Yang Misi went straight to the point, "Earl Red Blade, it was actually not common in the academic world to address each other by titles. I am also a Marquis myself. But usually we either call by our names or as Mr. or Teacher. You can call me Mr. Yang, I am slightly older than you, so I'll call you by your name, does that sound good?"
Ren Zhong didn't care about these minor titles, he just nodded and agreed, "Sure."
He didn't realize that Yang Misi actually didn't want to delay, planning for a quick and decisive move. Yang Misi tried to establish the seniority between the two, then quickly defeat Ren Zhong who was in his rising phase academically, to make the young man realize there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people, thus being able to leverage this to naturally propose a formal mentor-apprentice relationship.
