Western Continent.
The two-month deadline had arrived, yet in the end, the Green Pavilion Sect did not welcome its Sect Leader emerging from seclusion.
Dugu Zixuan arrived as promised. Grand Elder Shi Yuanzhou, along with the other elders and stewards, all came to the Main Peak to welcome her.
But the visitor had come with ill intent, and she showed them no pleasant face.
"Hall Master Zixuan, if there is anything you wish to say, let us speak inside the hall..."
"Shi Yuanzhou, this venerable one has no patience to waste words with you. I informed you two months ago. If Lin Zhique does not appear, there is no need for the Green Pavilion Sect to continue existing."
"Aiya! Hall Master Zixuan, why must you go so far? Even with all four limbs broken, we are still one family. The Sect Leader has a conflict with you, but there is no reason to vent your anger on us."
"The Green Pavilion Sect is not the Sect Leader's possession alone. The great peaks are all run by us elders of our own households. To put it unpleasantly, when the Sect Leader is gone one day and the Green Pavilion Sect elects a new Sect Leader, he might not even be surnamed Lin."
Shi Yuanzhou's meaning was very clear. The Green Pavilion Sect was not an Immortal Sect inherited by a traditional clan. Though Lin Zhique was Sect Leader, that did not mean all the interests between the peaks could be severed along with him.
But how could such petty tricks make Dugu Zixuan stop?
"Fine. Then you can drag him out, join forces to abolish his position as Sect Leader, and once he has no relationship with the Green Pavilion Sect, I naturally will not make things difficult for you."
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