Eventually, the crowd broke and returned to their original task and duties while Rui toured the Water Sect, guided by Master Minn herself, who walked a step behind him out of respect.
"It's more modern than before," Rui murmured as he studied the infrastructure of the Water Sect.
"We underwent renovations and expansions last year," she informed with a respectful tone. "We were having too many applicants and initiates to possibly fit in, and it was a waste to turn them all down."
"Good thinking," Rui remarked. "All of this is fascinating and all, but what I'm most interested in is…"
He turned his curious gaze towards her. "The second Martial Master of Adaptive Evolution."
He could tell that she wasn't very deep in the Master Realm and was young and weak as a Martial Master, although Martial Masters had already reached a level of complexity that made their true combat power impossible to judge.
