"So hiding their information wasn't particularly successful. Only you came from the most ordinary background, and I personally conducted your assessment back then. Once the results came out, I sealed every last piece of related information myself and erased all traces!"
"Though there would still be people who knew, compared with the other two, your case was far, far more secret."
The old woman said quietly, "Then I used every connection I had and put this old face of mine on the line, making a scene and refusing to take no for an answer. Only then did I manage to invite experts from the Kunlun Dao Sect and the Zizai Dao Sect to take you, Meng Chenyu, and Ning Qingcheng as disciples."
"From then on, everything concerning you was known only to a handful of people in the cultivation world. As for the ordinary people of Phoenix City, no one besides your parents knew!"
"Now, to return to the point, do you understand why I did all this?"
"Because I suspected... after Phoenix City had gathered the momentum of the land for forty-three thousand years, there was a very real possibility of a phoenix vein soul impact... and the most obvious sign of such a thing is the continual emergence of female cultivation geniuses... that is the effect of the Phoenix Vein."
"What puzzles me now, instead, is how few male cultivation geniuses have appeared in Phoenix City."
"That really shouldn't be the case."
Frowning, the old woman said, "Whether according to the prophecy or simple reason, wherever a Phoenix Vein exists, a true dragon must arise alongside it to offer protection. Only when dragon and phoenix sing in harmony is there a sign of peace and prosperity... if there is only a Phoenix Vein, lone yang cannot grow, and