Joining the Ice God Palace [Double rewards at month's end]

Once the news that White Bone Superior had taken up residence was confirmed, it swept through the region like a hurricane.

In particular, when the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce announced that White Bone Superior could refine fourth-rank mid-grade medicinal pills, it drew the attention of numerous factions.

Although Cold Wind City was only a market city established to open up new territory, plenty of Nascent Soul cultivators came here. Still, a cultivator with a fourth-rank craft was a rare talent anywhere. A fourth-rank mid-grade alchemist was rarer still—even the Spirit Transformation sects were tempted.

Nascent Soul cultivators were easy enough to find, but cultivators with fourth-rank crafts were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Many people also dug up old intelligence on White Bone Superior. He was proficient in the Corpse Puppet Technique and had already been a third-rank alchemist over three hundred years ago. Now, another three centuries had passed. Connecting this Nascent Soul old devil's injuries and seclusion with the possibility that he had secretly refined pills to heal himself, then factoring in his talent, many suddenly understood. Given White Bone Old Devil's aptitude, spending more than three hundred years of cultivation time raising a third-rank craft to the fourth rank was hardly outrageous. After all, White Bone Old Devil had enjoyed an immense reputation among Nascent Soul cultivators and had once been considered one of the mighty figures most likely to reach Spirit Transformation.

Cold Wind City, the city lord's cave abode.

"A fourth-rank mid-grade alchemist, suspected to be still recovering from his injuries and secretly offering a bounty for spirit-purifying herbs. His cultivation has regressed to the mid Nascent Soul stage, but he can unleash combat power at the pinnacle of the late Nascent Soul stage..." Listening to his subordinate's report, a thin,