Yue Wen realized he had still underestimated the Patriarch's influence within the Azurefall Profound Gate.
Before meeting Zhu Sanqing in person, he had known only that the man was one of the few Living Immortals in the world, a key figure who had inherited the orthodox Daoist lineage of Ancient Times, shattered a century of darkness, and guarded the Human Realm. Beyond those grand titles, he had known little of his deeds.
After meeting Zhu Sanqing in person, he discovered that the man looked like a somewhat irrepressible youth. With that distance closed, much of his awe had faded.
He had never experienced the gradual change in mindset that disciples of the Azurefall Profound Gate went through: learning about the Patriarch step by step, living beneath his protection, and slowly coming to revere him as a god.
But those disciples of the Azurefall Profound Gate had all grown up that way. They regarded the Patriarch as a true god, so naturally they also felt reverence for his chosen disciple.
Yue Wen could only resign himself to letting them call him Granduncle-Master whenever and wherever they pleased.
As for Perfected One Nagiko's talk of taking him as her adoptive father, that was nonsense, of course. She had merely been testing Yue Wen's attitude. Since his rise in status had not made him arrogant, she could comfortably continue acting as his elder.
After all, Yue Wen was still only a young man in the fifth realm.
Asking him to put on airs before these Dao Realm powerhouses really was asking a bit much.
The several Perfected Ones of the Azurefall Profound Gate could only accept it: he would call them his seniors, and they would call him their elder, each following their own reckoning.
The members of the River City Team only