Afterward, everyone began reporting the auxiliary disciplines they specialized in.
Most practiced pill refining, forging, or talisman making.
Fewer practiced formation arts.
Mr. Shangguan had never mentioned formation arts before.
He wanted suitable people, not the strongest student cultivators.
Reporting formation arts as their specialty was indeed a difficult choice.
After some thought, however, Jiang Man still reported formation arts.
Shangguan Zheng smiled. "Formation arts? Are you sure you don't want to choose something else?"
Jiang Man nodded. "I won't change it. I haven't studied much of anything else."
He had spent the most time on formation arts, followed by talisman inscriptions. But he had only learned the basics of talisman inscriptions without spending much time on them, so he was not particularly proficient.
Of course, he could learn, but there was no need.
"Then prepare yourself. Getting selected through formation arts will be much harder than it is for the others," Shangguan Zheng said evenly, offering nothing more than that casual reminder.
Then he turned to Ji Meng. "And you?"
"Formation arts as well," Ji Meng replied.
"Did you hear what I just told Jiang Man?" Shangguan Zheng asked.
"I did." Ji Meng nodded.
"Good, then." Shangguan Zheng nodded before continuing, "It's still early. If you change your minds, there's still time. On the path of immortal cultivation, sometimes you have to adapt to go farther."
Jiang Man paid him no mind.
The strong always made others adapt to them.
He only needed to grow stronger.
However, he did indeed need to touch some ancient things to unlock his talents.
That would make his cultivation progress even faster.
Getting into this secret realm would be ideal.
"All right. Starting tomorrow, I'll set you problems to see how accomplished you are in your auxiliary disciplines." Shangguan Zheng looked at Wei