Shen Boyu lifted his cup of tea and sipped it slowly, looking at Shen Xinglan he asked, "What do you think of Tang Fei?"
"How do you compare with him?"
"In what aspect are you referring to?" Shen Xinglan asked.
"Strategic power? Cultivation Realm?"
"They have their own strengths," Shen Xinglan offered a relatively fair assessment for himself.
In some areas, he was not equal to Tang Fei, but in many other respects, Tang Fei was not his equal.
He could not claim to be far ahead, nor was he willing to modestly concede that he was inferior to Tang Fei.
"How does he compare to other members of the Shen Family?"
There was a moment of Hesitation before Shen Xinglan spoke, "The progeny of the Shen Family are no match for Tang Fei."
"Exactly." Shen Boyu nodded and continued, "You’ve been to the Old Land, and you know how hard it is to survive there. For ordinary families, staying alive is already a luxury, let alone advancing in their cultivation."
"How difficult is cultivation to advance in realm? Without a Secret Manual, without expert guidance, ordinary people can hardly even begin. Yet, Tang Fei has already risen to the Regal Qi Realm in such conditions..."
"This might be nothing in New Star, but I fear in the Old Land he could become a local powerhouse. This is also the bargaining chip that allowed him to save the little girl Phoenix..."
"Think carefully about his behaviors since he came to New Star, everything he has done. Does it seem like the actions of a commoner’s child? What kind of person could have raised such a child? Could an ordinary refugee from the Old Land come this far?"
"Maybe he hasn’t seen much of the world, but for sure someone by his side has been tempering his will, broadening his horizons, letting him know that the world is not just acid rain and Mutant Beasts, but also New Star, and even more beautiful things waiting ahead..."
"All because Tang Fei is very outstanding?"
"Furthermore, Tang Fei’s mechanical expertise. We’ve had people investigate; Tang Fei claimed he had never touched mechanics before. But in just the short time studying at the Mechanical Academy, within a trifling period, he was able to create a Divine-level Mecha like the Golden Armored Kirin and win the grand prize at the Mecha competition? How is that possible?"
"I heard that he was assisted by the young lady of the Lu Family..."
"Yes, that’s the third suspicious point. After coming to New Star, why was Tang Fei so closely associated with the Lu Family? The new materials developed by the Lu Family, even the Royal Family didn’t know about, yet they were first provided to Tang Fei... Just because of a private affair between Tang Fei and that lady from the Lu Family? I think there’s more to it than that."
"Because of that matter, I heard there was quite the uproar in the Phoenix Palace..."
"And there’s the issue of Tang Fei’s age... The age of Tang Fei closely matches the time when Lu Yu left New Star... All these signs make me suspect the person beside Tang Fei in the Old Land could be Lu Yu..."
Shen Xinglan’s heart stirred as he looked at Shen Boyu and asked, "Tang Fei surnamed Tang... Could he possibly be?"
If Tang Fei was closely related to Tang Li, that would be a significant event for the Empire.
"It can’t be. Tang Li only had one son, and that child was burned to death shortly after birth. Countless witnesses saw it; there’s no room for deception..." Shen Boyu knew what Shen Xinglan was thinking and shook his head.
"The Royal Family wasn’t very trusting of him either; they had the Eldest Prince take Tang Fei for genetic testing... Although we don’t know the results, considering the Royal Family later appointed him as the vice-captain of the Imperial Guard, obviously planning to cultivate him... means Tang Fei has no relation to that person."
"Given the Royal Family’s fear of that individual, if the genetic testing showed more than a fifty percent similarity, he would certainly become the focus of their attention or be purged..."
"So, Tang Fei is clean, and only that mysterious old man’s identity is doubtful?"
"Yes." Shen Boyu nodded and said, "I suspect that Lu Yu was pushed too hard by the Royal Family and hid directly in the Old Land. There he found two children with relatively keen talents... By having Tang Fei take the surname Tang, perhaps he also hoped for the Tang family line to continue, after all, the direct lineage of the Tang family was nearly wiped clean..."
"Tang Fei’s move to New Star, his close ties with the Royal Family..." Shen Xinglan furrowed his brow and said, "Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?"
"I’ve also had doubts about that. The Princess’s Star Disc was attacked during her adventure in the Old Land, and it just happened to crash in the Henshan Region where he lived, where Tang Fei saved her..."
"Who in the whole of New Star could manage all of this? If the Lu Family made a move, with their financial and material resources and mechanical expertise, they could certainly do it..."
"To erase all traces so cleanly that even Chen Fenglei, after searching for half a year, could not find any clues... Don’t you think the Lu Family is becoming more and more suspicious?"
"Lu Yu hiding in the Old Land, but having a connection in New Star?"
"Hmph, do you really think that the supporters of the Tang family have been eradicated? They have merely been hiding, very deeply at that."
"Then we..." Shen Xinglan looked at Shen Boyu and asked, "Now that we know this, should we give the Royal Family a heads-up?"
"Give the Royal Family a heads-up? Do you think they would believe Tang Fei or our Shen Family? It’s clearly an unappreciated affair; why bother with it?" Shen Boyu’s mouth curved with a faint smile, his eyes gleaming with amusement as he spoke, "If the Royal Family felt that our Shen Family was trying to displace others, it wouldn’t be good. After all, he’s someone they’re planning to use heavily."