"What rumor?"
Chapter 270
A rumor was something fabricated out of thin air, a tale with no basis in fact. But if one wanted people to believe it, it could not be ten parts false without even one part true. Wen Xu understood this principle well, so this rumor was also a fabrication built upon facts.
"The people of No-Shu City live in peace and contentment. They have no spiritual power and cannot cultivate; they live off the land and do not covet fame, profit, or wealth. To put it bluntly, they observe ascetic discipline even more strictly than monks in a Buddhist temple." Wen Xu understood human nature. Before long, he became utterly certain that these commoners could not possibly be real people.
They were merely the "perfect" citizens imagined into being by this city.
Perfection had never existed in this world. There were many ways to shatter it, but if one wanted to do so without spilling a drop of blood, public opinion was undoubtedly the quickest method.
"When I first set up my stall at the city gate, nobody paid me any attention."
Bian Chunchou let out a startled sound. "I thought customers had come streaming in like clouds because of your personal charm?"
"Of course not. It was not as though I could truly divine fate. This so-called Divine Calculation was merely a few tricks of mystification." Wen Xu did not keep them in suspense and continued directly. "Someone came seeking rain, so I waved my hand and brought rain. Someone came asking for techniques to tend crops, so I taught them. Someone asked for the best day to sow seeds, so I pointed out the way through the maze. Someone fell ill, so I sold them pills and cured them."
When every request received an