The facts proved that Xiao Chen had been completely right to seek out Elder Chen first.
After hearing his report, Elder Chen remained calm. "Mm, I understand. Leave the rest to me. How has your spell cultivation been lately?"
Xiao Chen modestly downplayed it a little. "It's progressing well enough. I should be able to meet the standard without issue."
Elder Chen then kept him there to ask about his alchemy, gave him a couple of routine reminders afterward, and did not bring up the Flying Sword again.
He did not even ask about the Black Market.
By saying nothing, he had said everything.
Xiao Chen secretly guessed that the Chen Family was famed for its Dual Excellence in Pills and Weapons, and Chen Family members were also involved in weapon refining within the sect.
Could that Flying Sword have been the handiwork of some Chen Family clansman?
If that was truly the case, it was actually half-good news. At least it meant this was merely an ordinary embezzlement case, and no Outer Sect Disciple had met with misfortune.
Of course, since Elder Chen had said he would handle it, Xiao Chen did not trouble himself with it further.
He returned to his room and began refining the Storage Bag.
This Storage Bag was obviously much harder to deal with than the last one.
It took him a full two hours before he finally erased the original restriction and refined it anew.
The good news was that there really was a small booklet inside the Storage Bag.
The bad news was that it was not a spell manual, but a diary.
"Damn it, what decent person keeps a diary?"
Xiao Chen was somewhat disappointed that he had not obtained "All Plants are Soldiers," but he still opened the diary, wanting