Zha Shero's face darkened further. He asked in surprise,
"Ghost Prison Powder? What's that?"
Jiuyan hadn't mentioned this earlier, fearing Zha Shero would fly into a rage out of shame. But now, with his own people backing him up, Jiuyan felt a bit more courageous.
"It's a powdered elixir formula popular over in the Sea of Death. It's mainly for Cultivators with no hope of a Breakthrough Realm. It has strong hallucinogenic effects, and long-term use leads to an accumulation of elixir toxins in the body. While it isn't prohibitively expensive, ordinary Cultivators can't afford to take it continuously. That's what happened to these White Mountain People. They ruined their bodies and could only come back here to wait for death."
"Such a poisonous elixir... why would anyone take it?"
Someone asked in confusion. Jiuyan sneered.
