Great Grandmaster Ning Could Hardly Lose!

As Ning Wangshu and the others exchanged greetings, someone at the scene recognized Lin Anguo's identity as well.

"Hey, doesn't the person talking with Great Grandmaster Ning and the others look a bit like Grandmaster Lin of the Jiangnan Sword Sect?"

"It really does look like him! But hasn't Lin Jianzong been retired from the Jianghu for over a decade? I didn't expect the showdown between Bei Chen Zhenren and Great Grandmaster Ning to draw even an old-school grandmaster like him. And he seems quite familiar with Great Grandmaster Ning!"

"Have you noticed? Lin Jianzong looks almost the same as he did before he retired from the Jianghu. He doesn't look like a man over seventy at all!"

"That's true! What's going on? Lin Jianzong is clearly over seventy, so why does he look like he's only in his early fifties?"

"If I'm not mistaken, Lin Jianzong must have become a Golden Core Great Grandmaster! This is clearly a case of 'growing young again'!"

At this, the people around them were astonished.

"Lin Jianzong retired from the Jianghu over a decade ago, and he's already entered the Golden Core Great Path and become a Great Grandmaster!"

"Looks like Lin Jianzong is the strongest of the Four Great Sword Sects. We've never heard that the other three have taken this step!"

As those people discussed it, many cultivators from the Southeast Seven Provinces were likewise surprised by Lin Anguo's appearance and the fact that he had entered the Golden Core Realm.

Though it was still only their guess, Lin Anguo's current appearance—he looked to be in his early fifties—made it almost certain.

Soon, the cultivators from the Southeast Seven Provinces headed toward Ning Wangshu, Lin Anguo, and the others in unison...

"Greetings, Great Grandmaster Ning! Greetings, Great Grandmaster Lin!"

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