Seven days later, before the Xuan Tian Hall.
Zheng Kaixin, Zeng Ke'er, Lei Xiao, and Rong Zhi stood in a row, looking expectantly at Long Qiu.
Long Qiu carefully examined them and, seeing that their vital energy had reached a full and brimming state, said, "The adjustment is not bad, we can start now. Kaixin, you come forward."
She called out one first, and Zheng Kaixin quickly rose, wiping away the childishness of his past, his face solemn, and knelt neatly on the cushion.
Long Qiu took out a jade box containing a dan pellet the size of a longan fruit, crimson in color, and said, "In the inner mountain, there's an old tree that bears fruit once every year and a half, yielding two or three pieces.
