Chapter 1888 Going All Out

Reputation, by all logic, was something one earned. The cultivation world kept track of how many formations one had unraveled and how much merit one had accumulated. Though they went by different names, every region had its renowned exorcists, but that didn't mean it couldn't be faked. Some possessed genuine skill, while others were mere charlatans who knew nothing of fortune but were good at lying. They would swindle wealth, exploit desires, and even cost lives with their tricks. They prey on the gullible, convincing them to abandon reason. Some claimed talisman water could cure illness instead of medicine, but that was utter nonsense. If it were that simple, life wouldn't have suffering and death. So, Wynter approached these figures with skepticism. She'd seen enough liars in Riverburg. There were families who blindly trusted a cultivator's words, like one who declared a child "a curse upon kin". Because of that, the girl endured abuse until she drowned herself in despair. Atwa