When the Patriarch of the Beiming clan learned that Jian Jian had kept ten young disciples, he was extremely pleased. This was more than he had anticipated; he would have considered five or six a great success. Afterward, Jian Jian drew up a prescription for a body-tempering broth and sent Beiming Cong to run errands, gathering the necessary spiritual and demonic plants. Before starting Qi Condensation, these ten young disciples needed to undergo body tempering. This entire procedure was inherited from the disciple-admission process of the Heavenly Sword Sect in the Lingyun Continent.
For a full eight months, the ten young disciples lived in a state of pain mixed with joy. Every time they soaked in the body-tempering broth, the experience made them wish they were dead—it was overwhelmingly intense and agonizing.
Yet the benefits after soaking were self-evident. Coupled with the fact that the spiritual and demonic plants required to brew the body-tempering broth were piled high with Immortal Stones, young as they were, they understood how rare this opportunity was.
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