Fortunately, servants from the residence came out after hearing the commotion, rescuing Fang Qianyuan from his embarrassment.
Only then did Fang Qianyuan learn that the tall young woman was named Su Xueqiong. Her elder sister was the mother of the little girl, Gongshu Chen, while her elder brother was Su Beichen, a rising master of the Artifact Sect who had been promoted to elder several years ago.
The Su Household was a renowned firearms clan within the Artifact Sect. Immersed in that environment, Su Xueqiong had also become skilled at crafting firearms. Fang Qianyuan had no way of knowing whether she was truly as capable as she boasted, but having already earned the title of Master Craftsman at such a young age, she deserved some measure of trust.
Under the Artifact Sect's system, there were five professional grades within the human rank realm. Those of the first grade were beginners in the artifact way, working under others and performing assigned labor, and were called Craftsmen; those of the second grade were teachers among artisans, possessing a skill or two and qualified to hold classes and train Craftsmen, and were called Master Artisans; those of the third grade were distinguished artisans capable of independently crafting magical artifacts from schematics, and were called Famed Artisans; those of the fourth grade had mastered the accumulated knowledge of their craft, could improve, innovate, and exercise their own ingenuity, and were called Grand Artisans.
Only the fifth grade conferred the title of Master Craftsman. They could integrate everything they had learned and oversee the design of new magical artifacts, reaching heights that many mediocre practitioners could never hope to approach in their lifetimes.
Su Xueqiong had brought Gongshu Chen home on her sister's behalf that day and happened to meet Fang Qianyuan. Having long struggled