Meng Yao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Meng Yao (孟瑶)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Fifth Middle School, Class Five 23
Occupation/Role	Student; martial artist; Snake Island field-training team leader 23
Status	Alive 35
First Appearance	Chapter 23

Background

Meng Yao comes from an exceptionally wealthy family. Her father founded Fuxing Pharmaceutical Company, her paternal grandfather chairs Taihe Mining Company, and her maternal grandfather operates the Hongshan Residence restaurant brand. As an only daughter, she has been heavily indulged by her family. 28

Despite having access to private tutors and high-quality cultivation resources, she attends Fifth Middle School at her father’s instruction so that she can watch over Chen Yan and ensure the teacher is not bullied. 28

Her elder brother studies at Taiyi University and ranked tenth in the provincial high-school practical combat duels two years earlier. 26

Appearance

Meng Yao is a petite, sweet-looking girl with fair, rosy skin and doll-like features. 23

• Often wears her hair in twin tails. 35
• Has long, straight legs despite her small stature. 16
• Changes from field-training gear into daily clothing after returning from Snake Island. 27

Personality

Meng Yao is intensely self-confident and frequently calls herself beautiful, cute, and exceptional. Her narcissistic remarks are often playful, but she becomes genuinely offended when Gao Teng mocks or dismisses her. 24 28 29

Beneath her erratic, pampered manner, she is compassionate and generous. She mourns her deceased classmate Zhang Jie, comforts Chen Yan after the Snake Island disaster, and repeatedly tries to repay Gao Teng for saving her. 26 27 29 35

She is also decisive in danger. She agrees to carry Gao Teng through the snake swarm, captures the Snake Island attacker alone, and keeps Ma Wei’s warning about retaliation confidential. 24 25 27

Combat Profile

Attribute	Documented level	Notes
Martial Artist realm	Level 4	The strongest member of Gao Teng’s three-person team and Class Five’s best candidate for a top-five university. 23
Physical strength	3.88	Slightly below the Level 4 admission threshold for top-tier universities. 18
Mental strength	3.93	Slightly below the Level 4 admission threshold for top-tier universities. 18
Four basic arts	Level 10 each	Internal, external, mental, and martial arts had all reached Level 10. 18

Abilities & Skills

Martial Arts

Meng Yao’s Level 4 strength gives her overwhelming superiority against weaker opponents.

• Serves as the leader of Gao Teng and Liu Ming’s field-training group due to being their strongest member. 23
• Runs at high speed while carrying Gao Teng through Snake Island’s smoke-filled forest. 24 25
• Overpowers the snake controller in a one-sided fight and restrains him to a tree with vines. 25
• Physically overpowers Gao Teng during their taxi argument. 28
• Judges the venomous snake that attacked her and Gao Teng as likely possessing fourth-level strength. 27

Combat Awareness

She assesses opponents cautiously rather than attacking blindly.

• Observes the snake controller from cover before engaging him. 25
• Determines from his weak aura that she should be able to capture him alive. 25
• Extracts information from the captured attacker about the Blue Elf operation on Snake Island. 25

Emergency Medicine

Meng Yao carries costly emergency medicine provided by Hundred Flowers Pharmaceutical Company.

• Uses a Nectar Pill to neutralize the venom poisoning Gao Teng after he is bitten by a snake. 27
• States that the pill can neutralize nearly any poison except specially formulated exotic poisons. 27
• Offers Gao Teng a Marrow Cleansing Pill and later offers to cover his daily pill expenses, but he refuses. 35

Equipment / Items

• Nectar Pill — An expensive antidote from Hundred Flowers Pharmaceutical Company; administered to Gao Teng during the Snake Island incident. 27
• Marrow Cleansing Pill — A high-quality cultivation pill she offers Gao Teng. 35
• Emergency pill supply — Keeps various emergency medicines on her person. 27

Relationships

• Gao Teng — Classmate and Snake Island partner. He saves her from a venomous snake, while she saves him from poison with a Nectar Pill; she repeatedly attempts to repay him with meals, tutoring, and pills. 24 25 27 29 35
• Chen Yan — Her teacher at Fifth Middle School. Meng Yao attends the school partly to protect Chen Yan from being bullied and later comforts her after the field-training deaths. 28 27
• Lin Benqiang — Her uncle, who is highly protective of her and distrusts Gao Teng’s motives at first. 29 31
• Zhang Jie — Her deskmate, whose death on Snake Island deeply affects Meng Yao. 26 27
• Ma Wei — Public Security Bureau deputy director. He instructs Meng Yao and Gao Teng not to reveal their role in exposing the Snake Island drug operation, lest they face retaliation. 26 27

Story Role / Major Arcs

Snake Island Field Training

Chen Yan appoints Meng Yao as leader of a team with Gao Teng and Liu Ming. During the snake-swarm ambush, she is separated with Gao Teng and carries him deeper into the forest to locate the controller. 23 24

After Gao Teng acquires the Snake Taming Technique, Meng Yao single-handedly captures the controller while he suppresses the snake swarm. She interrogates the captive and learns that the attackers were producing Blue Elf on Snake Island. 25

While returning from the operation, she discovers Zhang Jie’s body and is bitten by a venomous snake. Gao Teng kills the snake after it attacks him as well; Meng Yao then uses a Nectar Pill to cure his poisoning. 26 27

Aftermath and Friendship with Gao Teng

Meng Yao invites Gao Teng to eat at her family’s restaurant to thank him for saving her. She reveals her family background and offers to pay for his private tutoring, but he refuses. 28 29

She continues trying to repay him by offering high-grade pills and financial support for his cultivation. Gao Teng refuses again, insisting on following his own cultivation plan. 35

Trivia

• Meng Yao believes that an outstanding person can succeed outside the Gold Medal Class and therefore does not need to transfer there. 23
• She rejected local pharmaceutical sponsorships because she prefers medicine from major manufacturers with higher efficacy and fewer side effects. 19
• She considers Gao Teng’s ability to learn snake taming by listening more impressive than her brother’s talent. 26