Chen Qing was already prepared. He said slowly, "Elder Gong, I also find this matter strange. The Golden Lotus flashed with a radiant light and then vanished into thin air. Besides me, only Chu Nan was closest to the Seven-leaf Golden Lotus."
His words were a mix of truth and lies. Combined with how he had "angrily rebuked" Chu Nan and acted to stop him, his story seemed plausible.
Hearing this, Nengyan stroked his beard and sighed, "What a pity! A seventy-year-old Seven-leaf Golden Lotus is truly one of the Treasures of Heaven and Earth. Each leaf contains exceptionally pure Supreme Yang Primordial Qi and is a primary ingredient for many types of Elixirs. And the core Golden Lotus itself is even more extraordinary..."
