Xuan Ju's face brimmed with excitement as he stared greedily at Little Phoenix, towering waves surging through his heart.
The way this little black bird had behaved just now, that look in its eyes-it was practically human. Such utterly natural expressions were generally something only a spirit beast could manage. Perhaps even some spirit beasts could not act as freely as this little black bird. Only the finest of spirit beasts could reach such an astonishing degree.
In Xuan Ju's eyes, this little black bird already had half a foot in the ranks of spirit beasts. It was certainly not as simple as Old Man Chen had made it sound. An ordinary exotic beast? What utter nonsense.
As long as he brought this little black bird back to Mountain Manor and trained it a little, it would certainly become an exceptionally intelligent spirit beast. Such a spirit beast might even be able to strive toward a higher level and evolve.
The magnitude of such a contribution was beyond even Xuan Ju's imagination. In the past, he would never have dared dream of encountering such a tremendous opportunity.
Xuan Ju's shout just now had allowed Huang Xiao to understand. It seemed his earlier suspicions of Physician Chen had been mistaken. Physician Chen had not told Xuan Ju the truth about Little Phoenix; he had concealed everything about Little Phoenix.
This man had nevertheless come after him in the end, but that had been his own decision, something Physician Chen probably had not anticipated either.
Huang Xiao could now be certain that the man before him was connected to Physician Chen. There was no doubt about that. He could also be certain that Physician Chen was probably a member of the Imperial Remnant Manor. Otherwise, an ordinary physician could never have known