Yuan Shikai gave his surname as "Yuan," and Chen Huan promptly addressed him as "Senior Brother Yuan."
Chen Huan: "Senior Brother Yuan, are you a foreigner?"
Yuan Shikai: "No, I'm just in disguise. I came here for a specific purpose, and everyone here is a foreigner, so I disguised myself as one to make it easier to move around."
Chen Huan: "Oh, I see. So you're on a mission right now, Senior Brother Yuan. Let's add each other as friends."
Yuan Shikai: "Add each other? On a social app?"
Chen Huan: "No, through the Thought Key Crest. Didn't you know about that, Senior Brother Yuan?"
Yuan Shikai really hadn't known. After all, he had gone through the Thought Key Crest from beginning to end and never seen a friend feature.
Yuan Shikai: "My teacher only taught me for a little while at the start before leaving. I basically learned everything after that on my own."
In fact, Taigong Wang had only given him some instruction at the beginning, and he hadn't seen him since.
Chen Huan: "I see. Perhaps that senior also had an older version of the Thought Key Crest, so the one he passed on to you was an older version too."
Yuan Shikai: "The Thought Key Crest has different versions?"
Chen Huan: "That's right, Senior Brother Yuan. A senior brother from a certain generation of the Heavenly Secrets Sect went out to experience the mortal world. After returning to the mountain, he realized the world was advancing far too quickly."
"Things that only immortals could once do, like Cloudsummoning Rainmaking, Long-Distance Voice Transmission, flying through the sky, and traveling underground, could all be imitated by ordinary people using technology."
"But he also gained some inspiration during his time in the mortal world and updated several Dao Arts.