"There is some reason in that," they then all looked towards Shi Chun, eager to hear his brilliant ideas.
Shi Chun was taken aback. His initial thought had been simple: a group of elite practitioners from the Demon Path would swoop in and swiftly eliminate the Bian family members. He hadn't considered hiding their identities as demon cultivators at all. Hadn't their identities already been exposed? He never thought there would be a chance to salvage the situation. Caught off guard, how could he have any brilliant ideas? He needed time to think.
He vaguely felt that Feng Chi and the two women seemed even more concerned about this than he was.
From his point of view, for these two women, since they couldn't secure strong support from above, wasn't directly retreating the best option?