As it turned out, Xiao Chen's decision to find Elder Chen first was absolutely the right one.
After listening to his report, Elder Chen was completely calm. "Mm, I understand. Leave the rest to me. How has your training in magic been recently?"
Xiao Chen answered humbly, "It's going well. I should be able to meet the requirements without any issues."
Elder Chen then asked him about alchemy and gave him a few routine words of advice, but didn't bring up the matter of the Flying Sword again.
He didn't even ask about the Black Market.
His silence said it all.
'The Chen Family is famous for its Pill and Artifact Dual Proficiency,' Xiao Chen guessed, 'and there are even members of the Chen Family involved in Artifact Refining within the sect.'
'Could that Flying Sword be the handiwork of some Chen Family clansman?'
