Nie Huaisang? Shen Yuan doesn't know how to feel about that. It kind of muddies the waters on his revenge plot? Like, if he also gets political benefit out of it, then was he really motivated by pure love and rage on behalf of his brother??¹ But he has to admit, now that he knows Lan Wangji, he has to agree he would be pretty bad at running the cultivation world. That kind of thing requires nuance, and the ability to talk to people for more than two sentences. "It would be a fucking nightmare," he agrees. "What do you think he'd be worst at?"

¹ Once again this typist does not stand behind Shen Yuan's CQL opinions.