For the following month, Su Fan seemed possessed, pouring nearly all his time into crafting the three basic formations.
The large batch of Path of Formations materials he had purchased in Northern Dome Immortal City was finally exhausted.
Fortunately, Su Fan's success rate in refining the three basic formations had also risen significantly.
Calculated according to Northern Dome Immortal City's market prices, he was still taking a heavy loss, but at least he could recoup some of his principal.
The Path of Formations consumed an enormous amount of resources. Without the support of a sect or Lineage, ordinary cultivators simply could not afford to dabble in it.
Among Rogue Cultivators, there was a saying: alchemy ruined one lifetime, while formations impoverished three generations.
In any case, the Path of Formations and the Path of Alchemy were much the same—both were the most ruinously expensive professions in the Cultivation World.
The investment required at the entry level of the Path of Formations was especially astronomical.
Of course, Path of Formations cultivators were also urgently needed talents for every Immortal Sect and Lineage.
A mature formations cultivator never had to worry about going hungry, no matter where he went. Moreover, formations cultivators and alchemists absolutely had the highest incomes in the Cultivation World.
Formations cultivators did not make money merely by creating formations. Feng shui and geomancy, seeking dragons and locating acupoints, searching for Spirit Veins, setting up and breaking formations, and all kinds of other services—those were the most profitable trades for a formations master.
Especially when venturing into ancient ruins and immortal ruins to seek treasures, going without a highly accomplished formations master was practically courting death.
Although formations masters were everywhere in Northern Dome Immortal City, in other places they were all honored guests of the various super Immortal