A mid-stage Nascent Soul expert might be worth a fight, but a late-stage one? That’s like trying to split a watermelon with your bare hands.
Shi Ling was no prodigy; he was just an ordinary cultivator. He might manage to challenge someone a level above him if he were dealing with an inexperienced youngster, but two levels? Absolutely not. If he truly had the strength to challenge across two levels, he wouldn’t be rotting away as a City Lord; he would have been living the high life long ago. Furthermore, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of this age surely had a formidable background. Though some cultivators could make themselves look younger, he didn't dare gamble on it.
Shi Ling cupped his hands and said politely, "I had no idea you were coming, my young friend. Please forgive me for my failure to greet you properly. My son is foolish and headstrong; if he has offended you, I hope you can be magnanimous."
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