The answer is the old man Li Xianyi.
It's also highly useful for recon purposes.
C62: He should disregard the possibility of metahuman traffickers so easily.
He is not any regular orphan, but a metahuman experiencing the changes in himself, his country and the world during the dawn of the magical era.
I actually appreciate how author didn't forget such an important detail.
Just for the record, Strix is definitely not some wuxiaworld fanboy or anything, he's just being brutally honest.