It was said that in ancient times, immortality cultivators of all cultivation levels needed to be proficient in making tools, concocting pills, making talismans, and drawing enchanted formations. Otherwise, they wouldn't be considered proper cultivators.0

However, as the world of immortality cultivators evolved, this model standard for cultivators was gradually phased out. Cultivators realized that they would need to exhaust a considerable amount of time and resources to study any one of those fields deeply.0

Ultimately, being proficient in everything really meant being mediocre in everything.[1]14

A cultivator might not be able to achieve a high level of mastery in alchemy even if they spent a lot of time studying it. Moreover, most people would only need to concoct pills a few times in their lifetime. It made more sense for cultivators to pay a master alchemist for their services, which would be much more reliable and convenient than doing it themselves.0

Alchemists, artificers[2], formation specialists, talisman specialists, and beast tamers eventually emerged in the world of immortality cultivators… and were now considered mainstream professions. Among them, alchemists were the highest earners. 1

Like alchemists, having a high level of precision and skill was necessary for those who wanted to become artificers. However, artificers...0