By midday, news of what had happened at Hundred Herbs Hall the previous night had spread throughout Shu State City.
For a time, rumors flew.
Some said Hundred Herbs Hall was hiding a valuable treasure that could enhance a Martial Artist's Cultivation.
They claimed that this, along with the Illusory Sound Sect's previous theft of the Xiao Family's medicinal ingredients, was all part of a search for that single Treasure Medicine.
Some said the Illusory Sound Sect was jealous of Hundred Herbs Hall's tea business and sought to steal their recipes.
Still others claimed that after Hundred Herbs Hall's business took off, it had cut into the profits of many other medicine halls in Shu State, which is why it invited disaster.
Whatever the case, it definitely couldn't have been the Xiao Family Medicine Hall.
