Shen Yiguan introduced the cultivators around him one by one, to Bai Qingqian's surprise, Hou Niao maintained politeness and enthusiasm throughout, extending it even to the three members of the Bai Lingzhong family whom she detested immensely, and also to the owner of the Anhe Chamber of Commerce.
She had to admit that she was far behind her husband in terms of broad-mindedness and self-cultivation; she also wondered what he had experienced in the Outer Sea over the years that had so greatly altered his temperament, enabling him to suppress his rage in public.
Shen Yiguan was exceedingly shrewd, "Fairy Bai in Mirage City is admired by everyone, a celestial being who many covertly yearn for. I used to wonder what kind of heroic figure would be worthy of Fairy Bai's grace, but now it seems my thoughts were shallow.