Su Jiu left the secret chamber in shock.
Unless certain things happened to you personally, perhaps you could never imagine just how sinister the human heart could be.
Starting a hundred years ago, the Zheng Household had begun taking control of the city's Pill Alchemists one by one. Several battles had broken out between the Yu and Zheng Households during that time, and it had to be said that the Zheng Household fell far short of the Yu Household in combat strength.
After several clashes, even a major lineage like the Zheng Household had struggled to hold out. Fighting had never been their forte, however. They were far better at scheming.
By then, they had already gained control of more than half the Pill Alchemists in Jade Sun City and tasted plenty of the rewards. Giving up the benefits they had secured was out of the question, so someone in the Zheng Household devised a vicious plan.
A hundred years ago, the Yu Household had a gifted pill-refining disciple named Yu Ren. Born with an unusual physique, Yu Ren possessed exceptional talent for pill refining.
He was also extraordinarily kindhearted. During those battles, he had saved many Pill Refining Masters from the Zheng Household's poisonous clutches, never imagining that he was nurturing a nest of future calamities for himself.
At some point, a wind of rumors had swept through Jade Sun City. They claimed that Yu Ren's unusual physique could be used to refine pills, and that pills made from him could cure every illness and even extend a person's lifespan.
When she heard this, Su Jiu had to calm her alarm, because that physique sounded more like her own ice skin and jade bones.
Of course, the rumor was false, but many people believed it nonetheless. There was no