Power [4]
At the edge of the forest, a meeting of elders was taking place. Not all the elders previously in the palace had assembled, but the ones willing to take disciples from the new batch of outer disciples were gathered.
"Have you heard the news?"
"Right, that Long boy is having a duel with the kid from the talent test."
"Mm, I think it'd be good if they could develop a healthy rivalry."
"Right, the Long Clan might not have the same influence as us, but they are near the top of the 4 great clans. It won't be bad for us to make connections to them."
"Exactly, if the Long boy finds a rival within the sect, their clan will be much more favorable towards our disciples."
As these miscellaneous conversations took place, someone raised a concern.
"Shouldn't we be monitoring their duel? We can't have either of them getting too injured, or even worse, crippled."