Chapter 232: A Game Of Chess (Part Two)

"I can't help but wonder," Liang Xiong said. "What is such an extraordinary person doing in the Outer Sect of the Bamboo Silk House? Surely your talents would be recognized in the Inner Sect as well, wouldn't they?"

"You only find me talented because you have yet to meet our Hall Master," Warden Mu said, taking a stone and setting the first piece of the game. "Compared to her and people like Wu Ling's mother, I'm still somewhat lacking. Of course, I expect that Little Ling will surpass me within a decade or two at the most. She's not destined to stay in this small Outer Sect branch for long."

"I felt that must be true," the young Soldier said, placing a stone of his own and watching the powerful Warden as she made her next move. "My sister praised her greatly after their expedition, and when I encountered Young Lady Wu the other day, she'd already become a late-stage Aesthete. I'm sure she'll be an Understudy within a year or two at most."