Face isn't important! Ye Jeming, of course, understood this. But knowing it and acting on it were two different things. Letting go of his pride felt no less than killing him.
However, upon hearing what Shen Zhou had said earlier, he couldn't help but smile. "The Five Temple Surnames and the Nine Mountain Great Halls won't be as easy to convince as we are. Xu Xing will have to face them sooner or later..."
Some things couldn't be resolved just by shamelessly trying to curry favor with others. For example, certain positions tightly held by the Aristocratic Families...
Reputation and authority are not things one can delegate! The way upward was almost completely blocked.
"So..." Shen Zhou placed Xu Xing's Jade Certificate in the column for Commoner Disciples, alongside the Jade Certificate of a disciple from an adjacent Family Line. "Flatter him, but once you step out of this door, some things won't change a bit."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiming seemed to understand.
