My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

"That rain was real! The old Minister of Rites, who had been bedridden for years, miraculously threw away his cane and was able to walk again after being caught in that rain! It can't be fake, can it?!"

"Good question!"

Cui Jue was not flustered at all; instead, his cold smile grew even stronger.

He turned around and carefully took out a small jade bottle from his wide sleeve.

He walked to the table in the center of the secret room and had someone bring him a basin of water.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd.

Cui Jue uncorked the jade bottle and poured a fine, dark gold powder into the basin of water.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

The powder dissolved instantly in the water, and the originally clear well water began to emit a strange fragrance within just a few breaths, and the entire basin of water turned into a pale gold that shimmered with a faint light!

"What...what is this?!" The elders were shocked.

"My esteemed uncles, this is a forbidden drug that I purchased at great expense from a black market merchant from the Western Regions!"

A sinister glint flashed in Cui Jue's eyes.

"This medicine is called 'Paradise Powder,' and it is a secret formula made from Datura flowers from the Western Regions, the blood of the five poisonous creatures, and potent stimulants from tigers and wolves that stimulate the blood and qi!"

Cui Jue picked up the basin of pale golden water and walked to the Fifth Elder, who suffered from severe rheumatism and constant pain.

"Fifth Uncle, why don't you put your hands in this water and wash them, and feel it?"

The Fifth Elder, with some skepticism, immersed his withered hands into the golden water.

next second!

The Fifth Elder shuddered, his eyes widening in shock!

He felt a surge of scalding warmth instantly flow into his body through his palm, and the excruciating rheumatism that had tormented him for over a decade miraculously disappeared at that moment!

An unusual blush appeared on his gaunt cheeks, and he felt his blood surging, as if he had become ten years younger in an instant, full of energy!

"My...my legs don't hurt anymore! I feel full of energy!"

The Fifth Elder was so excited that he stood up abruptly, even throwing his cane aside.

Everyone else in the secret room was shocked by what they saw.

Could this golden potion really be a miraculous elixir?!

"Fifth Uncle, don't be so happy yet."

Cui Jue cruelly interrupted the Fifth Elder's excitement, "Try waiting another half an hour."

really.

It didn't even take half an hour.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the blush on the Fifth Elder's face quickly faded, replaced by a deathly pallor that was even more ashen than before!

"Ouch!"

The Fifth Elder screamed in agony, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. He clutched his knees, writhing in pain, cold sweat pouring down his face.

The excruciating pain that had been forcibly suppressed returned with a ferocity several times stronger than before! He even felt as if all the strength to breathe had been drained from him!

"Did you see that, everyone?"

Cui Jue looked down at the Fifth Elder, who was wailing in pain, his voice icy cold.

"This is not some miraculous cure-all! It's a vicious poison that recklessly depletes the body's potential and burns away its very essence!"

Cui Jue suddenly turned around, slammed his fist on the table, and his face contorted in rage.

"Li Shimin somehow obtained a large quantity of this forbidden drug powder. Taking advantage of the rain, he had his men mix the powder with the rainwater and scatter it throughout the city from the high towers of Chang'an, or using catapults!"

"Those ignorant commoners and officials, drenched in this poisonous rain, had their potential fortified, naturally feeling invigorated and all their ailments cured!"

Cui Jue gritted his teeth and growled, "But they have no idea that this excitement is only temporary! Once the drug's effects wear off, their bodies will only be weaker than before, and they might even shorten their lifespan!"

"Li Shimin, that tyrant!"

Cui Jue angrily denounced, "To consolidate his imperial power and intimidate our aristocratic families, he actually resorted to such a vicious method that costs the lives of the entire city's inhabitants to fabricate a miracle of a true immortal descending to earth! It's utterly depraved and outrageous!"

boom!

Cui Jue's perfectly closed-loop "logical reasoning," combined with the basin of pale golden potion and the Fifth Elder's personal demonstration, instantly shattered the last doubts of everyone present!

The truth is revealed!

It turns out there were no living gods at all!

All of this was a colossal lie meticulously planned by Li Shimin to deal with these powerful clans!

"You beast! The Li family emperor is utterly wicked!"

"Disregarding the lives of ordinary people, he used poison to fabricate miracles! Doesn't he fear divine retribution?!"

The powerful figures from the aristocratic families inside the secret chamber were utterly enraged.

The humiliation of being treated like a monkey, and the fear of the ruthless nature of imperial power, made their eyes turn red.

"Master!"

The secret envoy from the Lu family of Fanyang suddenly drew a dagger from his waist and slammed it into the table with a "bang".

"Now that we've seen through Li Shimin's scheme, we absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die! The Cui family of Qinghe has already been terrified and become lackeys of the Li Tang dynasty; we cannot follow in their footsteps!"

Cui Hong, the head of the Boling Cui clan, was also seething with murderous intent at this moment.

His cloudy eyes gleamed with a cold, venomous light.

"What a charlatan Li Shimin! What a charlatan Prince Qin!"

Cui Hong gritted his teeth, his voice like a chilling wind blowing from hell.

"He thinks he can make us Shandong gentry bow our noble heads by fabricating a deity? Dream on!"

Cui Hong turned his head and looked at Cui Jue.

"Jue'er, now that you've seen through this disguise, do you have any countermeasures?"

Cui Jue raised his chin triumphantly, his eyes gleaming with calculating intent.

"Uncle, rest assured, I have already made arrangements."

Cui Jue gave a sinister sneer.

"Li Shimin wants to create a god, doesn't he? Then let's destroy his god! Let him taste the bitterness of being devoured!"

"We'll immediately mobilize all the family's undercover agents in Chang'an. We'll hire storytellers, hooligans, and unsuspecting vagrants from the West Market."

"Spread the word throughout the city! Say that the Guardian Immortal is a fake, a sorcerer! Say that the golden rain was a sorcery used by the emperor to drain the lifeblood of the people!"

Cui Jue's eyes turned extremely crazed.

"Those peasants at the bottom of society are the most ignorant and blindly obedient. As long as we stir up their panic, we can secretly send our assassins to infiltrate them and lead the riots."

"Send them to surround the Qin Prince's mansion! Smash that sorcerer's residence!"

"If Li Shimin dares to send the imperial guards to suppress unarmed civilians, then he will have truly earned the title of tyrant and completely lost the hearts of the people! The Tang Dynasty will surely descend into chaos! At that time, our aristocratic family will have its chance to strike back!"

"What a vicious plan! What a brilliant move to undermine our very foundation!"

The elders in the secret chamber listened with great enthusiasm, clapping their hands in praise.