Arc 3: Part 55
The City of Independent Cultivators had a Chamber of Commerce, which was specifically responsible for the external sale of pills and magical artifacts produced by the Alchemy Tower and the Artifact Forge.
Part of them were directly sold in the City of Independent Cultivators, and some were sold to the Northern sect territories, with the Chamber of Commerce taking a small commission.
Each of these pills and magical artifacts was engraved with the maker's private seal to identify its creator.
Just like the mortal world, the cultivation world also witnessed the effect of celebrity experts.
A long time ago, Tong Su had entrusted the artifacts to sell the surplus pills and magical artifacts she had made. Her products were of exceptional quality and had gained much fame; they were highly sought after.
She made no attempt to hide her identity and had her seal blatantly imprinted with the name "Bai Tong". However, these two words were quite common in the world of cultivation.
For over ten years, her fame had spread widely, yet the Ziwei Heavenly Palace had never discovered it!
As Tong Su was casually walking and chatting with her fellow disciples, suddenly, a scream sounded from the side, "Bai Tong? You are Bai Tong!"
The voice was full of shock and disbelief. The loudness of the shout attracted everyone's attention, and they turned to see a pale-looking, unfamiliar male cultivator.
Tong Su raised her eyebrow and turned around. She seemed to recognize the man a little, but he appeared quite unfamiliar, like someone she hadn't seen in many years. After searching her memory for a while, she finally recalled, surprised herself, “Isn’t this Shan Zongguang, Senior Brother Shan?"
Could it be one of the disciples of the Ziwei Heavenly Palace that the original owner had met during their time there?
Shan Zongguang's heart was filled with tumultuous waves!
When this group of people went out, there were too many, so he couldn't see their faces clearly. He only heard one person's voice inside, which sounded somewhat familiar.
He tried to stretch his neck to get a better look until he caught sight of half a face when the person in the middle passed the corner. Immediately, he found that the face matched the one in his mind, and he jumped up in surprise!
This face, this face, could it really be Bai Tong?!
Shan Zongguang's eyes almost fell out of their sockets, his mouth twitched, and he looked at Bai Tong as if he were seeing someone who had died long ago, unable to believe it: "Is it really you? Weren't you dead?!"
The students of the Artifact Forge around them were immediately displeased and scolded him coldly, "Who are you to speak such nonsense!"
However, Shan Zongguang didn't have time to notice and just stared at Tong Su with a frown:
"By the heavens, Bai Tong, how did you end up in the City of Independent Cultivators? That's right! Could it be that the famous dual genius of alchemy and artifact refinement in the city today is actually you?!"
In this era, skilled pill and artifact refiners were all in the City of Independent Cultivators. While the sects had many talented people, Ziwei Heavenly Palace was located in the extreme north, with harsh winds and freezing temperatures, making it impossible to find suitable fire for refining elixirs and artifacts.
Ziwei Heavenly Palace was indeed in desperate need of cultivators skilled in both pill and artifact refinement.
In recent years, demon cultivators had become more active, clashing with the righteous path not just once or twice, resulting in many injuries. Furthermore, the number of monsters had also been slowly increasing, leading to a surplus of injured and sick within the Ziwei Heavenly Palace.
There was a scarcity of cultivators skilled in elixir and artifact refinement. They had been desperately seeking to recruit more, pulling every string they could. Shan Zongguang could never have imagined that Bai Tong, who had been missing for so many years, had actually become a genius in both pill and artifact refinement.
Moreover, having become a genius, it seemed she planned to stay in the City of ndependent Cultivators for the long haul, showing no signs of returning to the Ziwei Heavenly Palace.
How could she be so heartless!
Shan Zongguang couldn't help but feel resentful.
"Bai Tong, how could you disappear for fifteen years without sending even a message back to the sect? Now that you've recovered your wits, do you have any idea how much the sect is lacking in cultivators skilled in pill and artifact refinement? Pack your things, you must come back with me right away!"
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