"It's fine. When soldiers come, we'll block them with generals; when water comes, we'll dam it with earth. As long as I can prepare an antidote and save the villagers, he won't achieve his goal."
Lin Taichu opened his medicine chest and checked the medicinal herbs inside. "Besides, your sect leader must have arranged manpower as well. It won't be so easy for him to pull any tricks."
The carriage traveled for over two hours before finally arriving at Li Family Village.
As soon as they entered the village, they saw many villagers gathered beneath the large locust tree at the entrance. Several Qingfeng Sect disciples were maintaining order. When they saw Lin Taichu and Zhang Wen approaching, one Qingfeng Sect disciple hurried over. "Senior Brother Zhang, Physician Lin is here!"
Lin Taichu followed them beneath the locust tree and saw more than a dozen villagers lying on the ground. Their faces were bluish-green and their lips purple, somewhat similar to the critically ill patient at the medical hall earlier, except there was also a strange trace of black qi.
He quickly crouched down and took one villager's pulse. It was weak and beating irregularly.
"How is it, Physician Lin?" Sect Leader Wang of the Qingfeng Sect came over and asked anxiously. Sect Leader Wang was in his fifties, dressed in a green Daoist robe, his face filled with worry.
"They've been poisoned, and it's a mixed poison."
Lin Taichu took out a test strip from his medicine chest, dripped a little of the villager's saliva onto it, and the strip immediately turned black. "This poison contains components of Heart-Corroding Powder and Weak Force Powder, as well as a new toxin that can coagulate the blood."
"Can you prepare an antidote?" Sect Leader Wang asked.
"I can, but I'll need