Alchemist

At the border between Tiger Chasing and the Eastern Wilderness lay Befeng City.

In recent years, after the trade route with the Tiger Chasing side had opened, the entire city of Befeng had flourished and bustled once more.

Every faction that caught this favorable wind had made a fortune, their coffers brimming to overflowing.

And if one had to name the commodity in Befeng City most welcomed by outsiders, it was undoubtedly the miraculous pills refined by the city's alchemists.

Befeng City was built atop the Blazing Spirit Mine. This naturally formed Fire Vein spirit mine had bestowed the place with uniquely blessed conditions for alchemy.

Under the guidance of True Man Huolong, Befeng City's alchemists had built an excellent reputation across more than half of the Northwest over the past century.

After years of development, besides the Pill Workshops that occupied the overwhelming majority, many alchemy clans and sects had also emerged within the city.

Some of their ancestors had inherited True Man Huolong's teachings, while others had heard of Befeng City's reputation and migrated here from elsewhere to settle down.

Without exception, these alchemy factions capable of establishing themselves in the city possessed secret arts and unique techniques that they had never passed on to outsiders.

Chen Huaien had remained alone in Befeng City all those years ago precisely for the sake of these secret arts and unique techniques.

Taking advantage of Befeng City's location where two nations met, as well as its relative lack of communication with the outside world, he used the information gap to introduce the alchemy methods he had mastered in his youth in the Central Region to the local Pill Workshops.

Relying on his vast knowledge, he quickly established the image of an eminent expert from the Central Region before the masters of