That emerald-green jade slip was precisely the one Zhang Xiaohua had obtained earlier from within the nearly collapsing restriction beneath the Misty Sect's Library Pavilion. At the time, Zhang Xiaohua had been unable to break the restriction on the jade slip, so he had casually tossed it into his money pouch. Beside it lay a pair of red jade rings he had acquired even earlier, when he had punished the local tyrant in Lu Town.
Taking out these two items, Zhang Xiaohua examined them carefully again. The fluctuations on the jade slip remained unchanged, showing no sign of dispersing, while the fluctuations on the red jade rings felt even weaker than before.
Without needing to think further, Zhang Xiaohua first held the pair of jade rings in his hands. His horizons had broadened considerably by now, and he already knew these jade rings were magical artifacts, not jade slips used to record cultivation methods as he had previously believed. Yet he still had no idea how to refine or use them.
After giving it some thought, Zhang Xiaohua closed his eyes and concentrated, recalling the contents of Artifact Refining Under Heaven. Although Artifact Refining Under Heaven taught methods for crafting magical artifacts, it also recorded some ordinary methods for refining them. After studying it for quite a while, Zhang Xiaohua had gained some understanding. A few days ago, he had already refined the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace. Although he had not used the universal formula from Artifact Refining Under Heaven, he had gained some experience nonetheless.
After carefully reviewing the refining steps from beginning to end in his mind, he tossed the jade rings into the air and formed a hand seal with his left hand, striking the rings with it. The seal landed on the rings, but they