Originally, the three Heavenly Horse Spirits on the Celestial Horse Stone Seal had only the basic commands of release and retrieval, and also attack and defense control. They relied entirely on Ye Rong for control, and didn't possess much spiritual wisdom on their own.
However, now these two, White Spirit Taoist and Green Shrimp Taoist, on the Celestial Horse Stone Seal had just one more command besides release and retrieval, which was "Release them and grant them freedom."
In other words, although these two Immortal Mansion God Generals had become Chief Master's little brothers, they had extremely high autonomy, and who they wanted to deal with and what they wanted to do might not necessarily be obedient to their command.
Looking at White Spirit Taoist's attitude, it seems like he didn't take Ye Rong as a master at all, only thinking about immediately returning to his free state.