Jaya pondered briefly before bringing out the pendant around his neck, which had a golden eyepiece.
"I looked at him through my 2nd-order artifact. His Spirit Root Aptitude is decent, but not enough to consider him a prodigy. Plus, he is the co-owner of Emerald Cove and has signed a neutrality contract with Haan Di.
I can annul the contract or make changes to it, but it would upset the Big Five sects and other forces active in the Dadangar Archipelago," Jaya explained before putting the necklace back around his neck.
"But he managed to achieve a breakthrough in his early 40s. And he did it all by himself. Doesn't that make him more qualified than some of our subordinates?" Sirina asked while folding her hands, her gaze conveying her reluctance to accept Jaya's decision.
