After an entire morning, what had happened at Hundred Herbs Hall the previous night had naturally spread throughout Shuzhou City.
For a time, rumors flew everywhere.
Some said Hundred Herbs Hall was hiding a priceless treasure capable of improving a martial artist's cultivation base.
Together with the Phantom Sound Sect's earlier theft of the Xiao Family's medicinal herbs, it had all been to find that miraculous herb.
Some said the Phantom Sound Sect coveted Hundred Herbs Hall's tea business and wanted to seize those recipes.
Others said that after Hundred Herbs Hall's business flourished, it had blocked the financial paths of Shuzhou's many medicine halls, bringing this calamity upon itself.
No matter how people talked, it could not possibly have been the Xiao Family Medicine Hall.
After all, if the Xiao Family had not stepped in to help the previous night, Hundred Herbs Hall would likely have been slaughtered clean by the Phantom Sound Sect's unorthodox fiends.
Yet amid the discussions, many people felt lingering fear over what had happened to Hundred Herbs Hall.
This was no remote wilderness, but a major incident that had taken place in Shu Prefecture City.
If those unorthodox fiends dared to raid and massacre Hundred Herbs Hall today, could they not raid gold, silver, and jewelry shops or other stores tomorrow?
Furthermore, because of the Hundred Herbs Hall incident, many people in West Market had been drugged unconscious, worsening the concerns of Shuzhou's citizens.
The Prefectural Yamen, Judicial Department, City Guard, and others were under greatly increased pressure.
Even the Provincial Administration and Surveillance Commissioner's Office, upon hearing of the matter, sent orders commanding the Prefectural Yamen and Judicial Department to capture that band of criminals as quickly as possible.
Thus, before noon had even passed, members of the Judicial Department, yamen runners, and