Xu Qingtong glanced at his older cousin, then looked toward his maternal uncle. Seeing that he remained as calm as drifting clouds in a gentle breeze, he nodded and said, "Since your mind is made up, I'll lend you a hand. Once I'm ready, I'll come find you!"
After leaving his uncle's home, Xu Qingtong went to Du Siwen's place. To his surprise, his senior sister refused to see him, saying only that her cultivation had reached a critical juncture and asking him to leave unless he had urgent business!
Xu Qingtong was quite surprised. Nothing like this had ever happened before!
He shook his head, turned, and left.
Back in his cave abode, Xu Qingtong began preparing to refine Sinew-Building Elixirs for Chen Ruoling again. According to his earlier plan, he had intended to refine another Fire Attribute Sinew-Building Elixir for his cousin, strengthening her fire spirit root a little more. After that, he would make no further alterations, leaving her with a low-grade single attribute spirit root.
But after this visit to his uncle's home, he had been moved by his cousin's determination to cultivate and changed his mind.
Since his cousin's resolve to cultivate was so firm, he planned to give Chen Ruoling a five spirit root body, then take her as a disciple on his master's behalf. She would become Yu Xuzi's second disciple-his own junior sister-and thus carry on the teachings of Yu Xuzi's Lineage.
With his plan settled, Xu Qingtong began refining the Sinew-Building Elixirs. Having already refined them twice, he was now like a driver on a familiar road. In less than half a month, he refined Sinew-Building Elixirs of four attributes: metal, wood, water, and earth.
To give Chen Ruoling a better chance of undergoing the alterations safely, Xu Qingtong gathered many