The Rain Legion.
On the bed before Tan Yuwen lay an unconscious man. He was thin as a stick, his right arm drenched in blood.
Ji Zhihao stood beside her, his face dark and his tone unusually grave. "I never imagined Chief Steward White had such powerful people around him. It's hard to believe he's the successor of Xize, a man famous for his reclusiveness. His style seems completely different from Xize's."
Tan Yuwen remained composed. "He uses Zero Style. Everyone in the Federation knows Xize practices the Physical Refinement Principle. But few know that Zero Style, which he created based on the Physical Refinement Principle, is his true art."
"Zero Style..." Ji Zhihao murmured, then suddenly looked up. "Miss, I don't understand. Why did you begin to suspect him?"
A trace of nostalgia suddenly appeared in Tan Yuwen's beautiful eyes. She sighed softly. "Back then, Mother was only twenty. Having achieved some success in her art, she went out to gain experience and met Father, along with Shui Qingyan from Zhongda Academy. Father had already been famous for many years, while Shui Qingyan was about Mother's age."
"Shui Qingyan?" Ji Zhihao frowned. He had never heard the name.
"In Mother's account, Shui Qingyan was gentle and gracious, and didn't like to talk. She wasn't famous, but you must have heard of her student," Tan Yuwen said.
"Her student? Zhongda Academy..." Ji Zhihao considered this briefly, then suddenly looked horrified. "Could it be Xie Yanbai?"
"Yes, Xie Yanbai." Tan Yuwen walked slowly to the window. The glow of the Illusion Card Advertisements outside shone on her flawless face, making it difficult to look away. She gazed out as though admiring the scenery, then continued, "Who could have imagined that this unassuming woman would train Zhongda Academy's strongest Card Adept? Even