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"Good courage!"
Luo Mingzi was instantly furious upon seeing this, ready to fling his treasured sword.
However, Chen Fagui was not afraid at all, grabbing the candle off the table.
Luo Mingzi paused, stopping in his tracks.
It was because Chen Fagui realized he couldn't stop him, so he arranged several explosives on the altar, even stacking gunpowder on the fuse for a quick detonation.
Gunpowder wasn't rare in the Great Xuan Dynasty.
Though the court strictly prohibited private use among civilians, many pugilistic world factions and Green Mountain bandits had them, impossible to control.
Especially after the seas were opened, with overseas trade and bloody battles with other nations, cannons roaring, it was indispensable. Thus, many chambers of commerce secretly hoarded them.
By now, the ban was in name only.