Chapter 78: Life 61, Age 24, Martial Grandmaster Peak
The next day, I met Mei for a private lunch to discuss her plans to become the Water Flower.
“It’s more difficult than I thought,” she said, looking concerned. “There are five stages in the selection process. First, they will check that I am astrologically suitable for the position, which I can’t change, so it shouldn’t be a problem. Then, they will check my cultivation base and personal charm, but I don’t expect any problems with these,” she winked.
“What’s the problem then?”
“The last two factors are my professional skills and my ability to nurture talents. Most water cultivators will have learned some level of beast taming, but I don’t know anything about that.”
I thought about it, tapping the table. “Are they looking for something that specific? Just be honest with them. Being a beast tamer might be great, but how will that help your city? Your experience is as a Pavilion attendant, managing and helping others. Just try to leverage that.”
“It’s not great,” she said, biting her lip. “It might be the best I can do, but it will hurt my chances.”
I didn’t necessarily agree, but she could be right about how the judges would view it.
“Worse is that I have no idea how to nurture talents. What could I possibly do to help train beast tamers or formation masters?”
I cocked my head to the side in thought. “How do others learn this kind of thing?”