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"Looks like," Tang Changsheng muttered, "I'll have to speak with Elder Deng Ruiming and ask him to step in. Only by mobilizing the power of every family can we completely stop Holy Salt from entering Lower River..."
Even as he said it, Tang Changsheng knew how difficult that would be. Countries across the world banned drugs, yet not one had ever managed to eradicate them completely.
And Holy Salt... posed a far greater threat than ordinary Narcotics!
But that did not mean he could do nothing!
Once he had thought it through, Tang Changsheng made up his mind and called Deng Ruiming. "I want to stop all Holy Salt from entering Lower River..."
Deng Ruiming's own grandson had died because of Holy Salt, and he loathed it to the bone. Even so, he could not help blurting out, "Are you crazy? How could that possibly be done?"
On this matter, the two were natural allies. Deng Ruiming's most beloved grandson had died because of Holy Salt. He hated the stuff with every fiber of his being.
"It's complicated... Nowhere in the world has truly eradicated Narcotics," Deng Ruiming said quietly. "Great Chu managed it once, during the Founding Ancestor's time. That's the only example!"
Tang Changsheng nodded in agreement. Back then, chaos had engulfed the land, and Opium had poured into the country from every direction. The Fortune-and-Longevity Paste made by the White Lotus Sect had been especially vicious.
Only after the Founding Ancestor restored the nation had he launched a massive nationwide crackdown on drugs. Tens of millions of addicts had been forced into treatment. Anyone caught dealing drugs had been shot on the spot...
Only under such harsh measures had Narcotics been eradicated.