Chapter 290: An Impending Storm - II
By the next morning, entire Inner Province was engulfed in an unprecedented storm.
It spread with an unnatural speed that completely engulfed every major city, sect, and commercial district.
"Have you heard?! The flawless pills from the Celestial Elixir Pavilion are forged from demonic arts!"
"They look one hundred percent pure on the outside, but they are laced with a hidden, demonic addiction! If you consume them, your body, and mind will become entirely dependent on their corrupted essence! You will eventually rot from the inside out unless you keep buying more!"
"It's a trap! Grandmaster Korryn is trying to turn the entire dynasty into his mindless slaves!"
The words dropped like a nuclear bomb across the commercial districts.
The sheer absurdity of the claim should have made it laughable, but fear was a highly contagious poison.
Human nature was inherently suspicious and prone to jealousy.
