Huang Chen's former Huang Family, of course, had Pill Alchemists, but they were not very capable and chose to practice skills because they felt unable to cultivate better skills and improve.
As for someone like him, an heir, of course, he wouldn't learn these skills just for the sake of alchemy!
He went to the Sect, focusing wholeheartedly on learning its abilities, with the heart of a playboy, wanting to amuse himself in the process!
It was in his opposition to Lai Jianlin, Luo Yaxuan, and the Jiang Family back then. The disciples of their Imperial Family and people from these families were initiated into different Sects, where they learned unorthodox cultivation techniques.
Huang Chen's master had limited abilities, and a bad heart, hence he didn't learn much from him!
He did, however, pick up quite a few bad ideas!
Unlike other families, he couldn't bring back the skills learned from Major Sects, and later offended Jiang Tang!