A Much-Anticipated Match

"I heard that Great Grandmaster Ning looks only in his early twenties. I wonder if that's true. If it is, that would be far too startling."

"Indeed. Although one can experience a degree of rejuvenation after stepping onto the Golden Core Great Path, it generally only knocks off ten or twenty years at most. If Great Grandmaster Ning truly looks to be only in his early twenties, he probably was at most just over forty when he achieved the Golden Core Realm. That is even more exaggerated than Senior Ling Daoyi."

"Of course. Rumor has it that Senior Ling Daoyi was already in his mid-forties when he entered the Golden Core Realm, and Senior Ling Daoyi is hailed as the supreme prodigy of the past five hundred years. If Great Grandmaster Ning truly broke through to the Golden Core Realm in his early forties as well... that would be an existence capable of matching or perhaps even surpassing Senior Ling Daoyi a few times over!"

"Mm. Putting aside who wins or loses today's battle, as long as the rumors are true, Great Grandmaster Ning can already be considered quite heaven-defying! Even if he loses today's battle, given time, he will definitely be able to truly ascend to the peak and become an existence comparable to Senior Ling Daoyi!"

"That's true. But to be honest, I feel that Great Grandmaster Ning will most likely still lose to Bei Chen Zhenren in today's battle. Bei Chen Zhenren is simply too tyrannical. Even someone like the Dragon-Tiger Mountain Old Celestial Master, who has already reached the late-stage Golden Core, had no power to parry in front of him and was completely crushed and defeated!"

"Indeed. Although Great Grandmaster Ning is certainly no weakling—after all, he is someone who could force Real Person Pingyang