The help from others deserves a word of thanks.
The Three Masters sized him up with a smile and said, "It was nothing, Young Marquis needn't be so polite."
Chen Yi raised an eyebrow slightly, his gaze meeting the other's head-on.
The phrase "Young Marquis" took him by surprise for a moment.
Coming from the likes of Chu Ming and others, it was a term of respect, indicating they believed Chen Yi to be above them in terms of status and strength.
But coming from one of the Three Masters of the Kyoto Academy, it wasn't that simple.
After all, the status and strength of the Three Masters were above Chen Yi.
Thus, this manner of address seemed to have a deeper meaning.
Was it an endorsement or a probe?
Chen Yi could not tell.
After all, the wisdom and depth of such a Confucian Saint like the Three Masters were not something ordinary people could match.
He certainly didn't believe the latter spoke such words simply as a "teacher from the Sacred Grounds of the Academy."
