"Excellent, we finally found the Purple Flame Grass. Hurry and refine the medicine!" said a middle-aged man seated in a tiger-skin chair. He looked fierce and was presumably the Cult Master of the Snake Shadow Cult.
Several Black-clothed Men immediately picked up the Purple Flame Grass, preparing to put it into the pill furnace.
Lin Taichu hid behind a Stone Pillar at the entrance to the stone chamber, his eyes fixed on the Purple Flame Grass atop the stone platform.
He had previously heard the curator explain the refining method for the Seven Absolute Poisons. He knew that the Purple Flame Grass was the final and most crucial Medicinal Herb. As long as it had not entered the pill furnace, the poison could not be refined.
The Black-clothed Men were now bringing the Purple Flame Grass toward the pill furnace. In a few more seconds, it would be too late.
He took a deep breath, tightened his right hand around the trident at his waist, and stepped back half a pace with his left foot, ready to sprint.
The Black-clothed Men in the stone chamber were all gathered around the pill furnace, and no one noticed the movement at the entrance. Just as the foremost black-clothed man was about to toss the Purple Flame Grass into the furnace, Lin Taichu suddenly rushed out and shouted, "Stop!"
Everyone was startled by the shout and turned to look at him. The black-clothed man holding the Purple Flame Grass trembled, nearly dropping it.
Lin Taichu gave them no time to react. Without slowing down, he charged straight for the stone platform.
The two Black-clothed Men closest to the stone platform rushed over with their blades raised to stop him. Lin Taichu twisted aside to evade them, then flicked his left hand and pulled