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The final prostration ritual completed, Ye Rou and the other four women were helped to their feet by the ceremonial officers on either side, as they walked out from the inner chamber of the great hall. Five Flying Swords, distinguishable by the colors of their hilts—red, blue, green, purple, black.

Five jade pendants, each intricately carved with dragons and phoenixes, bore the names of the women at their centers, symbolizing their status as direct disciples, and their esteemed positions in the Spirit Sword Alliance, second only to one.

If these two items had been within everyone's expectations, the last item immediately caused all the onlookers to be moved.

Jade slip!

Only cultivators above the Golden Core stage could engrave insights on cultivation within these slips, skipping verbal transmission and elevating understanding to a level of intuition. Not only was the content described richer and more precise, but it also contained elements that could not be expressed in words.