Calling Concern

And thus, Rui had formulated his broad strategic approach.

"Disarm him with honesty and transparency and then win his acknowledgment with sincerity."

He didn't think anything else was necessary.

He also didn't think anything else would work.

Admittedly, he felt his nerves tingling at the prospect of meeting a Martial Transcendent. Ever since he entered the Master Realm, he had reached a stage where the maximum difference between him and another Martial Artist was one Realm. The vaunted Sages, who were at the peak of the Martial World for practical reasons, were now only a single Realm above him. 

He had even fought two Martial Sages and made it out alive.

His regard for them was still high, but their presence no longer moved him as it once did.

The same could not be said for Transcendents.