Master Chen.
On Qi Tian Continent, calling someone "Master" was an exceptionally respectful form of address, one that even ranked above calling them a senior. One called someone a senior because they were older, or because their cultivation far surpassed one's own.
But calling someone Master meant that one regarded oneself as a student before them, with much still to learn, and held them in the utmost admiration.
If others heard that the patriarch of a top power on Qi Tian Continent was calling a junior in the Body Integration Realm Master, their jaws would surely drop. It was simply too incongruous. In truth, the Bai Family Patriarch was not entirely used to calling him Master Chen either. It had been many years since he had used that form of address. It felt too distant. Ever since becoming the Bai Family Patriarch, there had been few people on Qi Tian Continent worthy of being called Master by him.
"Hm?"
Chen Qiu, who had been preparing to leave, hovered in the air and casually glanced at the middle-aged man behind him, dressed in white robes with gold-thread embroidery at the cuffs. "Does this fellow Daoist need something?"
Though he did not know how the other party had learned his surname and name, he found nothing strange about it. After all, his name appeared on the Heavenly Dao Edict from time to time. His name had already resounded across who knew how many continents. Under such circumstances, it seemed perfectly normal for someone from a higher-grade continent to know his name.
"Master Chen."
The Bai Family Patriarch took a deep breath. This time, calling him Master Chen came far more naturally. He immediately shot toward Chen Qiu and, after stopping at a safe distance, began speaking rapidly. "I am the Bai Family