The elder statesman was a benign yet imposing figure, who appeared not as stern and humorless as many believed. He had no airs about him and didn't seem so unapproachable, but possessed an understated domineering charisma, which is the demeanor of the supreme leader. Unlike some others who, as soon as they gained a seat of power, became insufferably arrogant and overbearing.
Not only Hei Mian and Cang Lang were incredibly frustrated and speechless, even a bigshot like Yang Yi hadn't anticipated that Ye Tianchen's meeting with the elder statesman would be such a relaxed scene. Particularly, Ye Tianchen treated the statesman as if he were merely an elderly man, without the slightest nervousness one might feel when meeting a significant figure. This was unexpected for Yang Yi and the others, but, of course, it was also thanks to the elder statesman's high personal cultivation that he didn't take offense.
