For formations grandmasters, all of them were proud. Who asked them to have such lofty statuses? They were also unaffiliated cultivators but ordinary unaffiliated cultivators were dirt-poor, they had to source for resources all around. But for formations grandmasters, even if they were unaffiliated, the resources they need wouldn't be a problem. People would queue up to deliver the resources to them and they could join any major powers effortlessly, becoming valued guests.
Hence, nobody felt it was inappropriate about this mysterious Grandmaster Di's arrogance. On the contrary, they felt it was normal.
Since a grandmaster already had such status, one could very well imagine how high the status of an aristocrat clan that specialized in formations was.