After that day, they still seemed much as they had before: one watched while the other engraved.
But Su Jiu keenly detected a subtle difference. If asked to explain it, though, she could not have said exactly what had changed.
Just as Chu Mojin had said, Su Jiu truly possessed an exceptional talent for formations.
In just one short year, her third tier formations had begun to take shape.
The formations she engraved had even developed a style entirely her own, bringing her strengths into full play.
After seeing them, Chu Mojin could not help feeling another pang of envy. Naturally gifted Formation Arts Artists were so irritating. It never occurred to him that a naturally gifted alchemist like himself was just as irritating in other people's eyes.
Su Jiu's formations were essentially complete, though certain details still fell short.
She refined those details one by one through repeated formation battles with Chu Luohen.
"There aren't any major problems with your formations anymore. But third tier formations consume enormous amounts of spiritual energy. At your level, you could only trap a golden core cultivator for the time it takes an incense stick to burn. Still, that should be enough time for you to escape."
Chu Luohen's words remained far from pleasant, but Su Jiu had long since grown accustomed to his blows to her confidence.
Beyond every person stands someone greater; beyond every mountain rises another mountain. The ancients truly did not deceive me.
Chu Luohen had originally planned to spend the next two years guiding Su Jiu in swordsmanship and arts.
But today, someone from the Main Peak came and called Su Jiu away.
It turned out that the once-a-decade recruitment assignment had come around.
As soon as Su Jiu arrived outside the Heavenly Origin Hall, she saw a