In this tributary, there were no longer the tiny, chaotic whirlpools, but only the pure, clean qi that flowed in a single direction. In some ways, it was like a sieve or filter. When Li Fan wore the jade ring at his waist, he could see that the true qi absorbed into his body was also combed and orderly. There were no more disturbances from those tiny vortices.
Honestly, without the Eight Trigrams Mirror, one couldn't really feel any difference. It could only be said that, internally, the absence of those vortex-induced turbulences made cultivation feel smoother psychologically. After all, Li Fan's cultivation rarely went awry, so this item might help those with average aptitude considerably, but for him, it was merely gilding the lily.
After such an examination, the only things left unclear were the tablet and the ruby; their uses were not evident, and neither the mirror could reveal them, nor the lamp could illuminate them. Probably they had effects not greatly related to true qi.
