The Human Emperor (1-200)

C113: Mysterious Alchemist Organization

“I have already reached Origin Energy Tier 6 and my root bone has also reached Panther Bone 3-dan pinnacle. However, it probably won’t be an easy task for me to achieve a breakthrough to Tiger Bone 1-dan!”

Wang Chong thought.

There were many martial art techniques which have a prerequisite on one’s root bone. The more formidable a technique was, the higher the requirement on one’s root bone. If one’s root bone was unable to meet the prerequisite, it might result in dire consequences.

Wang Chong’s current root bone had yet to reach the Tiger Bone level, so it wasn’t suitable for him to practice Ire of the Barbaric God yet.

“But it’s not that there is no way for me to raise my root bone to Tiger Bone…”

Standing by the fake hill, Wang Chong was immersed in his thoughts. It wasn’t impossible for one to strengthen one’s root bone swiftly, and the Xu Clan’s Bone Forging Pill was one of such means.

Wang Chong also knew a few others means that could raise the cultivation of his root bone. However, there weren’t many that were both practical and suitable for him.

“Found it!”

Suddenly, a thought popped into Wang Chong’s mind and he recalled something.

In the Central Plains, the place where most pills were centered was, without a doubt, the royal palace and the kings’ residences.

Especially for the royal palace, there were a bunch of alchemists hired exclusively to forge pills for the Sage Emperor, princes, princesses, and consorts.

There was a huge amount of alchemists and they were strictly controlled by the royal family. The pills they forged would go into the vault of the royal family and bestowed to the imperial army, kings, and important officials.

Every single pill forged was strictly monitored, to the point that there were even initial numbers marked on them, making it difficult for anyone to obtain it from the market.

Other than the royal palace, another location where pills were forged, was the residences of the various kings.

Every single king had a personal group of alchemists who would forge pills exclusively for them. Some of these alchemists had approached them on their own accord while some were bestowed to them by the royal family.

The number of alchemists in the kings’ residences was significantly lower than that of the royal family, numbering a handful of people up to a maximum of two dozens. However, without a doubt, these alchemists were an important strategic resource to the kings.

Thus, every single king regarded their alchemist team highly and they wouldn’t allow any outsiders to come into contact with them. Thus, it was impossible for pills to flow out from there either.

Due to these privately hired alchemists, almost all kings of the royal family were top-notch experts, be it King Song or King Qi.

The rate of consumption of pills of every single king was already as though a huge abyss, but on top of that, they still had to bestow some to their guards, aides, children, comrades… Thus, there wasn’t a single king who had excessive pills to spare.

Thus, even though the royal palace and the kings’ residences were the top producers of pills, none of these pills were leaked to the market.

To an outsider, the pills from these two locations were far out of their grasp.

However, Wang Chong knew of a secret route to obtain pills that leaked out from those places.

To speak of it, Wang Chong had to bring up his previous life.