So it really was this guy!
Looking at Roland, who was putting on quite a show, Fu Qian confirmed his guess.
Someone had indeed been guiding Che Shunyong's actions from behind the scenes.
At a glance, Fu Qian was certain Roland was a Transcendent.
His strength was around the sixth tier, and judging from the few tricks he'd just shown, he had quite a range of methods at his disposal.
And from Roland's words, it was clear that Che Shunyong had only passively received suggestions. He had no idea Roland even existed.
"Are you saying you deliberately let me see all those things?"
Fu Qian was silent for a long while before finally speaking.
"Very good. Looks like you're pretty quick to accept things."
Roland seemed quite pleased with Fu Qian's reaction.
"I've met some very stubborn fellows who refused to accept reality no matter what, and credited everything to their own flashes of inspiration."
"To the point where I had to make one of them gouge out his own eyeballs right in front of me..."
"Are you saying I'm not the only one, but one of a certain category of test subjects?"
Roland's description was undeniably horrifying. Fu Qian took a few seconds to process it before asking.
"Test subject? That's not an entirely inaccurate way to put it."
Roland chuckled again, showing that he found Fu Qian's choice of words rather amusing.
"You're certainly not the only one, but becoming a test subject isn't that simple. It takes quite a bit of luck."
"So you can still think of yourself as exceptionally gifted."
"To be honest, your performance has surprised me."
Roland stared at Fu Qian's face.
"At first, I didn't think much of you, so I didn't pay you much attention. I never expected you to do