"This is... Inner Sect Disciple Zhu Ji! Who could have injured him this badly?" An Outer Disciple stared at the heavily injured Zhu Ji, his expression filled with horror.
Outer Disciples naturally addressed Inner Sect Disciples as Uncle Master, and Inner Sect Disciples, in turn, called True Disciples Uncle Master. Once someone successfully advanced into one of these higher echelons, their original status shifted from peer to senior. Everything else became secondary; it was all about comprehensive superiority, including seniority. Thus, individuals who were peers yesterday—one perhaps a thousand and eight hundred years old, the other merely a hundred or so—could find their relationship altered today. If the younger one successfully advanced, the elder would then have to address them as Uncle Master. However, such occurrences were quite normal in the Green Nether Fairyland and many lower realms, as strength ultimately commanded respect.
