If it were anyone else, Zhong Wanyuan certainly wouldn't bother guiding him through all the ins and outs.
But this kid is different...
He calls me Uncle.
Back in the day, Zhong Wanyuan was also a favored disciple of the Academy, extraordinarily powerful, even hailed as a young prodigy likely to break through to the Martial Venerable realm.
But after reaching adulthood and enduring the grind of society, the trials of time, he had long lost his ambition and lofty aspirations.
By day he would skive off work, after hours he would meet up with a few close friends to soak their feet and fish; come nightfall, he'd take out his frustrations on sub-humans...
In any case, while he stayed clear of illegal activities, he also wasn't exactly up to much good.
Occasional nostalgia for his once spirited and vigorous self felt like a past life.
And now, suddenly seeing a youth like himself, full of vigor and spiritedness...
