"Hard to say. I just keep feeling that this lad's strength seems a little low," Nanny Liu said.
"Even the Half-Step Martial Realm is low?" Xiao Qing asked.
Seeing Zhangsun Youyue looking at her with some puzzlement as well, Nanny Liu continued, "By rights, he's a Half-Step Martial Realm expert, but I get the feeling that his strength falls somewhat short of that realm."
"He must be concealing his cultivation," Xiao Qing said.
"Hmph, girl, what do you know? It's been twenty years since I broke through to the Half-Step Martial Realm, after all. Even if this lad is a heaven-sent genius, surely his cultivation can't surpass mine? How could concealing his cultivation from me be so easy?" Nanny Liu said with a cold snort.
Seeing Nanny Liu's expression darken, Xiao Qing stuck out her tongue and dared not say any more.
Zhangsun Youyue thought for a moment, then said, "Nanny Liu, perhaps he only just broke through. Naturally, his strength couldn't compare with yours, which is why you feel he's somewhat lacking."
Nanny Liu nodded. "That must be it, but there's still something I don't understand. Strange. Ah, could I be getting old and seeing ghosts in every shadow?"
"Nanny Liu, how are you old? You're just overthinking things. All right, this mutton smells quite delicious," Zhangsun Youyue said, covering her mouth with a soft laugh.
"Miss, Chen Biao sent this mutton to curry favor with you. Ordinarily, even the rarest treasures in the world wouldn't catch your eye, but this mutton really is quite tasty," Xiao Qing said.
After her miss accepted the plate of mutton she had carefully sliced with a small silver knife, Xiao Qing asked, "Miss, I wonder whom the Sword Pavilion will send this time. Sword God Yi probably won't appear, and the others