Family Banquet

"Angel?" Xius savored the name, his expression turning slightly strange.

Seeing this, Eliza looked over curiously. "What, you've heard his name too? Makes sense. When I rushed over from Prosperous Continent, news of him refining a high-grade alchemical item was already spreading like wildfire."

"High-grade? He could already refine high-grade works?" Xius raised a brow.

"Probably. The rumors sounded quite convincing, and I heard there were even recordings circulating. But I was in a hurry to get back, so I didn't go looking for them." Eliza displayed a timely look of regret. "Alchemical recordings of high-grade works are rarely seen. Once I'm back, I can look them up."

"Speaking of which, asking Angel to do alchemy was quite reliable. I had him help me refine a replica of Crimson Sovereignty. I never expected him to take it so seriously that he found the Blood Source Reversion magic energy array hidden in the fine details of that diagram—and even engraved it onto the piece."

Recalling Angel's expression when he had learned the truth, Eliza could not help but laugh.

Xius pondered for a while, then said with unusual interest, "Now that you mention it, before I left Edge Island recently, I also heard that name."

"The name? You mean Angel?" Eliza asked in confusion. "Even a place like Edge Island had people who knew Angel?"

Xius nodded. "The one who mentioned that name was an apprentice I took in on Edge Island. His name is Leon Pat."

"I remember you mentioning him before—the one who raised his mental power to the level of a gifted one through extreme physical training?" Though Eliza had spent these past years traveling across Prosperous Continent, she still kept in touch with Xius from time to time through certain special means.

"That's right, him. When he