Abbess Jingyi's words were indeed pertinent. The genuine Purple Phoenix Hairpin was incomparably powerful, but it also required a sea-like amount of true qi. Without a mid Qi Cultivation level, it was simply impossible to use.
Think of Zhang Xiaohua back then. He had already been at the third or fourth layer of Qi Refining, yet he could only use jade talismans. The first magical artifact he had used was the Dragon Binding Ring, and by then he was already at mid Qi Cultivation. Even so, he could merely drive the Dragon Binding Ring and have it ensnare others; he could not release the true fire within it at all!
A mid Qi Cultivation level! In these days of Immortal Path Annihilation, that was simply an unimaginable existence. How could the younger disciples of the various sects possibly hold a candle to it? Thus, let alone the genuine Purple Phoenix Hairpin, even if the Dragon Binding Ring or jade talismans were placed here, they might not be able to use them.
In truth, when Abbess Jingyi had introduced the imitation Purple Phoenix Hairpin, she had deliberately avoided mentioning one matter.
That was—divine sense. Using a magical artifact certainly required true qi, but controlling one relied even more on divine sense. The electrical net produced by the imitation Purple Phoenix Hairpin just now could only be unleashed through the precise manipulation of divine sense.
And unless one cultivated to late Qi Cultivation, or employed a sect's secret art, it was impossible to develop divine sense. Take the deceased Abbess Jinggang: though she had been older than Abbess Jingyi, her Immortal cultivation level had been limited. She had merely relied on the Incense-Passing Cult's secret art to cultivate a weak trace of divine sense. She had been far inferior to Abbess Jingyi.