This showed just how bleak the talisman-making profession had become.
At first, Chi Jiuyu had not even considered talisman-making, a cultivator profession with a future black as night. But it was free, after all...
No reason not to take something free!
And no matter what, talisman-making had once stood alongside alchemy, artifact refinement, and formations as one of the renowned four great supplementary cultivation professions.
In any case, she could use this time on the road to test herself properly and see which area she had the greatest talent for.
With that thought, Chi Jiuyu tapped the light screen.
She opened the first page of the Cultivation Hundred Arts Guide: Basic Edition.
Artifact Refiner—Sword Forging Specialization.
By this day and age, talisman-making had gradually declined.
Yet artifact refiners, as one of the traditional cultivation professions, had retained their former status. Among the traditional cultivation professions of today, only alchemists could still stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
Due to regional differences, the Cultivation Hundred Arts Guide published by the Sword Sect was aimed mostly at sword cultivators.
Thus, in the artifact refiner section, the first thing introduced was naturally sword forging.
Chi Jiuyu read through it carefully.
After committing all the contents to memory, she was about to complete this talent test before the Starry Sky Warp Array activated...
Woooo—!
A low alarm sounded.
A line of orange-yellow text popped up on the pale blue translucent screen before the control room.
text [Notice! A notification addressed to the Southern Star Domain has been received!]
Hmm?
What was going on?
```text [Southern Star Domain Defense Command Domain-Wide Combat Readiness Notice]
To all member units of the defense systems in the Southern Star Domain:
It is projected that Bio-Weapon deployment density will trend upward over the next three standard weeks.
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