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Killing one person achieved exactly the deterrence they wanted. After the black-clad men delivered everyone, they departed at once, leaving the group entirely under Black Tiger's control.
Black Tiger asked as he led them into a stone hall where the temperature dropped sharply, "Who here knows how to sort out spiritual herbs?"
"Understood!"
Most of the people present were alchemists, yet few could recognize every spiritual herb at a glance.
Sorting spiritual herbs was a brutal, meticulous process. They had to separate a chaotic pile, classify each herb by age and type, then mark and label everything correctly. Without enough knowledge, the task became both impossible and miserable.
If someone sorted the herbs incorrectly, the mild outcome meant ruining an entire batch. In the worst case, it could trigger the cauldron to explode and kill every alchemist involved.
Liu Wuxie kept quiet. Sorting sounded like lighter work, yet it would trap him in the warehouse, and he refused to accept that outcome. He needed to investigate how this underground workshop actually functioned.
Black Tiger selected thirty-five people and assigned them to sort the spiritual herbs.
Then he ordered,...
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