Chen Chu stayed on the thirty-third floor for a little over an hour before returning to the third.0

Exiting the elevator, Chen Chu encountered Xia Youhui coming out of Pang Long's office, who looked back at him and asked with curiosity, "Ah Chu, I heard from Old Pang that you went to choose your secret art. How did it go? Which one did you choose?"3

Not far away, Lin Xue, Yi Rui, and Luo Fei, who were sitting in the rest area chatting, also looked over curiously.0

Upon returning from the trial, they had also obtained the privilege to exchange for secret arts. However, unlike Chen Chu, they needed 100 contribution points to exchange for one.0

Chen Chu's mouth twitched slightly. "...I haven't decided yet whether to choose the Weapon Refining Art or something else."2

Xia Youhui suggested, "I think the Weapon Refining Art is a good choice. Your swordsmanship is formidable, and if you start learning it now, you'll be able to forge your own transcendent weapon once you break through to the Fourth Heavenly Realm."0

"I'll think about it some more..." Chen Chu's tone sounded somewhat melancholic.0

Choosing the Weapon Refining Art would essentially be wasting 100 contribution points; even if he didn’t choose it now, he would still have to exchange for it later down the line, or else risk arousing even more suspicion when he enhanced his weapons further. The exaggerated rate in the growth of his strength was already attracting...6