"Uncle."
At that moment, the Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder looked at his uncle, Tang Chen, and immediately bowed.
"My second nephew, you're not getting any younger. Don't always be like this. We're outside now, so there's no need to be so formal. Just treat me as your uncle."
"That won't do. Etiquette cannot be abandoned. You are the spiritual totem of our Clear Sky Sect. No matter what, we must show you the utmost respect."
The Second Elder still held Tang Chen in great reverence. In their eyes, Tang Chen was the Clear Sky Sect's spiritual totem. Strictly speaking, in terms of bloodline, I could only be considered someone with outstanding ability and talent.
In Douluo Continent, the Clear Sky Sect's Elder Council did not respect Tang Chen merely as juniors respected an elder. Their reverence was almost a trinity of worship: "ancestor + war god + supreme authority." Though Tang Chen was nominally the "Chief Elder" rather than the reigning Sect Master, his actual influence within the sect surpassed that of every previous Sect Master. To the Elder Council, it was essentially a case of "seeing his token was like seeing him, and hearing his name made them lower themselves by a generation."
Seniority and standing: the Elder Council had to call him "Uncle."
In the original story of the Clear Sky Sect's previous life, after two elders passed away, only the Elder Council led by the Second Elder remained. The remaining five great elders were all first-generation disciples, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao were second-generation disciples, and Tang San was third-generation.
Tang Chen, meanwhile, was the foremost among the first-generation disciples. He was also the man who had transformed the Clear Sky Sect from a family inheritance into the "number one sect under heaven." Whether openly or