Chapter 53: Safeguarding
Yan Feirou fell into deep thought. "Even so..."
"Even so, we still can't be certain that the Fire-Passing Old Man is the mysterious senior we're looking for, can we?"
Yan Hengbo smiled faintly. "Keep listening and you'll understand. The Fire-Passing Old Man has a disciple named Meng Chao, a senior at Dragon City Ninth High School. His family circumstances aren't very good, and he still lives in public housing. Feirou, in the video you received that day, a young man was demonstrating the Modified Ripple Force. What school uniform was he wearing, and what was the filming background like?"
Yan Feirou cried out, "Ah! He'd blurred his face, but judging by the color and style of the uniform, it was either Third High School or Ninth High School. And the room was tiny and messy, looking exactly like public housing!"
"That's it. Student Meng Chao was injured while training last year and spent several months in the hospital. He had nearly lost all possibility of continuing his cultivation, yet this year he recovered completely and rose like a miracle. Other than receiving guidance from a mysterious senior, what else could explain it?"
Yan Hengbo continued, "If that still isn't enough, do you know why the Fire-Passing Old Man went after Vast Ocean Group?"
Yan Feirou said, "Didn't you say that Vast Ocean Group used Monster Blood mixed with various hormones and banned drugs to pass it off as Super Beast Blood products, violating a great taboo among Transcendents? Naturally, the Fire-Passing Old Man had to uphold justice and crush this criminal gang without mercy."
"That came later. In truth, Vast Ocean Group's criminal methods were extremely covert. Even the Special Medicine Bureau hadn't detected them. And the Fire-Passing Old Man was supposedly fighting deep in the mist