"When did you first start contacting Shangguan Xiao?"
"A few years ago."
"Be specific."
".In the fifth month of Hongguang 39th Year. I don't remember the exact date."
"How did you get in touch?"
".I hadn't graduated from Wu University yet. I remember that day I went to a club-organized party and had a little to drink—just enough to get tipsy. Then someone suddenly approached me. I thought he was some young master from a prominent family who wanted to get to know me."
"And then?"
"Then we started talking. He said he understood me, that he knew I was ambitious and capable, but my identity meant I could never be valued at the Zhang Family. At best, I'd spend my whole life as a Level 9 subordinate official. Heh, damn it, he was pretty accurate!"
"Continue."
"He invited me out for a private conversation. We found a teahouse, and he said he was from Xingcheng and could help me. Of course, I wasn't that easy to fool, but he directly left me a bottle of pills. They were very high-quality pills, the kind I could only get a few of each month at the Zhang Family.
"Later, I had someone examine the bottle. It was genuine, with no problems at all. After I finished using those pills, that person came to me again and gave me another bottle. I asked who he really was and what he really wanted. He said I wouldn't be qualified to know until I had grown stronger.
"For more than two whole years afterward, he not only regularly provided me with the resources I needed for Martial Dao cultivation, but also helped me complete the missions I accepted from Wu University, making it easier for me to earn credits. In the end, I graduated