Like a ferocious tiger entering a flock of sheep, the previously lively scene suddenly scattered as everyone fled like startled birds and scampering mice.
Inside the teahouse, the storyteller who was just now raging with fierce eyes and articulate speech, now felt his legs go weak and collapse to the ground upon seeing the head of Chao Tian Sect arriving, crawling toward the deeper parts of the teahouse with eyes full of fear.
A story, how could it not be embellished?
But the problem was, Chen Qiu had risen to power almost overnight, and there was no existing framework for his rise; yet, with so many customers eagerly waiting, the storyteller had no choice but to embellish a bit more, not too much... around six or seven layers perhaps...
He himself felt somewhat guilty, but as he saw other storytellers exaggerating even more, he grew more and more confident in his tales.
But now, the real deal had suddenly come knocking.