Warden Mu Shien watched in shock as energy swirled around Wu Ling. She'd received Florist Dongtian's message that Wu Ling was close to breaking through and becoming a late-stage Aesthete but when she'd heard 'close' she hadn't thought that it meant this close! One lesson from the Hall Master was all it had taken to push the young disciple over the edge.
Mu Shien wasn't sure who in this interaction was more terrifying. Wu Ling for advancing her cultivation immediately on receiving the Hall Master's instruction, or Hall Master Bian Xing for having the perfect insight to deliver exactly the lesson Wu Ling needed. The answer was likely that both of them were monsters and it was good to be in a sect that had both of them!
"I take it that you learned something from the Hall Master's lesson," Mu Shien said when Wu Ling's long lashes fluttered and opened to reveal his striking silver eyes.
