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Just then, a voice rang out, “Where did this righteous official come from, acting all high and mighty here?”
Only then did Qi Xuansu rise to his feet and turn around to look.
Another group of people entered from outside, most of them servants and attendants. Leading them was a young man who was a few years younger than Qi Xuansu, with an irreverent expression, though half of his face was blocked by oversized sunglasses that Madam Qi liked to wear. He was dressed in old clothes, with half his chest exposed to the chilly night breeze. His hair was also disheveled.
Qi Xuansu immediately knew that this young man had a condition caused by the excessive consumption of a psychoactive drug called the Five Minerals Powder. It made one’s skin sensitive, so one would only be able to wear old, worn-out clothes. One’s body also ran hot, so even in the harshest winter, they wore only a single layer. Over time, it could even lead to skin ulceration.
Since the revival of the Daoist Order, this drug had been strictly banned. Daoists of all levels were explicitly ordered to burn the substance immediately upon encountering it.
After consuming it, one would experience an illusion of transcendence....
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