Hearing Chen Hu's analysis, the Chen Family higher-ups all fell silent.
Indeed.
With that great demon's strength, he could have wiped out the entire Chen Family Domain!
Since he possessed such thunderous means, why had he stopped so abruptly?
If it had been them, they would surely have pressed on in one go and finished the job completely.
After all, anyone with half a brain understood the principle of uprooting weeds by their roots.
Having forged a mortal enmity, yet not eradicating them completely—and even turning around to gift them a top-tier formation...
What was the point?
To show that he bore no grudges?
That was definitely impossible.
After all, slaughtering everyone would achieve the same goal of "letting bygones be bygones."
So the answer was already obvious.
That great demon must have had some other objective!
As for what exactly he was plotting, no one knew.
The only thing they could do was infer his motives from similar actions.
And among the great demon's few known actions, only "tearing up the Blade Manual and returning the other half" was as strange as "gifting a top-tier formation."
Therefore, if they wanted to infer his motives, they could only start with that incomplete Blade Manual.
And the best point of entry was right before them—
The Blade Manual's holder, a member of the Chen Family Domain's defending force, Chen Yan!
No wonder Chen Hu had said Chen Yan's opinion had to be considered...
So that was where it all stemmed from!
"I understand..."
Chen Fu reached up to stroke his short beard, then, together with the other Chen Family higher-ups, cast his gaze toward Chen Yan once more.
Only this time, there was no longer any confusion in their eyes.
Instead, there was unmistakable seriousness.
Chen Yan, now the center of