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Because I've seen a lot of people going "who?" lol and I enjoy the Huaxu affiliation characters.
This includes content from:
Act 1
Baizhi, Jinhsi, Mortefi, Taoqi's profiles
Huaxu Academy NPCs
Huaxu Academy documents
Court of Savantae
To begin, Xiangli Yao serves as the academic leader of Huaxu Academy. He is an expert in Automata Mechanics.
Mortefi considers him his rival, he wants to outdo him. Those at the academy considers Mortefi #2 to Xiangli Yao. The two "met" years ago at a New Federation's (Mortefi's birth country) World Expo.
Taoqi (top) and Baizhi (bottom) lines about him, supports his profile description: "He is a gentle yet rational soul."
Yao is the person you hear Mortefi calling in the beginning of the story in the Academy, and we enter his room.
That unusual device is definitely for his arm. You can see similar structures in the abandoned Court of Savantae site at Whining Aix Mire. Maybe it means something since the researchers at CSC really needed Automata Mechanics at some point? I hope it does... (https://www.tumblr.com/calcahro/755456668925657088/xiangli-yao-court-of-savantae-goofy)
He made Jinhsi's electronic To-do list
The Sugar Pearl Vaccine was tested on him and his mother
And that's all the bits for now, I think. I know some NPCs outside of the academy have mentioned him as well.