Chen Shouyi did not answer immediately.
He was no longer a young, impulsive teenager easily swayed by flattery.
He suspected Qin Liuyuan had no ulterior motives, merely wanting to form an independent martial artist organization, to provide mutual support, leveraging the vast number of freelance martial artists and his martial artist prestige, to vie for greater power and benefits.
If all freelance martial artists, not just a small fraction, were efficiently integrated, without a doubt, it would become a formidable force, enough to shake Hedong, becoming a power second only to the military, potentially forcing a compromise from above.
However, Chen Shouyi was not interested.
As one of the two official martial artists of Jiangnan Province, he had a transcendent status, having long outgrown the ordinary martial artist rank.
The treatment and attention he deserved were already adequate.
He had no ambitions, nor any cravings for power.
