Lin Taichu immediately followed, keeping a safe distance to avoid being noticed by the two. Most of the back mountain was covered in dense forest, with a few abandoned training halls and medicinal herb gardens. Disciples rarely went there.
Tang Kun and Tang Li made their way deep into the back mountain and stopped before an abandoned training hall.
After looking around and confirming that no one was nearby, they pushed open the door and went inside, casually closing it behind them. Lin Taichu quietly approached, held his breath, pressed himself against the outside of the door, and listened to the sounds within.
Muffled voices drifted from the room, broken and indistinct. Lin Taichu circulated his inner force and sharpened his hearing to its limit, barely making out a few sentences.
"...Is everything ready? The Elder is pressing us hard..."
"Don't worry, it's all taken care of. We're just waiting for the right time..."
"That thing won't be discovered, will it? The Tang Sect's poison-testing methods aren't weak..."
"Absolutely not. They can't detect this poison at all. Those three people from before are proof..."
Hearing this, Lin Taichu's heart tightened. It was just as he had suspected. Tang Kun and Tang Li were involved in the poisoning case, and an Elder-level figure was directing them from behind the scenes.
That also explained why this poison was so rare and why the murderer had been able to locate the hidden sentries so precisely. A Sect Elder had been backing them.
He did not continue listening. If he stayed any longer and was discovered, all his efforts would be wasted.
He quietly backed away, turned, and left the back mountain, quickly returning to his own courtyard. Once he was back in his room, he immediately sat down and sorted through the information