The criteria to become a gold cultivator were extremely stringent. Only those with the natural gift could take up the practice of gold cultivation—it didn't matter how hardworking one was. The level of achievement attained by gold cultivators depended wholly on their innate talent—no amount of hard work would help them.
Ji Fengyan never expected this Xi Sinong to be a gold cultivator. It must be pointed out that gold cultivators were even rarer than pharmacists. The practice of gold cultivation mostly went against the laws of nature, and the cultivators were usually physically much weaker than normal people. Their lifespans would also shorten in proportion to their progress in the practice of gold cultivation.
It could be said that gold cultivators were second only to Terminators as a profession. Nevertheless, they both bore the same tough fates.
