Peach Blossom Divine Medical God Chapter 2217 - 2173: Awakening

Chen Yang didn’t bother to argue with them and explained, "You all aren’t experiencing any side effects now simply because you haven’t consumed enough to truly reveal them yet."

"If you really don’t believe me, you can try it out. Channel your power using your thumb, then press down hard at a spot three inches from your waist and see how it feels."

As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, all the sect members present fell silent.

They looked around at each other in confusion.

Clearly, they all had a sense that they might truly have been deceived.

They were just unwilling to wake up from the lie, or they were afraid of losing the sensation of their power increasing.

Yet, they still went ahead to test it.

Following Chen Yang’s instructions, they channeled their spiritual power to their thumbs and then pressed down three inches from their waists.

"Ah..."

The moment they pressed down, their bodies convulsed as if suffering a spasm.

Inside their veins, there was a swelling pain, and it felt incredibly uncomfortable.

"What’s... what’s going on? Why is this happening?"

"It’s so strange. After pressing down, my realm seems to have reverted back to its previous state."

...

The sect members were thrown into chaos, each bewildered by what was happening.

Could it be that this divine elixir truly only offers a temporary boost in strength?

And does it come with significant side effects?

"Everyone can feel it, right?" At the moment when everyone was panicking, Chen Yang spoke up again.

"This Dryness-Craving Pill doesn’t actually enhance your power at all; any increase in strength is purely an illusion!"

"Luckily, you haven’t consumed much, so the impact on you isn’t significant. If you continue to follow the Worship Heaven Sect, your meridians will be completely destroyed, and your foundation will collapse entirely."

Chen Yang directly exposed the most severe consequences of the Dryness-Craving Pill.

The people present were even more shocked and panicked upon hearing this.

Even those who were blindly trusting of the Worship Heaven Sect earlier now wore a deeply confused expression.

It was evident that they still found it hard to accept that the Worship Heaven Sect was a fraud.

Yet the side effects described by Chen Yang were right before their eyes.

And there were quite a few people like him.

Chen Yang then looked towards Huang Tianwen.

Huang Tianwen understood and immediately dragged the previously spared old man, Li, into the sky.

Li was weak in cultivation, basically a useless person.

The Worship Heaven Sect had lost its power, and he had no resistance at all, desperately pleading for mercy.

"This person, you should recognize him clearly."

"The Worship Heaven Sect’s alchemist! The divine elixir you consumed wasn’t bestowed by the heavens; it was concocted by this old man."

Ascended above, Huang Tianwen said loudly.

Wow...

As soon as he said this, the entire square was in an uproar.

Chen Yang’s words were reasonable and well-supported, but they were still only his account.

When Huang Tianwen ascended with concrete evidence, it had a completely different effect.

Let alone that Li was a senior member of the Worship Heaven Sect.

"Old Li, is what they’re saying... true?"

"Was the elixir really made by you?"

"Was the Worship Heaven Sect a scam?"

...

Some people in the square began to realize the truth and loudly questioned Old Li.

Faced with the questioning of thousands of people, Old Li shook like a sieve.

Fear filled his eyes.

But he feared Huang Tianwen even more.

So he trembled as he confessed, "Yes... yes, the elixir you consumed was indeed made by me."

"And it’s not a divine elixir at all; it’s the Dryness-Craving Pill, and the effects are exactly as he described..."

Wow!!

As soon as he uttered this, the square exploded instantly.

Those who had previously believed in the Worship Heaven Sect with all their hearts glared their eyes open, nearly fainting.

They had regarded the Worship Heaven Sect as the sole path to great power.

Not only had they surrendered all their cultivation resources, but they were also brimming with anticipation for this path.

Now, discovering this was a full-on fraud, how could they accept it easily?

Furthermore, the Dryness-Craving Pill they consumed still had very strong aftereffects.

Everyone in the square was dumbfounded.

And after half a minute passed, the square suddenly erupted like a bomb.

Everyone was raging, denouncing loudly.

"It’s fake? You Worship Heaven Sect have caused me great suffering."

"Get down here, I want to tear you apart!"

"Monsters, you’re all monsters, scamming us out of our cultivation resources and using such elixirs to destroy our foundation! What’s your real motive?"

...

Everyone in the square was indignant, loudly denouncing Old Li.

Some radicals even threatened to directly tear him apart.

Old Li was a cowardly useless person; seeing the situation below, he was already scared out of his wits.

"Each mighty one, I’ve confessed everything, I did this because I was threatened by Zhang Qun, please spare me." Old Li begged, terrified.

But what he’d done couldn’t possibly be erased just by pleading for mercy.

This man kept repeating he was forced by Zhang Qun.

Yet when entering the city earlier, his commanding demeanor showed no signs of being coerced.

"If you cooperate honestly, I naturally won’t trouble you." Huang Tianwen said.

"Thank you, City Lord Huang, thank you, City Lord Huang, I will always remember your kindness, and if I have the chance in the future, I will repay." Upon hearing Huang Tianwen say he wouldn’t trouble him, Old Li was elated.

He thought he saw a glimmer of hope.

But just when he began to feel hopeful, the next moment he was in despair.

"You’re thanking me too soon; I said I wouldn’t trouble you, but that doesn’t mean that my city of Weng won’t trouble you." Huang Tianwen said with a smile.

"What?" Old Li was puzzled, not understanding what Huang Tianwen meant.

"City Lord Huang, you..." Just as Old Li was about to ask, Huang Tianwen suddenly released his hand.

And smiled, "I’m letting you go, but whether you can leave Weng City safely depends on your own fate."

With Huang Tianwen letting go, Old Li, just at the early stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm, couldn’t possibly fly?

He plummeted directly.

Screaming, falling into the square.

Not having time to feel the pain, he immediately realized he was surrounded by predatory, murderous eyes.

"Everyone... I have nothing to do with the Worship Heaven Sect’s deeds, although I did concoct the Dryness-Craving Pill, I was forced! Have mercy, please spare me." Old Li knelt in fear, begging for mercy.

But how could the crowd, awakened from their delusion and filled with rage but nowhere to vent, listen to his pleas?

"Concocting poisonous pills, causing us harm! You should die!"

"Heartless monster, colluding with Zhang Qun, I’ll beat you to death."

"You made the toxic pill, if anything happens to me, I won’t let you go."

...

The crowd was extremely angry.

Old Li barely made any sound after falling, quickly swallowed by the furious mob.

The mob swarmed him, kicking and punching. Old Li cried out in pain.

But it wasn’t long before all sound ceased.

His frail old bones couldn’t withstand such a beating?

Before long, he was beaten to death on the square.

However, such a person deserves to die, not even worth sympathy.

He incited disgust enough for people to spit on him.