True Venerable Lang Mai had his doubts, so he contacted other True Venerables—several of them were in the same situation as him.
He wanted to know what the situation had been like at the very beginning, back when he had not taken it seriously.
Unfortunately, those few did not think their situation was the same as his.
Those True Venerables were also unwilling to accept Han Li and True Venerable Qu's forcefulness, but at worst, they had simply found an excuse to avoid meeting them.
At the very least, they had all received the warning of "don't say I never looked out for you."
So when the rumors first began, they had all paid attention to the situation, and they had also confirmed that at the time, someone had interfered with causality.
It was not purely a concealment of heavenly secrets, but the nature was much the same; basically, the source of the rumors could not be found.
If they truly investigated with care, it might not have been impossible to uncover—but those True Venerables were not stupid either. Knowing someone was manipulating things was enough.
They were all shrewd old foxes who had lived for thousands of years. Go and investigate? That would be fucking idiotic!
Once they found out the truth, it would look bad for both sides. But if they ignored it, at worst, they had "missed the warning."
After some time passed and Lingyun began cooperating, those True Venerables felt even more fortunate: thank goodness they had not acted impulsively back then.
Now that True Venerable Lang Mai had come asking about earlier information... how stupid would they have to be to tell him the truth?
Never mind that this man's reputation had never been good to begin with; just the matter of him openly clashing