The next morning, Han Yu stood in Li Mei's alchemy chamber, staring nervously at the small, green pill that sat innocently in a jade dish. It glowed faintly, pulsing like it had opinions about things.
"This is the 'Thunder Tofu,'" Li Mei said, eyes gleaming behind her spectacles. "It might... alter your voice for a short while."
"How short?" Han Yu asked.
Li Mei shrugged. "Three hours. Or three days. Maybe longer if your vocal meridians get entangled."
Han Yu considered backing out.
But then he remembered the thousands of merit points needed just for one Reverse Bloodfruit. The cost of the Jade Heart Silk. The fact that one of the ingredients he needed had to be bought from a black market.
He swallowed the pill.
At first, nothing happened.
Then—
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Han Yu screamed.
Except he hadn't meant to scream.
And the voice wasn't coming from his mouth.
The scream echoed directly into the minds of every Outer Court disciple within a two-hundred-meter radius.
