Seeing the three juniors looking terribly anxious, as if the sky were about to fall, especially the usually uninhibited and reckless true disciple Ren Zhuolin, who was clearly in a complete panic, Elder Nie remained impassive.
Back in his day, he had been just like these young disciples. The slightest trivial matter had sent him into a panic. They simply lacked experience and hadn't seen enough of the world...
But at his current level, he had weathered countless storms and blades, and personally navigated innumerable rough seas.
Now, for someone like him, nothing under heaven could stir the slightest ripple in his heart.
Thinking this, Elder Nie said calmly, "Don't worry! This matter..."
Before he could finish, his eyes suddenly flew open!
What!?
Pei Ling, a disciple of Chongming Sect, had dual-cultivated with the Sect Master's Wife of Chongming Sect??
A mere Core Formation cultivator had actually been with the former Saintess Si Hong Qingyan, whose cultivation and strength were no weaker than his own??
How had he dared?
How had he pulled it off?
And he'd deliberately done it in front of the Eight Sects' true disciples??
What the @#¥% was going on?
As the Supreme Protector of Innate Religion, Elder Nie had cultivated for far too long. He had long since grown accustomed to keeping his emotions off his face. Even when he met powerful figures of his own generation, at most he would manage a few perfunctory smiles.
But now, shock showed in his eyes. His face was full of disbelief, like someone who had never seen the world.
"Supreme Protector?"
"Supreme Protector?"
The two true disciples called out several times before Elder Nie finally came to his senses and realized he had lost his composure.
He cleared his throat twice, then quickly warned them, "This is