Puppets?
"You mean the people from the Eternal Hall can turn anyone who opposes them, or even refuses them, into a puppet who obeys their commands?" Chen Changan asked with a frown.
"More or less."
"Their methods are terrifying."
"I don't know how they did it. The person who spoke rudely to the Eternal Hall suddenly had a vacant look in his eyes, and then he started obeying the people from the Eternal Hall without question."
"This has already sparked panic across Eternal City. They aren't killing people, but... being a walking corpse isn't much better than being dead."
Zhang San Pao still felt shaken, and could hardly bear to imagine what he would do if he became a puppet.
From Zhang San Pao's description, the Eternal Hall's methods were terrifying. No one had even noticed what they'd done, yet they had turned someone into a puppet completely.
Such methods truly had a powerful chilling effect in the Eternal Land.
For a long time, the people of the Eternal Land had felt superior largely because they could live forever and never die.
But the more they had, the more they feared death—and even anything associated with it.
Becoming a puppet was an outcome they absolutely didn't want to face.
"No wonder the people from the Eternal Hall are so arrogant."
"Even the Three Hidden Sects have to give them a wide berth. Those methods really are frightening."
"What's the situation outside now?"
"How many forces have chosen to submit to the Eternal Hall?"
"How are things with your Zhang Family?" Chen Changan asked with a frown.
"A lot of forces have submitted. They have no choice. If they don't, they'll become puppets. In the end, the outcome would be the same either way."
"So far, the Three Hidden Sects haven't