Brian had acquired a landscape painting supposedly left by Long, so when he met the "fierce old man," a fellow Mutant from Hua Country, he inquired about Long.
It was then that Brian learned that in Hua Country, the Mutants' transformations were divided into five stages.
The first four stages were already established among the Mutants in Hua Country.
Only the last one was uniquely created for Long, and to this date, no one had reached that realm.
This was rather intriguing.
The classification of Mutants in Hua Country was based on transformation, not on combat strength like the Third Rank Life, yet the circle of Mutants was akin to an alternative martial arts underworld. Without absolute strength, it was unlikely for the circle of Mutants in Hua Country to set a realm exclusively for someone out of respect.
