Back when his strength had completely surpassed Ye Xiwen's, it had been perfectly acceptable for Ye Xiwen to address him as "Your Excellency." But in merely a few thousand years, Ye Xiwen had caught up. Calling him "Your Excellency" now was no longer appropriate. Besides, they were not master and disciple.
Ye Xiwen thought it over and said no more, simply accepting it. After all, it was only a form of address.
"Yes, Senior Brother!"
Ye Xiwen said.
"There is nothing surprising about my cultivation. It is merely a matter of when I break through. But you, Junior Brother—compared to more than a hundred years ago, your cultivation has become even more refined, and your foundation even deeper, hasn't it?" The Flame Lord's gaze was razor-sharp. He saw through it at a glance. Although Ye Xiwen had concealed himself well, he still could not hide it from him.
Yet the Flame Lord found it somewhat strange. Ye Xiwen did not look like someone who had only recently broken through. On the contrary, he looked as though he had entered this realm hundreds of thousands of years ago.
This showed how profound his accumulation was. Yet even so, after such a long time, Ye Xiwen had still failed to enter the Late Stage Sage Realm. That seemed somewhat unreasonable.
Naturally, he had no idea what kind of insane plan Ye Xiwen was preparing. Ye Xiwen intended to raise his cultivation to the Late Stage Sage Realm while simultaneously pushing his combat strength into the Seal King Realm. Otherwise, with his accumulation, he would have entered the Late Stage Sage Realm long ago.
"I have merely made a little progress. It is nothing worth mentioning. But Senior Brother, why exactly did you call me here?" Ye Xiwen asked curiously.
"Junior Brother, you