The elders’ discussion today was somewhat unexpected.
The most surprising aspect was the attitude of Dean Sixin.
As well as the two elders from the Wen Family.
Dean Sixin is Tang Chenyang’s master, and Shen Han won against Tang Chenyang in the competition.
Tang Chenyang, as a direct disciple, losing the competition, not only lost his own face.
Additionally, it also jeopardized Dean Sixin’s reputation.
However, during today’s conversation among the elders, Dean Sixin had no intention of refuting anything.
In fact, someone suggested that Elder Sizhi, her younger brother, should apologize to Shen Han.
Dean Sixin agreed and was even willing to go along to apologize.
Besides her strange attitude, the elders from the Wen Family also behaved oddly.
The Wen Family’s favoring of Qianmu Fan and desire to win him over is well known.
Moreover, anyone can see how close Wen Ranran and Qianmu Fan are.
Originally, Shen Han’s competition should have been against Qianmu Fan.
Shen Han and Qianmu Fan are from the same place, harboring old grievances.
Qianmu Fan sees Shen Han as an enemy, with grudges becoming constraints in his heart.
With such hatred, it is absolutely impossible for them to coexist peacefully.
Logically, given the poor relationship between Shen Han and Qianmu Fan, whom they wish to win over,
the two Wen Family elders should side with Qianmu Fan and speak ill of Shen Han.
They should try to undermine and belittle Shen Han, preventing him from receiving attention.
That would align with others’ expectations of the Wen Family.
Yet, the two Wen Family elders praised Shen Han in their words.
They even suggested that Qianmu Fan should take the initiative to resolve the enmity.
They wanted the two to reconcile and restore harmony.
Rarely did any elders’ gathering present such unified opinions.
However, as the discussion came to a close, the opinions finally began to differ.
Several elders spoke up, expressing their desire to mentor Shen Han.
This idea of mentorship was spoken in a somewhat subtle manner.
After all, to become an elder, who among them isn’t astute?
They are not people with only strength but no brains.
From Shen Han’s match with Tang Chenyang, each elder had discerned something.
Tang Chenyang, as a direct disciple, had rapidly advanced in realm.
At his age, reaching the 7th layer of the Grotto Heaven realm was indeed impressive.
But there seemed to be a sense of external might masking inner frailty.
Even his master, Dean Sixin, evaluated him similarly.
Nonetheless, Tang Chenyang, as a direct disciple, still had some foundation.
Shen Han’s victory over him indeed caused Tang Chenyang to lose face.
But it also proved Shen Han’s strength.
Moreover, these elders
initially couldn’t discern Shen Han’s strength and realm.
They initially regarded Shen Han merely as a servant disciple with meager strength and realm.
Now, they speculate that Shen Han must have mastered some cultivation technique for hiding strength.
Such techniques are notoriously difficult to learn, and even if mastered, it’s hard not to reveal any hint.
But Shen Han seemed to conceal it excellently.
Curiosity about how Shen Han concealed his cultivation strength is one of the reasons these elders want to "mentor" him.
The peculiar situation of the sect in Five Immortals City led the elders, upon seeing Shen Han, to think more about wooing.
The major concern of Song Xiaodie did not materialize.
In fact, the Wen Family and Dean Sixin had already figured it out.
Even if they spoke unfavorably of Shen Han, it would not have any immediate impact on him.
The other forces in Five Immortals City would certainly speak in favor of Shen Han.
By that time, if they oppose him, they would stand out prominently.