And a person who can only become a craftsman, their elixirs are of inconsistent quality. No one seeks her out, no one seeks him, so there is no opportunity to practice, and then his elixirs will never improve. It's a vicious cycle.
Even some small sects are determined to pile resources to groom one disciple into an Alchemy Master or an Artifact Refining Expert.
But it's only to hastily address their own sect's disciples' usage of elixirs or magical treasures. Hoping other sects would use their elixirs or magical treasures is simply impossible.
Then this small sect can only watch as the Artifact Refining Expert or Alchemy Master, elevated by their resources, slowly becomes those mediocrities.
And only some loose cultivators will take desperate measures and forcefully carve out a reputation, but those people are very few. Typically, those loose cultivators occupy lands that are rich in resources, during the quiet winter.
