Shocked Yuan, Three Thousand Great Daos

Xuan Wuji felt as if his entire worldview was collapsing.

At first, he had thought Yuan valued Chen Yuan merely out of a lord's appreciation for a promising junior cultivator.

Later, when Yuan said during their communication that he would come personally, Xuan Wuji had assumed the two might share some blood relation. Chen Yuan might truly have been some descendant of Lord Yuan.

But the truth was wildly different. Chen Yuan actually called Lord Yuan "Brother Yuan," while Lord Yuan warmly called him "Brother Chen"!

Xuan Wuji could barely keep his expression together. The main reason was that, in order to get closer to Chen Yuan earlier, he had also told him to call him brother.

Yes, he truly had wanted to build a closer relationship with him. He had picked that form of address casually—after all, as a dignified High-Level Hunyuan Lifeform, he could hardly humble himself before a Half-Hunyuan Lifeform. He had his pride too.

It was only being called brother. Xuan Wuji had not thought much of it.

But now—there was a huge problem!

I'm finished, Xuan Wuji lamented inwardly. I should have realized it long ago. When Senior Yuan gave us instructions before, his tone did not sound like he was speaking to a junior.

But that guess was simply too absurd. Who would dare imagine that a Half-Hunyuan Lifeform could stand on equal footing with a Hunyuan Lord? Even after Chen Yuan displayed his talent, I only thought it was talent worthy of a lord's attention.

Who would have thought these two were actually peers!

Xuan Wuji felt utterly helpless. Such an absurd thing had actually happened to him, and the worst part was that he had not realized it at all. He had even been calling Chen Yuan brother.

*If I had known,