The Show-off trend developed its first downline just like that.
When out in the world, your identity was something you gave yourself, but you could not make it too high. Otherwise, that was when you truly turned yourself into a fool.
Meanwhile, at Waning Moon Divination.
In the Northern Continent, among the major powers, the leaders were mostly addressed as Dao Lord or first seat. These powers leaned more toward the secular world, and after the custom became popular, the major sects and holy lands followed suit.
A title like Dao Lord might not sound remarkable, but if it were changed to something like Sect Leader or sect master, it would be a declaration that the other party was no longer being repaid with secular courtesy.
The first thing Jiang Caiyan did after obtaining the Silver Moon Ring was visit Waning Moon Divination's Dao Lord—Gu Yun.
She was a woman with a strong scholarly air, her bearing gentle and refined. A layer of white gauze covered the top of her head, and in public, she would veil her face with a white gauze scarf. Today, coming to see Jiang Caiyan, she broke precedent and revealed her true appearance.
"Waning Moon Divination's Gu Yun respectfully welcomes the honored lord!" The woman dipped slightly, lowering her posture greatly, looking extremely respectful.
This left Jiang Caiyan somewhat at a loss. By rights, these leaders had long since formed their own climates and networks, and Waning Moon Divination was also a power whose name could be spoken in the Northern Continent.
If she acknowledged Jiang Caiyan, the honored lord who held the Silver Moon Ring, would that not be equivalent to finding herself a great father overhead?
For a power she had painstakingly managed, no one would lower their own status like this, would