Having achieved some competence in Body Refinement, he immediately determined that all four maidservants had practiced Body Refining Techniques.
Four maidservants with spirit root seeds, instead of cultivating Spiritual Power Patterns, chose to practice the even more difficult Body Refining Techniques, which was to neglect the essentials for the less important.
Even if the maidservants had poor spirit root seeds, once they cultivated Spiritual Power Patterns and formed a Spiritual Energy Vortex, their lifespans could be significantly extended.
By not cultivating the primary Spiritual Power Patterns and forcibly practicing Body Refining Techniques, the consequence was a shorter lifespan, and without the enhancement of spiritual energy, practicing Body Refining Techniques meant overdrawing their lives as the price.
Li Shiming could even surmise that the Body Refining Techniques practiced by the maidservants were of poor quality, which was related to his discerning eye.