Meng Chao began coughing loudly.
"Ah, ahh..."
His face flushed crimson, and meaningless sounds came from his throat.
"It seems that after Lü Siya betrayed the Lü family, you members of the younger generation of the Lü Family have all suffered quite a bit from being implicated by her."
Shen Yulin said, "Otherwise, why would you get so agitated the moment I mentioned Lü Siya's name?"
"Y-Yes!"
Meng Chao said, "Recently, Superstar Group really has been rather... arrogant, hasn't it?"
"Who says it hasn't?"
Shen Yulin snorted. "Back when Meng Chao was still around, he served as a model of Grassroots Rise and won the support of a great many ordinary citizens and Mid-Low Level Superhumans from humble backgrounds.
"Ever since Meng Chao, in the 'Battle of Mist God Mountain,' chose to let Jade and Stone Burn Together in order to wipe out the remnants of Monster Civilization, falling into Tiger's Fury River alongside the enemy and perishing amid the Stormy Waves of surging Spiritual Energy, he had become an irreplaceable legend. In the eyes of many ordinary citizens and Mid-Low Level Superhumans from humble backgrounds, he was practically deified.
"That ambitious woman Lü Siya had styled herself as Meng Chao's successor, cleverly reaping the trust and support of those ordinary citizens and superhumans from humble backgrounds. Combined with her brains, methods, and intimate knowledge of the Nine Corporations, she had, in barely a year, repeatedly seized the vital point and resolved the pain points, making Superstar Group grow more than tenfold and causing no small amount of trouble for us Nine Corporations.
"But no matter how cunning and crafty Lü Siya is, she doesn't have three heads and six arms. How could she, by herself alone, possibly stand toe-to-toe with us deeply rooted 'Nine'?
"Behind Lü Siya stand the