This situation, anyone would inevitably think a step further—could it be inside collaboration with external forces...
It originally had nothing to do with him, so Chen Yan naturally wanted to first eliminate any suspicion against himself to avoid any trouble.
That man nodded to Chen Yan: "I see that Fellow Daoist's words are clear and righteous, so it seems what you say is true."
As he spoke, he paused and said slowly, "Moreover, Fellow Daoist should be a Second Realm cultivator... Last night's strongman had cultivation equivalent to Realm-Breaking Celestial. For someone like that to make a move, it seems Fellow Daoist is likely not his accomplice."
Chen Yan: ...
The way this was said, could his emotional intelligence be any lower?
Your point is simply that my cultivation is too weak, and I couldn't possibly be involved in such a major incident.
Nonetheless, Chen Yan is a pragmatist. His goal is merely not to get drawn into this.
