"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yuntao."
Chu Kuangren spoke with a faint smile. Hearing his form of address, Daoist Yuntao and the other elders frowned slightly, especially the other elders, who grew increasingly displeased with Chu Kuangren.
After all, Chu Kuangren was merely someone below the rank of Saint.
Daoist Yuntao, however, was a Saint King.
Leaving aside the difference in cultivation realms, even if Chu Kuangren lived another few hundred years, his age would still be only a fraction of Daoist Yuntao's.
And he still presumed to address him as an equal?!
How did Chu Kuangren dare?
"Hmph, you cannot just call anyone a fellow Daoist. You have no sense of propriety."
One elder could not help but snort.
Hearing this, Chu Kuangren glanced at him. "What? Fellow Daoist Yuntao is the lord of Piaomiao Heaven, and I am the lord of the Mystic Heaven Sect. Is there anything unreasonable about calling him a fellow Daoist? Or do you believe my Mystic Heaven Sect stands a head below Piaomiao Heaven?!"
He had already seen that these people had no goodwill toward him. Naturally, he would not deliberately try to please them. Since they were already displeased, he did not mind making them dislike him even more.
"You, you..."
Hearing his words, the elder was actually struck speechless.
He could not find a single word of rebuttal.
"Insolence!"
Unable to refute him, the elder angrily swept his sleeve.
Seeing this, Daoist Yuntao said, "Third Elder, do not forget your manners before an honored guest. Fellow Daoist Chu is not wrong. Like me, he leads a Daoist Tradition. There is nothing improper about treating each other as equals."
He consciously changed his address from young friend Chu to Fellow Daoist Chu. Since he had said as much, the other elders could hardly voice