Shen Qing's brows furrowed. Her sharp gaze immediately darted toward the source of the voice, but she couldn't find the speaker.
She couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
'Looks like they're hiding.'
'These rats who thrive on chaos are truly everywhere.'
However, having witnessed the effects of the Immortal Medicine, public opinion had already begun to shift. They still felt the government's methods for implementing the ban were too harsh, but the thought that the government was doing all of this for their sake, for the sake of Da Qi, stopped them from repeating the ugly words they had shouted just moments ago.
There were still some people protesting heatedly, but not many. Among them was the old woman who had been restrained.
It was easy to guess who those people were. Most were either deeply involved in the opium trade or had their own ulterior motives for not wanting the government to ban it.
