Subduing sects

The Third Elder disappeared when the sun rose.

With how all traces of him disappeared, it was as if he had never been here in the first place.

Then when Lin Fan met the Star Tower disciples in the morning, it didn't seem like they knew a single thing about the Third Elder's appearance. They were acting as if they didn't have a single clue of what had happened last night.

Perhaps the Third Elder had acted on his own, but that didn't seem to be the case with what he had said last night. The way that he had said all of that was as if he had the support of the Star Tower's tower master and all of the elders.

So he shouldn't have come here without their approval first.

Then did that mean that they were just keeping the disciples in the dark on this matter?

If that was the case, what was their reasoning for that?

It seemed like it would hurt the disciples more than it would hurt Lin Fan or the Love Sect.