His heart was shaking.
Anyone you ask to be a Saint would feel shaky inside.
We often talk about ambitions, and some might aspire to be great figures, but nobody really wants to be a Saint.
Being a Saint means making significant sacrifices.
We all want fame, fortune, and to be remembered by history, not to make sacrifices.
We don't want to be burned at the stake or die obscurely under an invader's blade.
If you surveyed society, most people would say they want to be heroes, not Saints.
So Ma Lin felt extremely uncertain.
He had to take on responsibilities that even Su Lanji and Zhuan Zhu couldn't bear, and he didn't have the capabilities.
The only approach he could think of was to elevate his ideological awareness to match theirs and, armed with some of his own resources, he could stand in front of them to prevent their unnecessary sacrifices.
