“Lord Long Chen!”0

The Sovereign sprouts immediately dropped to one knee, greeting Long Chen with reverence.0

“There’s no need for that,” said Long Chen, quickly helping them up. “You can just greet me normally in the future.”0

Long Chen didn’t like to see people kneeling toward him. In the same vein, his knees would not bend to anyone other than his mother and father.4

“Lord Long Chen, without you, we would never have reached this level. You are our lord—no, our king! For us to kneel to our king is simply our way of expressing our veneration. We kneel to you because of the gratitude and respect in our hearts,” said one disciple emotionally.2

Long Chen was baffled. What does he...0