Dragon's Origin

Chapter 330: Those Who Commit Extortion Must Die (Part 1)

The moment the Truth Pill was brought out, the disfigured woman was dumbfounded. If she really took this pill and had to say everything as it was, wouldn't she expose everything?

The beautiful receptionist had just said that if her face wasn't damaged by the Rouge Emporium's whitening foundation, then one million gold coins would buy many heads. Was it worth risking the lives of her entire family for the little bit of gold coins she would get?

The disfigured woman hesitated. This hesitation made the onlookers see things more clearly. If she had a legitimate reason to demand compensation, why would she be so hesitant? She was clearly guilty.

No one was a fool; who couldn't see the trickery involved? The Rouge Emporium had already said that those products might have problems, but even if there were problems, it would take hundreds or thousands of uses to possibly appear, and the problem wouldn't be significant, just darker skin. It had only been on sale for less than a month, how could her face be so badly damaged?

This Truth Pill move was aimed at these greedy people who thought they could take advantage. On Earth, Wang Sheng had seen more than one instance of extortion. Sometimes, if someone insisted on making trouble, it was hard to explain. Even calling the police was useless. Without evidence, they could completely deny it. And the police couldn't demand a lie detector test without reason, ultimately leading to many people being swindled out of their fortunes by extortionists.

Even if they were discovered and exposed, they wouldn't always be prosecuted for fraud or extortion, at most they would just be educated. Insufficient law enforcement led to low crime costs, and the end result was moral decay. On the streets, if anyone dared to help an old man or woman without surveillance, they would definitely be harassed and lose everything.

However, in the Yuan Soul World, these things were easier to handle. Although there was no lie detector, there was the Truth Pill, which was even more effective. As for the cost of extortion, the receptionist had already said it: the lives of the entire family, plus the lives of the instigator's entire family. If they dared to commit extortion, they would really dare to kill.

Just as the disfigured woman was still hesitating, someone in the crowd shouted again, "You want her to take the Truth Pill just because you say so? What gives you the right?"

"Because my Rouge Emporium has an imperial edict from the Emperor," the receptionist said, looking towards the crowd, her eyes fixed on the woman who had spoken. Two female guards were already standing beside her, but she didn't know it, and was still trying to stir up trouble.

"Madam, will you take this Truth Pill or not?" the receptionist asked the disfigured woman, holding the porcelain bottle containing the Truth Pill. "If you don't, it means you're guilty, and your disfigurement has nothing to do with my Rouge Emporium. Tell us who ordered you, and we might spare your life."

"If you do take it," the receptionist's face lit up with a smile again, "either you leave with one million gold coins in compensation, or your entire family dies with you. Maybe you don't even know who ordered you, then only your family will die, and others will watch and laugh."

Holding the porcelain bottle out again, the receptionist confirmed, "Madam, will you take it or not?"

"I... I..." The disfigured woman was completely distraught, her eyes darting around the crowd. But with so many people, how could she see where the person directing her was?

"You're really willing to spend one million gold coins on a Truth Pill," another woman's voice came from the crowd. "Maybe you're just using some unknown thing to bluff and trick people!"

Hearing this, the disfigured woman suddenly felt confident. That's right, a Truth Pill cost one million gold coins, how could the Rouge Emporium just casually take out such a precious pill to use on her? This must be a trick. As long as she wasn't careful and showed a guilty conscience, she would probably fall for it.

"I'll take it!" Faced with the greed of one million gold coins, and feeling that the Rouge Emporium couldn't possibly take out a pill worth one million gold coins so easily, the disfigured woman suddenly felt confident and chose to take the "so-called" Truth Pill, to make the Rouge Emporium give her an explanation. Besides, how could such a precious pill be taken out casually by a female guard?

"There's a good show to watch!" Among the onlookers, there were many noble women watching the excitement from the upper floors on both sides. Hearing what the disfigured woman said, they immediately perked up and continued watching.

These noble people certainly knew what a money-sucking monster the Rouge Emporium was. A mere million gold coins, not to mention just one pill, even a hundred pills, the Rouge Emporium might not be unable to take out.

But the slightly more ordinary guests might not think so. The Rouge Emporium's products were expensive, but expensive for a reason, worth the money. In other words, the cost was very high, and the Rouge Emporium might not be able to earn much. Don't look at the Rouge Emporium's amazing turnover, but the real profit might not be that high.

From this point of view, a Truth Pill worth one million gold coins might really be a trick, used to make people feel guilty and back down. But if they really encountered someone who dared to take it, they would definitely lose both their wife and their army.

The disfigured woman had already picked up the pill from the porcelain bottle and was preparing to swallow it. The Rouge Emporium even thoughtfully provided a cup of warm water. As she put it into her mouth, the disfigured woman saw a mocking smile on the receptionist's face. Could it be that this pill wasn't fake?

But at this time, she couldn't back down anymore. She gritted her teeth, swallowed the pill into her stomach, picked up the warm water sent by the receptionist, and drank it all in one gulp.

In just ten breaths, the disfigured woman began to sway. Two female guards moved a lounge chair from somewhere and helped the disfigured woman to lie half-reclined on the lounge chair.

"Madam, say it loudly, is it because you used the Rouge Emporium's whitening foundation that your face became like this?" the receptionist stepped forward, stood beside the disfigured woman, and asked loudly.

The surrounding crowd of onlookers had all quieted down under the signal of several female guards, waiting for the disfigured woman's answer.

"No!" The disfigured woman, already in a truth state, answered loudly, "I was stung by a kind of hairy worm in the wild. It rots as soon as it stings, and it will take at least a few months to heal, and there will be scars even after it heals."

The sound of this answer spread around, and the surrounding onlookers burst into an uproar, all shocked.

The disfigured woman's face didn't have much to do with the Rouge Emporium's whitening foundation, and many people already knew it in their hearts, so her answer didn't surprise everyone.

What surprised everyone was that the Rouge Emporium had actually given this woman a real Truth Pill. Her state just now was the reaction after taking the Truth Pill. Was a pill worth one million gold coins worth it?