"Who is Meng Du?" Seeing their reactions, Fang Qianyuan wondered to himself.
"Meng Du is an ill-omened person, but also an extraordinary genius!" the Institute Master said with a sigh.
"What do you mean?" Fang Qianyuan grew curious and hurriedly pressed him for details.
Hearing their conversation, the disciples who had not yet dispersed gathered around, looking deeply interested.
It sounded as though that fellow had quite a story.
The Institute Master said, "I only heard someone mention it in passing. Apparently, Meng Du was born deformed, with snake scales covering both cheeks, like a snake demon reincarnated. His bodily fluids also seemed to contain a deadly poison. At his birth, contact with the bloody fluids poisoned his parents and the midwife to death. The villagers were terrified and called him ill-omened."
"That year, Old Lin happened to pass through the village. When he saw people asking for help, he went to subdue the demon, only to discover this strange infant."
"Old Lin's knowledge was far greater than that of those country villagers. He recognized it as an atavistic gift. Most likely, one of Meng Du's ancestors had possessed the power of an ancient wild beast, and it had manifested in this generation. So he brought him back to the sect to raise him."
"At the time, Old Lin had not yet left to become an Institute Master. It seems he specifically chose the Red-Scale Training Institute, which focused on snake-type spirit creatures, because of Meng Du."
"As Meng Du grew older, he began opening his spirit sea and cultivating. Sure enough, he displayed astonishing talent. In just three years, he soared from the first transformation to the ninth transformation, becoming the greatest genius in the Red-Scale Training Institute's history. But his temperament seems rather peculiar. He dislikes contact with