Chapter 34: Xiyue Sect's Grand Sect Tournament_3

"Look, you're being underestimated. If you were to reveal your true strength, I doubt there would be anyone who dares to speak ill of you. Also, you're already in the Golden Core Realm, so calling me 'senior' is somewhat inappropriate,"

Li Caiying was at the initial stage of the Golden Core Realm, same as Chu Ning, making them equals in the cultivation world, where it was customary for cultivators of the same realm to address each other as 'fellow daoist'.

Chu Ning smiled faintly; he of course wouldn't really refer to Li Caiying as his equal and said, "Elder Li, cultivation is about refining the heart; there's no need to mind the idle chatter of irrelevant people."

"It is rare for someone your age to have such a state of mind, no wonder you have broken through to Golden Core,"