The other blue-robed cultivators present all paled. "Good heavens, he's actually a cultivator at Nascent Soul middle stage great perfection!"
"Elder Liu is truly formidable. He actually caught this man's fist?"
"He certainly lives up to his reputation as one of the best of the older generation in our Black Tortoise Gate."
Lin Ke could not help raising his eyebrows. "It seems you practice the Black Tortoise Path to Sainthood, senior."
"It is the most profound of all realms among body cultivators."
The old man at the Nascent Soul middle stage immediately said, "Oh? You have some discernment, boy. It seems you really are from another land."
"Unfortunately, even if you are outsiders, I cannot let you carry on tugging at each other in this sacred place. It tarnishes our sect's standards."
"You had best wait for the elders to arrive and decide what to do with you."
Lin Ke did not understand why these cultivators from another territory were so fixated on romance and such. After all, there were no entrance examinations for higher institutions here, so why were they cracking down on teenage dating?
Besides, he was already old enough, wasn't he?
"Judging by your clothing, you two must be fellow Daoists from the Dongfang Great Territory?"
At that moment, a deep, unhurried voice slowly descended from the sky, spreading across the five lakes and four seas like the tolling of a bell.
Every cultivator present prostrated themselves. "Greetings, Black Tortoise Ancestor!"
"All right, children, get up. These two are indeed cultivators from another territory. There is no need to make things difficult for them."
"Senior Brother Liu, you should stand down as well."
An old man clad in a green shell slowly flew up from below the mountain. Judging by his strength, he too was at Fusion