Chapter 420 Happy Birthday
Aldred continued his journey with the others, not knowing that he was tricked to spare Wen Shuren. He did not realize that even though cultivators live in a strong devour the weak world, they were very well-versed in the art of manipulation. This was because of how their education system were designed.
Within the sect, anything was allowed, but only if you do it with subtlety. Their culture hated directness and bluntness. Everything must be indirect.
This also made it hard for some people to determine the intention of the other person which led to a lot of misunderstanding. If the person wasn't strong enough, then that misunderstanding could cost them their life.
In this world, not only must people be talented and skilled in cultivation, they also had to know how to be the perfect courtier; to manipulate someone high above them or someone that called the shot.