watch our Human Race fall into peril?"

"This calamity is not something you can evade just because you wish to. Everyone wants to develop in peace, to ignore worldly affairs, to devote themselves wholly to reaching the Great Dao."

"But when the tide of the age is rolling forward, it is not something we can escape just because we say so."

"The Human Race has endured to this day because countless forebears feared neither life nor death, charging forward one after another, carving out such a vast land for our survival."

"If every faction thought as Spirit Hidden Temple does, then wouldn't the Human Race have vanished into the river of history long ago?"

After Ye Lin finished, the old man fell silent, but in the end, he still shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist, this matter has nothing to do with Spirit Hidden Temple. The original purpose behind Spirit Hidden Temple's establishment was to remain at peace with the world."

"Fellow Daoist, please."

After speaking, the old man gestured toward Ye Lin. The direction of his right hand