The "Talisman Sword" lineage founded by Hong Qianqian was not actually considered among the best within the Supreme Dao Sect.
The reason was simple: those with exceptional talent in artifact refinement or talisman arts generally specialized in a single path. There was no need for them to cultivate the sword path as well and divide their attention.
And sword cultivators with outstanding swordsmanship talent rarely chose talisman crafting when they took up a secondary discipline.
After all, compared to talisman crafting, pill refinement, artifact refinement, formations, and even emerging professions such as Star Refiners all enjoyed far better prospects.
As a result, aside from Hong Qianqian herself, the founder of the "Talisman Sword" lineage, the disciples recruited afterward had not been especially outstanding.
A "freak" like Chi Jiuyu was even less worth mentioning.
As the youngest Spirit Transformation cultivator from ancient times to the present, during her time studying at the Supreme Dao Sect, she had directly broken multiple records held by the "Talisman Sword" lineage since its founding.
With her personality, if the matter of the Ascension Envoy had not dealt her a blow, she might have puffed herself up like a pufferfish by now!
And now—
Clearly, merely reporting her cultivation progress to Bie Xuening alone was no longer enough to satisfy Chi Jiuyu's eagerness to show off.
"..."
Bie Xuening studied the messages on her phone screen for a moment, then turned to Xu Xing.
"What does Junior Brother think?"
What did he think?
Xu Xing paused.
Honestly, given that girl Jiuyu's flighty personality, he felt it was normal for her to do anything abnormal.
Not to mention that this little thought of hers would have been perfectly normal even for an ordinary person.
"It seems her cultivation in the 'Talisman Sword' lineage has been going very