Morning Star was a hodgepodge of a world. All kinds of cultivators, all kinds of ideologies, all kinds of corporate conglomerates and power organizations were tangled together into a chaotic mess.
Chu Fei had yet to truly make contact with this world. After arriving, he had kept a low profile and focused earnestly on cultivation.
The bits of information Chu Fei had overheard at the trade market only counted as becoming familiar with Jiangkou City. And Jiangkou City was merely a small city; the trade market was an even smaller part of that small city.
But Jin Kaiwei was already a genuine local elite. After returning to the building, he frantically refined his brand-new flying sword while gathering information through every possible channel about what had happened before and how things had progressed, particularly information on "Dragon Artisan."
His methods included, but were not limited to, buying intelligence, sending subordinates to investigate, entrusting reliable friends, posting bounties, and more.
He even proactively exposed the vile deeds of a certain Sword Forger through black-market channels to probe the reaction.
The information Jin Kaiwei spread through the black market was this: "Master Dragon Artisan" of Black Dragon City possessed seventeen kilograms of Black Iron. The story went as follows: I am a level-six Immortal Cultivator who obtained seventeen kilograms of Black Iron through a fortunate coincidence. Having heard that Master Dragon Artisan had an excellent reputation and superior skill, I went to commission a sword. Yet Master Dragon Artisan brazenly attacked me. In my panic, I could only scatter the Black Iron and seize the opportunity to escape with my life.
With the power of money behind it, the news spread far and wide, and Master Dragon Artisan's reputation soared into the heavens.
However, Jin Kaiwei was not doing this purely for