Yan Xuan's Past

"So, the priority is to protect a group of students with high martial arts talent?"

"You know about it..."

Chu Yuan thought to himself that not only did he know, he had almost been one of them.

"Does this have something to do with that incident?"

"Yes, some people... did not follow orders; they abandoned those 'seeds' and chose to protect their own families." Jiang Fei's expression flickered as he exhaled a long, heavy breath.

Chu Yuan fell silent. He recalled what Yan Xuan had said earlier; he hadn't expected it to actually come true.

Yet, he felt that if it were him, he would also choose to protect his own family.

But that seemed wrong, too.

Because for those Martial Suppression Bureau martial artists, even their own chances of survival had been bought by the lives of their comrades.

They carried "tasks" and "missions," yet in the end, they chose to defy them.

Although the Blood Sacrifice Array had failed to activate, preventing any serious consequences, disobedience was still disobedience.

"How will they be dealt with?"

"Sent to the Outer-Heaven Battlefield."

Chu Yuan was confused again. Judging by Qi Da's tone earlier, he seemed to yearn for the Outer-Heaven Battlefield, yet here at the Martial Suppression Bureau, being sent there had become a punishment?

Jiang Fei seemed unwilling to discuss the topic further and smiled, "Speaking of which, there is another matter related to you."

"What? I haven't had any dealings with your Martial Suppression Bureau, have I?"

"It's not the Martial Suppression Bureau... a reporter wants to interview you. She saw the process of us fighting that anomaly."

"An interview? Is there money in it?"

Jiang Fei was taken aback. "Probably not..."

"Then forget it."

Jiang Fei nodded in deep agreement. "I think forgetting it is for the best, too... she's a rather annoying woman."

"Come over to my place for a meal? My mom really wants to thank you."

Jiang Fei laughed, "Does your auntie not know that you saved Xiao Yun and me?"

"One thing at a time."

"Then do I have to treat you to a meal to thank you as well?"

"That works."

After all, Jiang Fei and Chu Yuan didn't have that deep of a friendship, so he took his leave after a simple meal at the house.

Chu Yuan walked him downstairs.

"Right, how much do you know about Yan Xuan?"

Jiang Fei smiled, "I definitely know more than you do. Why?"

"Tell me about him."

"Isn't he already dead?"

"Just curious," Chu Yuan said. Although Yan Xuan had sent people to impersonate him and commit murder, he had also seemed genuinely interested in recruiting him. At the very least, before the Blood Sacrifice Array took shape, Yan Xuan had agreed to several of the conditions he had proposed.

While Chu Yuan couldn't possibly be grateful to Yan Xuan or harbor any good feelings toward him, he couldn't help but be curious about his past experiences.

A fallen genius from the past, enduring in a small high school for nearly ten years, only to become a martial artist in the Supernatural Realm?

Such an experience would be dazzling no matter who it belonged to!

It was a pity he had encountered him. Under the dimensional suppression of the Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array, no matter how immense his talent, he had no way to unleash it.

Jiang Fei organized his thoughts:

"Come to think of it, he originally came from Chenyang No. 1 High School..."

"I know that. I also know he later obtained a legacy, but powerful martial artists coveted it and made a move from the shadows. But as for the detailed circumstances... I don't know."

Jiang Fei nodded. "That's right. Ten years ago, Yan Xuan was admitted to the Shendu Martial Academy with the highest scores in Chenyang City. Even there, he displayed brilliance that was truly stunning! Within the first month of enrollment, he had already advanced to the Internal Breath Realm!"

"During the second semester of his sophomore year, he even broke through to the Air-Traversing Realm! Because of this, he was highly valued and specially approved to join the junior students in attempting to enter the Outer-Heaven Battlefield!"

"They were deployed as a scout squad, patrolling near the front lines;

During this period, Yan Xuan's personal combat record was: twenty-six kills of third-realm Alien Race members, and three kills of fourth-realm Alien Race members!

He was once highly regarded by the Fifth Legion in their sector, and many generous terms were offered to recruit him."

"At that time, although he was not among the top-tier geniuses of Great Qin, everyone who knew him believed that his future achievements would surely be extraordinary."

"But..."

Chu Yuan knew the turning point was coming, so he quickly pricked up his ears and listened carefully;

"During a pursuit of the Alien Race, Yan Xuan's squad encountered a spatial rift that had just opened!

Behind the rift was a Secret Realm, and buried within that Secret Realm was an eighth-rank Alien Race member...

No one knows what he experienced inside the Secret Realm. By the time the experts from the Fifth Legion arrived, the Secret Realm had already completely unsealed;

Yan Xuan's teammates, as well as the squad of Alien Race they were pursuing, had all died inside. Only Yan Xuan himself survived;

And... he had obtained a legacy!"

"Eighth-rank? Wasn't it seventh-rank?"

Jiang Fei shook his head: "The official statement was only seventh-rank...

This legacy was precious and quickly attracted a great deal of attention from those in the shadows;

Yan Xuan had already been targeted. To prevent assassination by Alien Race experts... Yan Xuan was ordered to return to Great Qin!

But when the teleportation array was operating, someone tampered with it. The array malfunctioned, and the teleportation coordinates shifted!

Official personnel found Yan Xuan in a sea area. By then, he was already in a coma, his martial arts foundation had been crippled, and his spirit had suffered severe trauma!"

Chu Yuan's mouth twitched: "That's too ridiculous...

If a teleportation array were that easy to tamper with, why would the Alien Race even bother fighting Great Qin? They could just keep messing with the teleportation arrays..."

Jiang Fei nodded in deep agreement and gave a bitter smile: "Exactly, so the person who acted in the shadows must have come from within Great Qin!

Furthermore, it must have been a powerful figure in a high position..."

"There's another question. Since the other party was so powerful, why didn't they just kill Yan Xuan while they were at it?"

"At the time, he had a tracking mark from a powerful expert on him. Whoever killed him would be marked... that must be the reason."

"Then did the Martial Suppression Bureau have any suspects?"

"Those with the ability to do such a thing are not people one can suspect lightly;

If there were sufficient evidence, naturally there would be nothing to say;

But to take action based merely on suspicion... you can guess whether the Alien Race would use such tactics to make the upper echelons quickly fall apart." Jiang Fei's expression was also somewhat helpless;

"Tsk, this is completely different from the version I heard;

The rumor circulating in our school is that someone kidnapped his family, forced him to hand over the legacy, and then crippled him..."

"That's not the case. The higher-ups couldn't exactly tell the public that someone had secretly tampered with the teleportation array, could they?

Otherwise, everyone traveling to and from the Outer-Heaven Battlefield would be in a state of panic...

In the end, they only executed a few martial artists responsible for guarding the teleportation array for dereliction of duty."

"And then there was no follow-up?"

Jiang Fei hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice: "Actually, the Martial Suppression Bureau has been keeping an eye on certain people, in case that Alien Race legacy is ever used..."