"I heard the Prince wanted to see me?"
Xun Yu gave a faint smile and a slight bow toward the imposing figure's back.
Lu Mingyuan turned around, his expression impassive. "I've heard," he said, "that you are the most knowledgeable, strategic, and promising scholar of the Confucian Temple. And that you're also one of the world's few Tenth-Rank Chess Attendants. Countless Emperors from various Dynasties have sought a game with you, but none have had the opportunity."
"That's all just an empty reputation."
Xun Yu smiled faintly, paying it no mind.
"Today, I wish to ask you a question."
Lu Mingyuan, ever direct, did not beat around the bush.
"What exactly are the Upper Three Grades?"
Hearing this, Xun Yu seemed to have guessed something. He asked with a smile, "I take it the Prince wishes to break through to the Thirteenth Realm?"
"Precisely."
Lu Mingyuan tucked his hands into his sleeves and nodded calmly.
