"I wish to have further investment in the young heiress," Meng Diu said bluntly. "I want to send one of my grandsons along on this expedition the Duchess has mandated. She has said that it is a matter of the heiress' choice. So I ask you to convince her. Given the chance, I believe that he will prove himself capable in the circle of retainers she is building."
I mean I agree that it's not as much as we would like but let's be real at her level "I believe that he will prove himself" is also not nothing.
Yeah, if she says something like that and then sends an average cultivator, or even someone who isn't exceptional, she loses a lot of face at best, and severely insults the Cai at worst. She's vouched for him, if he doesn't perform she was either wrong or lying, and neither is a good look on a major figure in a major clan.I mean I agree that it's not as much as we would like but let's be real at her level "I believe that he will prove himself" is also not nothing.
The important fact is that he comes with connections and would be self-sustaining as far as cultivation resources go, which being a Meng tells us. The rest he would need to prove to CRX to be worthwhile and attempting to talk him up to us is giving the brand new Baroness would be too much credit to her influence on the Ducal Heir.It was kind of some very Count level arrogance (and it's IC for the world that it would be so) that she didn't feel any need to "talk her grandson up". Nothing about great his cultivation is for his age, nothing about his special skills or how he's a master of formations or a great diplomat or an excellent leader or has an ass you could bounce a quarter off. He's a Meng; that's all you need to know, baby.