Chen Ruoling had not expected Xu Qingtong to refine an entire set of spirit artifacts for her. With her current cultivation, she reckoned she would struggle to wield even one, let alone a whole set!
Seeing her expression, Xu Qingtong seemed to understand her thoughts and said, "This is a set of five-element spirit artifacts called the Five-Element Exquisite Bracelets. You can wear them on your wrists as ornaments, or take them into your dantian to nurture them." He continued, "The Exquisite Bangles are small and require little magic power. With your current cultivation, wielding one should not be much of a problem!"
With that, he handed Chen Ruoling the jade slip recording the method for refining them. "The refining method is in here. Take it back and refine them as soon as possible, so you can use them against your enemies!"
After seeing Chen Ruoling off, Xu Qingtong summoned Li Yingjie. In the year since they had last met, Li Yingjie had grown much taller, and his cultivation had reached the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
"Yingjie, you've made good progress this past year. You've already reached the sixth layer of Qi Refining!" Xu Qingtong said. "But your current realm puts you in an awkward position. At the sixth layer of Qi Refining, you can no longer compete to become an inner disciple, yet you aren't strong enough to contend for an elite disciple position!"
"Master, I want to try competing for an elite disciple position!" Li Yingjie said.
Xu Qingtong nodded. "Back then, I entered the Autumn Sword-Tournament at the eighth layer of Qi Refining and eventually made it into the top five. It's commendable that you have such ambition! If there's anything else you need, tell me!"
Li Yingjie chuckled. "Master, could you give me some of